Farewell, Chengdu
Playing on the computer next to this very simple words, has the fortunate or not tell how, right here in this city has never had a feeling of attachment to the past few days he noticed thoughts, Ma Budiao , get rid of.
At one time, was so eagerly looking forward to leave, leave the "other people" city, as well as its has been the envy of many outsiders leisure culture, and those I never want to understand the Sichuan dialect. However, when several months of efforts to illusion about the parting, with mixed feelings, or can not avoid the complexity of the sudden hit, unable to stop.
After all, this is my life and worked for four years where my youth far the most valuable Love is on this piece of land disappear. Despite the growth in addition to age, they no longer can not find any lack of progress, but for four years, but also the equivalent of university I read it, right? Just and students on the phone is still ridicule the --- I read, he said is "School of Sichuan University, Hong Pailou."
Hong Pailou is my general area where is located the Second Ring Road. There must have been thought that the unusual allusions, as well as a friend take it for granted this name with the "Red House" link that will be the old Yanhua Xiang land. Specifically, how are unknown. Today's Hong Pailou, in many people's minds, Chengdu, as Jiuyanqiao year, as has become a synonym for social disorder. Outside the original population and the local rural population living in this mixed, Hong Pailou crossing terminal in the past but also increased mobility of this population, the frequent confusion of "prosperity."
University for four years, turned into me from high school students have a bachelor's degree certificate and diploma of the so-called "educated youth"; Chengdu four years, I have not any change, but added the city has already begun shaking up.
Choose a point in time, May 17, 2003, Saturday, I took the camera wandering the streets in Chengdu, eyes with the pace, past and gradually flip ups and downs in my mind.
Motor City from the west to Hong Pailou second ring junction, the new Sichuan-Tibet Highway has been opened after the Spring Festival, a large high street there is a road a Colorful flower beds, build a big way on both sides of the car or parts center, "the north Asian Games Village, south Hong Pailou "in addition to advertising in addition laughable I do not know can explain something. From 1999 to March 2001, that no computer, I always want it after work along the road to "town", 14 road cars to Hong Pailou - soaring bridge, then move on to the car extended Yihuan Sichuan University, was next to the cafe. But whenever he comes back, I often like to walk in the darkness go Hongpai Lou, we did not dare to separate pre-trip, non-governmental widely rumored that the "robbery" took place in this way had no streetlights. So, always call a tricycle, after Heiqu Qu way.
Network is only so many years I have maintained synchronization tool bar with the outside world. 97 years, when I studied up to 99 years in the summer, in Changchun, indulging in Internet chat rooms and I just wandering, I remember the first year, every day after work 16:30'll get on 232 road car, facing the sunset the afterglow, Hongqi Street, a cafe to chat, but often do not play to the back of the bus the remaining pockets of the travel expenses are still not so annoyed by taxi money.
99 In the summer, when the came to Chengdu, probably in October, my online sports articles written about their first post, but after the situation as out of control, from Horton to Milutinovic, from sports to Netease Sina fans a , Sha Wei sports and so on. At that time the Internet, are going to the cafe started to see a sports news, and then write posts online, and then send, then the net return home. Few participate in the discussion, it is simply no time to discuss. Later, and the then Genbao signed an agreement with the club Web site, and now want to come feel fun. Simply because I often go there football comments made, so they all of a sudden one day to contact me should any agreement be signed, and it was coming to an interview from Shanghai.
Should be 2000 bar, in the summer, I just muddle to be found by pressing the phone's address is located in Vancouver Yihuan Square, and Shanghai who wears glasses flying Miss Zhou Xing signed an agreement to the effect that the monthly ensure that 8, 400 yuan, more than to write more pay. By that time, I have not had too many with the netizens have contact, and then I was online sports review has been circulating since the author of the "zodiac agreements had a" message. Was really written a lot a lot of sports review, the level varies, but for some time, "Harvest" is indeed a lot of my colleagues looked at the fees charged for more than one-thousand dollars a month is very surprising.
I should thank the network, and let us not lose the habit of writing, especially the later with a growing number of friends to communicate and exchange, let me feel the exchange of pleasure.
