Fireworks set off in Yangzhou in March

Wang Dao

West Lake trip

Living in this tiny town, it is inevitable that the time will be spent in the triviality of life day after day. It's the season when the grass grows and the warblers fly. Colleagues are thinking about where to fly their mood during the weekend, so they decided on Hangzhou in the discussion, decided on Friday, and packed their backpacks on Saturday morning to have a trip.

"There is heaven above and Suzhou and Hangzhou below", which shows that Hangzhou is a paradise on earth. According to reports, Hangzhou belonged to Yangzhou before the Zhou Dynasty, and it was also one of the cradles of Wuyue culture. There were a large number of natural and human landscape sites, as well as Zhejiang University, a famous university. Its beautiful scenery and reputation had long been well-known overseas, so it was as free and easy as Meng Haoran's "fireworks in Yangzhou in March" to meet such a city in Yangchun.

It was lunch time when we arrived in Hangzhou. Everyone tasted the Hangzhou specialty "West Lake Vinegar Fish", which was really delicious and memorable. After dinner, visit the West Lake, which is the first choice as a scenic spot in Hangzhou. The car detoured from Yuyuan Campus of Zhejiang University and stopped in the parking lot not far from the West Lake. Everyone got off and walked to the West Lake for more than ten minutes, but the road conditions were not good and there were construction workers and materials everywhere. The tour guide told us that roads are being built around the West Lake to prepare for the G2 Summit led by President Xi in September. By that time, the whole city will be brand-new and beautiful. As the presidency, China will once again focus on the eyes of the whole world. I believe that the demeanor and boldness of vision of our great country will once again attract the attention of the world, and this beautiful city will certainly attract international attention and admiration. Of course, many important international events and decisions will be made in this beautiful West Lake. It's exciting to think about all these things that are about to happen.

The breeze is gentle and the sunshine is exceptionally bright. Sitting on a cruise ship, the eyes are everywhere, a lake is vast with blue waves, ships are coming and going, the willows on the shore are green, and tourists are weaving. "Outside the Qingshan Building outside the mountain, when will the West Lake stop singing and dancing, and the warm wind will make tourists drunk, making Hangzhou a Bianzhou". This poem titled Lin 'an Mansion written by Lin Sheng, a poet of the Southern Song Dynasty, expressed his concern for the country more than 8 years ago. Today, the last two sentences of this poem were mischievously sent to WeChat with pictures to tease the pleasure of this trip. This is out of context because I compared the West Lake in Hangzhou with the West Sea in Lushan Mountain, and compared the West Lake to the West Sea near my hometown. It's just that there are too many relics by the West Lake, and the history is too thick. In my eyes, this lake is also accompanied by many colors. Of course, beauty is beautiful, but I think it is not as clear as the water in the West Sea of Lushan Mountain. If described as a woman, Xihai is a beautiful little girl who has just grown up, while Xihu is a woman with rich experience. One for appreciation and one for reading. Knowing that this kind of cognition and distortion of culture is contrary to history, but it is also purely a personal point of view, which is as fleeting as the waves in this water.

The West Lake is one of the top ten scenic spots in China and a pearl of Hangzhou. It has always been a place where people gather together and it is also very lively. I think of the West Lake Dream written by Mr. Yu Qiuyu, saying that the West Lake "became famous too early, its relics were too dense, its fame was too heavy, and it was ok to visit it, but it was difficult to get close to it". I seem to have an appropriate sense of identity here and now.

We saw the "Louwailou" on the shore of the lake at the guide's place. This ordinary and extraordinary small building has also recorded many stories and changes over the past 1 years, and received many celebrities and celebrities. It stands beside the West Lake and adds color to each other. There is also the Yuewang Temple with golden characters shining in the sun. Through these, it seems that the distant history can be traced back. Since ancient times, the national integrity and awe-inspiring righteousness of

heroes have stood for thousands of years.

