maybe you haven't been here, but you may pass by tomorrow.
The mention of Zhengzhou may be vague to mainlanders. If you ask them what impression they have, most people will say that I used to pass by there by train. Indeed, even if you ask me, a Henan native who once went to college in Zhengzhou for four years, I can't seem to tell what is well-known about Zhengzhou. The only thing that may be different is the geographical location of Zhengzhou, which is just in the middle and is an important transportation hub. As described in the film, Zhengzhou Railway Station is the busiest railway station in China. Trains from here can reach all the capital cities of China, and more than 311 trains leave or pass through here during the day and night. I actually have a say in this. I came to Beijing after graduation, and it has been four years before I knew it. Basically, I go home twice a year, once for National Day and once for Spring Festival. Every time I go home, it is basically hard to get a ticket. There are about 111 trains departing from Beijing to Zhengzhou or passing through Zhengzhou every day, but I have to grab the ticket in advance every time, and I have to grab it for a long time. In the end, it may just be a standing ticket.
As far as food is concerned, Zhengzhou does not have such well-known delicacies as Chengdu Hot Pot and Wuhan Regan Noodles, but Zhengzhou people or Henan people are particularly fond of Huimian Noodles and Hu spicy soup. Everyone in Henan province knows that the origin of Hu spicy soup is not Zhengzhou but Zhoukou, and the Xihua County Hu spicy soup in Zhoukou is especially famous. Now Zhengzhou has become a gathering place to attract young people from all cities in Henan Province to struggle. For them, they just like the taste, and it seems that they don't care where Hu spicy soup really originated. They start a new day with a bowl of Hu spicy soup every day. Every time I go back to Zhengzhou, I will take time to drink a bowl of hot soup. Hu spicy soup may be the taste of hometown for us drifting in different places.
Although Zhengzhou today can't be compared with the first-tier cities such as Beishangguangshen and Shenzhen, it is a big city with bright stars for Henan. For college students who have just graduated from Henan Province every year, Zhengzhou is the best choice if they want to choose a development place close to home and with many opportunities. Zheng Piao has become popular now. They work hard and earn money in Zhengzhou, hoping to buy a suite in Zhengzhou and settle here in the future. Including many young people like me, we are from Henan, and we may work in Beijing, Shanghai or Shenzhen at present, but it seems impossible to settle in such a first-tier city, so we will all choose to buy a house in Zhengzhou and return to Zhengzhou later. Now many students who are wandering and struggling have gone back. I bought a house in Zhengzhou myself last year, and I may go back to Zhengzhou after staying in Beijing for another year or two.
As a netizen commented, this episode introduces the crossroads of China, the busiest station in China, the largest hospital in the world, and the oldest capital ... I think it was well filmed, and it introduced Zhengzhou to the world in all directions. If there is still a little regret, the documentary filmed the history and industry of Zhengzhou, but it missed the future of Zhengzhou (Zhengdong New District of Zhengzhou, the construction of Longhu Financial Island).