Red Star Over China (5)
October 2 the arrangement is to Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. To be honest, it is attracted me to participate in the Hexi trip the main factors.
Since the tour has been fascinated by self-help pack, I will arrange the activities of others has much resistance, do not seem to go out back to bring tents, sleeping bag, a big bag of what not to travel. I think there are such donkey-style thinking, I fear more than one, do not believe in you Look at the bar and out Let's go, although people in the city, but always dressed up like a busy schedule, traveling back to what is just, like, they are cute Apart from ludicrous. Backpack self-help, this feeling Jiaoren obsession.
The National Day holiday, of course backpackers festival days, I have without exception been infected with such an atmosphere, the more the National Day is approaching, the more feel that they smell like a wolf when the excitement generated by distant prey.
Category of cultural tourist attractions, since the went to Xi'an, I almost completely lost interest. I once wrote a Travels: I do not like most of the so-called cultural landscape, say Qin terracotta bar, known as the world's eighth wonder, I do not like. Xiu Qin Shi Huang's tomb and time-consuming thirty-seven years, the number of enslaved people, the number of people buried alive they can not ignore that cruel; A Fanggong years Jiuchiroulin can be described as his best extravagant; rather not that old age is medicine, sending Xu Lian sea panacea, said that this group of Boys & Girls became a Japanese ancestors, 2000 years later to run back to kill us, can be described as retribution; repair the Great Wall, I thought I could enjoy the splendor against foreign enemies, can be described as silly, but also forced Chen Sheng Wu Guang up in arms. What has never failed to protect the Great Wall, Qin Jiang Shan, was only passed down generations. I remember the former West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl during a visit to the terracotta figures left after the inscription was "surprised", I can understand that he must have thought of Hitler. I think our ancestors out of such a heinous figure, his face is really not much glory to speak of. Eighth wonder of the world, says that no matter whether war! We Chinese people can not always brought a piece of broken terra cotta in the world, said, look, this is our ancestors two thousand years ago-made. We are not the come up with a fertile biological species such as sea invention to solve the look of human resources, beyond the four great inventions, let's point and then make the contribution to the world?
Xi'an is surrounded by a number of imperial tombs, I do not understand why the Chinese people's thinking this is the case, I hate them from the heart. I do not see near Xi'an, a decent point of the river, "eight of water around the Chang-an" thorough become the past. Qinchuan earth, piece of the birthplace of our ancestors, we can only look back the things it once had a Chinese Mao days.
I have at the Xian city wall, Jia Pingwa imagined then how this step above the Duo with the idea of his novels, and I, as the government of the ancient city of Xi'an turbid air, thinking: Yes, in fact, this is all a waste.
In a word it, the majority of the so-called cultural attractions makes me depressed and a heavy history of people extremely uncomfortable, I find this Zuishou his mother to do, I just want to put into the embrace of nature.
Hexi a friend arranged a trip to an important point is to visit the Jiuquan Satellite base, I think if maybe I'll never miss this opportunity to not see it, but I still dream of my pastures, I even get to Lanzhou is still uncertain idea in the end is the one to go along with someone else or myself to go it alone, until the others to Dunhuang to Lanzhou to Guangzhou from the ticket when you show me (taking into account stress National Day tickets booked in advance), which be considered completely gave me a master.
Out after one hour north of Jiuquan, really appreciate the "base" of the scenery. Some use "Akachi a thousand miles" to describe it, I feel very fit. Qilian pulse a low wall distance, underground is the barren desert area of flat sand, like Guangzhou, in some small shops to attract the same "flat to you do not believe!" Light blue of the cloudless sky, dry air , in addition to people without any signs of life outside the desert, this is a great place Space Center. Along the flat straight road, is lined with utility poles, not far from the single-track railway Road, a few kilometers away from the barracks block parties, without exception, people think you are at the foot of it is a strategic location.
As to how we compete in the launcher next to the pictures of the class, I need not say any more.
Deeper impression of the exhibition hall where two old photographs, a Soviet expert in the initial exploration and at the time of the Chinese side, holding pictures of the camel, a Soviet withdrawal, some experts were of the photo. The photos brought back my thoughts, I seem to better understand why the time when the Soviet Union a butt sitting on the bench on the Big Brother one of the reasons, I think perhaps all this is that our participation in the Korean War, one of the rewards bar. In our review of the Republic of development and construction, when the Soviet Union should not forget the great contributions of experts. But in any case, we Chinese people will eventually on its own strength in just a decade and produced nuclear weapons, it is amazing historical achievement. If we say that Chiang Kai-shek then able to participate in the Cairo conference was the Big Four Americans flattering, then, twenty years later, we successfully developed atomic weapons, it is really laid on China's big power status.
In the Marshal Nie tomb, I bow deeply. That row after row of generals of the tombstone next to you can see the bunches of flowers in the wind Thriller. I think they really made a contribution to the prosperity of China. Here is the cemetery may be that stood not far from the launch aircraft, is their monument.
I saw the soldiers dressed and clean, I was reminded of the Red Army Western Expedition. If they are heaven to know in those days when their bloody sacrifice of land, quietly stand upright with the center, they will certainly feel more comfort bar.
We strongly recommend my friends to see a wind park in Populus euphratica, they say, in this desert, the most beautiful thing in this piece of Populus euphratica. As the gatekeeper old man is not, actually enter the halls, but it does not matter, we are still under way in return the car, walked Populus euphratica side.
That is really an intoxicating Populus euphratica, the beginning of October, leaves under the effect of the sun reflecting charming gold, in this desert, it had much joy to the people, is little consolation, much hope ah.
Good-bye, and base. Good-bye, and Populus euphratica.
I hope that here in the near future should be opened as a patriotism education base in satellite photos is so advanced today's world, where in fact should be our destination.
I think I see you next time, should be on TV. I wish you as soon as possible of our manned spacecraft sent to space, I wish every time you launch success, and I pray that God will always help you.
Until 8 o'clock that night back in Jiuquan, I believe that is subject to the achievements of China's aerospace industry a tremendous inspiration, coupled with this is the last night at the Jiuquan that they need not persuaded, comrades wine of the big time, everybody brave.
I think I definitely drank too much, because I really do not remember later that night did something.
Author: david300w
