Dragon Boat Festival in Long Island

The beauty of Long Island is the beauty of relaxation, food and ocean scenery. But we had quite a bit of trouble for this beauty appreciation trip. Because the weather forecast said that there are high winds at sea, coupled with the Dragon Boat Festival holiday everyone travel at the same time, the first day of our self-drive trip, we only did a high action: into the island.

　　In fact, walking outside, uncertainty often has, over the years, we are used to bad service, inordinate order, biting prices.

　　For example, this time, the purchase of tickets to enter the island was a big drop in the bucket, and boat tickets became a scarce resource for a while. The lady selling the tickets concentrated on warmly receiving friends and family, and handily issuing tickets and fees for various relationships. Fortunately, she continued to take care of friends and relatives after the heavy trust, but also began to take care of the winding queue outside to pray for tickets.

　　But no matter what, can rush before the darkness falls, Mu in the clouds of a sunset, finally set foot on the land of the island, than stop sailing also stay in the Penglai side to sigh, so that a total of three days of holiday, for nothing, to lose a day, to be very lucky.

　　So, the depressed state of mind is finally a long breath of relief, temporarily put aside all kinds of worries, and even a sense of accomplishment in the noise even crept up to the heart, looking at the harbor and the sunset interpretation of the dusk, as if all of a sudden found again, early in the morning when driving on the road of relaxation and pleasure.

Long Island at the end of the day

　　I've been to Long Island more than once, but I still feel a sense of strangeness that I haven't seen in a long time.

　　When a ro-ro ship docked one after another, it was clear that there were so many people and so many cars swarming around, filling the harbor channel at once, but when our car was caught in the traffic and people drove out of the pier and used our cell phones to find the location of our agreed hotel, the scene just now was like fine sand into the sea, and a moment later, the street was empty. I couldn't help but sigh at how much the island has changed, and its hospitality, indeed, can't be compared to the same day.

　　We stayed at the hotel staff said, only the food and accommodation in one "farmhouse", Changdao has more than 3000 beds. But compared with the hotel, the advantages of the farmhouse only price, health and comfort, there is a lot of room for improvement and upgrading.

　　Now the biggest bottleneck that restricts tourism on Long Island, or sea traffic, which became the main topic of our dinner. I vaguely remember that there seems to be a news report about the construction of a cross-sea bridge or undersea tunnel between Penglai and Long Island. But whether it was the opinion and planning of the government at that level or the expectation of the people, I can't remember.

Long Island at the end of the day

　　At dinner, the shopkeeper excitedly told us that the county had arranged a fireworks display to welcome tourists to the island for vacation these days, so we must take a look and not miss the 8:00 pm. So, we speed up the speed of enjoying seafood dinner, with a little curiosity to the beach waiting.

　　Over the years, in various small holiday travel, shot Wuzhen night scenery, Qinhuai River night boats, metropolitan neon and festive fireworks, but when we were in front of the event held in the approximate direction, no reference to the darkness of the night, far away, suddenly rose a bunch of fireworks in the air, for the deep night sky, for the whole island, blooming a gorgeous fiery red flowers, it was really some surprise.

　　Those fire trees flying into the night sky, the picture is simple, color explosion, immediately lit up the visual aesthetic mood, can not help but look back, this is not yesterday, we have had the joy of childhood, have had the simple life?

　　A short fireworks party, intermittently lit for twenty minutes, compared with the holiday fireworks outside the island, a bunch of fireworks slightly thin and soothing, lonely, not enthusiastic, but it is open in the north away from the mainland on the island, so that people from all directions, in this place away from the hustle and bustle, to find a sense of distant, to find the flavor of the countryside, to find the city has not had the quiet, how not to feel How can we not feel the novelty and warmth?

　　When the last fireworks faded out and the ashes of gunpowder floated down the shoreline, we stood on the beach which was dark again, listening to the rhythm of the waves washing the beach, and did not leave for a long time. There is a kind of emotion holding people, looking at the direction of the smoke with the wind, silently in the heart to urge themselves to remember this moment, Long Island, simple and secluded holiday night.

Long Island in the Dragon Boat Festival

　　The seafood, the ancient brew of Long Island and the tea made me lose sleep. And the time crossed the midnight before getting sleepy, almost missed the sunrise shooting on the island.

　　I am the kind of lazy ticket holder who is attached to the photographer, and I can't stand the hard work of getting up early and coming back late, so I often have nothing to say to the masters of photography, and I always secretly think that I won't miss it again, and this time, I finally kept my promise.

　　At four o'clock in the morning, I struggled to get my equipment in a thousand calls and climbed up high on the east coast in a daze, listening to the loud sound of the paddles turning on the wind power tower towering at the top of the hill, guessing all the way to Long Island today, what kind of amazing sunrise would there be?