While sitting on the boat, I watched the beautiful scenery, while listening to the tour guide's allusions about the broken bridge and the legend of the long bridge, as well as Su Xiaoxiao and Ruanlang, Xu Xian and the White Snake. This is the birthplace of those lingering love stories. Among them, Su Xiaoxiao's Tomb and Leifeng Pagoda are always full of tourists. How many people throw poems and shed tears on the edge of the West Lake, and one heart has been melted into the West Lake for thousands of times. A brothel woman is alive in the hearts of generation after generation, and there is not a light weight. The reason is another kind of value or spiritual weight, and it is also an existing phenomenon in China's history and culture. The White Snake, a woman who is also a fairy and a demon, has been deeply loved by countless people and has entered people's spirit, which has also become another different color in Chinese culture. All these add so much mystery and bright colors to the West Lake, so how can people not love it?

"If you want to compare the West Lake with the West Lake, it's always appropriate to put on light makeup and heavy makeup", "The lonely pu is boundless and the water is boundless, and the lotus blooms at night", "There are six bridges in the scenery of the West Lake, one willow and one peach" ..................................................................................... In the face of the modern buildings with high-rise buildings and towers in the clouds by the West Lake, I am imagining the scene where Bai Juyi and Su Dongpo were officials and lived here. These two literary masters have left many masterpieces here, which, in the present words, should be propaganda for the spread of the reputation of the West Lake, and those masterpieces are also treasures in the Chinese poetry library. What is rare is that the two masters were not only able to go boating on the lake, drinking and writing poems, but also good officials admired by all the people when they were officials at that time. They have done many good deeds, great events and practical things for the people of this side, and greatly promoted and promoted the development and prosperity of the economy, people's livelihood and culture of this place. They should be a model for all officials to learn from and China officials.

Maybe there are too many articles describing this paradise on earth and too many poems. I want to brew some words in my belly as impressions of my travels, but I am short of words. Perhaps the West Lake is too beautiful, but the inside story is too heavy, and I am too superficial, so I just feel that I can't put pen to paper. Looking at the distant mountains and near the water, blowing a leisurely breeze, let the stories and scenes of ancient and modern times be confused and intertwined in my mind. Because of the rush of time, we can't go to every scenic spot, and it's inevitable that we have regrets in our hearts, but it's all right to think about it. The more beautiful things we have to keep in our hearts, the more we should not achieve them easily, but leave some meaning in our hearts. I wonder if I will have a dream about the West Lake tonight? Dreaming of walking with the literati who sent their feelings to the mountains and rivers, leaving a broken chapter or a few lines of loose sentences in this beautiful land? It's great that this trip is complete ...

Xitang Impression

Xitang, a place with a poetic name, is another stop of our trip. Sitting for hundreds of minutes to see it is enough to give birth to hundreds of imaginations. However, due to motion sickness, my mind was blank, and I just closed my eyes deeply, hoping that the wind energy in Xitang would blow away the fatigue of my trip.

The tour guide said that Xitang is just a bridge in the middle, with two streets on both sides, which is very simple. Perhaps this is the view for people born and raised in Sri Lanka, and it must be another scenery in the eyes of foreign tourists. I think most famous places always have their own characteristics, and of course, there are also some elements of "heckling", because too many people like to pursue them now.

When you walk into Xitang, rows of ancient buildings come into view, with white walls and tiles and cornices. The buildings are patchwork but neat and unified, and the eaves gallery is covered with red lanterns, which looks quaint and festive.

It is really not easy for these ancient village buildings in the Ming and Qing Dynasties to be so well preserved. No wonder they were awarded the "Outstanding Achievement Award for Historical and Cultural Protection" by the United Nations. Although most houses have been built as storefronts or family hotels facing the street, the appearance and overall structure of the houses have not changed. Wooden doors, lattice windows, alleys of different shades are connected with stone arch bridges on the river, and you can walk to another part of the town from anywhere. These old houses that have gone through vicissitudes of life are the witness of history, and they are also a monument in the history of architecture, showing the superior wisdom of previous craftsmen everywhere.

a small river that is not too wide winds in it, and the color of the river is dirty yellow-green, showing a morbid color of serious pollution, which inevitably makes me feel worried and disappointed. The awning boats moored vertically and horizontally in the river have an ancient beauty, and there is a gurgling sound in the river, which reminds people whether this is the hometown written by Lu Xun, or the boat where Mr. Wang went to see the social drama when he was a child. Time seems to have brought people into the years ago. Walking in such an ancient water town in the south of the Yangtze River, an elegant charm suddenly dispersed. The bluestone roads, stone arches and small bridges here, every alley and lane, and housewives who are pulling bamboo poles to dry clothes all have a leisurely taste. We walked with many tourists in this ink painting of the south of the Yangtze River, and the pace of coming and going slowed down with time, becoming serene and calm, and casual walking brought spiritual relaxation. Although there are all kinds of small shops here, they are prosperous and lively, but they do not have the commercial atmosphere of heavy metals, hawking and noise, and present a prosperous and peaceful street map.

