Chief reporter of Oriental Today Daily Zhang Shanshan/Wen Photo courtesy of Zhang Xiangzheng
When did you discover the beauty of Lu Hun? Zhang Xiangzheng couldn't remember for a moment.
I only remember when I was in high school, the school was on the shore of Luhun Lake. Teenage rural children just think that this water surface is wider and farther than the river they often wadge in front of their homes, and the concept of beauty is not there. Like many people in Song County, most of the knowledge about Lu Hun in Zhang Xiangzheng's mind came from the books of literature and history.
Legend has it that a long time ago, south of Longmen to Luanchuan Tantou Town, was a large lake called "Wuyang River". Dayu chiseled open the dragon gate, and the water poured east, beginning to show the mountains, mountains, rivers, and plains, which also created the ancient Land Hun. The first appearance of "Lu Hun" in the history books was in the Spring and Autumn Period. Shi Zai: "In the fourteenth year of King Xiang of Zhou, Lu Hun Rong Yun's surname moved here from Dunhuang County, Gansu Province, and his original name was Lu Hun. "In the history of Luhun, the mountains are deep and dense, the roads are dangerous, and it is easy to fortify and deploy, and since ancient times, it has been a place where soldiers and families must fight." The historical allusion of "Winning the Central Plains" is inextricably linked to Lu Hun.
Luhun has been a scenic place since ancient times. In the territory of Song County, there is an ancient couplet "Lu Hun No Ink Qianqiu Painting, Yishui Stringless Wanguqin", which describes the scenery of Lu Hun. Among the eight scenic spots of song county, "Lu Hun Spring Dawn", "Yishui Autumn Sound", "Seven Peaks Stacked Cui", etc., or depict Lu Hun, or close to Lu Hun, most of which are related to Lu Hun. People standing on the Seven Peaks Mountain on the shore of Luhun Water can see the scenery of Luhun even more.
In 1959, the Construction of the Luhun Reservoir Project began, and the six-year project created the second largest reservoir in Henan and left a large water tank for the sons and daughters of the Central Plains. Under the vast smoke waves, buried in the long history and culture of the landing, the people of Song County, who live by the water's edge, are indeed proud of it.
Songxian people like to exercise around Luhun Lake, or walk around, or fish at the water's edge. The same is true of the original Zhang Xiangzheng, whenever he has a leisure time, he will also go to the shore of Luhun Lake with people and turn aimlessly. After starting to engage in the tourism industry, he will also use the eyes of tourists to look at Lu Hun, look at her beauty, and look at her unpredictable potential in the tourism market. However, the real change came from Zhang Xiangzheng starting to observe Lu Hun from the lens two years ago.
The original purpose was simple, many people who loved photography invited lu hun together every morning, and Zhang Xiangzheng wanted to find a reason for himself to get up early, so he joined the team.
Now every day before sunrise, Zhang Xiangzheng will wake up, and the first thing he will do when he wakes up is to see how the weather is outside the window. On a sunny day, go to Luhun to shoot the sunrise, there are clouds, then wait to shoot the morning sun; when the wind rises, the camera aims at the willows that twist with the wind at the water's edge, and when the mist first rises, then photograph the boats that loom on the lake.
Zhang Xiangzheng felt as if he was addicted, all year round, at any time of the day, as long as he found that the weather had changed, his first thought was to take a camera to Luhun.
Zhang Xiangzheng said that the Lu Hun in his heart should be like the Lu Hun shown in his photos, a poetic, simple and primitive paradise, and an ink danqing painting created by nature with clever techniques.
In order to take a poetic sunrise scene, he pressed the shutter from the sun to the sky appeared a little red to the morning sun to cover the entire water surface. He felt that a fisherman who was shaking alone reflected the background of green mountains and waters, so he held the camera at the water's edge and waited until the old man returned. He wanted to use his camera to record all the faces of Lu Hun at all times, and he also wanted to find some beautiful scenery that others could not see through the lens.
So sometimes in the face of blooming flowers, he is more willing to shoot some dry grass. Imagine a glimmer of life in the wilderness of the mountains, so that the most authentic scenery is already beautiful.
At the beginning of 2014, Lu Hun fell a heavy snow, and the vast white snow reflected several tufts of reeds by the lake, which made Zhang Xiangzheng think of his childhood. When I was a child, there was such a reed in front of Zhang Xiangzheng's house. Every day to go to school, Zhang Xiangzheng always has to walk barefoot through the reeds, and the wind behind him carries the fine reeds to fly with him, especially when the snow is paved, the white vast world is only flying himself and flying reeds. It was the most beautiful scene he could remember.
After entering the city, Zhang Xiangzheng has never seen the scene of flowers and grasses in front of the house and behind the house, living in a cement building, he feels that he is farther and farther away from the simple happiness in his memory.
And now, Lu Hun once again gave him this feeling, "The crowd is looking for him for thousands of degrees, isn't this the paradise we dream of?"
For Zhang Xiangzheng, today's Lu Hun is no longer the emotionless water in his high school memory. At this time, Lu Hun, like the lover of the first love of the teenager, is gentle and affectionate, and pulls people into the old time at a glance.
Zhang Xiangzheng also likes literature and likes to write poetry, "Looking at the lush land of Yishui Riverside, the footsteps passing through the beautiful scenery of Luhun Lake, we can still strongly feel that the history of the millennium is condensed here, and the endless time is frozen here"... Lu Hun is a common protagonist in his poetry. A few years ago, he and other people who love literature in Song County ran a literary magazine called "Lu Hun". He felt that in his bones he had a melancholy and worried about the country and the people's temperament that was characteristic of the literati. Under his lens, the bunkers left by the sand digging team on the shore, the bunches of dog tail grass on the lakeside, and the golden remnants of the sun spreading on the lake seem to have something different.
He himself called this sense of distress, and every time he faced the beautiful Lu Hun, he always felt as if he would lose her one day.
There is a place where water birds live on the edge of Luhun, which is also a must-have place for many photography enthusiasts to shoot. Zhang Xiangzheng also often went to shoot, but while shooting, he was contradictory, he did not want too many people to come here and disturb the lives of these birds. When taking an 8-year-old child to the lake, children always like to jump around, and Zhang Xiangzheng will also ask him not to make too much noise, so as not to startle the birds.
It seems to be a little too careful, but Zhang Xiangzheng said that he was more worried. Many years ago, he had heard a lecture by a scholar advocating the desolation of the Longmen Grottoes and maintaining their original appearance. At this time, Zhang Xiangzheng had the same expectations for Luhun Lake. He feels that with the frequent human activities and project development, The natural environment of Luhun may gradually be destroyed.
Many people look at the photo of Xiangzheng and are excited to ask him where to take the photo. At this time, he will have a little selfishness and is unwilling to tell the other party. He was afraid in his heart, afraid that too many people would ruin Lu Hun's tranquility. Many times, he hoped that Lu Hun was just him, just like a child, so that he could hide her in a safe corner and take care of her carefully, while being proud of her excellence and shielding her from those ill-intentioned disturbances.