In the way to Lanzhou, but also suspect that no one of China's cities in the geographic center of what it was like. In the accumulation of concept, Lanzhou is a city in the valley: the North-South is a mountain in the middle of the Yellow River, the two sides are the urban areas. Came to Lanzhou seen, this is true.
Nakagawa aircraft landed at an airport when the weather there too late. From the porthole overlooking the earth, 1000 Cutting of the Loess Plateau gully 10000 became a bit hazy though, a bit mysterious, but also did not change the topography of the frustration I am feeling. Within a short while, as into the wilderness under the wheels of the earth, walk through a giant yellow mound valley, a desert and let him go up a strong mood. The face of the window of the grand plateau momentum, heroic feelings, I am reminded of the ancient ride on this piece of land, soldiers heroes for their courage and touched feat. Indeed, in making contributions here is the need courage and perseverance, and today on the ground, feel the taste of them.
Lanzhou around are mountains, we can only build the airport more than 70 kilometers away from the urban middle Chuanzhen. It is said, inter alia China Lhasa furthest away from the city airport. As the night a thick layer landed down the mountains far and near not see the dark lighting, a silence. The name of driving car headlights on the highway like a sword piercing through the night in a dark-ri. This is the first in Lanzhou to my business card.
Have not seen in the Loess Plateau, naturally have a lot of fantasy, wonder why can not as moving as the Foolish Old Man Yamazoe sea, transforming farmland, and will not bring famine the mountains, desolate endless. In fact, in the Loess Plateau is a very weak vitality of the land, hunger was dying, only when the moisture of the rain, the side has a trace of life. Is a pity that, where water scarcity, but also hard to save water. Less rain, and not wait until it has been flowing dry loess, and if the rain bigger, but also the accumulation of high, washed to the bottom, carve out the deeper ravines.
Perhaps the sun for thousands of years has been thoroughly, thoroughly baked, and has been beaten too heavy tamping years, the whole Loess Plateau, such as a huge mud-brick. Touch loess, you can feel really hard and dry soil, and cultivation of Yellow Earth is different. Past, everyone thought that cracking of the land is a classic portrait of drought, in fact not the case, cracking the soil after the water bath, after all, Bao Xiang dried, such as the poor pray for the Baba's eyes to heaven, which is in the Loess Plateau mountain soil Jingxiang vampire the devil, as a kind of near there have been squeezed dry, and has been weathering the dry, terror and desolation.
To take advantage of the opportunity to go out to a good one looked at the Loess Plateau. Similarly, the mountains, where the mountain is not high mountains of the advantageous, nor the northeast hills of the Cang show, rare trees, the mountains, nor the number of green, and occasionally to see if a layer of mottled moss green, only when the rainfall and will show coming out green scenery, such as embellishment. Unfortunately, too little rainfall here, the stronger the taste of loess.
Although the Loess Plateau is not insurance, there is a bit evil. Evil are talking about here is a poor ecological environment. Most of the mountain is cut by flood waters out of dry soil Hill, khaki-colored, very steep, very high, and some want the threat of collapse. This eco-let cities eclipse. Lanzhou Take for instance, if the days without rain, the city's face on the very yellow. The mountains are yellow, water is yellow, few have cast a layer of green Huang Chen, from above looked like a Tucheng and less vitality.
This came to Lanzhou, just a few games under the rain, the situation was much better, even though the street was immediately immersed in water into the marshes, Wong Nai-like mud, but the roadside vegetation, but got no pleasure, with some lovely colors. It also considered the festival bar plant in Lanzhou.
The Yellow River from the city center through cities, but also a landscape. Original wondering where the water is clear, it is still muddy, and not only yellow but also Huangshui River rolling red clay slurry, so that the turbulent Yellow River became very terror. Fortunately, the two sides through the regulation of the Yellow River has become a beautiful elegant, and became a lush garden of trees, so that people enjoy the more southern Lanzhou Shuicheng styles.
During the day walk around at night, feeling Lanzhou build quickly, some of it can not be prosperous and beautiful, but there is growing pulse. The rise of high-rises everywhere, people to experience the touch of the economy, but it was too much work to spread, and many will put down half of the construction done in there, while others seem too simple, and some like to deal with. This is not very rich, such as a person, it is quite impossible to build a large light and spacious courtyard, just half built on the stretched beyond their limits.
Lanzhou various conditions or good, but business is not in place. Lanzhou friend told me that here for many years wanted to green is good, but the survival and growth of dense trees, not much. In fact, there is water, how to feed the tree can not do, it is easier than salt marshes green bar. This family may be elegant to the lack of a diligent housewife, so have become more regrettable.
Another scenario I marveled. Lanzhou beef noodles as a huge museum, both in the evening or early morning, just walking on the street, you can hear in this city, to the beef noodles are released into the atmosphere with the aroma reminiscent of the mountains it yak tail leisurely Shuaizhuo. Casually walk around the corner all kinds of signs can be seen cities of beef ramen museum. Fragrant beef, such as the Loess Plateau cities like perfume, has been taken as the city's symbol, in such a climate, I almost forgot Bailan melon is a specialty here, a landmark.
(August 25, 2003)
Author: wangzc
