China Rongchang market, super delicious Rongchang braised goose, enthusiastic people the festival скачать в хорошем качестве

China Rongchang market, super delicious Rongchang braised goose, enthusiastic people the festival

​​By the banks of Laixi River in Rongchang, Chongqing​​, within the bluestone alleys of Xia Cloth Town, whispers of a millennia-old dialogue between ramie fabric and braised spices linger. Once a bustling hub of Tang and Song dynasty merchants known as the "Land of Xia Cloth," the Ming and Qing-era houses still echo with the rhythmic clatter of looms behind their carved lattice windows. In May, sunlight slants across the Xia Cloth lanterns adorning Rongfeng River’s arched bridge, where tourist Lin Xiao follows the aroma of braised spices to Qijiangji, a time-honored shop at the alley’s end. There, the owner packs freshly braised goose into ceramic jars painted with Xia Cloth patterns—a striking fusion of 300-year-old intangible heritage and modern ingenuity. The tale begins with Huguang migrants during the Qing Dynasty’s Kangxi reign. Hakka settlers brought Chaoshan-style braising techniques westward, discovering Rongchang’s local white geese—lean, tender, and perfect for marrying Sichuan peppercorn’s numbing heat with Cantonese brine’s savory depth. In a stone mortar, they pounded the first batch of cross-cultural marinade. Old Master Qi, founder of Qijiangji, once wheeled his wooden cart through these lanes during breaks from weaving Xia cloth. “Seventy-two meticulous steps for ramie threads,” he’d say, “and three rounds of simmering and three stages of air-drying for the goose—both crafts that wrestle with time.” When Xia Cloth Town reemerged as a cultural tourism site in 2016, Xiao Qi, the third-generation heir, set up a livestream at his shopfront. On camera, he unveiled ancestral braising secrets while wrapping goose in Xia cloth as souvenirs. Unexpectedly, this blend of tradition and trend sparked a cultural chain reaction: heritage workshops launched “Xia Cloth Art & Braised Goose” packaging classes, Wanling Ancient Town hosted “Goose Picnics,” and marathon medals gleamed with golden motifs of geese and ramie. This May, college innovator Lin Xiao stumbled upon a revelation at a Xia Cloth workshop. Collaborating with braised goose inheritors, they transformed discarded goose bones into viral hotpot base—a stroke of circular ingenuity. As night falls beneath Laixi’s ancient bridges, artisans livestream Xia Cloth lantern crafting, while the scent of braised spices mingles with flying ramie threads at weavers’ fingertips. Together, they weave the poetic soul of this southwestern town. Biting into his last succulent piece of goose, Lin Xiao finally understands: here, time intertwines like warp and weft, simmering ancient crafts into the very essence of life itself.