In the Sichuan-Tibet Highway, there is a side street, was former colleague called "crotch Street (GAI)", very short, but it is readily available for daily diet daily. Just came here four years ago, almost all daily necessities are here to buy, and later learned the quality of goods are mostly fake. Today, walking in here, the shops are still selling wreaths quietly stands, Dafan funeral, Chengdu, people would gather crowds to eat or drink something and then play mahjong table Zhikai Some would like to invite performing groups to sing the songs have not necessarily relatives or the mournful funeral hand, may be mostly pop music, this scene is the first I saw on this small street. That department stores, also staged a millennium change may be a "bottomless pit Big Bargain" and "rummage processing", a post office still, and the "China Post" have been invisible, and four years, I have countless times in this post office to pick out of royalties or the sending of remittances to the home. Those who used to sell fruit of the stalls have been replaced with a watermelon, loquat, and also some Sentimental peaches and other seasonal fruits, that "pressure water spray device" of typesetting are also a few easy materials, a bar, that night four years ago my colleagues sitting next My car is only impressed by the neon lights At the time, these five words, and now have less of "pouring" into "pressure water device."
Only parting moment, I discovered a short time.
Two years ago in April, I do not see in Chengdu has also worked for the "cute" and those who are in Chengdu, Chengdu User local or expatriate war of words today, "New Weekly" September 15, 2000 issue of the "First 4 City "was again, I looked forward to, are thinking it is no longer a particular sub-competence or not, suddenly, between Chengdu has been silent in the lovely deep into the soul recognition.
PriceSmart sixth anniversary of the national business anniversary activities in full swing, it is next to the Oriental Plaza, home decoration played Xian to health care workers caring banners, three years ago, there was an open space, and thus seeing and constructing the building, and then gather the popularity, became a city. 2000, 51, a road in Kunming bus terminal to see the words "PriceSmart," exclaimed Shihai thinking of foreigners, and now as a store in Chengdu Road and 52 Road vehicles Zhongshi stations have also been several years.
The pace of all-pervasive commercial and business city of war let the people enjoy the benefits prematurely. Seems to be starting from 2000 bar, Chinese-funded foreign capital entered the mall here, a variety of price wars break out. Friends over, Carrefour, PriceSmart, Metro, Ito-yang-wah lines, Gome, the people shopping malls, department stores, Parkson, benevolent and spring, Moore department stores, many merchants, to carry out various forms of "shopping festival", have sent spy copied to the opponent at the price, and then modify the price of their products in order to ensure "minimum." It was a spectacular sight ah how many people went to queue up one night in advance, the purpose may be only limited buy mobile phones sold in a dollar.
Walking Street is the largest Chunxi Road, as a commercial trading center in Chengdu is said that history can be traced back a long time. Four years ago, there was the street market-oriented, Chunxi Road night market in Chengdu, one of commercial signs, it seems comparable to Beijing's Wangfujing, Changchun of it, probably quite a positive or black water with China? Subsequently, the Government intends to transform Chunxi Road, thousands of people go there, wander in the transformation of 9 years, the night market will soon be removed Chengdu people with mixed feelings to the last time to buy things. TV News series of reports on those days, "Do the Chunxi Road" series. Now, here is a new repair, the Pacific Department Store, are still guarding the side of the door Metersbonwe, high state department stores, specialty stores such as Henry's glasses have settled here, Sun Yat-sen is still sitting in that chair to copper, the background behind it has been a "fitness center", "Highlights Internet cafes" and other modern signs.
I am often asked what is a sign of Chengdu, such as Beijing's Tiananmen Square, such as the Changchun People's Square, such as Shanghai's "Pearl of the Orient." That said, the Chengdu Tianfu Square should be a bar. Road in the heart of the people, backed by the Sichuan Provincial Exhibition Hall of Chairman Mao waving to people, the square on the green grass, such as shade, surrounded by billboards everywhere. Have been looking down on the plane, Chengdu, in addition to the famous Natiao Funan, the most striking is that the Tianfu Square. Four years ago, the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of here has become a red ocean, opposite the residential flats that have been covered with a giant banner that read "Long Live The People's Republic of China", today, that was finally about to finished floor.
