Walking through that village, it's already sixty years old. Every time I visit relatives or pass by on a business trip, my feelings for home become stronger and stronger. Someone once said that the farther away from home, the longer the time, the more blurred the shadow of hometown will become. As for me, the older I get, the more I care about my hometown, which is often "I keep cutting, I am still confused, I can't keep my sorrow, and I miss the taste in my heart".
My hometown, Shandan, is now a distant hometown. I am in a foreign land, and my hometown is already a dream poem, a distant place.
Shandan, located in the middle of Hexi Corridor, enjoys the reputation of "Jiangnan beyond the Great Wall" with peculiar mountains and rivers. Qilian Mountain, with lush vegetation, and Longshou Mountain, where nothing grows, look from a distance as if the two armies are against each other; It's like two brothers walking together, heading west on the Silk Road. Shandan is an important passage and supporting town of the ancient Silk Road, and now it has become an important grain base in China. Shandan is also a place where coal is produced. He has made great contributions to China's coal industry and trained countless coal "veterans".
Shandan has four distinct seasons and changeable climate. Qilian Mountain in the south has a plateau cold climate; Longshou Mountain (also known as Flame Mountain) in the north has a changeable climate. In ancient times, there was a scenic spot of "snow halfway up the Qilian Mountain, and the dragon's eyes were in a hurry". When I was a child, a group of boys with half a head, Hai Heng, wanted to climb to the top of Longshou Mountain, which is more than 4,000 meters high in Shanghai, to pick the two golden longan trees. According to geologists' research, these two longan trees are naturally formed, and those two sparkling longan trees are two pieces of jade that grow 200 meters away from the top of the mountain. Every day, when the sun is shining, two longan trees will shine brightly. There is also a magical natural phenomenon, self-memory. The older generation observed the weather changes and whether it rained that day, all from the changes of these two longan trees. If just at noon, two shiny longan are covered by fog clouds, it will definitely rain in the afternoon; If there are dark clouds rolling around longan, it will definitely rain cats and dogs in less than half an hour.
The north of Longshou Mountain belongs to Inner Mongolia, and the desert climate and grassland climate are interdependent. At the southern foot of Qilian Mountain, there are wild animals and plants such as snow lotus, snow chicken and wild mushrooms. Nostoc flagelliforme in the northern grassland desert is one of the eight treasures in China, a famous dish on the table; Shaji and shallots are also extremely precious delicacies.
Yanqi Mountain in the southeast of the county seat is evergreen with dense pine and cypress, which is a virgin forest under national key protection. According to legend, in the spring of 12 1 year BC (the second year of founding ceremony, Liang Wudi), there was a general Huo Qubing who commanded more than 10,000 fighters and camped in Lintao, Gansu. Due to the fertile grassland and abundant food, Huo Qubing fighters broke the Huns after a few days' rest. Under the Qilian Mountains, the Shandan Damaying Military Horse Factory, which has been well-known at home and abroad since ancient times, is here. There is a Zhongshan Temple at the foot of Yanqi Mountain, and a temple 200 meters behind it. 1937, Chen Changhao, the former chairman of the Military and Political Committee of West Road, was rescued and protected by Dan Fusan and Nie Youcheng in Yaopo Village, Damaying, and hid in the temple behind the temple for illness in March. In memory of Chen Changhao and Red Army soldiers, this temple is now called "Red Army Temple".
My distant hometown, Shandan, a literati who shuttled between ancient and modern times, left a literary treasure for Shandan's landscape.
Li Bai, a great poet in the Tang Dynasty, wrote "Climbing Yanqi Mountain": Although living in Yanqi Mountain/I don't know the snow/the woman suddenly laughed/looked like a jade plate/shot a horse beast/carved an saddle flower and got drunk every month.
? Yang Yiqing, a poet in the Ming Dynasty, wrote "The Wall of Shandan Mountain": there are few people crowded in the mountain/the wind and rain are boundless and the wild colors are faint/Wan Li is alone/it has been a hundred years of trouble * * * Who talks about/the east wind grows in April, the insects fly/the fleas in the lonely city set off at sunset/the memory of Han soldiers chasing bandits/the battlefield is particularly unpopular.
Liang Jilin, a poet of Shandan, abstracted the old shadow of Shandan: "My horse and I, like a thread, passed through the needle nose and the sunset across the street, and have burned into a bonfire, which can hold up the sky in this boundless Gobi." Shandan poet Zhou Bu's new poem "Shandan Racecourse? Looking forward to this grassland? /Like a battlefield waiting for the smoke to clear/? The Han dynasty is far away, and the Tang dynasty is far away/? The killing sound of history still echoes in my ears (excerpt). It is also the history of Shandan, telling her thick and vicissitudes.
