text | Zhao Ping
Falling in love with Nanhu because it is close and close, you can see it by opening the window.
In the early morning, I woke up with Nanhu and stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling glass window. The refreshing and fresh air came with the wind. Looking around, the water and sky are the same color, the distant mountains are like dark, the buildings are undulating, surrounded by green trees, and the flowers are singing and birds are singing. In my hometown, they all belong to my "one song every day".
never get tired of seeing each other, only the water of Nanhu Lake. If a person likes his place of residence, the clouds in the sky will dance and the flowing water in the earth will sing, that is a kind of happiness and enjoyment.
Nanhu, known as 㴩 Lake in ancient times, is located in the southeast corner of Yueyang city, with a water surface of about twice that of West Lake in Hangzhou. Li Bai's poem says: "The autumn water in Nanhu is smokeless at night, so you can ride the current and go straight to the sky. And just like the moonlight in Dongting Dongting , buy a boat to buy wine by the white clouds." Although this poem is not as good as Su Dongpo's poem "The water is shimmering and beautiful when it is sunny, and the mountains are misty and strange when it is raining. If you want to compare West Lake with Xizi, it is always suitable for heavy makeup and light makeup." It is famous, but in Li Bai's poem, the water and moon are reflected, as clear as a painting, and the indulgence in his indulgence makes people think a lot.
Life is always changing. When you are in a foreign country, reading Li Bai's poems is like freehand ink paintings transformed from the screen of your mobile phone, opening and closing, and over and over again, Nanhu has become endless lovesickness and beautiful homesickness.
When it is late at night, my heart is always awake, bright but stalemate, warm but painful, wandering but deep. Love is unattainable, helpless and mixed together, lingering and lingering, and there is also an indescribable feeling of pain but not pain. Only unforgettable love can leave sweet, trembling, and untouchable wounds on people. No matter how far you go or how long you stay away, that wound will let you know what kind of beauty you have ever had. Thousands of miles, you will be dreaming about it...
Nanhu Lake is long and flowing...
In the early 1980s, I only knew Nanhu when I was studying in a teacher college. Without the need for people to teach, I knew that the water of Nanhu Lake came from Dongting Lake to the west, but the water of Dongting Lake was turbid and the water of Nanhu Lake was clear. After leaving the gate of the Master's College, pass the ancient Sanyan Stone Bridge, follow a path beside the bridge, and you can come to the lake.
In the eyes of my youth, Nanhu Lake was a bit remote and deserted, and belonged to wild mountains and rivers. When the weather was sunny, we were sitting in the back of the male classmate’s bicycles, carrying a section of the road along the narrow embankment of Nanhu Lake, and then walking a section of the road.
When I walked to the turn, under the willow tree on the lakeshore, there was an old man fishing. He was wearing a big hat and couldn't see his facial contour. He saw him sitting there, as if he was still moving like a puppet, reminding people of the idiom: " Jiang Taigong fishing, I wish you to take the bait." After walking a long way, I turned around and saw that the old man was still in his original posture, his heart was like water, calm and composed, sitting quietly, like a yellow ancient picture.
At that time, there were bushes on the shore of the South Lake, wild grass everywhere, desolate and lonely, and an unknown piece of wild green spread quietly around the lakeside. Occasionally, one or two small green tiled houses emerged from the grass on the hillside, and a few ridges of vegetable fields, and a few dog barkings came from time to time. Today, Nanhu Plaza is located north of . In the past, there was a large pond. When I saw the pond, I even reached the Nanhu area.
There is a tall reclining big mulberry tree next to the pond, lush and green. The leaves of the mulberry tree are heart-shaped. The wind blows, and the mulberry leaves are closed one by one, and a few leaves float to the water surface of the small pond, like a boat floating in the water. Every time I pass by the pond, I always think of the scene of Paul and Donniya fishing and reading in the book "How is Steel ". Human association is wonderful. It can bring the scenes in the book to your eyes and your mood will be better.
Not long after, more and more people know Nanhu, especially the Dragon Boat Race pushed Nanhu to a climax. When the heat was in danger, waves of adults and children rushed to Nanhu to play and swim.
Back then, I lived in the People's Bank of China compound opposite Dongfeng Plaza. At that time, there seemed to be no bus directly to Nanhu. It took at least 40 minutes to get to Nanhu. Once, my 5-year-old son sneaked to Nanhu to swim with the big boy in the yard. I was so scared that I ran to Nanhu and panted all the way to Nanhu and caught my son back. Sure enough, a few days later, something heartbreaking happened. The two brothers from Director Qian’s family in the unit went to Nanhu to swim together. When the younger brother came back, the younger brother turned into fish from Nanhu and sank to the bottom of the lake.
At that time, Nanhu Lake was still in the semi-wilderness, and there were still little barbarism hidden in the crazy grass. Director Qian is the kindest good person in the world. During those days, sadness surrounds our entire unit. The water of Nanhu is flowing night by night and night, telling people's regrets and sadness...
Nanhu is flowing slowly...
Spring is gone, and it is another year. The air of Nanhu exudes a scent of fragrance, full of infinite imagination.
"The East Ridge is suddenly found in the clouds, and the South Lake in Shuli is bright." The spring breeze of reform and opening up blows the earth. After two years, the natural unique scenery of Nanhu Lake in both cities, towns, towns, towns, towns, towns, towns, towns, towns, towns, towns, towns, towns, towns, towns, towns, towns, towns, towns, towns, towns, towns, towns, towns, and towns, has begun to be favored by people. Director Guo Pengfei of our Finance Bureau did the most conscientious thing, which was to acquire 48 acres of land in the best area of Nanhu. In 1993, the bureau successfully achieved overall relocation. Walking out of the door, one step ahead is to search for the main road, and one step behind is Nanhu. Standing in front of the glass window of the office building, we can see the beautiful scenery of Nanhu, and the moist and fresh air is coming. The working environment makes us the happiest people.