In fact, Chengdu, there are really a "Tiananmen Square" and also "the Great Hall." In the Sichuan-Tibet Highway extension, 81 furniture was made into Tiananmen Square, the city looks like, and an exhibition hall next to the Jinjiang Hotel also appeared to have been deliberately designed to become a "Great Hall", of course, are far inferior to the size of that in Beijing .
Chengdu people like the pursuit of vanity, or of the National People are so, I do not know, I just know that Funan had been two previous major government officials, controversy, praised the work of those who see the environment as well, opponents denounce the river remediation waste huge sums of money do not know so many poor people in the province to solve the food problem. In any case, Funan River in Chengdu has become a really big picture, it quietly through the urban area, such as the appearance of a ribbon, and therefore the Chengdu granted by the United Nations "Human Habitat Award" also deserve to be regarded as bar.
Funan on both sides, once is known for tea and mahjong leisure Holy Land, every weekend, people in twos and threes to Meet in here, called on the pot of tea, take a newspaper, or rent a mahjong, read newspapers, and playing cards , the gossip, and digging ears, neck massage, shoeshine, the entire front of streets and marketplaces of life gestos into play, so you have to marvel at people's lives of leisure and pleasure. Only later, probably in 2001, the North a city official to visit leaders face in front of Chengdu, raises questions: Why are people so passionate about Mahjong in Chengdu? Later, Funan side Mahjong been banned. Of course, these are "allegedly." Still later, when I was walking along the Funan River, in the Jinjiang Hotel found near where the tea was lost because of atypical pneumonia was canceled it?
Taxi drivers have told me, not because of SARS, where the tea is indeed gone, and suggested that I go to Central Park to see Baihua Tan. This is a park in Chengdu, one of two free and one for Xinhua park. Entering there, indeed, the scene described above, all rendered in front of, but also voices crowded. It appears that the impact of SARS has gradually been accepted by people, like the leisure of Chengdu people at home in any case could not take hold in the grievance.
Life is this way, each person or group of people have to say that every life has its own state, and their state of existence, and will not be because you have the slightest concern about whether or not to change.
I have very little to the resort, and rarely go to those open-air tea tea, or even enjoy some feel the atmosphere of their lives, the opportunities are many things in the past year bar. The vitality of folk culture is tough, and we now follow the lifestyles and habits of their predecessors will remain forever? It has been expressed on the Government to promote the Mandarin dialect of the crisis concerns, in fact, English has been widely used in the city, while the same dialect has its own roots to survive.
For four years, there has been a taxi from the Alto, Xiali Jetta dominating the world and change the landscape everywhere. Oscillatoria then sat inside four vehicles have been abused to be eliminated from the 2001 appearance of all taxis have been introduced into emerald green or light blue, exudes vigor and vitality, in-car installation of intercom stations have been rarely used, the driver began to listen to the radio or play music mostly ride up a lot of comfort. Had been a newspaper to lash out at the high temperature season cab no air conditioning problems have emerged this year, will probably not it, because there are air-conditioned people have been afraid to enjoy, instead, accepted the fans of the "natural style."
I have to accompany friends or guests visited the city numerous scenic spots, Today, the Temple of Marquis do not know when the former erected a "three sacred" stone inscription Qi Gong for the elderly in this country are everywhere . Du Fu's Thatched Cottage it, whether this the old look like? Yulin district is also a half-dozen Pi Jiuguan not seen for several days, where the bar is still a street can view? Book Center in Chengdu bridge soaring popularity has begun to recover, in what is called a local book store to know that I have been carrying the number of Tao Shu happiness?
