Author's note: Zibo in the 1980s, rich in coal resources, heavy industry developed, relying on this, a large number of representative state-owned heavy industry enterprises took root in Zibo, for the economic development of the motherland made great contributions, casting a period of glorious years in the history of the motherland's industry. The author takes this as a model, searches for memories, and pays tribute to some of the old state-owned enterprises stationed in Zizi.
Mountain aluminum: the memory of state-owned enterprises precipitated in the years
Text/Han Kai
A few kilometers away from the downtown area of Zibo, there is an old state-owned enterprise, which is the same age as the Republic of China and is the first alumina production base in New China. For many state-owned enterprises, it has a kind name - Shan Aluminum (now Chinalco Shandong Branch).
As a state-owned enterprise living near Shan'an, my life has been inextricably linked to this old neighbor who is close at hand since I was a child.
Shan Aluminum Swimming Pool, Shan Aluminum Stadium, Shan Aluminum Hospital, Nanbai Shopping Plaza... These landmark buildings with strong colors of old state-owned enterprises have more or less left a deep mark on my childhood life, and like the living areas of many state-owned enterprises, Shanlu old state-owned enterprises are readily available. Because Shanlu is located in the intersection of urban areas and suburbs, the location is superior, there are many people, and the siphon effect on the surrounding area is strong, and it has gradually developed into a prosperous area in the south of Zibo's central urban area.
Based on the rich local aluminum mineral resources, Shan Aluminum has gradually grown into a state-owned large-scale factory with alumina and electrolytic aluminum as the main system after several developments. Two railways transporting supplies pass through the mountain aluminum, rumbling trains pass by, and the flow of people and traffic blocked by the railway instantly converge together, surging in the long river of time and space, and the flow of golden years is outlined.
Through the railway barrier, is a short distance of commercial street, all kinds of chain brand supermarkets have opened branches here, the sunset and the west of the after-work hours, here is always bustling, with a pyrotechnic people, from here large bags scattered to the surrounding multiple living areas. Crossing the intersection of the commercial street and the botanical garden, and up the steep slope, there is the city's well-organized wet market, which is full of old buildings with a sense of age, and the crisscrossing corridors between the buildings tells the story of one after another that belongs to the years.
The living area of Shanlu is vast and popular, and it is more urban and pyrotechnic than my residence a few miles away. Because the life of mountain aluminum is more abundant, but also attracted many people in the surrounding areas to come to shopping, medical treatment, swimming, in childhood memories, here is the center of the surrounding area, every time you come to mountain aluminum, there will always be different memories in the vast living area.
Time has changed. With the transformation of the country's economic structure, many established state-owned enterprises have stepped out of the past business and life mode and begun to integrate with the market. Every time you pass by Shanlu, look at the scene of traffic in the Shanlu living area, you instantly feel that time seems to be here as still as water, as if time is still carefree here without words, telling the still vigorous youth of an old man in silence; on summer nights, the bright lights on the lighting court are together, and the pulsating crowd seems to be still interpreting the endless life here.
I think in the hearts of many people, there must be many memories related to mountain aluminum, which have been washed by the years and are really colorful. On the way home on a summer night, from light to dark night, from the sound of people boiling to silence, I seem to hear the footsteps of the years, leaving silent traces on this hot land that has gone through vicissitudes.
About the Author
The author Han Kai, a lover of writing, has sometimes appeared in newspapers and periodicals and books.
His personal works "Years and Years", "Grandpa's Heroic Feelings", and "Aerospace Dream Under the Stars" have been released by the Learning Power Shandong Learning Platform and the Zibo Learning Platform;
His personal work "The Friendship between Plum Blossoms and Metasequoia" was included in the "Selected Poems of the Global Anti-epidemic"; "The Old Time in the Compound of State-Owned Enterprises" was included in the "Autumn Volume of Qilu Literature"; "Remembering the Grandmother during the Qingming Dynasty" was included in the "300 Selected Essays of Contemporary Chinese Prose"
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