From October 2 to October 4, my mother asked me the same question for three consecutive days: "Is it raining in Guangzhou?" ”
Shanxi, which has always been short of water, is now a zealous country.
I felt very unusual, and when I checked, I found out that it was raining heavily in my hometown of Shanxi. Originally, this season, it should be autumn high and refreshing. But this year, heavy rains combined with cold waves have made it worse. What is even more worrying is that this torrential rain will continue for some time. Fortunately, Jiaocheng County, where my family is located, has not suffered floods, but most of the surrounding counties and cities have suffered heavy losses.
Qingxu County, on the eastern side of the county seat, was severely affected, especially in Mengfeng Village, where the water was waist-deep, and the entire village was flooded; according to the Beijing News, one more person died. Maybe people from other provinces have not heard of this village, but Shanxi people should all know "Mengfeng Cake", which is soft and sweet and has a good taste, which is the specialty of this village.
Meng Feng cake has been selected into the list of Shanxi Intangible Cultural Heritage. /Shanxi Intangible Cultural Heritage
Pingyao County, not far to the south, preserved the most complete ancient Han Chinese city in China, but in this torrential rain, a section of the ancient city wall up to 25 meters long collapsed.
Torrential rains flooded the villages, destroyed heritage sites, and forced 60 coal mines to stop production. Shanxi, which originally wanted to increase horsepower to ensure the supply of thermal coal in the country, was "seriously injured" itself. Even so, the tenacious Shanxi people did not surrender, fighting floods and providing disaster relief while ensuring the supply of coal.
This is Shanxi...
In the eyes of many Shanxi people, Shanxi has made selfless dedication, but it has not developed itself; obviously there are so many excellent natural cultural heritage and tourism resources, but it is difficult to be known.
Coal, in Shanxi is gold, is life. /Titan photo
This round of torrential rain has made more people pay attention to this low-key province. It turned out that we all owed Shanxi a "sorry" sentence.
Once upon a time, "no one asked Jin"
Today's "Shanxi refueling"
In the first two days of the rainstorm in Shanxi, there were various discussions in the group of fellow villagers, and many people said: "Weibo owes Shanxi a hot search." "As soon as the words fell, the hot search came, and it happened every day.
Hot search represents the attention of public opinion and represents a greater rescue force. /Screenshot of Weibo
In particular, the topic of "Shanxi refueling" once rushed to the first place in the hot search list.
Shanxi people need hot search so much, not because they think that hot search is a bright thing on their faces, but because this rain is too big, the loss caused is too serious, and it needs too much attention and support.
According to reports, in this round of heavy rainfall, 76 of the 117 counties (cities, districts) in Shanxi were affected, and 18 received more than 200 mm of precipitation - this is shanxi's half-year precipitation! Taiyuan, Yangquan, Linfen, Changzhi, Lüliang, and Most of Jinzhong all set record cumulative rainfall in early October.
I think everyone has seen this picture.
In addition, in addition to the suspension of 60 coal mines, 372 non-coal mines, 14 hazardous chemical enterprises were suspended, 1,035 projects under construction were suspended, and 166 scenic spots were closed.
I have to admire Shanxi's immediate decision. After all, the shutdown means economic losses, but not shutting down will cause more serious tragedies.
The "Shanxi efficiency" of the momentary decision is also reflected in the resumption of the Tongpu Railway (Datong-Yuncheng). The Tongpu Railway was built in 1933 and has a history of 88 years.
On October 6, the Changyuanhe Bridge of the Tongpu Railway was hit by torrents, and the bridge abutment was washed away by the flood, and the rails and sleepers were suspended in the air, like a "chain bridge". Under the crisis, the Shanxi railway department dispatched the train in time to stop operation and urgently repaired it. It took only two days, and on October 8, the uplink line was reopened to traffic.
On October 12, before the deadline of the New Weekly reporter, the downward section of the Tongpu Railway was still undergoing urgent repairs.
Factories and mines are shut down, traffic is blocked, and the most injured are still people.
Although Shanxi has done its best to evacuate the affected people, people are safe, but the ground is flooded. Some farmers have been raising pigs for years and drowned by floods; some farmers have no time to grab the grain and can only watch the crops soak in the ground. What is even more sad is that the cold wave is approaching, the ground is still soaking with water, the winter wheat is too late to plant, and next year's harvest looks like it will be affected.
Many people compare this round of heavy rain in Shanxi with Zhengzhou and think that the rainstorm in Shanxi is not so serious. Such remarks ignore the point that Zhengzhou was mainly facing the problem of internal waterlogging at that time, the distribution of disasters was relatively concentrated, and it was relatively easy to allocate rescue forces and resources. The distribution of disasters in Shanxi is very scattered, and many disaster areas are in mountainous areas, with inconvenient transportation, poor communication facilities, and serious information lag.
