The time was March 22, 2019. I came to Xi'an with the leadership of the Human Resources Department to conduct personnel recruitment work. On the same day, the minister met with an old friend, and another colleague also contacted the school, so I had time to wander around the prosperous Chang'an City. Tang Furong Garden and Big Wild Goose Pagoda North Square are the closest attractions to the hotel that my senior told me before leaving. Among them, the musical fountain in the square at 8:30 pm is the largest musical fountain in Asia. Compared with the Qiushui Square in Nanchang The fountain is even better.
Since I didn’t have dinner, I simply ate Roujiamo and the fried noodles that I really wanted to eat at the small restaurant next to it. The Roujiamo tastes pretty good, but the oily texture of the noodles is not what I expected. Maybe it’s because I’m eating alone.
After packing up my slightly disappointed mood, I headed in the direction of the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, because the Big Wild Goose Pagoda was really obvious. I could see a towering tower from a distance, so I didn’t even need to look at it. Navigation will help you reach your destination smoothly.
It is indeed the Tang Dynasty Furong Garden. The brilliant lights at night really give me a dreamlike feeling. The interlacing lighting effects of light and shadow, the people coming and going, and the lights hanging on the trees. The bright lanterns make people feel the style of the prosperous Tang Dynasty. For a moment, I really enjoyed the feeling of dreaming back to the Tang Dynasty.
In one part of the square, I saw several bronze statues. Sculptures under the lights at night can easily give people the illusion of time travel, especially such vivid bronze figures. Under the mottled light, the shadows are a little more agile. What interests me even more is that the expressions of these bronze figures are lifelike, and every face is filled with the happiness of the prosperous Tang Dynasty. I thought: This is the prosperous Tang Dynasty, and it is also the most authentic portrayal of China's prosperous times today.
In the souvenir shops on both sides of the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, tourists who stop by sometimes will carefully select one or two souvenirs, perhaps to leave them for a favorite person, or maybe just to leave one for themselves. commemoration.
Around 8:28, I started walking towards the fountain. To my surprise, there was no place to stay. A huge crowd surrounded the fountain, which made people lament the helplessness in the prosperous age. However, the dancing fountain, in line with the melody of the music, is really breathtaking under the bright lights at night. It is a minimalist and beautiful enjoyment from both a visual and auditory perspective. I didn't squeeze in the crowd, I just looked around at the spring water spraying high, and responded to the cheers of the crowd. This also makes me sincerely lament the beauty of life today, and at the same time recall the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty.
Of course, after the excitement, the show is always a little deserted.
But I still walked back with a happy mood. Just a sudden scene made me wake up from this dreamlike glory. A female sanitation worker sat in a corner under the light of an ATM machine, watching videos on her mobile phone. She seemed a little out of place among the crowds of people returning from watching the fountain with great interest. After drifting away from the sanitation worker, we passed by a military management area. Two young sentries, fully armed, stood on both sides of the gate. The door read "Sanitation is Sacred and Inviolable." Yes, the excitement seems to belong only to us.
A cold shiver dragged me back to reality from the dream of the prosperous Chang'an. The scenery of the North Square of the Big Wild Goose Pagoda appeared in front of my eyes scene by scene. The glitz of the prosperous age were all scenes under the lights. , and the flowers under the fountain square, in the hazy night, I can vaguely tell that they are fake flowers. This scene makes me constantly wonder whether the prosperity of Chang'an in this prosperous age really existed. Is the prosperity of these scenes all a gorgeous illusion under the lights? Those sanitation workers are maintaining the hygiene of this scenic spot every day. Have they ever enjoyed such prosperity? And those young sentinels, can they also experience the prosperous age with us? Suddenly, I remembered the complaint of a young couple next to the musical fountain: There was no light and it didn’t look good at all. Maybe it is still a siege of life, but I still believe that this dream of prosperous Chang'an exists in the eyes of our travelers and appears in the dreams of countless Xi'an people. Such a prosperous age was not only the Tang Dynasty, but also China in the future.