Xiamen, a familiar name, but in my mind but only a vague shadow, but once the album at home mother of two decades ago saw the pictures of the Sunlight Rock; finally have the opportunity to go, just a few days hurried trip to Xiamen, but very productive, has been trying to feelings retained in the paper, the available often do not know where to begin, a delayed again and again; today Tiqi Bi, only hope to recover the memory of a beautiful Katazume ... ...
Lu arrived in the city night
Out of the cabin was already 23:00. Multiplied by a taxi about half an hour later, the ferry arrived to Gulangyu. Open the door, while the fresh air after the rain wet face descend quickly, actually let me, Southerners also Dungan shortness breath and enjoy the tropical atmosphere!
The waiting room is only 67 individuals, all-around 2-year-old young man, sat in twos and threes to chat, talked and laughed; I found a middle position to sit down, would like to hear what they are saying, oh, the original is the Minnan language, not only sweet, but it feel more intimate!
Ferry opened, in front of tall buildings with a long front-line street behind us, darkness enveloped the city, silhouetted against the midnight lighting it, and instantly people thought I was in the night ferry on the Huangpu River, but did not share of noise and throbbing metropolis, was so quiet you can feel the city's breathing and heartbeat; standing on the deck, watching the other side of a cover-up hidden in the light of the Gulangyu, quietly, and seems to have to sleep ... ...
I heard the heartbeat of Xiamen
Overnight dao hotel, 5:00 am Less than a rapid footsteps were closed and awakened with the large team of people to climb up and embarked on the Sunlight Rock, the time is not long, we came to Sunlight Rock highest point; stand Yan Ding looked around, I know what to do - the face of a 360-degree scene of beauty, do not know where to read, and hate only that they can not grow 10 8 eyes for fear of missing something.
The sky is filled with indigo-colored clouds, rolling intertwining, thick chunks of dense, small slightly shallow, Xiamen, east of the island's buildings have been dyed indigo, near the outline clear, color depth, distant building is shallow, and some seem to have awakened are still bleary-eyed, and more buildings are still hazy slumber ... ... in the street lights do not give those warm at night where street lights blink in Some glare; found out that they are the city's spirit, is only part of the night, when the sky when they would let White go into hiding, and we bid farewell to ... ... and then looked southeast, indigo-colored blue-black cloud and sea intertwined , I would not tell where the clouds, where is the sea, only to see the distance seems to have the land, is the Golden Gate do? And then turned around to see the broader ocean, the water is the large and small vessels, is the big cargo ships and small fishing vessel, ready to go quite a lot of points, "10000 class Shuang Tian Jing-free" trend! Looked vaguely to the north saw an imposing extraordinary cross-sea bridge, one foot from the island of Xiamen Haicang cross over into the ... ...
Slightly brighter sky, a bit, Sunlight Rock top progressive voices, but the clouds in the southeast line only shows gray dawn, and even golden edges are not, perhaps the sun is also reluctant to get up this old guy in it, the city's Elves, you can be more play for a while, and I have to down the.
All the way down the mountain, feeling like doing a dream. In front of Xiamen, breathing sound in the ears, even while easing; in those buildings might awake behind the non-awake, I clearly heard the sound of the city's heart: "Thunk Thunk ... ..." a deep and powerful.
Have never had such experience, the secret heart of a city were I am fully known, but the feeling at the moment is so real, it's no doubt that reaching be accepted; I almost can not distinguish dream and reality, breathing heavy and once again rapid, and why? ! Perhaps my soul to get to know the bar early on and Xiamen.
Piano Island
Gulangyu, as Stone Island, named after the southwest Gulang; an area of 1.78 square kilometers, the resident population of 20000, the island's nearly 700 piano, with a high proportion, people raspberry, known as the "Piano Island" ; Xiamen Concert Hall, Piano Museum, Xiamen, Xiamen Music School in the island, from the Gulangyu pianist to the world there are Liu Shih-kun, Yin, Xiang-Dong Kong ... ... and even boats from the island's Office of Hou is also a piano look.
