The long-awaited trip to Shaanxi finally took place. Our train is K82 air-conditioned express from Guangzhou to Xi 'an. It was already 10 at night. We got on the train and fell asleep. We had nothing to do all night. The next day, I crossed Zhengzhou to the west. It was sunny outside the window, and thick snow was still visible on the fields and roofs that passed from time to time. In the rhythmic clang of the train, the mileage to my hometown is shortened mile by mile, and the Qinchuan and Guanzhong plains in 800 miles are gradually becoming lively, which inevitably makes me feel a little excited.
Xi, the capital of emperors since ancient times, was once the earliest, longest and largest city in China. 13 Zhou, Qin, Han, Tang and other dynasties established their capitals here, which is also the starting point of the famous "Silk Road". The most prosperous period in China's history was the Han and Tang Dynasties. It used to be a famous international trade center, a place where Chinese and Western civilizations converged, and a symbol of ancient China's opening to the outside world. Xi 'an, also known as the "Museum of Natural History", is characterized by the accumulation of China's ancient history and culture represented by the Terracotta Warriors and Horses, the eighth wonder of the world. Historical drama scenes staged in Xi 'an: the destruction of merchants in the Western Zhou Dynasty, the unification of the six countries, the hegemony of Chu and Han, the rule of Zhenguan, the rebellion of An's history, the Xi 'an incident, etc. , witnessed the long history of our Chinese nation. No wonder many foreign friends, including politicians from all over the world, came to China to see Xi. Because, if you want to know more about China, Xi can't be bypassed! Coupled with the current western development, Xi' an, as an important town and center in the northwest, naturally attracted everyone's attention!
Staring at the scenery outside the window, strange and familiar. I was born in Xi 'an, Hunan. Although I went back to Hunan with my parents when I was three and a half years old, my memory of Northwest China and Xi 'an is not clear. From my mother's memories from time to time, for me, the impression of my hometown is formed in images such as Big Wild Goose Pagoda, Bell Tower, Drum Tower, North Street, mutton buns in soup, Chinese hamburger and red "oily biang biang noodles". After leaving Xi 'an for so many years, I have a feeling of attachment to my hometown. Although it is not a dream, it often appears in my mind.
Singer Su Huilun has a song "What's Hometown". The lyrics are like this: "What is hometown, a place you have heard the most but haven't been to? What is my hometown, a place where I stand on tiptoe to see the world? How can you imagine that the photo in your hand has turned yellow? Why can't I find the wall I painted when I was a child? " My understanding, the so-called hometown, refers to a person who was born in one place and then went to another place to live and work. Then, the place where he lives now is called hometown, and his birthplace is called hometown. Everyone has only one birthplace, and that is his first hometown! Hometown is the daubing wall in our memory! Then, can I also be regarded as an authentic Shaanxi baby? Do our hometown association in Shaanxi recognize this wanderer who has been away from home for a long time?
The bus was late, and it was past 4 pm in Xi 'an. After leaving the station, I suddenly saw Xi 'an's tall Ming city wall. Xi railway station is so close to the tall Ming city wall! The endless stream of people and cars makes the square in front of the station look cramped, crowded and chaotic. As far as the original ancient capital of China is concerned, there are not many well-preserved ancient city walls, or they gradually disappeared in the 1950s or during the Cultural Revolution or during the acceleration of urbanization, such as Beijing. After realizing the importance of protecting history and culture, especially the importance of developing tourism economy, the walls of Xi seem to have been completely restored. Judging from the map and intuitive feeling, at present, the core part of Xi 'an city is within the city wall, the subway is being built, and there are construction sites everywhere, which seems a bit messy. In particular, the traffic is not smooth, the management is not standardized, and cars do not slow down when passing through the zebra crossing, giving people the feeling that it is unsafe to walk on the zebra crossing, which makes those of us who walk out of Zhuzhou, a model city of traffic management, extremely unaccustomed! You should be careful when walking on the road, but you are afraid!
The gifts we brought to relatives of Xi 'an are full of Hunan characteristics from the inside out: silver needle tea from Junshan in Dongting, porcelain from Hongguan kiln in Liling, lotus seeds from Xiangtan and, of course, Tang Renshen meat products from Zhuzhou. In return, Xi 'an's relatives received us with a strong Shaanxi flavor. It is said that it is very regrettable not to eat mutton buns in Xi 'an, just like foreign friends don't climb the Great Wall in China. The gift they gave us, of course, was to treat us to authentic mutton buns. Put the broken steamed stuffed bun in a big bowl, soak the mutton soup and put it in your mouth. That smells good! Take a bite of steamed bread and a bite of fresh mutton. It tastes really good. There is a folk song that says, "In eight hundred miles, the east wind of Qinchuan is mighty, and 30 million children sing Qinqiang opera together. Eat a bowl of mutton buns, full of joy, no spicy muttering. " These words fully reflect Shaanxi people's love for oily and spicy melon seeds. So they specifically asked if we could eat Chili, seemingly forgetting that we Hunan people are notoriously "afraid of spicy food", no problem!
It's past 7 o'clock since I came out from my relatives' house. We will meet the team at Furong Business Hotel at the intersection of Qujiang Road and Xiying Road, which means it is still quite far from the north and south of Xi 'an, a big city. But something unexpected happened at this time. My cousin has been living and working in Xi 'an, and he may have a hunch about it. He is a local and insists on seeing us off. Near the north gate, several "empty" taxis were stopped in succession, but the other party either couldn't dodge or ignored us and left. I walked forward to a crossroads, and a similar situation happened several times. Cousins and cousins can't face it and keep apologizing. After waiting for 1 many hours in the cold winter wind near zero, finally a car was willing to pull us to the south of the city. At that time, we thought it was just bad luck, or a shift change or something. I don't think so. Later, on the day I went home, at 9: 00 in the morning, in the west of Anxi, we met with two rejections. Add bricks and tiles! Really depressed and depressed! Do our fellow villagers in Shaanxi hate us wanderers who come back from afar?
When I came back to check on the Internet, I realized that refusing to load was a common occurrence in xi. There is an article about xi 'an's refusal to take a taxi from the Internet. The title is "Take a taxi in Xi 'an, the small one can be mad, and the timid one can be scared to death! "Mr. Wang, who often travels all over the country by train and plane, said that in his impression, taxis at An Railway Station have been deceiving and refusing passengers for a long time, at least for more than ten years. Although it has been rectified many times, it remains the same. On June 5438+1October 65438+March, 2009, Sina.com and Huashang.com-Huashang.com reported that two northeast passengers had an argument with the driver when they refused to take a taxi near xi Railway Station, and then the driver stabbed the passenger's right eye with a knife. "Knife depth 1 cm, the young man may die on the spot! "On the afternoon of September 13, 2009, a murder case occurred near the East Xiaozhai Cross in the eastern suburb of Xi. A young man took a taxi in the rain. The taxi parked on the side of the road showed that it was empty, but his brother said that he was working shifts and did not attract customers. There was an argument between the two sides. The young man who wanted to take a taxi took out a switchblade and stabbed the driver, who then died. Isn't it a little scary!
Ah, Xi 'an, my hometown, I don't know how to express my sadness and helplessness to you! Millennium ancient capital, royal style, you show your "smallness" in this way; Behind the crowded crowd, busy cars and tall buildings, and the gorgeous turn to seek modernization, you exposed your "ugliness" in this way. Isn't it enough that the decadent, cold and dying breath of the "abandoned capital" has hurt you?
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