Dong Xiaoyan, a well-known writer from Kaizhou, "Hometown, You Are So Beautiful"

Hometown, you are so beautiful

■ Dong Xiaoyan

Over the past few days, the feeling of missing my hometown has become more and more intense, everything is hometown, I have to put down everything in my hands and go back to my hometown!

Departing from Chengdu by car, at the invitation of Dean Deng of the Chongqing Academy of Letters, I watched the Three Gorges Museum, appreciated the scenery before the Three Gorges Dam was filled with water, and was touched by the grandeur of the Three Gorges Water Conservancy Hub Project and the spirit of the Three Gorges migrants who fought against the world. In this magnificent poetic history, there is a page of the newly opened state.

The next morning, the rain is clear, the sun is rising, the fog is swirling, the car is driving in the direction of Kaizhou, Chongqing's mountain city is stacked with mountains, and the split urban road is like a colorful ladder road, which is unique and pleasant.

The Expressway from Chongqing to Kaizhou runs through the entire route, and the whole journey takes four hours. Time is running fast, the hometown is getting shorter and shorter in the distance, when entering the urban area of Kaizhou, the speed of the car slows down, driving slowly, I see a road is incomparably wide, the high-rise buildings are stylish, and the green shade of each house is covered... From the moment I set foot on this land, emotions surged like a tidal wave, is this my hometown? Completely changed, ten steps a scene, flowers blooming everywhere, tree shadows, clean and quiet, as if entering a fairyland on earth.

Ren Xianzhi, member of the Standing Committee of the Kaizhou District CPC Committee and director of the Propaganda Department, who received us, introduced us to the kaizhou cultural tourism economy, and especially recommended the newly built Kaizhou Juzi Garden in recent years.

I learned from Minister Ren that Kaizhou has won many national honors in recent years, such as "National Water Conservancy Scenic Area", "4A Level Scenic Area", "National Wetland Park", "National Garden County", "China's Top Ten Leisure Cities", etc. These are Kaizhou's bright business cards and need to be vigorously publicized.

When I was young, my hometown was called Kaixian. After Chongqing municipality, the county was withdrawn in July 2016 and became the Kaizhou District of Chongqing Municipality. In fact, the historical establishment of Kaixian has undergone countless processes of analysis and evolution. According to historical records, as early as the Xia and Shang dynasties, it was called Kaizhou, and it belonged to the domain of Liang Prefecture. In the sixth year of Ming Hongkai, the prefecture was demoted to Kai County. It is said that Liu Bei, the ancestor of the Shu Han Dynasty, also placed Hanfeng County.

The hometown is located in the northeast of Chongqing, located in the foothills of the Phoenix Mountains, known as "Shuai Township", "Orange Township" and "Jinkai County". Founding Marshal Liu Bocheng is a native of Kaixian County. Kaixian is rich in citrus for more than 1,000 years, has been used as a tribute for generations, and is now sold all over the world. This is an ancient city with a long history and beautiful mountains and rivers, and it is also a place full of myths and stories.

Hometown has "Phoenix Mountain treasure, Yingxian Mountain hidden gold, Shengshan good scenery" and "nine lanes and eighteen caves, caves out of the gods" said, I grew up listening to mythological stories. When I was a child, I did not know how many times I went to the fairy cave in the hot spring town to play, there was a fairy statue at the entrance of the cave, the cave was warm in winter and cool in summer, grand and deep, mysterious and strange, there were stone beds, stone tables, stone beds, ploughed land and "corn" hanging on the rock wall, vivid and wonderful. I often hear the mythical story of this fairy making shoes for poor salt workers and boatmen. After listening to the story of the fairy cave, I will also tell it, and I will play with more oil and vinegar. In the year of junior high school, the prefectural cultural center held a story meeting, and I went on stage to tell the story of the fairy cave, and there was a round of applause, maybe my literary dream set sail from here.