Four years, wandering from the Bashanshushui, because thanks to the environment here, so my love of travel has been traveling the desire has never been satisfied. Dujiangyan tell a thousand years of history of vicissitudes and 2 Temple then told us about the legend of Li Bing and his sons, Jiuzhaigou water to bring people to a non-quiet words to say very beautiful, Siguniangshan made me realize the alternating cycle of the seasons, Bristol Peak Gap Village close contact with animals, Luding Bridge on the Dadu River witnessed the surging of water, then the well-known love song of Kangding it, I bought a few bags of "owner Big Brother" "Big Sister Lee" brand Yak meat, have a were alone in a Mu Gecuo appreciate the magnificent scenery of the plateau, as well as Tibet, and cherished for a long time actually approached twice a year in Lhasa, in the Brahmaputra, in the Shigatse response ...... there listening to the voice of nature, but also What are the big and small areas; Mount Emei, Leshan Giant Buddha, Meishan Fairy Hill, the Yuanwang Dong Jiangyou hometown of Li Bai, Dayi Liu Wen-Tsai Manor, Chongzhou Jiulong Gou, Wolong Nature Reserve, Sanjiang rafting, Qiong to Tiantai Mountain, Zigong Well Salt production site, the dinosaur museum, there was time and again by 51 and National Day out of the southwest Sichuan to travel around the experience, too much of the landscape, in memory and in the photo tells the story of the past.
I had the Yangtze River should be a Relax the wind, the face of cross-strait Wanjiadenghuo, sometimes looking at the night sky bright stars, feeling a different kind of scenery. In the Nature and Landscape in and cleaned up the Xin-Zhi, let me forget the din of earthly life, is it not be more full of vitality and passion do?
Four years, my leadership has changed hands three colleagues have also ushered in a number of away. Everyone is changing the position, in different locations lone. Chengdu, Chengdu has become a new, and I was close to 30 in the direction of the moving closer. Simply, there is no change, is a passion for writing, and felt the familiar through the network to get to know a friend or a stranger in good faith.
His life have participated in the only meeting once a User, or last year's Channel 33 TV stations in Chengdu forum things to know through a number of elements, where ignorant friends. Now, where the forum has been closed occasionally on the Internet or telephone with news anchors and reporters that a slight communication.
In recent years, Chengdu, newspapers have been brutally put an end to two, Business Post and Sichuan reported. The former, then the European Cup has presented me a pair of Shihai Olympic sport shoes, but that guy called the wonderful red and called crow Where are the press is now gone? Also saw the 21st century sports reports in the city to fend for themselves, from Changsha to Beijing Haiyun brother went to Chengdu, Guangzhou, soccer has now been reported in the start of the good at work, and the excitement of the Chengdu Commercial Daily Net belongs run How do I no longer familiar with, that network had sent me by the end of 2000 to an air ticket and accommodation costs of Hainan, is also why I have one side of the magazine with the new edge ......
Wanted to come to earth to do is surprise reunion between people often are so interesting, and when we have time to carefully sort out when it will be easier to feel lovely to live.
Like today, I face this city, started in October 1998, I have tremendous enthusiasm for some reason in Chengdu, longing for the Chengdu, did not expect, and then only less than a year after I came here, and lived for four years. I and Chengdu, but also have a date, right?
On-line query "Chengdu", in addition to a lot of news is that once all the rage in this novel: "Chengdu, please Tonight I forgotten." How do I have not read the novel, so I do not know what to forget or remember.
Of Chengdu, I was just a rush of passing, as if it had been accepted by the countless millions of people who came to deliver the same walk, to come forward, even though it is taking, or to go, so it does not have too many memories of For a particular person. Just that, for our individual lives for the limited places where life will come to write the most important one of their own movement, so every city would be unforgettable experience.
Do not know when will come back, come back when you do not know what would have feelings, but do not know the road will take place after the grid in a direction of what kind.
Luggage has been packed well, a maximum of four years, several large boxes of belongings that the books, newspapers, Southern Weekend naturally removed all the package, I put them as history, not me personally, but China and civil records of the era of history. Be able to be delivered to the historical background, though a little tired, but because love has become easy to them.
Spent a day walking the streets of Chengdu measured, May 17, 2003, that day, 111 completed the city's image has been washed. Although I know that all away unable to Chengdu, but to face the past, I still sought from the perspective of their own images in the ownership of a true memorial.
Do not, and Chengdu.
Do not, and I am going to the dead far the most valuable prime time in four years.
(Zodiac 2003.5.18 16:21 am in Chengdu http://xiaode.vip.sina.com)
Author: XIAODE
