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奉化：在那桃花盛開的地方

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著名歌唱家蔣大為在演唱《在那桃花盛開的地方》。Singer Jiang Dawei is famed for the song titled A Place where Peach Trees Bloom.

《在那桃花盛開的地方》之歌，充滿著陽剛之氣，蘊(yùn)涵著深厚的家國(guó)情懷。1987年在全國(guó)“青年最喜愛的歌”評(píng)選中獲一等獎(jiǎng)。這首經(jīng)典歌曲數(shù)度入選中央電視臺(tái)春節(jié)聯(lián)歡晚會(huì)及中國(guó)改革開放30周年晚會(huì)。這歌聲唱出了幾代人的心聲。最為吻合這首歌曲情景的，首推中國(guó)水蜜桃之鄉(xiāng)—浙江省奉化市，更為難得的是這歌曲的孕育、創(chuàng)作也與奉化息息相關(guān)，如今佳話頻傳。

好歌緣起在奉化

奉化同一條水道有三個(gè)名稱：上為剡源，中為剡溪，下為剡江，行政區(qū)域則為溪口鎮(zhèn)，下是江口街道，中稱蕭王廟街道。奉化水蜜桃研究所就設(shè)在溪口鎮(zhèn)上。

2006年蔣大為在蔣氏故居溪口演唱《在那桃花盛開的地方》，掌聲雷動(dòng)，遠(yuǎn)比他在春節(jié)晚會(huì)上轟動(dòng)。但人們未曾想到這歌詞緣起溪口蹕駐，2015年水蜜桃節(jié)后才揭曉于天下—

那是1966年，鎮(zhèn)上蹕駐有個(gè)19歲的小青年王武位應(yīng)征入伍，1969年上珍寶島前線執(zhí)行潛伏任務(wù)。人在零下40多攝氏度的冰雪中，就算衣服被雪水浸透結(jié)冰也不能暴露目標(biāo)，腳凍僵了，也不能抖動(dòng)一下。當(dāng)時(shí)沈陽軍區(qū)歌舞團(tuán)創(chuàng)作員鄔大為到珍寶島前線體驗(yàn)生活。至今他和這位奉化小戰(zhàn)士聊天的情景記憶猶新。鄔大為回憶說：“我問他冷不冷，當(dāng)時(shí)感覺怎么樣？他說這種冷的感覺就像被貓咬一樣疼。但是一想到此刻自己的家鄉(xiāng)正桃花盛開，心里也變得溫暖了?！毙?zhàn)士從珍寶島回來后就提干了。他的一番話一直縈繞在鄔大為心間，他說：“奉化桃花帶給‘小戰(zhàn)士’那種精神力量，是天下最美的桃花?！闭f來也巧，這位享受國(guó)務(wù)院特殊津貼的音樂家也是奉化人。他與小戰(zhàn)士王武位同飲一江水，小戰(zhàn)士在剡源蹕駐村，鄔大為在剡江禾家橋村。只是鄔大為14歲離開家鄉(xiāng)，直到2015年再訪故里。小戰(zhàn)士在冰雪中為祖國(guó)駐守邊疆的故事在他的胸中久久醞釀，終于激發(fā)了他的創(chuàng)作靈感，那感人心弦的歌詞迅速問世，經(jīng)著名歌唱家蔣大為激情演唱，舉國(guó)傳誦。

由奉化小戰(zhàn)士在冰雪邊疆潛伏放哨的場(chǎng)景及他摯愛故里桃花的拳拳鄉(xiāng)心緣起，鄔大為精心作詞，蔣大為縱情演唱，美妙的歌聲在奉化、在浙江、在祖國(guó)唱響四方：

在那桃花盛開的地方/有我可愛的故鄉(xiāng)/桃樹倒映在明凈的水面/桃林環(huán)抱著秀麗的村莊/啊……故鄉(xiāng)！生我養(yǎng)我的地方/無論我在哪里放哨站崗/總是把你深情地向往/在那桃花盛開的地方/有我迷人的故鄉(xiāng)/桃園蕩漾著孩子們的笑聲/桃花映紅了姑娘的臉龐/啊……故鄉(xiāng)！終生難忘的地方/為了你的景色更加美好/我愿駐守在風(fēng)雪的邊疆

桃花爛漫接天涯

九九艷陽，剡源、剡溪、剡江兩岸，春光明媚，桃花盛開。這塊古老的土地，屬四明山脈，兩千年前，山民賞桃，竟到神仙洞府，與仙女結(jié)伴的故事傳說，引來古今多少名士羨嘆吟詠！那里已成為浙東唐詩之路。“自從劉阮遇仙后，溪上桃花幾度紅”。溪口鎮(zhèn)之上有剡溪九曲，古人稱“山川景物之盛”，“亦不在武夷九曲之下也！”其中一曲稱六詔，書圣王羲之隱居之地，二曲蹕駐，就是奉化小戰(zhàn)士出生之地，宋代有詩描敘“夾岸桃花勝舊年”。元代稱“清溪白石映桃花”。明代桃花之盛，詩稱“溪上栽桃滿洞花，洞門石壁映丹霞”。

