The first time I saw the Yellow River was on the way to Lanzhou.
My parents sent me to college, Zhengzhou to Lanzhou, fifteen or six hours by train. Along the way, thousands of mountains and rivers. Mountains, mountains that gradually turn earthy yellow, water, to be precise, become yellow and raging water.
Dad glanced at the map and reminded me and my mother that outside the window, it was the Yellow River. We passed through several provinces and the Yellow River many times before finally coming to Lanzhou. I also started college life thousands of miles away from home. High school homeroom teacher, is a geography teacher. In addition to punishing me for being late and squatting and standing up two hundred times, he also liked to emphasize that Lanzhou is the only city in China where the Yellow River runs through the city.
Lanzhou Lanzhou
Lanzhou Yuzhong, China's loneliest university - Lanzhou University ,...... Next door, is my university. The two universities are backed by an earthy yellow mountain, Lan Da called it Cuiying Mountain, we called it White Tiger Mountain.
Mountains are a kind of Gobi desert sense of déjà vu. The cracked yellow, reflecting the carefree blue sky and white clouds in the northwest, constructed my four-year-long visual experience.
Lanzhou is an endless city, but there are three things that everyone knows – beef noodles, Reader, and the Yellow River. My cousin was Lan Da, and he quickly took me to see the Yellow River. The buildings in Lanzhou are really tall, with dozens of floors at every turn. Amazingly, it doesn't feel depressing. If you don't look up, you will have long forgotten that on the beef noodle shops on both sides of the road, there are skyscrapers of tens of meters.
The road in Lanzhou is really narrow, my cousin and I sat in the last row of the bus, the driver was like a ruthless driving athlete, shaking his head and tail, the body of the bus was wide and long, I was afraid that the narrow road would not be enough to support the driver to complete the turn.
But as it turns out, I think too much, thrilling bumps + superbly beautiful turns. We arrived at the Yellow River.
It was night, my cousin introduced the history of Zhongshan Bridge, took me to the stone pile on the bank of the Yellow River, and immersed my hands in the Yellow River to find the feeling of the Mother River.
Nothing could be seen clearly, the night shadow swayed, raised his hand, and saw no yellow marks.
The first encounter with the Yellow River had to end here.
Yellow River Summer nights
The college generation is undoubtedly the best and most simple day of life. No matter where you go to school, you're bound to love that place. And if you are in college in Lanzhou, it is not only love, it is simply "deceived" by Lanzhou.
Lanzhou in the 1950s, source: Old Shadow Pavilion
The unique sense of spaciousness in the northwest, the wind and water that the Yellow River brings to the city, the songs and summer nights...
There are also roasted loins, hand-grabbed lamb, lamb noodles, pulling strips and other heartfelt foods, so that I and my college classmates, in a long period of time after graduation, can not forget Lanzhou. Some people write articles nostalgia, some people fly back to drink a cup of "Fangha" sweet pickle milk tea, and some people are in Beijing, Shenzhen, Shanghai, crazy looking for delicious beef noodle shops and northwest restaurants. The pursuit of Lanzhou is more than the love for his hometown.
I have to say that this is the magical side of the city of Lanzhou. I can't help but think that on the summer nights in Lanzhou, there is no trace of summer heat, and the cool wind is not excessive. Tianshui Road, Zhangye Road, Binhe Road... Swaying young figures, a variety of underground paving, the noise of the pot dance by the Yellow River in the distance, the soft sound of beer cups hitting, the barbecue emits a nourishing heat...
That's Lanzhou, where my soul is haunted
Strangely speaking, from the first day I left Lanzhou, I have long entered a kind of sadness of parting from sorrow, vowing to go back to see. But more than 3 years later, I still haven't moved. I often wonder if my love for Lanzhou is true or false.
I have always thought of writing an article about Lanzhou, and I have been dragging it out to this day.
However, no matter when it starts, as long as You mention Lanzhou, you can always think of it, and your college classmates leisurely walk along the Yellow River, step on the Zhongshan Bridge, climb the White Pagoda Mountain, or arrive at Yantan and linger in the Waterwheel Park... Finally, go to Zhengning Road again and eat some snacks for a happy day.
These are all days that feel shining from the heart, and these are rare after leaving Lanzhou.
Northwest Nostalgia
The attachment to Lanzhou extends to many places. Everywhere I go, I'm willing to introduce the city to other people. Once, in a person's dormitory in Shanghai, I looped "Little Flowers and Flowers" by the Lanzhou Band Low Absinthe, singing along and crying at the same time, I didn't know what I was crying.
I used to be keen to publicize Li Xiuping and Shui Junyi, lanzhou hosts, and even when I saw that the director of Jiaotong University was from Lanzhou and the Weibo internet celebrity Bi Dao was from Lanzhou, I was also sincerely happy.
