A few days ago, a piece of news about Qingdao in the WeChat circle of friends attracted the attention of many friends. The repair of a small road in the old city of Qingdao was unknown whether it was due to the management department or the road construction workers themselves. The road that was supposed to be repaired remained as old as it was, which is quite characteristic of Qingdao.
The characteristic alley was changed beyond recognition, causing an uproar among Qingdao citizens who had already learned a painful lesson. It didn't take long for the news to be reconciled.
The post has been deleted, but the history of Qingdao carried by that small road and the memory of the hometown of generations of Qingdao people cannot be deleted. Can we only find our hometown from photos in the future?
This small road under repair is actually just one of the many winding and undulating horseshoe roads in my hometown. With the rapid development, they have all disappeared due to various reasons, especially those that were destroyed due to the construction of elevated roads more than ten years ago.
Qingdao people are completely alert to the "boluoyouzi" that all old Qingdao people are familiar with.
In this fast-moving life, should we leave something behind?
Should we pause and let our soul catch up?
?Speaking of "Boluo Youzi", it's really hard to explain without photos and just relying on words.
People in Qingdao call conches, which are either big or small. The big ones are also called conches, and the small ones are a bit like the screws that people in the south like to eat, but they are more slender and delicate.
The interior of the conch is spiraling around its axis, and this road is somewhat similar to it. You can imagine that the path is rotating, connecting several roads with large ups and downs, so that the inconvenience of going up and downhill will not be caused by the steep slope.
After years of walking, this road has become an old "Youzi" road: the horse teeth paved on the ground have been stepped on by countless walking soles, making it round and greasy, and "Boluo Youzi" was born from this.
When I described it to my son, he looked confused. But when I walked to Jiuquhua Street in San Francisco that year, I was filled with surprises. I pointed at this path full of tourists and kept telling my son that it was like Qingdao’s Boluoyouzi.
, it’s just that her makeup is more beautiful, and my Boluoyouzi is more original, but she is no longer there, has completely disappeared.
Qingdao's "Boluoyouzi", Qingdao's old streets and old houses, just like the hutongs of old Beijing and the lanes of old Shanghai, not only reflect the local cultural characteristics, but also carry many historical traces, witnessing the island city's century-old history.
Vicissitudes of life.
The granite stone pavement and the red-tiled houses on both sides have long been an organic whole that is closely related to each other. If any one of them is missing, it will be incomplete.
It's a pity that this feeling can only be remembered, but it was already at a loss.