Gulangyu is also known as "sea gardens", the island of dense vegetation, lush, almost do not see the bare soil, a large banyan tree on the island a number of robust impressive; island villas patchwork variety of Chinese and Western, has "10000 State Building museum "of good reputation; and 98 meters above sea level of the Sunlight Rock is the highest point on a knife, standing trees in the red walls above the exclusive with the most brilliant sunshine.
Walking in the alley, just like walking in the step of modern Chinese history, the villa's main man? Foreign consuls and nationals, wealthy Chinese merchants, or patriotic returned overseas Chinese? Every fan after courtyard villa has a touching story, how many joys and sorrows passing in the years to come? Years of ruthless, the villa owners have disappeared, but the blocks of a house is still maintained, are silent witnesses of a history of that period, the wall on the sparse, green ivy, people give birth to an infinite reverie ...
Unconsciously almost dusk, and I continue to walk through the suddenly eyes bright, a cluster of purple Bougainvillea (Xiamen flower), from stretching out of the yard, I would be attracted, remain in an alley; time also came from the depths of the wall pleasant ding-dong sound of piano music, only a moment, I seem to be bewitched, could move no further steps. Sunset afterglow lightly sprinkle in the alley, throwing in my face, but also sprinkle in the sparse walls and that cluster Bougainvillea on ... ...
Gulangyu is so beautiful and harmonious, romantic matter to even my heart was captured by it. Sitting on the ferry, the television repeatedly broadcast the Gulangyu music scenery film, which was the first Wei Wei sang melodies are extremely beautiful, in my opinion, is simply the perfect Gulangyu voice, tailor-made; I began to go mad in the audio and video store looking for this song, but unable to do so today.
Sometimes in order to be able to listen to this song on for a while, I will deliberate on the ferry stays for a while, listening to it, and filled with happy feelings of my heart as it singing ... ...
Jimei impression
Che Xingzhi Xiamen Bridge, tour guides gave us Miss sang Minnan dialect song "爱拼才会赢", graceful, winning a round of applause; while Outside the car, Yingtan and Xiamen Bridge, parallel to the railway, highway roadbed and seawall combined, in a very long time, they constitute the lifeline of Xiamen; and Xiamen from a geographical sense, the island became a peninsula.
CMB reaching under the bridge, a short while to reach Jimei. Here is the leader of patriotic overseas Chinese funded the establishment of Tan Kah Kee, from the junior high school to college ranging, large in scale, can accommodate tens of thousands of students. Adoption of Western-style school buildings, cement walls, large windows, while the roof is similar to the Chinese temple, roof, commonly known as "wearing a windbreaker, wearing a bamboo hat," very special, unique;
Science is the southeast corner of the village of Tan Kah Kee's mausoleum - Ao Park. Jimei Liberation Monument to the Martyrs is also built in the park, Bei Shang Mao handwritten word is mentioned, but was only a town of Jimei, Chairman Mao's inscription for a monument to the town, only this one back; monument 28 meters high, symbolizing the 1921 -- Communist Party of China in 1949 the course of 28 years of struggle, because the cemetery was identified and reassessed, mountain at its back Linshuei for a good feng shui; while here, no mountains, how far does the election? Guides laying bare the secret: Tan Kah Kee, after the tomb of the martyrs monument shall be the mountains, while being "Mountain," the sea in front, may well be on the good feng shui of the.
Tan Kah Kee side of the tomb after the stone wall, both sides are a different picture, describing the positive experience of his life; the back is teaching and educating, and serving the country's allusions; leading to the cemetery wall on either side of the road is by a composed of pieces of pieces of stone, the content is a major story of modern Chinese history, and unique language with concise summary of these incidents. Read those elements, I was deeply touched, because the Tan Kah Kee is well intentioned, not only to serve the country during his lifetime, for the anti-Japanese, for home, for education, donations, and even death do not want to clean exclusive, preferring to be interrupted to their habitat turned into a place future generations. Really spared no efforts in dying!
Looking to the Golden Gate
A boat out to sea, along the Lujiang (Gulangyu and the title of the waters between Xiamen Island) before the line, looked to the right, a short while saw Yanping Wang Zheng Chenggong, who stands at the Gallant Garden on the sea, rocks, surface southeast, and looked serious, right hand on the hilt on his waist, his beard and shirt with the sea breeze flying, it seems their minds are outstanding. Bow on the left, you can see the ships the Navy's guided missile boats, quietly stopped at the port.
