RV China border tour day51: Tongjiang explores the cultural and historical footprints of the Hezhe people

Tongjiang · Hezhe tribe

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The starting point of "Tongsan" highway

The "Tongsan" highway has a total length of 5,700 kilometers. It starts from Tongjiang, Heilongjiang in the north, and ends in Sanya, Hainan in the south. After completion, it will become a transportation artery from north to south across the country.

Sanjiangkou

Sanjiangkou Scenic Area is where the Heilongjiang River and the Songhua River flow into the Tongjiang River to form a three-branch mouth. The Heilongjiang River and the Songhua River merge in the Tongjiang River and stretch for dozens of kilometers. However, due to different water quality, they do not mix. In the Tongtong River, half is black and half is Huang, we have lived in peace for many years, flowing into the distance in a mighty way.

Black represents Heilongjiang and yellow represents Songhua River. The boundaries are clear.

Sino-Russian boundary monument

Hezhe Nationality Museum

Hezhen nationality —a minority ethnic group with a long history in Northeast China, whose national language is Hezhe language. Mainly distributed in the Sanjiang Plain formed by the confluence of Heilongjiang, Songhua River, and Ussuli Rivers and the remaining mountains of Wanda Mountain. They are one of the smallest ethnic minorities in my country, with a total population of more than 5,000.

Bronze sculptures of Hezhen people’s fishing and hunting culture

The zenith is the sun

Living scene of the Guhezhe people

winter fishing scene

bow hunting scene

Stone axes and hammers used by the Hezhe people in the Neolithic Age

Harpoon, fishhook, anchor

Silver hairpins, bracelets, necklaces and other accessories

clothes accessories

The Hezhe people are the only ethnic minority in China who make and wear "fish skin clothes". They wear fish skin clothes to keep them breathable and cool in summer, and animal skin clothes to keep warm and keep out the cold in winter.

Fish leather clothing series

carp leather jacket

salmon leather jacket

fish leather jacket

Zheluo fish leather jacket

Tools for making fish skin clothing

fish skin boots

fish skin hat

fish skin belt

Animal skin clothing series, deerskin clothing

Roe deer skin

Hunting crossbow, lucky calendar

fish bone crafts

fish bone painting

fish skin painting

Shasheng fish woodcut

Hezhen traditional sports

After coming out of the museum, there are many small squares in the starting square, showing the cultural origins of the Hezhe people.

Coming of Age Square, the sculpture resembles the Holy Grail in Pirates of the Caribbean

Aegean Square

The twelve constellations on the zodiac are believed to be transformed by gods and can be used to predict people's fortunes.

Each constellation on the observatory means that everyone has infinite possibilities for the future at the starting point of life.

The architecture is unique to the local area

Say goodbye to the starting point square and come to the Hezhe Fish Skin Culture and Art Center. The owner is the cultural inheritor of the Hezhe fish skin handicrafts.

Various Hezhen fish skin handicrafts are sold here, which are all national intangible cultural heritage.

Making fish skin handicrafts on site

fish skin clothing

Fish skin painting, exquisite craftsmanship

Recommended by the staff of the art museum, we came to an authentic Shasheng fish restaurant at noon.

Shasheng fish—a top-quality dish of the Hezhe people, mostly made from carp or other fish with scales. It is praised as “the best dish in the world” by people along the Ussuri River (Shasheng fish is very good at selecting fish. Requirements, it is easy to get liver flukes if you eat fish that are not authentically killed)

Sautéed Potato Slices with Wild Mushrooms

After dinner, we went to Lahasusu Customs. The customs, which was the Sino-Russian trade jurisdiction more than a hundred years ago, has now become the old site.

I was very excited to visit the Customs Museum, but unfortunately it was not open.

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An iron anchor. This iron anchor served on the passenger ship "Guangzhou" during the Republic of China and witnessed the rise and fall of the port several times over the past century.

ship navigation lighthouse

Customs and Postal Service. During the late Qing Dynasty, China Post was founded by the Customs and established a postal office in the General Taxation Department of Customs.

Say goodbye to Tongjiang and head to Jiamusi

Enter G011, the starting point of "Tongsan" Expressway

The road ahead is filled with mountains and hills, and it’s starting to rain.

Passing through the Great Northern Wilderness, there are mountains, rivers, rice fields, and homes. The clouds and mist are like gauze hanging on the mountains.