時(shí)至當(dāng)代，溪口鎮(zhèn)有個(gè)新建村，是奉化最大的水蜜桃村，建有水蜜桃觀光處，亭臺(tái)樓榭，曲徑回廊，處處田園風(fēng)光，待到那桃花綻放，更是別有風(fēng)光。

地處溪口與江口之間有蕭王廟街道。那里不僅有全球生態(tài)五百佳之一的滕頭村，還有“天下第一桃園”，那是在林家村的王家山，奉化桃花節(jié)就出自那里。2003年，蕭王廟街道黨委、辦事處整合傳統(tǒng)文化和特色產(chǎn)業(yè)，推出了首屆“耕人桃花筆會(huì)”，以書為橋，以花為媒，發(fā)展產(chǎn)業(yè)，擴(kuò)大了影響。2008年耕人桃花筆會(huì)升格為“中國(guó)（奉化）桃花節(jié)”。每當(dāng)三四月間王家山3000畝桃花盛開，紅霞爛漫成花的海洋，萬千桃花連接天涯。

桃花節(jié)期間，游客如云，踏青賞花，穿行在王家山桃花林中。王家山山腰有3000米游步道，高底起伏蜿蜒在桃林中。

游步道中有醉仙亭，海內(nèi)外游子在亭中賞桃花沐春風(fēng)，眼前桃花灼灼，火紅一片，相映遠(yuǎn)山藍(lán)天，可揮毫潑墨，可即興賦詩。青少年學(xué)生在老師帶領(lǐng)下，融入桃林中，火紅的桃花，火紅的青春，享受的是快樂與幸福。老年人相聚在桃花簇?fù)淼耐?，共話花開花落春風(fēng)至，釋放著蜜桃似的美好情懷。

在云霧間盛放 王建才 攝 Blooming in Mist, a photo by Wang Jiancai

人面桃花相映紅。桃花節(jié)有許多俊男靚女徜徉在桃林，“在那桃花盛開的地方，有我可愛的故鄉(xiāng)……”從桃花節(jié)傳出的豪邁動(dòng)人的歌聲久久回蕩……

蜜桃甜香飄萬里

春天桃花飽人眼福，待到初秋將至，還可飽人口福。奉化還有水蜜桃節(jié)！

《在那桃花盛開的地方》作者、音樂家鄔大為展示手稿。Wu Dawei, the songwriter of the hit song, shows the manuscript.

奉化“天下第一桃園”,這里擁有桃園5000多畝，為浙江之最。Linjia Village boasts a peach garden of 330 hectares, the largest one in Zhejiang Province.

兩千多年來，奉化桃文化沉積在獨(dú)特的水土上，人們一直為栽培好桃而努力。用現(xiàn)在的話說，桃文化與桃科技相伴。史料記載，1883年清光緒年間，溪口三十六灣村園藝?yán)先藦耐獾匾N水蜜桃，回到溪口栽培嫁接，在當(dāng)?shù)貧夂?、土質(zhì)條件下，經(jīng)過十多年的精心培育和不斷選種，水蜜桃變異成新品種，肉質(zhì)細(xì)軟，汁多味甜，取“瓊漿玉露”之義，稱為玉露水蜜桃。栽桃技藝很快傳授到奉化蕭王廟、江口、白杜，桃樹培植成片。桃苗還銷往江蘇、上海、福建等地。

1949年以后，奉化水蜜桃經(jīng)歷恢復(fù)和發(fā)展時(shí)期。到20世紀(jì)末，水蜜桃在溪口、蕭王廟、錦屏三處各有5000畝以上基地，千畝以上的專業(yè)村11個(gè)，奉化全市總面積達(dá)4萬畝。1980年農(nóng)業(yè)出版社出版的《落葉果林分類學(xué)》一書中，稱奉化水蜜桃是“我國(guó)水蜜桃中最有名的品種”，早在1996年，奉化市被國(guó)務(wù)院發(fā)展研究中心等部門聯(lián)合命名為“中國(guó)水蜜桃之鄉(xiāng)”。國(guó)內(nèi)外專家稱奉化水蜜桃是“中國(guó)第一桃”。

歌曲中堅(jiān)守祖國(guó)邊疆、想念家鄉(xiāng)桃花的小戰(zhàn)士王武位PLA soldier Wang Wuwei, who guards the border line and misses the peach flowers at his home

