I have lived in an ancient town in the Lixiahe area since I was a child. Every day, I like to watch the wooden sailboats, small passenger ships and river freight fleets that move like snakes in the river. I heard adults say that the big ships in the sea are called big ships. They are as high as several stories. This made me yearn for the sea even more: go and see the big ships in the sea! But where is the sea? Grandma said that there is also a sea to the east of Fanggong Causeway, called the Yellow Sea. There is a vast grassy beach there, a vast coastline, and endless waves of the sea. When you grow up, grandma will take you to see the sea!
After I went to school, I went to Shanghai, Nantong and Qingdao. I finally saw the same big ports as those in childhood movies and TV, with the sound of whistles, giant ships passing by, majestic gantry cranes, and busy port areas. Dock workers, what a bustling seaport life! At this time, I also knew that my hometown, Dafeng, is close to the sea but has no access to the sea. The desolate and barren Yellow Beach is surrounded by reeds and endless salt wormwood. It is sparsely populated and there are only a few salt farms, reclamation areas, and breeding farms along the coast. Without a big port, those big ships are far beyond the horizon of the sea. The sea breeze blows the waves high, and my grandma has already gone to that distant world. My childhood dream of going to the east to see the sea and sea ships seems to be very far away...
December 28, 1998, for my hometown It is a day worth remembering for the people. After 8 years of scientific and rigorous demonstration, Dafeng Port has finally started construction amidst the long-awaited expectations of the people of the city! Reclamation, dikes, and bridges, port projects continue to advance towards the depths of the sea, from the trial opening of the 10,000-ton berth of the first phase of Dafeng Port to the official opening of a first-class port to becoming one of the first ports in mainland China with direct shipping to Taiwan... …Dafeng Port, a term that carries dreams, has finally become the focus of the world’s attention. Over the years, I have also witnessed the growth of Dafeng Port in the small town. Every time I look eastward, the bustling port, port city and port area at the end of Tonggang Avenue tell me that the magnificent seaside scenery in my childhood dreams has become a reality. ! I also want to comfort my grandmother who is far away: I saw a big ship in Dafeng!
Dafeng is very small, just a small town in the Great Plains of Northern Jiangsu; Dafeng is very big, facing a vast blue ocean. When the clarion call for the country's coastal development was sounded, the historical opportunity once again chose Dafeng. The people of Dafeng, who are "generous, inclusive, innovative and striving for the first", have created an impressive business in just three years. The astonishing miracle of Dafeng Port: from the construction of various characteristic industrial parks to the official operation of Dafeng Port BRT, the first county-level city in northern Jiangsu, from the debut of the British-style Shakespeare Town in the port area to the ocean blue With the booming tourism economy and the mission of the times of "battle the coastal areas and decisively win the coastal areas", Dafeng, our hometown, has truly taken the sea to the world. The turbulent yellow sea tide, the soul-stirring sea breeze, the golden coast that stretches for hundreds of miles, the sea is still the same sea, but the old appearance of my hometown on the seaside has changed.
Going through the four seasons, taking off with dreams, towards the vast blue in the distance, I watch the red sun rising in the east and reflecting on the harbor by the sea, I write poetry on the ebb and flow of the sea wall, Although there are no golden beaches or swaying coconut groves on the seaside in my hometown, the fragrance of acacia flowers and the magic of galloping elk give me the same harmony and beauty.
Facing the sea, spring flowers are blooming, the sea is calling, my hometown is taking off, I am a happy person here!