Speaking of the good scenery of Shengshan Mountain, I think of Wei Chuhou, who is known as China's first education bureau chief and the famous Minister of the Middle And Tang Dynasties, who went to Kaizhou to assassinate the history, and founded the Confucian Studies Bureau and the Jianxue Palace in Kaizhou, which made Kaizhou an earlier place of "xingxue and establishing education". During his time in Kaizhou, he also wrote the popular Shengshan Twelve Poems, which were famous in Chang'an and caused a sensation in China, attracting dozens of poets such as Yuan Shu, Bai Juyi, and Zhang Zhi of the Tang Dynasty to sing peace.

Wen Gang, chairman of the Kaizhou District Federation of Literature and Literature, is a gentleman who is a confucian gentleman, who temporarily took up a tour guide to guide us to visit the Kaizhou Juzi Garden and the restored Wenfeng Pagoda, and he talked about the origin of Kaizhou's reputation as the "hometown of the lifting son" from Li Zongxi, the governor of Liangjiang and a native of Kaizhou. Under his guidance, he felt the cultural temperament and beauty of Kaizhou Juzi Garden, Wenfeng Pagoda, Guoshu College, Confucian Temple, Shengshan Academy, and garden landscape, which concentrated on the profound heritage of the thousand-year-old Kaizhou Keju culture, and also traced the origin of Kaizhou's cultural context.

Kaizhou Juzi Garden, with the positioning of "Wenfeng Towering Show, Keju Wensheng", classical gardens as the feature, pavilions and pavilions carved beams and paintings, rockeries and flowing water winding paths, celebrity poetry calligraphy and painting printed in it, forest trees and bamboo, flowers luxuriant, exquisite carving, set of Classical Chinese garden style of the masterpiece.

Since I live near Kaizhou Juzi Garden on the shore of Hanfeng Lake, I have visited Kaizhou Juzi Garden many times since then, to read the quiet texts here, to savor the culture in the garden, and to absorb the literary atmosphere between the trees.

One morning into the Kaizhou Juzi Garden, the sun rises, the winding path leads to the depths, the Zen room, study, drama room, tea room are hidden in the sun flickering, lush flowers and trees, the mountains are bright, the birds are singing, the pool water is clear, refreshing and pure. In Kaizhou Juzi Park, I met my old friend Zhao Yongguang, who is now the chairman of the supervisory board of Chongqing Kaizhou Hushan Cultural Tourism Investment Co., Ltd., and one of the founders who participated in the planning and design of Kaizhou Juzi Park, and he knows every grass and tree, brick and tile, carving and stone here.

Following Yongguang, I learned that part of the rockery materials for building Kaizhou Juzi Garden were transported from the original Old Town Park, and some of them were precious trees and strange stones from Guilin, Anhui, Fujian and other places, especially the story behind the use and protection of the hundred-year-old yellow oak tree and the stone stele of the Wenfeng Pagoda site in the old city. I was worried that after the completion of the Three Gorges Dam Project and the old city of my hometown became a thing in the pool, I would no longer be able to touch the grass and trees in my hometown, and now I see the towering yellow oak trees and the rockeries of the old city, and my worries have been dispelled, and the story of my hometown is still continuing, and I feel extremely relieved.

Speaking of the old city park, that was the place I used to go when I was a child, the rockery in the old park is still there, and my friends and I used to climb and hide. The park rockery is next to a ruined wall, a thousand-year-old city wall. There was a floodlit court in the park, which was the most exciting place for me and my mother, and my third brother was the star on the basketball court, and he shot hard in the no. 11 red and white vest. Oh, throw it in! Uh-huh! Well, the last ball, victory! A cheer echoed through the night sky of the stadium. The third brother is famous, can watch the ball, can not watch the ball, all come to appreciate his dribbling, shooting beautiful. After the game, I would always squeeze through the crowd and hand my brother a cup of sugar water that had been prepared.