For Lanzhou's attachment, of course, it also lies in the attachment to the Yellow River.
The Yellow River in Lanzhou, during the summer flood period, is like rushing mud. Looking down from the Zhongshan Bridge, she was dizzy, and she just wanted to gush to the east. During the dry winter period, the Yellow River is covered with a blue-green thin xia, dotted with tenderness and sparkling waves. On the shore, there are couples taking wedding photos, parents and children flying kites, confused young people, and simple and beautiful classmates, that is my classmates, my college years.
Shanxi Shanxi
Speaking of the Yellow River, I also have to mention my hometown, Shanxi, which has a gray head and a dirty face, and a yellow fluttering synaesthesia. The high slopes of the loess in the territory contribute to the largest amount of sediment in the Yellow River, and the sediment of the Yellow River has caused serious soil erosion in Shanxi and deteriorated the ecological environment...
When I was in college, I introduced myself, and whenever I said that I was from Shanxi, others always had to ask, is it Shaanxi? Xi'an that? Or Shanxi? I have to stress again, Shanxi! The classmate nodded and signaled, got it, Shaanxi!
Harm ~ really angry not to fight. Shanxi people are generally good in Mandarin, is it really difficult to distinguish between one tone and three tones?
However, Jin and Shaanxi are really a family, and they are the birthplace of ancient Chinese civilization. Both are famous for their pasta, and they are all famous for the folk songs of the loess slopes of the "Shouting Mountain"...
When I was a child, I read the weather forecast, and my parents pointed to the map of China above and told me that the big "several" glyph was shanxi on the right.
At that time, I still had no way of knowing what this magical "several" word was the masterpiece of a great man. Growing up, I understood that this was the wayward Yellow River mother, and the beautiful arrangement with nature.
The vertical line of the third stroke of the word "several" is the Qinjin Gorge, the Yellow River runs here, the stone walls on both sides are steep, and the estuary is as narrow as the mouth of the pot, so it is called the Hukou Waterfall.
Here at The mouth of the hukou, the surface of the Yellow River upstream of the waterfall is 300 meters wide, and in a long distance of less than 500 meters, it is compressed to a width of 20-30 meters. The river water of 1,000 cubic meters per second pours from a steep cliff more than 20 meters high, forming the spirit of "a pot of harvest in the Yellow River for a thousand miles". This is the famous Hukou Waterfall Scenic Area, from time to time to show a variety of wonders, appear on CCTV, in the summer there is neon water play, winter there is ice upside down, so not spectacular!
On the west side of the scenic spot is Yichuan County in Yan'an City, Shaanxi Province. On the east side of the scenic spot, it belongs to Hukou Town, Ji County, Linfen City, Shanxi Province.
The north and south of Lüliang, the Yellow River Graben, have become the natural dividing line between the two provinces of Shaanxi and Shanxi.
Yellow River Loveless
Finally had the opportunity to go to Hukou Waterfall to see, the first flash in my mind was a scene of the movie "Yellow River Love", Serenity stood on the rock of Hukou Waterfall, slightly closed eyes, facing the sun, a smile hanging on the face, behind which was the rushing roaring, endless Yellow River mother.
Later, people repeatedly called this scene the most beautiful lens of Chinese cinema, which transcended the beauty of the picture and became a symbol of national vitality and a magnificent interpretation of the beauty of life.
On the way, my cousin took me and Xiao Li on the highway and approached the Lüliang Mountains, and I finally understood why the revolutionary base area of that year was chosen in Jinchaji, where the mountains were steep and, according to my cousin, was a place where the enemy could not enter if he wanted to.
On both sides of the mountain pass, there is no one, and there are some "secret" trails on the mountain.
I wondered what kind of human fireworks would be in the depths of the mountains. Linfen is the hottest place in Shanxi, and the summer temperature remains above 38 degrees for a long time. Arriving at Hukou Waterfall, a scorching heat struck. Disappointed, I did not hear the rushing sound of the Yellow River.
It wasn't until I got closer that I saw the mist of the water in the sky, the waves rushing wildly, and the clouds floating suddenly.
Yellow blood rippled like a wave, lapping at the crowd on the shore, like a fierce mother, a distant "curse".
The history of the Chinese nation is the history of harnessing the Yellow River. I have had a hard time understanding why the Yellow River, which is full of silt and sand, is called the Mother River. What is the scene of "water flowing in the sky, and people walking under the river"? What is the difference between the Yangtze River and the Yellow River?
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These questions, in the process of growing up, either through knowledge learning, or through cognitive understanding, have probably found answers.
In fact, just like her own real mother
The love affair with the Yellow River began as soon as we were born.