A non-governmental volunteer on the front line of flood relief in Shanxi told the media: "The large number of people affected by this rainstorm and the scattered resettlement sites mean that it is difficult to count the needs of the disaster victims, and now it is mainly relying on social forces to digest." When the water recedes, they return to their homes, and the challenge will be even greater, because the weather is relatively cold, and the family's living supplies will face a shortage. ”
If one party has difficulties, the eight parties support it. In the past, Shanxi people laughed at themselves as "no one asked Jin", and in the face of disaster, they finally looked forward to attention and assistance. In recent days, rescue teams from Guangdong, Henan, Sichuan and other provinces have set off to help Shanxi; ByteDance, Pinduoduo and other enterprises have donated tens of millions of yuan to Shanxi. Up to now, 12 Internet companies have donated more than 300 million yuan to support Shanxi.
Come on, knife cut!
"Shanxi refueling" is not only a concern, but also an encouragement. But for Shanxi, those four words may not be enough, because the impact of the disaster will be far-reaching.
Behind the ancient buildings of Shanxi
It is a brilliant history that has been forced to be low-key
If it were not for this round of torrential rain, many people may not know that there are so many historical monuments in Shanxi.
The matter of pingyao ancient city must be known to everyone. In this round of torrential rain, a total of 51 wall sections collapsed and slipped from the ancient city wall of Pingyao; of which 15 were rammed earth of the inner wall, 36 of the daughter wall of the inner wall and the top of the sea moat were suspended, and the lower rammed earth slipped; the city wall collapsed 25 meters, and many sections of the city wall were flooded. It should be known that the walls of the entire ancient city of Pingyao add up to only 6163 meters, and the walls are built of earth and covered with white ash. Under such a high-intensity rainfall, if the flooding time is longer, there is a risk of continuous collapse.
The collapsed walls of the ancient city of Pingyao were scattered with rammed earth. /CCTV News
In fact, the ancient architecture of Shanxi is far more than the ancient city of Pingyao. According to statistics, there are more than 30,000 ancient buildings in Shanxi, known as the "treasure house of ancient Chinese architecture".
"Underground cultural relics look at Shaanxi, and aboveground cultural relics look at Shanxi." The underground cultural relics in Shaanxi are the most familiar to everyone, such as the Terracotta Warriors and Horses in Xi'an, the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor, and the Underground Palace of Famen Temple; but how many people can say more than three of the cultural relics on the ground in Shanxi?
What's more, "three" is just the tip of the iceberg of Shanxi's ancient construction. In terms of quantity, Shanxi has 531 national key cultural relics protection units, ranking first in the country, while Beijing is 128, Henan is 419, and Shaanxi is 269. What is even less well known is that the only three remaining complete Tang Dynasty buildings in the country are all in Shanxi, namely Foguang Temple, Nanchan Temple and GuangrenWang Temple.
GuangrenWang Temple is a temple dedicated to the god of dragon springs, "Guangren Wang", because the water of the Five Dragon Springs gushes out from the temple base, and is commonly known as the "Five Dragon Temple" by the local people. /Figureworm Creative
Regarding foguang temple, there is a past that makes all the Chinese people raise their eyebrows.
At the beginning of the last century, the Japanese architectural historian Sadashi Sekino asserted: "There are no Tang Dynasty wooden structures in China, and if you want to see Tang Dynasty wooden structures, you have to go to Kyoto and Nara in Japan." ”
In order to break the assertion of Japanese scholars, Liang Sicheng and Lin Huiyin went to Shanxi four times in succession, and finally found the East Hall of Foguang Temple built during the Middle Ages of the Tang Dynasty in DouCun, outside The Taiwai of Wutai Mountain (Note: Wutai Mountain is divided into Tai nei and Taiwai) on June 26, 1937, changing the Japanese saying that "there are no Tang Dynasty wooden buildings in China".
Shanxi Foguang Temple, when the flowers bloom, are very beautiful. /Figureworm Creative
It seems that with the help of heaven, these three Tang wooden buildings were not damaged in this round of heavy rain, but other ancient buildings were not so lucky.
"China's earliest surviving royal sacrificial garden" Jinci Temple, which has a history of more than 3,000 years, leaked water in many building roofs during this round of heavy rains. The retaining wall in the southwest corner of the retaining wall of the Fengsheng Temple, the residence of the founding hero of the Tang Dynasty, Wei Chigong, collapsed and faced the threat of landslides.
As a typical specimen of the courtyard in northern China, the Ding village residence is famous for the different arrangements and carving art of different shapes of each courtyard building. In this torrential rain, the main room of Courtyard 1 collapsed, and the wing of Courtyard 28 collapsed, and almost every room suffered damage to varying degrees.
