Written by Han Zhichen
Early Spring in Shichahai
Although the beginning of spring has passed, spring is not so hurried.
Shichahai is still frozen, and the winter sun is still dancing on the ice. Winter, it seems that he is reluctant to give up here, and he is reluctant to hand over the baton of dominating here.
/Winter Shichahai scenery (picture source: network)/
In the dead of winter, he was still lazily lying on the ice, as if he was awake with ignorant eyes, and his dreams seemed to have some sweet taste. The wind here is still a bit rough or cold. The passers-by were still dressed in thick winter clothes, the branches of the trees were soothing and quiet, stretching their arms to caress the vastness of the sky, the benches on the embankment were empty, the winter wind had already blown away the whispers and lingering voices of lovers, and the air was indeed filled with the freshness and sweetness of the smell of winter mint. There is no shade of willow waves, only the sun is gently flowing and jumping. Oh, Shichahai in early spring is really like a young girl with a spring feeling, with a fresh breath, a tranquil and seductive smile, standing there in style - on the water side, of course, with coldness, bleakness and hidden beauty!
People walked from the noisy street market to the northwest corner of the old city of Beijing, a place that is permeated with strong Beijing flavor culture and highlights the folk characteristics of old Beijing. Here, people can find a quiet and tranquil state of mind, or a long-lost psychological stability. It was as if a ship had sailed into a quiet harbor after a rough storm. Just like after it was excavated in the Yuan Dynasty, the merchant fleets in Suzhou and Hangzhou arrived in the capital through the Grand Canal and the Tonghui River, which was once their final wharf. Standing in today's dockyard, if you listen with your heart, you may be able to hear the sound of the trumpet in the distance. At that time, the shipwrights, after unloading the goods, rested here, and washed away the dust and psychological fatigue along the way with Shicha seawater. You see, on the busiest days, Shichahai has not forgotten to leave a space for ordinary people to relax.
/Snowy Shichahai (Image source network)/
The snow fell again, and the snowflakes fell soothingly like a song, casting a misty veil over the early spring of Shichahai. As a result, hazy beauty, white and flawless beauty, and poetic beauty filled the heavens and the earth. There is not much snow in Beijing in winter, and the sudden arrival of the snow makes this place more quiet and surprisingly beautiful! The snow is blowing one after another, dressing everything up in white and white, and this place has become a world of ice carvings and jade carvings!
Walking into Shichahai after the snow and sun from Ping'an Avenue, the early spring sun warmly shines on a small leisure square. Throughout the year, there are always people here who play Tai Chi, dance with foil, and fan dance in a leisurely and comfortable manner. The people living here seem to be a spring breeze that is comfortable and proud, letting the winter sun and summer moon wander around them like fireflies, but they are a beautiful scenery that will not disappear forever.
On the snow-covered ice, the creaking sound of stepping on the snow, mixed with the laughter of the people, people are still writing the winter love song in their hearts here, as if they have not heard the footsteps of the spring army from the undercurrent under the ice or from the distant place of the season. However, there are some winter swimmers, in the breaking ice and surging water, early to experience the distance of winter and the approach of spring. Oh, spring has long been hidden under the ice of winter, and it has accumulated the power of silent explosions!
Walking through the archway of the lotus market, there is no shadow of lotus flowers or red or green in front of you, but it is the eaves of the tea shop restaurant covered with snow on both sides of the river, so that you can feel the simple, peaceful and spacious charm of old Beijing and the beauty of the scenery here in a deep breath. Snow carves all the scenery with a silver-white carving knife, carving a clear outline in the sun, like a beautiful watermark woodcut!
At night, Shichahai is all lit up, and the colorful colors that reflect the snow reveal a red fire in the middle of the night, making people feel a warmth surging under your feet or in your heart, just like the living water full of spring power that is about to break through the ice under the snow-covered ice! I suddenly felt: Shichahai at this time is more like a beautiful lotus, the ice surface is the lotus heart, the houses lined up on the shore are petals, and a beautiful ice and jade flower that blooms beautifully beyond the season. Oh, this is probably the flower-like face of Shichahai, an innocent girl, right?
Sitting in the bar with friends, guarding the warm small stove, drinking a hot drink or eating some snacks, there is a taste of "fireside night talk", and the quiet and comfort in my heart is even more long-lost. Through the window, I looked at the scenery outside, the scenery was natural and beautiful, the sky stretched out and vast, and the eaves dripped crystal water droplets, which made the spring in my heart dripping damp and green.
/Rickshaws in Beijing Hutong (Image source: Internet)/
On a sunny day, take the rickshaw dedicated to today's tourism, and you will soon see the Hutong scenery full of Beijing flavor. Many foreigners will never let go of this opportunity. Talking and laughing, driving into a century-old alley called Yandai Xiejie, the old houses in the courtyard on both sides and the ancient cypress on the roadside also exude an ancient atmosphere, peaceful and gentle, the smell of melting snow in the air, and it seems to be mixed with the fragrance of earth, which will permeate your bones or soul! Let you feel the profound cultural origin of this land to the fullest!
