Photos of Carp Stream

Liyu Stream is located in Puyuan Village, 5 kilometers away from Zhouning County, about half an hour's drive from Jiulong Lake. At the end of the Southern Song Dynasty, the ancestors of the Zheng clan in Xingyang County moved to this place in order to avoid the war. In order to prevent others from being poisoned, they stocked carp in the water. passed down from generation to generation. The local still maintains the tradition of "no hunting, no eating" for carp, and even the custom of fish burial. For the dead carp, three worships and nine kowtows, the 229-character fish sacrificial text is recited, and then buried in the fish mound. local customs. The current Carp Creek has undergone some commercial development, and some relatively modern sculptures and buildings have been built, but the quaint atmosphere of the village is still there. The whole tour is relatively leisurely, and you can walk along the trails in the village to enjoy the scenery. Walking through Zhenqu Bridge and walking along the ancient streets of Ming and Qing Dynasties, there are still people living in the old houses here, which is full of life. The attractions worth seeing are Zheng's Ancestral Hall, Eighteen Streams, Zhile Pavilion and so on.