From the upper reaches of the Lishui River, the “Upper River” will go to the shore to buy food. In contrast, Taoyuan Shuixi (now Taohuayuan Town) has the most tofu and taste, and the county east street sells. The wine is strong, the sweet-scented osmanthus of the city of Bengbu, the longest fritter of the river, and there is the wine of Taoyuan, the sugar of Bengbu, the long fritters of the river, the tofu like the city wall, the boat to the German The slang of the mountain looking back.

Changde is built on the water and is the largest terminal and port city in the Lishui River Basin. Lishui is one of the four major water systems in Hunan. It originated in Yunwu Mountain of Guizhou Province and flows through the southeastern Guizhou and Tongren areas. It flows through Xiangxi and Huaihua in Hunan, then enters Taoyuan and Changde, and injects Dongting into Deshan. From the top of Fuling, Lishui is called "Shanghe", and Fuling is called "Xiahe" below. Shen Congwen and Huang Yongyu, who walked out of Xiangxi, left a deep and beautiful impression on Changde in their youth, and they praised Changde. From Taoyuan to Changde, the Lishui River was the busiest section of the western Hunan Province in the era of developed water transport. People walking on both sides of the Lishui River left many stories and popular folk songs. From the upper reaches of the Lishui River, the “Upper River” will go to the shore to buy food. In contrast, Taoyuan Shuixi (now Taohuayuan Town) has the most tofu and taste, and the county east street sells. The wine is strong, the sweet-scented osmanthus of the city of Bengbu, the longest fritter of the river, and there is the wine of Taoyuan, the sugar of Bengbu, the long fritters of the river, the tofu like the city wall, the boat to the German The slang of the mountain looking back.