In the hands of the vendors on the shore, I bought a string of fragrant barbecue, or a string of crystal clear sugar gourds, chewed the mellow Beijing flavor that overflowed in the heart of the mouth, strolled on the silver ingot bridge, under the translucent blue celestial body, you can see the faint shadow of the West Mountain in the distance, and appreciate the wonder of "Silver Ingot View Mountain", one of the eight views of ancient Yanjing. The vastness in front of us opens people's eyes and broadens their minds. Leaning on the railing of the bridge, you can hear the sound of bells and drums in your ears, and if you look north or south, you can see the Qianhai, Houhai and Xihai. On the snowy ice, the wind actually floated a very beautiful music, oh, the spring river flowers and moonlit nights! Oh, stepping on the ice and snow of early spring, to taste the feeling of the spring river, is actually flowing in the depths of the inner sea in my soul, it rushes from a distance, surging, drumming, flowing the color and warmth of a river life, and its surface is quiet, faint, or there is a cold solemnity. In my heart, from those ancient and familiar songs, I read the melodies of ancient songs such as "Fishing Boat Singing Evening", "Autumn Moon on the Peaceful Lake", "Yangguan Three Stacks", "Pipa Xing", and Mozart's "Serenade" and even Beethoven's "Destiny" Symphony and "Ode to Joy". Shichahai is really a magnificent symphony where multiple melodies of history, contemporary and contemporary life are intertwined!
/Taken by the author in Shichahai's early spring/
Shichahai in early spring is really a Chinese painting of ink and blue, which has both a comfortable simplicity and a far-reaching artistic conception, and leaves people with infinite imagination. Oh, with the change of seasons, the snow on the ice will soon melt, the ice will definitely turn into clear flowing water, the willows will shake their branches in the wind, and the sun will be brighter and more dazzling! Shichahai, a young girl with a young spring, is walking in the bustling and noisy metropolis, with that purity, that quiet, that beauty. It's like a beautiful boat rippling in people's hearts, which will never sink.
I like Shichahai in early spring, a quiet corner of the metropolis life, a beautiful countryside in the hearts of the city's people, and a world where the joy of life enjoyed by the people in the past dynasties. Her beauty is a living reality, but also a beautiful dream! This is a place with poetry and distance
Introduction to Han Zhichen
Han Zhichen, pen name A Chen, A Chen, received the special allowance of the State Council in October 1993, was promoted to the senior title in 1997, the outstanding expert of provincial management in 2000, and the national second-level professor in 2010. The first batch of members of the Jilin Provincial Senior Experts Association, the executive director of the China World Association for the Promotion of Ethnic Cultural Exchanges, the executive director of the Chinese Film Literature Society, the member of the Chinese Writers Association, the member of the China Film Artists Association, the member of the China Film Critics Society, the member of the China Television Artists Association, one of the seven directors of the first China TV Documentary Definition Association, part-time professor of Communication University of China, graduate tutor of Jilin Provincial Institute of New Media, art consultant of Jilin Calligraphers Association, Vice President of Jilin Provincial Cultural Development Research Association and Director of Film and Television Screenwriting Professional Committee, Chairman of Changchun Television Artists Association, Honorary Chairman of Shandong Longkou Musicians Association. He has successively served as the director of the TV drama creation department of Jilin TV station, the deputy general manager and artistic director of the provincial film and television group.
Since 1975, he has published more than 100 poems in newspapers and magazines such as "Jilin Literature and Art", "Heilongjiang Literature and Art", "Jilin Daily", "Hunan Daily", "Railway Soldier Daily", "Ambition in the Quartet", "Young Poets" and "Writers".
His main works include the long-form TV series "Fence, Woman and Dog", "Wheel, Woman and Well", "Ancient Boat, Woman and Net", "Sail of the Fog", "The Village Drifting By" and the movie "Tang Dynasty Female Patrol", "Queen Bigfoot", "Golden Autumn Happiness", "Mother-in-law", "Wumeng Mountain Love Song" and so on. His independent screenwriter's works include: 30 episodes of the TV series "Sun and Moon A River", 24 episodes of the TV series "August Sorghum Red", 14 episodes of the TV series "Sea Urn", 14 episodes of the TV series "Dashan Sister", 10 episodes of the TV series "Cai Lian in the Sky", the novella TV series "The Bridge of the Mountains", and the novella TV series "Three Please Fan Lihua". The short TV series "Mountain Lord", "The Tide Rises and Falls", "The Female Minister of the Town", "Wind and Snow Mast Mountain", the movie script "The Earth is the Sea", "The Head is the Sky", "The River is the Bridge", "The Crop Man", "Jiaodong Iron Man", "Two Women in Red Turbans", "The Drunkard and His Daughter-in-law", "Two-way Lane", "Two Girls in a City" (co-written with Huang Shiying), "Silly Dad and His Handsome Girl", "Geng Erdonkey's Things" (co-written with Yang Zhigang), "Love in the Betel Nut Blooms", "Lalin River Brothers" and the stage modern drama "Spring Back to Taowan" and so on. The documentaries "The Romance of Women", "The Autumn of Life", "The Tree of Life", "The Soul of the Road" and "Footprints" have successively won the first prize of the National Documentary on the Theme of Posts and Telecommunications, the first prize of the National Women's Documentary, the first prize of the documentary of the China Radio and Television Society, the second prize of the National Television Literature and Art "Starlight", and the relevant awards issued by the All-China Federation of Trade Unions, the All-China Railway Federation of Trade Unions, the Ministry of Petroleum and other units. He has won five national "Five One Project" awards, two "Chinese Film Golden Rooster Awards", eight national "Feitian Awards", five Chinese TV "Golden Eagle Awards", one TV literary and artistic "Starlight Award", won the first prize of national TV documentaries for many times, three Northeast "Golden Tiger Awards", and also won the Best Plot Design Award at the 7th European International Film Festival. On the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, he was named one of the "60 artists who have made outstanding contributions to the development of Chinese TV dramas" (one of the 12 screenwriters) by the China Television Art Committee and the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television.
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