I took a cursory look at several private houses, such as Xiyuan, Zuiyuan, Zhongfutang, etc., which were once houses of large families, with exquisite structure and reasonable layout, and should be considered luxurious at that time. Among them, the West Garden is said to be the garden of a wealthy businessman. The area is not too large, but there are flowers, trees, pavilions and pavilions, and there is a tall pine tree on the rockery side. The wind is coming, so it is called "Tingtaoxuan" next to the side. It is reported that Mr. Liu Yazi came to this park in 192, where he sang poems and took photos with friends. Since then, the West Park has become famous. However, what we are seeing now is only the imitation of the West Garden in the Ming and Qing Dynasties in the 199s, and the old garden was destroyed in the 195s. Now the West Garden can only be a place to restore Mr. Liu Yazi's friends and get together. I feel quite sorry in my heart and feel paranoid, thinking that although I have spent a lot of time, the meaning has changed.

There is also a long misty and rainy corridor, which is another special place in this ancient town. The promenade is very long, with hundreds of meters. One side of it is the main street, and the other side is the river, which is another unique scenery of Xitang. The promenade is a corridor shed built in all the houses, which can shelter from the sun and rain and attract tourists from all over the world with its unique appearance. The periphery of the veranda in this area is covered with red lanterns. Everything in the camera is so poetic. In fact, they carry the silent changes and vicissitudes of hundreds of years, so what remains in my heart at this moment is a kind of inexplicable sadness after passing through time. Shops that are arranged like chess pieces are also arranged under every eaves of the promenade, mostly inns or snack bars, and there are many foods such as Euryale ferox cakes, steamed pork, fennel beans, etc. Jane, Weiwei and I are all tempted by these foods and sit down in a small shop to enjoy the special food and the warm greeting of the proprietress.

I thought there wouldn't be too many tourists this season, but that's not the case. The corners of this ancient water town in the south of the Yangtze River are full of tourists. It is a little difficult to stand on the bridge and take a picture. Those photographers who sketch are also looking for places to choose angles everywhere. The weather is a bit gloomy, like it's going to rain. If it's raining, the misty rain corridor really has a full charm. I think the lilac-like girl in Rain Lane must have walked slowly from the alley in Xitang to Dai Wangshu's pen. The elegant and quiet sadness reached people's hearts and became a mottled emotion. This quaint town has a quiet, indifferent, simple and vicissitudes of life, which makes people just want to hold their time and spend the morning and evening here. There is no reason to think of the sentence "leaning against the building to listen to the wind and rain, ignoring the rivers and lakes", and this scene here makes my heart yearn for it.

Xitang is simple and elegant, but it is also fashionable and prosperous. Strangely, these two styles are not in conflict at all, on the contrary, they have got the best combination here. It goes without saying that there are many small shops with petty bourgeoisie sentiment, and the clothes with strong literary style can attract my attention most, but everyone walks with me, so I can't stop and linger alone.

Not every place can let the mind rest safely, but Xitang can. It makes people like it in casual walking. After I came here, this Jiangnan ink painting will always be embedded in my dream, and I will always inadvertently flip my memory. The oars are thick, the Wu Nong is soft, and there are all kinds of Cantonese opera songs. These historical voices have the power to penetrate time, and like this ancient town, they have a taste of washing away the lead. The dust of the Millennium is hidden in the eaves of Xitang, and it has become a scroll of poems and paintings. The color remains the same ......

About the author: Wang Dao, a member of Jiujiang Writers Association in Dean, Jiangxi Province, has essays, poems, short stories, etc., which are scattered in provincial and municipal magazines and newspapers

Address: Luo Pinghua, No.1 Middle School in Dean County, Jiangxi Province, transferred to Wang Shufen to receive

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