2002年奉化水蜜桃獲國(guó)家質(zhì)監(jiān)總局原產(chǎn)地保護(hù)標(biāo)記。奉化水蜜桃研究所，集“科技、生產(chǎn)、示范、服務(wù)與技術(shù)推廣”于一體，先后與我國(guó)有關(guān)高校、科研部門合作，引進(jìn)蜜桃新種，研究高效栽培，開展典型示范。研究所還與國(guó)外專家開展技術(shù)交流。近20年，來奉化考察水蜜桃的專家有60余批，他們來自日本、韓國(guó)、新西蘭、德國(guó)、意大利、美國(guó)、荷蘭、捷克、西班牙等國(guó)。

2015年水蜜桃節(jié)后，奉化小戰(zhàn)士王武位和音樂家鄔大為的故事便在奉化傳開了。一位奉化朋友告訴筆者，奉化人最愛聽的歌就是《在那桃花盛開的地方》。在電視電影上、在文化禮堂的舞臺(tái)上，一聽到蔣大為演唱的這首歌，大家就會(huì)不約而同地跟著唱起來。在奉化采風(fēng)時(shí)，筆者深深感到，這首激動(dòng)人心的經(jīng)典歌曲在奉化已深入人心，它正鼓舞著奉化人民為建設(shè)美麗家鄉(xiāng)、實(shí)現(xiàn)全面小康社會(huì)而貢獻(xiàn)力量！

奉化林家村桃花盛開。 楊建華 攝 The peach woods bloom in Linjia Village, Fenghua, a photo by Yang Jianhua

Peach Blossoms in Full Bloom

By Chen Weiquan

奉化“天下第一桃園”林家村的“耕人書院”Farmers Academy, a school of classic studies in Linjia Village, Fenghua

The scenario depicted by Peach Blossoms in Full Bloom, a song of masculinity and profound patriotism that won the “Youths’favorite Song of 1987” award, beautifully matches Fenghua, China’s ‘honey peach capital’. The story behind the songwriting also adds to the unfailing beauty of the song.

The administrative center of Fenghua is called Xikou Town, where the Fenghua Honey Peach Research Institute is headquartered.

The stage presentation of Peach Blossoms in Full Bloom by Jiang Dawei, a Chinese folk singer best known for a number of hit songs such as the theme song for the 1986 TV series Journey to the West, at the former residence of Chiang Kai-shek in 2006, turned out to be more sensational than his performance at the CCTV New Year Extravaganza. However, the story behind the lyrics of the song was known by very few.

In 1966, 19-year-old Wang Wuwei joined the army. Three years later, he was sent to the Zhenbao Island on an undercover task. In the extreme cold of the winter of 1969, songwriter Wu Dawei landed on the island for new inspiration. In the bone penetrating temperatures at minus 40 degrees Celsius, Wang Wuwei risked his life time and time again to ensure the success of the undercover missions. The chat with Wang Wuwei remains fresh in the songwriter’s memory.

“I asked him how he could handle such harsh cold,” he recalled, “and the young man told me the freezing cold felt like being bitten by a cat and the cure was to think about the peach blossoms back in his hometown”.

What the young soldier said made Wu Dawei, who is a Fenghua native too, warm at heart. “The spiritual power brought by the fond memories about the peach blossoms in his hometown is the most beautiful flower in the world.”

Wu Dawei left his home village at the age of 14, and never got a chance to revisit till 2015. The encounter with the young soldier filled the songwriter with inspiration that eventually blossomed into a song that has been sung by generations of singers all over the country till today.

Where the peach trees are in full bloom,

There is my lovely hometown.

Wherever I stand sentry,

The hometown is always the direction of my gaze.

The Xinjian Village of Xikou Town has long been the largest honey peach production base in Fenghua. Located in between the town proper and Jiangkou, Xiaowangmiao has the world-famous Tengtou Village – ranking in the World’s Top 500 Eco-villages, in its administrative territory. Wangjia Mountain, where the annual Fenghua Peach Blossoms Festival is held in springtime, lies just close by in a village called Linjia Village. The floral carnival draws in tourists from all over the country for a splendid view of pink created by 180 hectares of peach trees grown on the hillside.

The long-standing peach cultivation tradition of Fenghua, dating back to 2,000 years ago, can also be tasted in the yearly Fenghua Honey Peach Festival. The unique peach culture reached its heyday in the Guangxu years of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). The supreme quality of Fenghua peach of today is the cumulative result of the hard work and innovative strain selection of generations of peach growers. Today, technology contributes a lot to the unfailing reputation of Fenghua honey peach. The succulent, fleshy fruits have drawn curious agriculturists from all over the world into the peach villages in Fenghua.