South China Sea Myth

Shi Xiaolin asked for a pot of green tea. The bamboo-like teapot and teacup are quite distinctive. The tables, chairs and benches here are all made of bamboo. There are Chinese paintings and photos of bamboo on the wall, and a painting of "Bamboo and Stone" has Zheng Banqiao's poem: "Insist that the green mountains are not relaxed, and the roots are in the broken rocks." Thousands of blows are still strong, and the wind blows from east to west, north and south. "

Dr. Myth said with emotion: "In traditional Chinese culture, bamboo is chic and upright, and it has a gentlemanly demeanor. The bamboo is hollow, a symbol of modesty. Bamboo bends but does not break, and folds continuously, symbolizing the principle of softness and rigidity. Li Ping said: "The bamboo tops are high, which is a metaphor for the high wind and bright festivals, and the birth is knotted, symbolizing the moral integrity of life." China is one of the countries with the largest number of bamboo producers in the world, with a total of 22 genera and more than 200 species, distributed throughout the country, with the Pearl River Basin and the Yangtze River Basin being the most. "

Dr. Mythology pointed to a penny hanging with a bamboo basket and basket on the bamboo building and asked: "This is a penny for drying clothes, back then, most of the citizens of Wuhan lived in bungalows or six-story buildings, there was no elevator, washing machines were not popular, and the sheets and clothes were not wrung out, so they set up a penny on the open space downstairs, spread the sheets and clothes, and dried them while dripping water." "

Yang Yang said: "Dr. Shi, do you think of the past again?" Dr. Mythology sighed: "Yes, when I was a teenager, my family lived on Hanzheng Street, in the early years, the street was paved with granite slabs, tricycles, bicycles walked with people, and there were drainage ditches on both sides. Because there are few cars on Hanzheng Street, adults and children do not have to worry about safety when walking on the street. The streets are very spacious on both sides, and the neighbors are all in the open space in front of the houses, erecting three-pronged racks, and drying clothes, sheets and cotton wool with pennies. "

Huang Mei said: "The great painter Tang Wenxuan's family lives in an alley on Hanzheng Street, and I have been there. At that time, most of the houses on Hanzheng Street were two-storey high, narrow houses, and it was not easy to dry sheets. The neighbor on the second floor came downstairs and set up a three-pronged stand of short bamboo in the open space in the alley, put on the penny, and dried clothes and sheets. "

Doctor Myth said: "The penny for drying clothes is thick and thin at the mouth of the wine glass, and the length is more than three or four meters. The penny was just bought, it was cyan, and after a long time, the penny turned orange. My family has already moved to a high-rise dormitory, and there is a washing machine at home, and the laundry, bed sheets, and sheets are hung on the drying rack on the veranda. I never used the penny again, but the penny is in my memory. "

Dr. Myth is unforgettable, all year round, citizens use pennies to dry quilts and clothes. In summer, the sun is shining, and the clothes and bed sheets that are dried on the penny are dried by the hot sun. In spring, the sun is shining, and the clothes and sheets that are dried on the penny are slowly dried by the sun. In autumn, the sky is high and the clouds are light, and the clothes and sheets drying on the penny are dried by the autumn wind. The winter sun is particularly rare and precious, and once encountered, every household flocks out to dry clothes and sheets with pennies. At that time, penny was an essential daily utensil for every household. The penny is too long, and the house can't fit it, so the penny is placed in the corner of the alley, and the penny is compromised. Penny is erected at the door of the house, exposed to the sun and dew at night. Pennys hang horizontally outside the walls of the house, bathing in the wind and rain.

Dr. Myth continued: "My family's dormitory is two stories high, my house is on the first floor, next to Hanzheng Street, and my father bought a few pennies and put them in the hallway of the dormitory, which is very long and connects to the staircase on the second floor. At that time, the neighbors were very simple. When the clothes and sheets were not enough to dry, they borrowed from each other, the Zhang family borrowed from the Wang family, and the Liu family borrowed from the Li family. Don't worry about not being able to borrow, neighbors, every household has a penny, and everyone is very generous. "

Dr. Myth is unforgettable in this life, one Sunday, his mother shouted: "Xiaolin, today, I washed the sheets and sheets with your father, and the penny at home is not enough, you go to Uncle Lei's house or Uncle Lin's house to borrow a penny." Dr. Myth said to his younger brother, "Wumao, you go to Uncle Lei's house to borrow a penny." The younger brother said, "I'm not going, my mother wants you to borrow it." Dr. Myth said to his younger brother, "Do you dare not go, you are not afraid of being beaten?" The younger brother exclaimed, "Mom, my brother is going to beat me." The mother said, "If you don't go, I'll go." When Dr. Myth heard this, he took his little brother to borrow a penny. We went to Uncle Lei's house to borrow pennies and helped my mother dry the clothes, sheets, and sheets. A few days later, Uncle Lei's house dried clothes and cotton wool, but there were not enough pennies, so he shouted when he came to the door: "Shi Xiaolin, poor Xiucai, I'll borrow pennies." Doctor Myth said, "Uncle Ray, the penny is at my doorstep, I'll get it for you." The eldest sister Dongmei said, "Uncle Lei, I'll help you dry the sheets." "Neighbors not only borrow pennies from each other, but also help each other wash clothes, dry sheets, and pennies, passing on the family and friendship of the neighborhood.

Huang Mei asked, "Dr. Shi, have you thought about why people use pennies to dry clothes, and don't use wires and ropes to dry clothes and sheets?" "

Dr. Myth said, "Every time my mother dried her laundry, she used a damp towel to wipe the penny clean. Mother said that penny clothes and quilts are better than ropes, and there are no marks or discoloration. My mother told me that drying bed sheets and clothes with iron wire, brown rope, hemp rope, and cloth rope will leave traces of iron wire and rope when they are dry, and will stain the color of rust and rope. Nanzhu penny drying sheets, clothes, sheets and clothes, will not sag, will not stain the color. I would like to add that there are restrictions on the use of wire rope to dry clothes, which must be tied to the trunk of a tree or to an iron pillar. And set up a wooden stick and a short bamboo trident and put it on the penny, as long as there is open space. "