I can't forget that at that time, my mother and I always rested under the tree when I came back from the countryside under the yellow oak tree. My foot hurt, and my mother stroked me while telling me About Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea and Hans Christian Andersen's The Mermaid Story. Gazing at the yellow oak tree in front of me, the figure of my mother seemed to shake in front of my eyes, my soul seemed to be pulled by a force, and everything in front of my eyes immediately transformed into the figure of my mother, and I couldn't help but crawl on the ground and kowtow to Cangsheng: "Mother, I have returned, returned to my hometown, returned to the place where I was born and raised in my homeland!" ”

The grass and trees of my hometown and the unique hometown sound of Kaizhou are my original intention to return to my hometown. Following Zhao Yongguang to climb the Wenfeng Pagoda and climb it level by level, he introduced one by one that each floor of the tower has a cultural theme, and all use a variety of artistic expressions such as stone carving, wood carving, painting, etc., which is really carefully set and arranged. Ascend to the highest level, the ninth floor of the top of the tower, with a panoramic view of the hometown. Here, I was delighted to find the small river in my hometown, one is the South River and the other is the East River. The East River and the South River are still there, and the East River and the South River blend together, forming a harmonious picture with Hanfeng Lake, which is a place where the soul is haunted. These two rivers in my hometown are the most beautiful paintings and immortal poems in my heart, which always surround my heart. The silent river in my hometown has left countless footprints for me, and the small river water of that year was clear to the bottom, the fish wandered, and the huan clothes in the clear river water, splashed water and played, picked up playful stones in the water, moisturized the fragrance of the flower season, soothed the sadness of the years, and gave birth to my dreams.

My childhood hometown is very "small", it seems that a bag of cigarette kung fu can be from the east to the west, from the south to the north, and even a "poor" word, but not because it is "small", it is "poor" and forget, it is the birthmark of my life, is the place that carries the great love of my mother. I can't forget that the two bluestone slab roads in my hometown were trampled by pedestrians. At that time, there was only one department store in the county seat. The street where we lived was full of wooden planks separated by wooden planks, through the eyes and leaking walls, and the family cooked a few smells, and even the speech could be heard. On a rainy day, I went out covered in water and mud; I can't forget that the beams of the house were tilted, and a kerosene lamp was still so lit. Unveiling the pot was mixed, all red amaranth had no food; I can't forget that in order to feed us young, under the light of kerosene like beans, my mother waved a needle and threaded a sweater, and stayed up all night. In order to cultivate our sound personality, mothers pay attention to the cultivation of quality, temperament, ability, character and love. In order not to worry about her children, she also comforted us when her life was dying, "I will be fine." Mother's love, like a thread, connects the eternity of life, broad and tolerant, is the sky and the sea, the sea and the sky are connected; can not forget, spring is coming, citrus blossoms fragrant all over the town. On September 9 of one year, my brother launched a partner mountaineering activity, we were full of youth, full of style, carrying an accordion, carrying cold noodles, cold powder, bacon, sausages, radish silk, osmanthus cake and citrus, climbed to the top of the Phoenix Mountain, while cooking and singing, talking about ideals, looking forward to the future. The vows that everyone once made at the top of Phoenix Mountain became a reality: turning over the big pass, looking at the outside world, from their hometown to all over the world, their former partners have changed themselves and created a new and beautiful life.

Speaking of the hometown of the cold noodles golden, soft and soft, cold powder frozen thick and smooth, osmanthus cake sweet and sour and delicate, radish silk crisp and slightly spicy, just swallow the saliva, absolutely in today's rare food. In the early 1990s, I went to Guangxi to make cold noodles, and I invited many big figures in the cultural circles, such as Chen Jiangong, vice chairman of the China Writers Association, Chen Zufen, a famous reportage writer, and Liu Mengxi, a cultural celebrity, and Mr. and Mrs. Liu Mengxi, then mayor of Beihai and a famous calligrapher Shuai Liguo, from talking about cold noodles to beef noodles and Kaizhou's "eight bowls", from "books on the bus" and "six moves" to marshal Liu Bocheng, a generation of military gods, thus tracing back one beautiful story after another.

Yongguang told me: "Kaizhou Juziyuan holds a forum on Chinese studies, a sinology salon, a sinology training and art exhibition every year, and it has become a holy place for han and Tang weddings, study trips and sinology experiences. One year, the 'Eight Immortals Flower Exhibition' and the 'Talented Beauty' garden series of activities were held, and young boys and girls shuttled under the red wall glass, and their words and deeds were retro, causing many tourists to stop and watch. ”

In Kaizhou Juzi Garden, I met a spring trip organized by the teacher with hundreds of people, about 7-9 years old, many children are splashing on the stone steps to draw, you can see that the children are very happy to go outdoors. I leaned over to look at the children's paintings, some of them painting swallows, some paintings of willow trees, some paintings of flowers, some paintings of forests, and some of them painting small animals in the forest, and their imaginations were very rich. I asked one of the kids, "What are you drawing?" He smiled and replied loudly: "I am painting spring, painting the dreams in my heart." "It's good that where there is a dream, there is a future!" Children are the flowers of the motherland, and teenagers are strong and the country is strong.