We are moving away from Lujiang into the deep-water channel, standing on the left side of the face of Xiamen Island boat, boatman told us about opposite hillside temple is famous for Nanputuo Temple, while the temple is surrounded by Xiamen University, is headed by Tan Kah Kee advocated the establishment of funding, the architectural style is "wearing windbreaker, wearing rain hats"; Xiamen east, is the late Qing Dynasty established胡里山炮台; Further east, there is a white villa, villa engraved after the two huge red mountains "Tianquan" This is the famous "White House."
Move on, we came to a broader surface, right direction can see a small island, shining white, with no vegetation, the original is called the Little Tam island is under the jurisdiction of mainland China and Kinmen, the nearest place, multi-year gun war, the island's stone has been cut away of a meter; now smoke temporarily subsided, there is no longer garrison to be stationed on the island; while fishing at the moment we are moving forward islands under the jurisdiction of the KMT, there are a few hundred meters from the island when the , skipper the boat put out the fire, leaving the anchor; we have swarmed the bow, picked up the telescope on the island looked towards the one hand, blue-white walls greet the fundus word slogan, a letter to "Three People's Principles to unify China" eight characters ; side could see a bunker, a huge KMT party emblem; at this time skipper also said that the island in Xiamen also has a huge red banners, a letter to "one country, reunification of China", facing the side banners ... ...
Road is the most beautiful island in Xiamen a way that it sometimes walk through the bustling city, with high-rise buildings adjacent to; time, but across the shallows, and closely linked with the sea; wide eight-lane road, road side full of subtropical plants, a good school of southern style!
Vehicle to one country, two wall signs to stop, I stood around the island road, facing the sea, the sea breeze blowing, the waves hitting the shore, Haitao Sheng blowing, watching the sea-side, Little Kinmen Island is so close that it behind the big island of Kinmen; while the other side of the strait, there is a larger island, its name is - Taiwan.
I whim, if Yanping Wang elderly people alive, listening to the story Yuanhua saw Red House White House, and look at the other side of the Golden Gate, will Zuoheganxiang it? History always play out in the continuous cycle of the same story, only a version of the plot a little difference in terminology.
Xiamen, carrying too much weight of history has once again come out of them from the burden has become the era of beach-goers; from the Sino-US Treaty of Mong Ha become forced to open treaty ports, to today's economic prosperity of the SAR; from Kinmen and artillery to " mini three links ", Xiamen is always standing wave era, in the ups and downs again and again to find a new life ... ...
Caprice
As the old saying reads: Himalayan those intellectual, hi the sea-jen. To grow in the mountains since childhood, but also twice on the Huangshan Mountain, Lushan Mountain has also taken, Tarzan, Wild Goose Moroyama; self-righteous favorite mountain, but in Xiamen, but I come to a conclusion: I see more love is the sea itself.
Lujiang the two sides, that is less than the prosperous Pu River, and the West Lake is not the gentle, but standing in this, but I do not feel lost in the prosperous, and not in extravagant extravagant in the sink, because the face is a hot spot, the sea given its infinite power.
It is the kind of colorful, attractive, they are so ill-fated, ups and downs; history and culture, war and peace, so deep here, the traces left behind ... ...
Remember that article on Gulangyu nameless shop do? Deep in the alley that day, that seems to only 10-year-old girl, with a sweet smile skilled sell Kinmen to me, there are cigarettes, candy and the "Golden Gate Three Treasures" - caramel, kaoliang and a kitchen knife. Kinmen's knife a minor celebrity, and it can draw from the island of artillery shells and shrapnel, is said to be exhausted in another for many years.
The symbol of war and peace at the same time marked in the chopper, they are no longer any distance between; when we dedicated to looking for the answer, did not get an answer; now, time has given us the best answers.
Xiamen, the time to leave, though reluctant to leave, but eventually one another. Xiamen, in my mind is not just a beautiful city, or a complex; mother's home was nearby, I have no way of knowing grandfather's ancestors had come to Southeast Asia what kind of ups and downs? Unfortunately, too many leave, one day I will come back once again touch the pulse of Xiamen ... ...
Titicaca
Jiashen Year January 28
Author: dedekakahu
