Mo Yan has a very accurate evaluation of Wenzhou people: "There are places on the earth that birds cannot fly to, but there is no place that Wenzhou people cannot reach."
Maybe it's true. It is because of the spirit of "dare to be the first in the world" that Wenzhou people have left the impression of being "extremely wealthy" in the minds of people across the country.
How deep is this impression?
Zhang Hui, a senior media person, mentioned a very interesting clip in "Wenzhou is Interesting":
Wang, a northerner, once worked as a martial arts stuntman in Hengdian Film and Television City. Sammo Hung acted.
In January 2017, Wang traveled all the way to a jewelry store in Wenzhou and robbed a kilogram of gold on the grounds that he "felt that Wenzhou people were very rich."
However, if your impression of Wenzhou is still stuck on labels such as "real estate speculators", "Jiangnan Leather Factory", "Wenzhou businessmen", etc., you are totally wrong.
There are many more interesting places in this city than you think.
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Wenzhou is Master Hongyi’s second hometown. This is what he said in the newspaper. Why did he choose to come to Wenzhou after becoming a monk in Hangzhou for several years? This may be related to the piety and warm invitation to Buddhism from Wenzhou layman Zhou Mengyu and others, or it may be that Qingfu Temple adheres to the teachings of Vinaya, while Hongyi happened to study Vinaya intensively. It is more likely to be related to the climate of Wenzhou.
After Hongyi became a monk, he strictly abided by the precepts of "no more than three clothes." This was not a problem in spring, summer, and autumn, but in the cold winter, it was difficult for him to cope with his weak body. In the second year after Hongyi came to Wenzhou, when he took the abbot of Qingfu Temple as his disciple, he once said: "I regard Yongjia (Wenzhou's former name is Yongjia) as my second hometown, and Qingfu Temple as my second permanent residence, so that I can feel at ease." It is said that starting from March 1923, Hong Yi left Wenzhou and traveled around the country. During the coldest months of winter, he often returned to Wenzhou to spend the winter. Whenever the weather is hot in summer, Hong Yiru travels abroad. As long as conditions permit, he will return to Wenzhou, a relatively cool place, to spend the summer. It seems that Wenzhou's warm winter and cool summer climate is very attractive to him.
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The most worth visiting attraction in Wenzhou city is Jiangxin Island, one of the four most famous islands in China.
"The clouds disperse, the tides ebb and flow." This overlapping couplet, which confuses outsiders, hangs at the entrance of Jiangxin Temple. According to legend, it was written by Wang Shipeng, the champion of the Southern Song Dynasty, when he went to Jiangxin Temple to stay overnight.
The abbot couldn't read the Zen master no matter how he read it. He thought Wang Shipeng was deceiving people and said angrily: "You are a liar and you still claim to be a scholar. I don't think you can read a few words!" Wang Shipeng smiled. Said: "Master, don't be angry, let me read it to you: The clouds come towards the tide, the tide towards the tide, the tide towards the tide disperses; the tide always rises, always rises, always rises and often disappears."
It is said that this There are many ways to read the couplet, no matter which one, they all describe the beautiful scenery of Jiangxin Island where clouds gather and disperse, and the tide rises and falls. It is indeed amazing.
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Wenzhou’s landscape is full of martial arts colors. In 2006, Zhang Jizhong's version of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" only loved Yandang Mountain. The majestic Lingyan Scenic Area is the filming location for scenes such as the Broken Gut Cliff, the exit of the Tomb of the Living Dead, the top of Zhongnan Mountain, and the entrance of Ten Thousand Beasts Villa.
Guanyin Cave in Lingfeng Scenic Area was used as the filming location for Chongyang Palace. The scene at the end of the Duanchang Cliff Water Pond where Yang Guo and Xiao Longnu reunited after sixteen years was shot in Dalongqiu.
In 2015, "Nirvana in Fire" hit the airwaves. In the show, Langya Pavilion, the most beautiful and mysterious intelligence organization, is hidden in the fairyland-like Yandang Mountain. In 2017, "Nirvana in Fire: The Wind Rises in the Forest" took more scenes from various scenic spots in Yandang Mountain, including Longxi Xiansheng Gate and Sanshui Cliff, known as the "No. 1 Gate in the World". It is said that when Huang Xiaoming came to shoot the location, the fans' shouts "shocked" the valley.
In 2018, the new version of "The Legend of Heaven and the Dragon Slayer" was also filmed at Xianshengmen. Zhou Haimei, who played Zhou Zhiruo in the past, transformed into Master Miejie and led the disciples of the Emei Sect through the gate.
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As a living fossil of the pronunciation of the Tang and Song Dynasties, ancient characters and pronunciations abound in Wenzhou dialect. In other words, an uneducated old Wenzhou native may be more knowledgeable about Chinese language and literature than College students in the department also “understand” phonology.
Some scholars believe that the reason why Xia Chengtao, known as the "Ci Zong of the Generation", and Wang Jisi, the "Master of Yuan Opera", became famous is that they are both Wenzhou natives and can speak Wenzhou dialect, thus quickly He entered the palace of phonology, which is closely related to lyrics and music.
Because of this, Wenzhou has become the hometown of linguists and a fertile ground for studying ancient languages. Dai Tong, who wrote "Liu Shu Gu" in the Southern Song Dynasty, and Sun Yirang, a master of Pu Xue in the Qing Dynasty, were both masters of linguistics and philology who were born in Wenzhou. Currently, among a group of accomplished linguists in China, Wenzhou natives account for a large proportion, including Mr. Zheng Zhang Shangfang, who passed away in 2018.