I am also interested in China culture in Shandan. In recent years, in the process of writing, in order to further understand Shandan and explore its profound poetic elements, I went deep into Shandan and wrote countless poems about its historical and cultural origins: I can't tell whether it was the majesty of the Han Dynasty or the Ming/Dynasty, which extended to the front of Yumenguan/time and space, how many joys and sorrows/Jin Ge fought back and forth/this loess wall made countless Han women cry down the Great Wall/. Lying in the corridor, those broken bricks/but Meng Jiangnv's thin bones/those broken walls, but those heroic scenes/towers guarding the border and the earth, how many joys and sorrows/passes have been interpreted, and how many tragic and loyal bones have been buried ... (Excerpt from Shandan Hanming Great Wall).
The ancient cultural heritage of Shandan is well preserved. In Shandan, Chinese culture can be seen everywhere. Xiakou, Xinhe, Shandan, Dongle ancient station, ancient city and beacon tower stand intact in the desert wasteland. If you are a cultural tourist, you can sit on the train and watch all the way along the Lanzhou-Xinjiang Railway. Hamming Great Wall is a splendid cultural heritage created by Shandan ancestors and a monument to Shandan history.
Shandan people are hospitable. The simplicity and simplicity of Shandan people are well known in the north and south. If you are a distant visitor, please be sure to stay. Shandan people will treat you with rich meals and good wine. Shandan people are kind and hospitable. Even if you used to be a stranger, as long as you knock at the door and ask for directions while eating, you will definitely be let in by your host. "Come, please get on the kang", then put on the pot helmet and make brick tea. If there is speculation between the host and the guest, the host will make a pot of hot wine and drink a cup of * * *.
Snow is what the northwest people yearn for. If a friend travels to the west, don't forget to see the snow in Qilian Mountain. When you look at the spectacular snow peaks, you will have a clearer feeling than ever before. Xuefeng is like a charming fairy, dignified, elegant and lovely. Approaching the snow-capped mountains, the troubles of life are settled, and the heart is like a mirror.
Ranch is the pride of Shandan. On the soft grass beach, there are patches of fat grass; On the vast grassland, there are flocks of white lambs; On the vast wasteland, there are also lotus flowers of various colors; There is also a kind of plant grass called Achnatherum splendens, which is an ordinary and unremarkable grass. It is everywhere, whether it is hillside, Gobi, grassland or rock edge. When the snow disappears, it is the first to give the earth green. Achnatherum splendens is a unique landscape in the western wasteland and a spiritual symbol representing the high spirit of the northwest people. You can imagine what a magnificent grassland spring scenery it is.
For people in northwest China, water is a bitter topic. On the topic of water, there is a story that summarizes the current situation of water shortage in northwest China: a young man climbed a mountain and picked up a bucket of water to go home, and met an old man herding sheep on the way. The old man said he was thirsty, and he wanted to drink the water from the boy's bucket. The young man hesitated again and again, and finally agreed to the old man, but the condition was that he could only have one drink. But the old man grabbed the edge of the bucket and was so angry that the young man couldn't stop it. He drank more than half of a bucket of water. Tears came down when the young man thought of the difficulty of carrying water over the mountains and the whole family was eagerly waiting for water.
The story is about some water-deficient mountainous areas in the west, while Shandan on the ancient Silk Road is another scene, like a family in the south of the Yangtze River, with small bridges and flowing water. Shasha River is a radial vein of Qilian Mountain. These water sources come from the pure snow-capped mountains and clear springs in Qilian Mountain. Water is the blood of Qilian Mountain, feeding millions of corridor people. Approaching Qilian, the streams in the mountains are winding and deep and dignified. Some people say that Huangshan Mountain is the most beautiful scenery, and I think Qilian Mountain is an excellent magical holy land.
The life and interest of Shandan people cannot be separated from this gurgling Shandan River. The Shandan River was called weak water in ancient times, and the river passed through the city, bearing the memories of the older generation. When I was a child, I drove a donkey cart into the county town, all the way along the weak water river. There used to be water in the river, as well as small fish and shrimps, and the South Lake in the south of the county town still braved the spring water. To this end, Qijiadian Reservoir was built downstream, with a reservoir of water and rippling blue waves. Shandan, a picturesque land. I love her and I miss her!