In the evening, stroll along the shores of Hanfeng Lake, along the lake all the way to the bright lights, the spring breeze blowing the aroma of flowers is intoxicating. Hanfeng Lake, born from the Three Gorges Project and formed by the confluence of two rivers in the territory, is a unique artificial lake in the world formed by the construction of the Three Gorges Project of the Yangtze River. A flower-like lakeside avenue surrounds the lake for more than 40 kilometers, and there are flowers, lawns and trees around the lake, and the colorful world is a fun one. Look at the sky, half a moon climb up, reflect in the lake, lean down, the lake ripples, the willows sway, the mountains reflect in the lake, the lake in the garden, a school of "spring river tide water even sea level, the sea bright moon tidal co-tide, the waves with thousands of miles, where the spring river has no moon" beautiful scenery. Following the aroma of flowers, there are wind and rain covered bridges, Kaizhou Juzi Garden, Comrade Liu Bocheng Memorial Hall and Lakeside Bathing, Constant Temperature Swimming Pool, Cultural Center, Art Museum, Museum, Library, Gymnasium, Planning Exhibition Hall, etc., everywhere to feel the extraordinary cultural atmosphere. The arrogance of the Kaizhou people is incredible, and the best appreciation space along the lake is given to the citizens to read, relax, fitness, entertainment life, and give "culture". Culture is the soul of a city, and the fragrance of books is the most intimate taste of a city, which will leave a deep attachment in people's hearts. Open reading places and sound public culture allow people to meet poetry and distant places at their doorstep, find emotional sustenance, and live happily in Kaizhou.

For several days in the hometown around, the city is clean everywhere, inadvertently found that different restaurant staff, outside the store door carefully scrub plastic stools and chairs, with detergent water rinsed, brushed with brushes, even every gap is brushed to, washed carefully, washed shiny, spotless. I walked up and asked, "How about washing so clean?" The man looked up at me and said, "The one who opens the restaurant is to talk clean!" "This reminds me of when I was a child, every month the neighborhood committee would go door to door to check on cleanliness and hygiene. The director of the neighborhood committee led a group of people, each family sent a representative, formed an inspection team, door by house inspection, including the front of the house and after the house, after the inspection, immediately posted on the gate "not clean", "clean" and "cleanest" signs. Kaizhou people have a good habit of loving cleanliness and hygiene. My mother used to say a sentence: "Cleanliness is second only to holiness" and "If a house is not swept, why sweep the world".

Only when you leave your hometown do you know how much you miss it, and only when you return to your hometown do you know the great changes in your hometown. In particular, the warmth given by the people of the homeland makes people feel grateful. People and things that were once young and close, as soon as they met as if they were just yesterday, never went far, booed cold and warm, spread their arms to embrace us warmly, the milk name of childhood was still shouting loudly, delicious hometown food has long been prepared, talk about the world, love and harmony, this is the hometown, this is the thought, connecting yesterday today and tomorrow.

Hometown Phoenix Nirvana, reborn from the fire, the rapid changes, strongly hit my bosom. By the way, I will walk with my hometown, speak for my hometown, and be proud of being a Kaizhou person!

(About the author: Dong Xiaoyan, a native of Kaizhou, Chongqing, former secretary and chairman of the party group of the Guangxi Beihai Municipal Federation of Literature and Literature, currently the dean of the Beibu Bay Literature College, the editor-in-chief of Beibu Bay Literature, the honorary chairman of the Beihai Writers Association, the member of the Chinese Writers Association, the member of the China Critics Association, the director of the Chinese Prose Literature Association, the director of the Guangxi Writers Association, and the vice president of the Guangxi Prose Literature Association)