Guizhou immigrant villa video

For a long time before, I liked to search online for all kinds of places with foreign place names in China, as well as some ethnic minority but distinctive tourist attractions. For example, I found a place called "Canada Village" on the Internet, which is located in Huaqiao Village, Kaiping City, Guangdong Province.

It is said that it was built in 1923. There are 6 houses and 4 buildings in the village, 1 tower, 1 clubhouse. It basically has everything a village should have.

There are always some legends behind place names, such as names of people, events and foreign places, so my friends and I hit it off and plan to go there to find out.

But when I arrived in Kaiping, I turned on the navigation, but I couldn't find the relevant information of "Canada Village". Instead, I jumped out of a lot of irrelevant things.

I regret not doing my homework in advance this time, but my friend said it was not a big problem. Just ask the locals. So with the enthusiastic help of local residents, we took the 6 13 bus to Sanmenli.

Go straight and cross the road. At the next intersection, you will see a post with a sign on it, including the name of Canada Village.

Stepping on gravel and grass all the way, the "mysterious" Canadian village finally came into view. It is surrounded by a large area of farmland, and many houses seem to be built among trees, so it is almost impossible to tell whether they are the first house or the first tree.

They are like an island in this land, full of loneliness and cold, and even the surrounding air seems to be cold. Obviously, this area has not been developed into a tourist attraction, and the surrounding area is almost deserted. But fortunately, it's daytime, people in the village can be seen walking not far away, and dogs are barking in my ears, so I'm not too scared.

Moreover, we also met a tourist reporter who came for a field trip. He is obviously much more professional than us, with all kinds of photographic tools.

The doors and windows of the house are locked, the iron things are rusted, and the deepest weeds have not passed my waist. Every place here reminds me that there is really no one.

The distance between each house is very dense, and most buildings are evenly spaced, as if they had been carefully designed. In terms of modeling, the houses in the front row are obviously more gorgeous, with western-style Roman columns, carved windowsills and walls.

The houses in the back row are relatively simple, Chinese and grounded, but many houses have a maple leaf sign where they look up. In the impression of many people, the image of maple leaf is almost bound to Canada, so it is obvious what this symbol represents.

Compared with the desolation in front, there are signs of human activities in some places behind the Canadian village. Some places are hanging clothes, and some places leave places to feed chickens, ducks and geese. The reporter's eldest brother said that these should be gatekeepers. Although no one has lived here for more than half a century, people from the surrounding villages have been "guarding" here, just like the gatekeeper in the game.

It is said that many relatives in the surrounding villages are members of the Canadian village. Later, relatives moved away, but they stayed. Behind the Canadian village, there is a legendary story. Legend has it that the village in Canada is called "Shrimp Village", and all the villagers are surnamed Guan.

In the early years of the Republic of China, Guan Guonuan, a wanderer, returned from studying in Canada, built a 13 mansion in Canada, and hired a senior designer to design it, almost spending all his savings. Later, when I saw that he was so developed, my fellow villagers wanted to develop with him.

Of course, he is not stingy, taking his fellow villagers to Canada for gold. But now there are only these luxury houses left in the Canadian village, and the original vagrants and villagers are gone at all. Is Guan Guowen just to show off his wealth in his hometown? Don't want to develop in your hometown?

Actually, it's because people who have been to Canada are used to life there. After returning home, they must be uncomfortable to stay for a few days. Fortunately, they immigrated to Canada with their wives and children. I didn't believe it when I heard this. Is it possible that all the people in a village are married and have children and have gone abroad?

However, my friend said that the customs in those days were not as strict as they are now. At that time, it was a wave for China people to go out to sea for gold, while the number of Canadian villagers was just a drop in the ocean.

Because of this decision, the people in Canada Village moved away almost overnight, and it has been completely abandoned since then. Although it is a pity, from the perspective of future generations, their decision is almost wise. I just hope that their descendants can live a stable life after taking root in Canada.

We walked around the village twice again. Some corners are equipped with electric lights, which are still very new. Some doors are still pasted with Spring Festival couplets, and red lanterns are hung at the door, which also dispels some desolate feelings.

Night arrival, we finally left, as if our hearts felt something. My friends and I finally stood on the other side of the road and turned around. Just then, I found that the lights in front of and behind the houses in the village were on. At first glance, it seems to be no different from other villages, except that the room was dark and there was no movement. Spend your whole life showing off in your hometown? 13 abandoned villas stand in overseas Chinese village in Guangdong.

I don't know why, I suddenly remembered a sentence in Mr. Shen Congwen's "Border Town", and changed it a little, and it became: "Those people may come back tomorrow, or they may never come back." China's "Canadian Village" has been uninhabited for half a century, leaving only luxury houses.

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