Dingcun village dwellings are typical Ming and Qing dynasty courtyard groups, large in scale and well preserved. /Figureworm Creative
In the face of the damaged ancient buildings, Jia Zhangke, a famous director from Shanxi, sighed, such a cultural relics province with "ancient temples in villages and villages, and ancient buildings everywhere", "in a humble rural small temple, there may be a national treasure-level mural", once affected, the loss can be imagined.
Jia Zhangke said that this continuous rainstorm has brought great tests to the protection of cultural relics in remote areas, and he suggested that the government and the public attach great importance to the investigation and rescue of cultural relics in remote areas to prevent further damage to cultural relics.
Museums around the world relayed the release of documents, working together to "Jin" and supporting the umbrella of "wind and rain fearlessness" for Shanxi cultural relics.
Shanxi's glorious history deserves more attention, but they have been forced to keep a low profile for too long. If we do not pay attention to floods now, we may have immeasurable consequences.
Shanxi is not Shaanxi
Not even Jiangxi
Shanxi's low profile is all-round, not only in terms of cultural relics and tourism, but also in the economy.
To some extent, the two are mutually causal. Because of the poor economy and the low degree of tourism development, the popularity is low and the number of tourists attracted is small; because the number of people attracted is small, the popularity is not strong, so it affects consumption, thereby restricting the economy.
In 2020, Shanxi's GDP ranked 21st in the country. This is still a relatively good ranking, and in the previous two years, it only ranked 24th. Since the beginning of the 21st century, the best ranking has only been 16th, that is, around 2004, when China's coal market was in full swing.
The GDP ranks 16th in the country, which is already the best level in Shanxi. /Shanxi News Network
However, with the promotion of environmental protection and the decline in coal prices, Shanxi's coal output value is insufficient, which is the key reason for dragging down Shanxi's economy. As a resource-based province, Shanxi's coal production has long ranked first in the country, especially in the field of thermal coal, and Shanxi's supply is very important in the case of import obstruction. After all, more than 70% of China's electricity generation comes from thermal power.
In 2008, when the south was hit by an ice and snow disaster, Shanxi increased horsepower production in order to ensure the supply of thermal coal, and many coal miners worked overtime and spilled their blood, which was very similar to today. It was then that the remark that "everyone is sorry for Shanxi" began to spread widely.
According to Xinhua News Agency, on September 29, the fourth quarter coal medium- and long-term contract matchmaking meeting of 14 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities in Shanxi Province was held in Taiyuan, Shanxi. In accordance with the relevant requirements, the central coal enterprises in Jinjin will guarantee the supply of Tianjin, Fujian, Hebei, Guangdong and Liaoning provinces and cities, and Jinneng Holding Group will dock with 6 provinces, autonomous regions and cities such as Guangxi, Jiangsu, Jilin, Anhui, Shanghai and Zhejiang; Shanxi Coking Coal Group will undertake the task of ensuring supply in Henan Province; Huayang New Material Technology Group will undertake the task of ensuring supply in Hainan Province; Lu'an Chemical Group will undertake the task of guaranteeing supply in Shandong Province, and the remaining supply guarantee tasks will be undertaken by coal enterprises in various cities in Shanxi Province.
Coal is a military warrant. This holiday, two days after my father returned home, he was summoned back by several phone calls from the coal mine, saying that he wanted to increase horsepower production, and in order to encourage the enthusiasm of coal miners, the coal mine management also issued bonuses very rarely.
The phenomenon of external arrears of coal in Shanxi was once serious, and the Coal Science Research Institute once specialized in studying countermeasures.
Shanxi, which has worked so hard, is said to be where many people do not know where, or even have not heard of it. As a native of Shanxi, I must say a few more grievances for my hometown.
On many occasions, there will be a personal introduction session, and whenever I introduce myself to Shanxi, there will always be someone who will listen to Shaanxi, or even Jiangxi. Others will mistakenly think that Shanxi is in the northwest region, where there are large grasslands... Whenever this happens, my heart is both embarrassed and speechless.
Knock on the blackboard again - Shanxi, because it is named west of the Taihang Mountains, north of Henan, south of Inner Mongolia, and across the Yellow River from Shaanxi.
Shanxi, west of the Taihang Mountains. / Earth Knowledge Bureau
Shanxi and Shaanxi, although pronounced similarly, are very different in many ways. Shaanxi is the northwestern region of the Eight Classics of Zheng'er, and many universities with "northwest" in their names are in Xi'an, the capital of Shaanxi Province. "Biangbiang noodles" is Shaanxi cuisine, Shanxi is characterized by knife-sharpened noodles and stewed noodles, of course, this is just the tip of the iceberg of Shanxi's food culture.
