Weizhou Island in the Southwest Wind (Travel Notes II)

On the day I went to Weizhou Island, the wind and waves were so strong that the passengers in the cabin almost vomited collectively in the cabin. In the constant vomiting, we finally arrived at Weizhou Island Pier. After resting at the dock for more than ten minutes, the sea breeze blew away our fatigue and discomfort.

? In Weizhou Island in August, the sky is high and the clouds are light, but the whistling wind has been blowing. This wind is not like the inland wind. Even if it is windy, it will blow for a while and rest for a while. The wind smells like the sea, with the same direction and even speed, and keeps blowing. The banana trees on the island waved their green sleeves in the wind, and the banyan trees swayed their tiny leaves calmly. In the fierce sunshine, I don't feel hot at all, because the hunting wind has been blowing.

? The island looks about several kilometers square. Standing on the roof, you can see the other side from one side of the island at a glance, and the terrain on one side is slightly higher than the other. Outside a banana forest, there is a blue sea, where you can see the white waves sweeping, people running and playing, and colorful umbrellas.

? Although the sparrow on the island is small and complete, there are schools, governments, police stations and other institutions. There are three natural villages that use natural gas, drink groundwater and even irrigate the land with groundwater.

? Our tour guide is a woman born and raised on the island, in her thirties, with dark skin and thin skin. She speaks Mandarin with a local accent, which sounds soft, pleasant and interesting. Her father is the head of a village on the island, and he lives by fishing all his life. She makes a living by running battery cars to take tourists, and her monthly income is about 1 10,000 yuan. She is a passionate, simple, gentle and hardworking woman. When she came to pick us up in the morning, she brought her own jackfruit for us to taste. She told us that the southwest wind was blowing these days, and the sea was very stormy. Neither her father nor the villagers dared to go to the sea to collect fishing nets, so they told us not to go to dangerous seawalls and not to ride motorcycles at sea.

According to traditional customs, women on the island are not allowed to go to sea, so women can't swim, and men go fishing to support their families. I am puzzled: Mazu is also a woman and wants to go to the sea to save people. She said there were no boys at home, so she had to farm, because there was little rainfall, lack of fresh water all the year round, and the soil was not suitable, so it was difficult to survive by planting crops. Her parents gave birth to five children. In order to have her last brother, her mother hid in the cemetery for a long time. Later, his family was penniless in order to pay the fine for super-life. Talking about the past, she laughed and had neat white teeth.

She said that there used to be a sugar factory on the island, so there are many sugarcane growing areas. Later, the sugar factory closed down, gradually reducing the sugarcane planting area and developing banana orchards.

In the past, this island was very poor. In recent years, the tourism industry on the island has developed and the villagers have gradually become rich. She intends to earn money to buy a house in Beihai, where her children can receive education.

The paths in the village extend in all directions, and any road can go to the seaside. On both sides of the road are banana orchards and papaya tree, and fruits are within reach. It seems that there are several jackfruit trees in the yard of every household, and hammocks are scattered under them.

Many hotels on the island were built by foreigners. The village chief's daughter told us that this is also a form of land transfer. Decades later, the land and houses were returned to the local villagers. She smiled and said, "Look, it's the villagers on the island who are thin and dark, and the investment is the amount of immigrants!" "

The hotel we stayed in was run by a fair-skinned and overweight young man from Sichuan, with a kind and enthusiastic attitude. There is a faucet in front of the hotel, which says "sand washing place". At night 10, there is basically no cold water supply in the bathroom, only very hot water. Bananas, coconuts and jackfruit are placed under the tree in the hotel and don't close all night. Fruit sellers are black and thin, and sometimes sleep in hammocks. When someone buys a coconut, he cuts it with a knife, which is skillful and quick. Because we couldn't buy the seafood provided by the villagers during the fishing ban, the village chief's daughter took us to a seafood market near the church to buy seafood, and the hotel was very enthusiastic and thoughtful to process it for us.

? Because of the old people, we first went to Crocodile Mountain, the highest scenic spot on the island. For people who come out of the mountains, it seems that this can't be called a mountain, but an observation deck that can see the sea from different angles.

? Take some photos in front of the famous statue of Tang Xianzu to see his life profile and seascape. I want to see the scenery from ancient times to the present with tourists. On this remote and lonely island, the poet left a poem "The sun shines on Weizhou Guo and the wind deviates from the island".

? It is said that this church was built by French missionaries. Although it is old, western style still exists. Linked with the western-style ancient buildings in Beihai Old Street, I have a lot of associations with the historical situation.

? The interpreter in Mazu Tempel is very enthusiastic. Even if there is only one tourist, he will take pains to introduce Mazu culture. There is a huge banyan tree in the yard, called "wishing tree", which has been burnt and promised to hang a bag on it. It is said that you can get what you want. The tree is full of blessings from all over the world, red and yellow, and looks like a dragon lantern plate played in the first month from a distance, which is very spectacular.

Crater is like an attractive colored eye, flashing mysterious geological light. Those rocks with different shapes and colors are like a heavenly book full of human vicissitudes, recording what and who they are reading.

? The scenery on the island is charming and the crowd is bustling. On the boardwalk by the sea, the wind blows and the clothes float wildly. There are tourists taking pictures in various poses everywhere.

The waves washed up on the rocks at the foot, like broken jade and scattered snowflakes. The surging waves made a huge sound on the shore and played a shocking movement. The stormy waves turned out to be like this.

? Near sunset, we walked from the hotel for about five minutes and then went to the beach. On the way, we met a quiet and leisurely ox chewing beside a banana tree. We doubted the use of raising cattle on the island all the way. It seems that the possibility of using it for farmland other than beef is too small. There is little arable land on this island.

? The huge waves rushed to the beach in rows and gradually decreased. When they reached the shore, they still couldn't beat the retreating surfer. Because the wind and waves are too strong recently, someone injured his waist riding a motorboat, so tourists ride ATV to surf on the beach, and no one goes surfing at sea for the time being.

? After dark, the beach is full of buzzing sound and the sound of the waves. There are lights on the sea, and the locals say it is a boat that prohibits fishing.

? Walking alone on the beach for a while seems to attract people's attention and confusion. The sea breeze has been blowing, and I feel very cold, so I dare not stroll forward. Go back to the hotel, wash the mud off your feet and take a bath quickly, so as not to have time to boil water.

Going downstairs to eat seafood, because of regional differences, everyone thinks the taste is too weak. The young man patiently redone it for us and put some spicy food in Xiangchuan. In the cool sea breeze, drinking some cold beer seems to be more leisurely and slow.

Nobody wants to get up early the next day. When I walked to the seaside alone, the sun had already come out. After the low tide, the beach is vast, and there are people picking up shells everywhere. Early children have built castles on the beach, dug rivers and caught crabs.

The sea in the morning is calm, and the clear water and blue sky under the morning sun are endless. People and the island really seem to be a drop in the ocean, small and humble, and all other ideas are not worth mentioning in front of the grandeur of Haitian.

For some unknown reasons, Rainbow Beach is temporarily closed. We wandered around the island for a long time, and we were going to return because of the time. The village chief's daughter drove us to the dock, and we found ourselves tanned a lot. She smiled and said, "You didn't see my husband, it was just black and oily!" " "She told us that there was little wind and waves today, so we shouldn't get seasick. We exchanged phone numbers and waved goodbye.

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