　　After a bit of fighting off the sleepiness and cold, we had an average morning. The weather was poorly permeable, with clouds and overnight humidity floating over the sea. This made the sun from the moment it emerged from the sea level, did not show what should be rosy and large smile, until it rose to the overhead angle, the sky became orange hot, and did not give us the opportunity to photograph.

　　But early in the morning standing in the long-lost sea, the sea breeze blowing slowly, from the moist breath, we still feel the island morning greeting.

　　Indeed, it is a pleasure to feel a bright red sun rising, and to be able to take a picture of the sunrise full of island style is the icing on the cake. But the ecological laws of nature also suggest that life must learn to feel the ordinary from the ordinary, to feel its simple beauty, to feel its warm loneliness, because this is one of the most photogenic constants in the journey of life.

　　Therefore, it is precisely the nature of my own way that grinds people from impatience to calmness, infiltrates the roughness to delicacy, and brings the unconventional into the hall of cultured. Therefore, no matter where the road of life extends to, to feel what kind of beauty, what kind of morning is in the heart, what kind of rising sun will rise in the heart, this is the same as the most beautiful picture in the camera, there are similarities.

Long Island at the end of the day

　　The market after breakfast, let us see again at once when we entered the island, the scene of the crowds. The island, awakened, also stretched its muscles and started to show its own beauty.

　　Ten years ago, when we came to Long Island, the only classic scenic spot was "Moon Bay", and the only tourist items were groups of tourists playing in the water and picking moon rocks. Now, has developed a longitudinal inertia north and south, the sea wide east and west of the two tourist routes, basically the island's natural scenery all show, visitors can not have to focus on a place to play "adults look at the head, children look at the ass". But the beauty is that tourists are required to buy a pass, not a single choice of attractions to buy tickets, it is inevitable that people speculate that there are suspicions of monopoly business.

　　The Dragon Boat Festival is a fishing holiday, the island's fishermen are busy packing up their fishing gear, mooring their fishing boats to let the fishery resources rest and recuperate. In the beginning, the fishing moratorium relied on government supervision, but in recent years the recovery of fishery resources, gradually let the fishermen get the benefit, so the fishing moratorium has generally had a consensus, become a conscious behavior. Therefore, last night the owner of the restaurant told us that now after the spring season, if you want to eat a variety of seafood, you should wait until after September.

　　I thought when I photographed the fishing port full of moored fishing boats, without the temptation of seafood, everything on this island is more like a slow living habitat suitable for human survival. After that, I no longer have to run around for eight in the morning and five in the evening, and there are no more attachments that I can't let go of, I will definitely come often and live for a long time, not only in the spring and autumn when the fish are full.

Long Island of the Dragon Boat Festival

　　Two days of time will pass in a hurry, perhaps our non-stop running touched the heavens, the sun finally left its charm to the dusk.

　　It first hangs proudly in the direction of Penglai, and at six o'clock in the evening, it waved ten thousand hues, bathing the earthly scene of Long Island. Its majestic posture seems to freeze time and space, giving people the illusion that it will be a never-ending sunset, to have more intimate contact with the earth and sea, allowing us to enjoy the splendor of the evening light almost luxuriously.

　　Hold your breath and pay attention to the glow of the sky; and the fishing songs of the sea plantation; and the fishing boats returning to the harbor. In time and space, our reverie has been deeply integrated into the red ocean under the sun.

Long Island at the Dragon Boat Festival

The Dragon Boat Festival on Long Island

　　2011 Dragon Boat Festival, the time of the big drive, is also the day we left the island. Thinking of leaving the just acquainted with the long island, thinking of a small holiday fleetingly, thinking of the tired feet to work, just relaxed two days of body and mind, and suddenly depressed up.

　　Although we rushed to the pier after breakfast, the inconvenience of leaving the island made the mood unpleasant.

　　The first boat out of the island, let tourists wait until noon to send, arrived across the sea in Penglai is already more than 1 pm. But when we left the boat, the last moment of looking back at the sea, thoughts suddenly put a few days of feelings, instantly knotted into a rational bead chain, people love to let go.

　　As the car ran on the journey home, I felt that all the feelings over the past few days might be from different perspectives, respectively writing about the rhythm of Long Island and the unhurried way of life of the islanders. They easily communicate with time every day, breathing the moist oxygen gifted by the sea, bathing in the flawless and haze-free sunshine, enjoying the wealth given by their labor, which is what quality of a pleasant life.

　　All their unconcealed performance, just in their own way of life, honestly brought to share with us. But if there are any tangles that can not be extricated, imagine, if God gave mankind a legendary paradise, we let it stay in its original state and cherish it? Or turn it into a modern concrete walled city?

　　We have been in the haze, in the toxic food, in the profit-oriented environment for too long, after experiencing the work schedule of Long Island, people should be easy and simple life, perhaps this is the biggest gain of this trip.