Travel with me to traditional Chinese Hakka village #福建客家土楼村落之旅

We slept two nights in the Taxia village(塔下村）, although it was early May, but it was already very hot in Guangdong and Fujian provinces. But the village had perfect weather because it was located in a mountainous area.
At night, the bright moon climbed high in the sky, showering its silvery light on the ground. We were sitting in the yard ground of out guest house, and enjoying the fresh and sweet early summer breeze.

There had been a rain at night. We got up quite early morning, when the rain and dew haven't drying, and the mountains were vivid green, and full of the singingbirds. We were walking to Tianluokeng Tulou(田螺坑土楼）, all the way along a stream, crisscross paths on a farmland, green Bamboo forest, the scent of jasmine assails the nostrils. All the way, I did not meet any visitors, only the local old people was walking around. Although it is an ordinary countryside scenery, but also pleasant enough, i was so glad escape from the big city to this quiet nature.

我们在塔下村住了两晚，彼时虽是五月初，但福建广东等地已经非常炎热，但塔下村因为地处山区，夜里明月清风，格外舒适。

夜里又下了一场雨，清早雨露未干，不远处的山脉郁郁葱葱，一片新绿，鸟鸣也是格外清朗。我们走路去田螺坑土楼，一路沿着清浅潺潺的小溪，阡陌农田，竹林青翠，茉莉花的清香时而环绕，沿途没有遇见任何游客，只有挑着扁担的当地老人。虽然是寻常乡下的景色，但也足够宜人，从大城市逃到这静谧的自然中来，我们有一种吝啬与人分享的快乐。

Usually there are always many tourists in Chinese old towns, so we didn't expect about the Fujian Tulou, but we were surprised, in all the Tulou villages, just few tourists.
Those villages all have a strong flavour of rurallife. In thoseTulou, the gregarious lives make the old people support each other, and children can play together. The young people wandered the world seeking their fortune, but in the villages time flowing slowly flows through. Those villages seem so peaceful and friendly, it's different with big cities. and even people much more charity and gentleness.
The old man naturally talked with you in hometown languages, although completely don't understand what she said.
It has always been felt that the old people and the children both have the same appearance as their peers. They are all close to the true nature of life.

因为受够了国内一些古镇游客众多的烦扰，对福建土楼没有抱太大希望，但很意外的，在塔下村、裕昌楼，甚至最出名的田螺坑土楼群都是游人稀落。
土楼里也依然保留着寻常的生活气息，群居式的生活也使留守的老人可以相互扶持，孩童们也能一同玩耍。年轻人在外闯荡，而这里时光如流水，有一种过时的优雅。比起国内城市，这些村落似乎也更平和，人也更友善，就连人们的神态都温柔了许多。有时停顿下来拍照，老人会很自然的跟你说家乡话，虽然完全听不懂她在说什么，但知道她在跟你絮语，那些老人对陌生人的那种自来熟让人觉得很亲切。
一直觉得老人和孩童都有和同辈人相似的容貌，都是接近于生命本真的样子，非常从容。

塔下村桥头有“欢迎印尼华侨旅游参观”这样的条幅，后又见种种桥和路都立有“感谢某某印尼华侨资助捐赠”这样的牌匾，想起之前在印尼遇到的祖籍福建的客家老人，了解了客家人故土情深。

福建土楼数不胜数，但大多游客都是前往最商业化的那几个，也是因为交通不太便利。同住一个客栈的国际学校的导游姑娘说，永定土楼那边游客会少些，洪坑土楼群，还有个石桥村，除了小学之外没有任何现代建筑，村子非常古朴，大多都是老人在居住，生活氛围简单安静。