As for Jiangxi, if we insist on similarity, that is, both are old revolutionary areas. During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, this "Jin" in the Jinsui Base Area, the Jin-Cha-Ji Base Area, and the Jin-Ji Luyu Base Area was Shanxi. "Li Yunlong Da Ping'an County" took place in Shanxi, and the iconic area of Jiangxi is Jinggangshan.
At that time, three of the four major anti-Japanese base areas in North China were in Shanxi. / Memorial Hall of the Second Red Front
Shanxi, different, full of charm. Please don't misunderstand Shanxi anymore, it is not easy!
Shanxi was no longer silent
Run forward
The explosion of short videos has made Internet celebrities the development path of many cities.
Among them, the most successful are Chongqing, Xi'an and Changsha. Chongqing, known as the "3D Magic Capital", has its own cyberpunk attributes and has become the filming location of many movies, which has brought Chongqing to fire in reverse. What is even more attractive is that Chongqing is also the capital of hot pot. It can not only relieve hunger but also create different styles and high-end hot pots, which is undoubtedly the best choice for modern people to eat their stomachs and take pictures.
Hot pot can meet the social needs, traditional Shanxi noodles can not give.
The classic of Xi'an's internet celebrity is naturally the tumbler sister of Xi'an Datang Sleepless City. Coupled with the aesthetic ancient style under the city wall, it makes visitors feel as if they are in ancient times, quite stylish.
Changsha is out of the circle by food. A cup of tea can make outsiders spend hundreds of yuan more to buy across the city, and can make a pop-up shop in Shenzhen queue for hours. Although Wen Heyou has already opened changsha, there are always people who are willing to punch in the Changsha main store to take pictures, even if they have not eaten anything.
In contrast, Shanxi lacks such a net red filter.
In fact, Shanxi has long been making relevant attempts.
As early as 2016, Shanxi Satellite TV launched the first "official reality show" on the whole network - "People Say Shanxi Has Good Scenery", invited Bai Yansheng of CCTV to host, and also invited Jia Zhangke, Zhu Shimao, Liu Cixin as guests, the protagonist is the secretary of the municipal party committee and mayor of 11 prefectures and cities in Shanxi, they went to the camera to promote the good places of Shanxi tourism.
High reputation, low attention. /Douban screenshot
This show has a high score of 8.9 on Douban, and it is said that the reputation is so high that many people should watch it. But on the contrary, only 271 people marked "have seen" on Douban, after all, Shanxi Satellite TV itself is not hot. But there is no denying that this is a rewarding attempt.
In addition, since Geng Yanbo became the mayor of Taiyuan, Taiyuan has accelerated the process of modernization. Many antique streets were built, three-dimensional traffic began to take shape, and a subway was opened after Taiyuan.
These efforts also pay off. During the 11th long holiday this year, Shanxi's tourism revenue reached 31.6 billion yuan, ranking 9th in the country. This is also due to the impact of floods and the closure of many scenic spots.
It is undeniable that there is still a big gap between Shanxi and the top provinces such as Jiangsu and Hunan. First of all, the supporting construction of tourism resources is still imperfect, especially the transportation -
Many of Shanxi's attractions are in rural or suburban counties, and the cluster condition is poor. Most people travel to Shanxi, basically a hammer deal, rarely come twice.
Even a big attraction like jinci is located on the outskirts of Taiyuan, far from the city center. /Figureworm Creative
Therefore, it is very important to develop the Shanxi boutique classics in series, such as yungang grottoes, Wutai Mountain, Jinci Temple, Pingyao Ancient City, Hukou Waterfall, Yuncheng Salt Lake can be connected into a line, and more relatively unpopular attractions can be matched. Referring to the development mode of the Qinggan Grand Ring Road, the West Sichuan Ring Road, and the North Xinjiang Ring Road, it is more conducive to the formation of cluster advantages.
In terms of cuisine, Shanxi is mainly based on pasta, and locals eat it kindly, but when outsiders eat it, they have no aesthetic sense and are difficult to meet the social needs of posing, and the taste and texture also lack choice. Therefore, Jin cuisine needs to be innovative. At the same time, we must also strengthen the presence of local snacks, don't let all the tourist pedestrian streets are grilled sausages, old yogurt, bowl holders, Mengfeng cakes are also very good!
Shanxi, with a lot of hard work and dedication, deserves more affirmation and support from us.
Shanxi will surely become better, so that "people say that Shanxi has good scenery" has not only become the mantra of Shanxi people, but also become a common saying familiar to the people of the whole country.
At that time, Shanxi will be worthy of itself, and people will also be worthy of Shanxi.
From "people say that Shanxi has good scenery" to "everyone says that Shanxi has good scenery", there is still a long way to go.
Keep running, Shanxi!