The vanishing cattail grass

Looking at the lonely bushes, recalling the eyeful of green (all pictures were taken on May 28, 2016)

Bihai Yinsha Network News (Picture / Yan Kewen / Tangxiao Editor / Chang Sheng Shaoqiong) Lushan Village, Taiping Town, Mazhang District, what impressed me most was the green of the farmland in front of the village. In the paddy field in front of the village, the villagers planted the grass uniformly, the breeze came, the grass rose one after another, swaying, the unique fragrance of the grass was sent to the face, refreshing, comfortable and comfortable!

Walking among the grass, looking for the fun of childhood picking grass seeds

I have been thinking about the green fields of Pucao all the time, and want to find the memories of my childhood. Full of expectation and go, only to find that eyes full of green, has already become sparse. A few small areas of Pucao field, squeezed aside by other plants, appears to be so lonely. Fortunately, although the team is not strong enough, it still thrives in the cracks of other plants. In the early morning, the grass seeds under the dew, accompanied by the breeze, still dance heartily even if there is a lack of audience.

It was thought that the villagers had moved the planting site of the grass, or it was difficult to grow the grass, so that the villagers had no choice but to give up.

When I asked the villagers, I finally learned that it was not the transfer of the site to plant the grass, but that the planting area of the grass was really reduced. Uncle Hong told me that it is easier to grow cattail grass than rice. It does not require careful care and care day and night. Moreover, it can be planted all the year round and can be harvested in a year. Generally, it is planted in summer, and the seeds are bent from the middle and inserted into the farmland from the beginning to the end. Fertilizing, the new buds of the grass will grow from the head and tail of the inserted farmland. In the process of planting pipe, there is no need to spray pesticides, as long as the farmland is watered and fertile all the year round. And after the harvest, the remaining bushes can grow new buds, and after fertilization, there will be a new crop in the coming year. If you plant it again and again, you can harvest it for three or four years. The well-managed and well-growing bushes can be more than two meters high. After the grass is harvested, the bunches are transported back to the "grass bed", sorted according to length, exposed to the sun, flattened by the car, and can be used to weave straw mats. If you like beautiful colors, you can also use toner to boil and melt in boiling water and dye the bushes. After dyeing, you can weave colorful straw mats without discoloration.

Since it is not difficult to grow, so that the villagers are forced to give up their love, why is the planting area of Prunus grass decreasing day by day? Think about it and explore what it is.

The main reason should be the impact of industrial development. In the wave of industrialization, the concept of villagers working at sunrise, resting at sunset and living on farmland has been changed. many villagers choose to go out to work, and the young and middle-aged people in the village basically go out to work. The lack of labor force is an indisputable fact that the planting area of cattail grass has decreased.

Grass seeds in dew, dancing in the breeze, although the team is not strong enough, but the grace is the same, it still thrives in the cracks of other plants.

Secondly, due to the impact of bamboo mats and rattan mats, the price of straw mats is not high. At an eldest sister's house, I was very happy to see a pile of dyed pu grass. When I asked the eldest sister if she was still weaving straw mats, the eldest sister smiled and said, "the price of straw mats is too low. After a busy day, weaving a mat can only sell for 20 or 30 yuan. Children are not very good at knitting. This pile of cattail grass has been for several years, but it has not been planted in recent years, and we have left it for our own family or relatives to weave straw mats. "

Walking out of the eldest sister's house, there was almost no scene of villagers weaving straw mats in the shade of trees. In my memory, in Lushan Village, the most common scene is: men, women and children in the village, in the shade of trees, in the grass, ten fingers flying, weaving straw mats. Busy fingers, mouth is not idle, parents, fairy tales, respect for the old and love the young model from time to time, there are more popular, nostalgic songs, thunder drama is not willing to be lonely from time to time. In addition to weaving straw mats, clever villagers also use their skillful hands to weave those short bushes that cannot be used to weave straw mats into small baskets of fans, hats and things.

The grass, squeezed aside by other plants, is lonely and lonely.

The planting of Prunus grass is less and less, perhaps one day, Puccinia will face the crisis of disappearance, belonging to the unique fragrance, that eyeful green, where to find? Fewer and fewer people weave straw mats, and even fewer of the younger generation can weave straw mats. Will the skill of weaving straw mats be lost?.