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I came from Zhuji Lishui,
On the way I thought you had walked through it,
And I saw it on the boat I've seen Wenzhou City,
I want you to live there,
This Wenzhou City is like a pearl shining brightly.
——Zhang Ailing
In 1946, in the cold spring of February, Zhang Ailing pursued her to Wenzhou for love. At that time, the man she loved, Hu Lancheng, was wanted while holding the little hand of her friend's concubine (her father's concubine) Fan Xiumei, walking Xinhe Street, climbing Haitan Mountain, and enjoying the scenery in Wenzhou where the sky was high and the emperor was far away. "The love of lotus flowers in early summer."
Hu Lancheng was surprised but not happy about Zhang Ailing's love-seeking, and was even angry. He placed Zhang Ailing in a hotel in Wenzhou city. He did not dare to stay overnight for fear of being investigated by the police, so he only went to stay with her during the day every day.
Later, in all relevant reports or articles, whenever this hotel was mentioned, it was said to be a hotel next to the park without a name. According to recent media reports, the Xintonghua Hotel located on the north side of Dati Lane in the middle of Wuma Street was the most likely hotel.
It was once one of the most famous brand stores in Wenzhou. It was fully equipped with basic facilities such as lights and telephones, restaurants, bathrooms, and public toilets upstairs and downstairs. It was truly the first of its kind at the time. .
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People in Wuhan like to eat duck neck, and people in Wenzhou like to eat duck tongue. Duck tongue is not only a must-have on the dining tables of Wenzhou hotels, but also the "Two Generals of Hum and Ha" along with Jiang Xiesheng. It is also a great gift for Wenzhou people. When the "Queen of Diving" Fu Mingxia came to Wenzhou to compete, she couldn't stop after her first try.
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It’s really strange. Many delicious snacks in Wenzhou are named according to the owner’s body shape or characteristics. In addition to dwarf sponge cake and long man wonton, there are also flat-headed lamp cakes and squinty-eyed shrimp roe. , White Snake Shaobing, Twin Wao Liuer.
The shrimp seller is a narrow-eyed man, the wok seller is a pair of twins, and the White Snake Shaobing is naturally related to beautiful women.
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For a long time, Wenzhou people have been called "Oriental Jews". There is also a saying that Wenzhou people's hair is hollow, which means that Wenzhou people are so smart and transparent. Even the hair is hollow.
After Trump was elected president of the United States, Wenzhou businessman Zhu Yuxing was very happy because his "Trump" brand became popular. As early as 2008, Zhu Yuxing applied to register the trademark use rights of "Trump" in categories 9 (integrated circuits, home controllers, etc.) and 6 (valves, hardware appliances, etc.).
"At that time, the brands of switch electrical products were mostly two-character brands. Three-character names had just begun to become popular, so I wanted to choose a more western-style name." He thinks "Trump" sounds nice and western-style, and it has It’s a very sunny and good meaning, and he also knows that Trump is a successful real estate tycoon. “They are all in business and want to learn from him.” Trump himself has applied for dozens of trademarks in China since 2005, involving hotels, insurance, finance, education and other industries. He probably never dreamed that there would be loopholes that Wenzhou people could pick up.
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Although many people know that Wenzhou is the hometown of swimming, and Lu Zhiwu and Xu Jiayu are both swimming champions, many people do not know that Wenzhou is also a veritable hometown of mathematicians. It is said that in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, a quarter of the heads of mathematics departments in domestic universities were from Wenzhou.
In the history of modern mathematics in China, there are many "firsts" created by Wenzhou people. In 1896, Sun Yirang, a scholar from Wenzhou, founded Ruian Academy of Mathematics, the earliest mathematics school in Zhejiang. In 1897, Huang Qingcheng, a Wenzhou scholar, founded China's first mathematics journal, Acta Mathematica. In 1899, the Ruian Tiansuan Society appeared in Wenzhou, which was a regional mathematical society in early modern China.
According to research, from 1898 to 1908, most Wenzhou people who studied abroad studied mathematics.
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It is difficult for outsiders to imagine that no matter how inconspicuous a small object, in the eyes of Wenzhou people, it can turn decay into magic and become a big industry. The most typical ones are Cangnan Jinxiang’s “four small commodities”: aluminum badges, plastic coupons, plastic film certificates and polyester trademarks. Simply put, it is various school badges, commemorative medals, early meal tickets, letters of appointment, etc. These gadgets have become an industry, and many people are skeptical when they say they are sold overseas.
Take Jinxiang Badge Factory as an example. Party emblems are produced here. The clothing badges of the troops stationed in Australia in 1999, the badges representing the national image on the clothing of the Supreme People's Court, the clothing badges of the Chinese People's Liberation Army's century-long change in 1999... are all made in Jinxiang!
World Cup Football, Commemorative medals for the Asian Games and other grand events, as well as various clothing badges for the United Nations peacekeeping forces and the military and police of the United Kingdom, the United States, Russia, Japan, Saudi Arabia and other countries, are also made in China - Jinxiang Badge Factory. We have truly done business in various countries around the world. Jinxiang people proudly say: "Let the world understand China through badges, and let companies go to the world through badges!"
The above content is all from the New Media Center of Wenzhou Daily Director Zhang Hui's new book "Wenzhou is Interesting".
"Humorous, interesting, and spicy" is one of the characteristics of this book. The author uses short and concise sentences to vividly display Wenzhou's history, geography, food, economy and other aspects.
Here, you can read about the folk customs in the corners, funny historical allusions, legendary Wenzhou entrepreneurial stories, and discover the greatness in the ordinary of a city.