The iconic green pond with slanted trees disappeared, and was replaced by Nanhu Plaza. The end of the square is connected to the lake water, which is natural and inherited from the same lineage. The square has become a part of the heart and lungs of Nanhu. If you look down from the clouds, it is like a huge winged kite anchored on the water.
At this time, my home also moved to the west of Nanhu Lake, and every day passed through the center of Nanhu Plaza and went to work in the east of Nanhu Lake. I am in the middle of get off work and I am connected by Nanhu. I have a beautiful scenery along the way and I feel good. I have become the authentic daughter of Nanhu.
In the 1990s, people's aesthetic vision rose and fell, and they would wear whatever they were popular. I have witnessed several changes and changes in Nanhu Plaza, which was born on the water. Just like an innocent beauty, with a tragic fate, prosperous life, wandering, lively, quiet...
When a super square of 160,000 square meters suddenly appeared in front of people, I was panicked and overjoyed. Some talented people designed to form an encirclement in the huge square, building corridors like rows of storefronts, and then there were a variety of business scenes such as selling building materials, selling fruits, restaurants, and cold drinks. They were so dazzling that they could not help.
Maybe this is really not a good idea. Not long after, all the facades of the square were flattened, and the wide square was once again exposed to the sun and became wide. But some people feel that the square is too empty and lacks artistic. So, a large sculpture of the goddess of flying in search was built at the southern end of the square not far from the lake. Whenever evening comes, under the goddess's nose, the center of the square is occupied by food stalls, densely filled with pink and blue plastic tables and chairs. Men and women sit in the square, whispering the lake breeze and having midnight snacks. Have fun drinking beer and peeling lobsters! In the early morning, the song ended and the people dispersed, leaving only a mess.
The next morning, the cleaner waved his big broom and was sweating heavily. He cleaned it thoroughly.
In late autumn and early winter, the stall vendors disappeared. The flying goddess also flew into the sky, and the square began to become empty. Before I could take a breath, eight ceiling-mounted styles were erected in the square. From a distance, they looked like 8 thick and mighty men wearing colorful skirts, which were inappropriate and disliked no matter how they looked at them. Fortunately, their lives were not long and they moved away overnight.
is not over yet. In some people's eyes, it is best to make a big and empty square.Not long after, a luxurious and grand white palace suddenly popped up to the west of the open and spacious square. There were no big figures or artworks in the " White House ". The store upstairs and downstairs were full of mahogany, European, American, and Western furniture. I occasionally went in and took a walk around, but there were few people. No matter from which angle you look at the square, a leaf obstructs your eyes, the "White House" becomes a cataract, the square becomes narrower, and people feel a hundred unhappy when they come and go.
Nanhu Lake is long and flowing...
Life is getting better and people's thoughts are getting wider and wider. Yesterday, a friend was bargaining for buying a piece of clothing worth less than 100 yuan. In less than a month, he came with Santana . At this time, you were surprised to find that this was changing with each passing day! I haven't seen each other for a few days. The difference in one month is Santana!
20 years, life is changing, people's concepts are also changing, and every family has undergone turbulent changes in the pace of the times. The new century in 2000 has arrived. After a striking "White House" shows off its might in the square, it quietly left. Nanhu Lake became flowing, and the square was unobstructed. The cataracts in the eyes were removed, and the square was completely opened. At a glance, it was directly reaching the lake.
Standing in a high building, I suddenly felt that the square had become a lake, open and calm, pure and bright, unobstructed. The sun shone on the wide lake surface, with broken gold dots, shining, the lake wind blowing, and the waves rippling.
In the evening, lights were everywhere and Nanhu Plaza began to become lively. Men, women, young and old flocked to the square from all directions, dancing square dance ballroom dance Xinjiang dance roster dance ghost step dance, singing opera, playing the violin and flute, walking and watching the fun, one wave higher and one wave, coming and going, rising and falling, steaming. I often turn around the square, so there is no way to dance. Teacher Feng Yuping from the Senior Citizens University has a passionate public welfare heart and is kind and good at dancing. I followed her to dance in the square. The line dance is young and romantic, and can be danced together and enjoyed by individuals. This is also my favorite square dance.
Looking at these enthusiastic and leisurely people, you can't help but sigh in your heart, life should be like this! These are the scenery brought by Nanhu Lake and the popularity contained in Nanhu Lake. The land and water nourish the other people, and what they raise is cultural civilization and emotions.
Nanhu Lake is flowing long and long...
Year after year, Nanhu Lake has become more and more beautiful. 28 kilometers around the lake, flowers and trees are flourishing, the lake is rippling, the sky is shining, and the clouds are shadows, and the weeping willows are as silk. Nanhu has become perfect, becoming more and more mature, graceful and beautiful. The artistic conception of Nanhu has attracted my thoughts, and it also aroused my sadness about things, people and things, the pause of retirement, the deep feelings of the world are faded away, and one thought after another falls into the mountains and rivers of Nanhu.
The first year of retirement, and only Nanhu kissed me for the Spring Festival alone. I walked and revered along fixed lines by the lake. Walking along the lake road, the green trees, flowers and plants on the left are leaping, becoming the background; the clear lake water flowing eastward on the right is becoming a worry. The life of fireworks is shattered and before I knew it, my work life ended like a purple tree of old crabapple flowers fell into the flowing water of Nanhu Lake, never returning. There are regrets everywhere in life and pain everywhere. There is less warmth in touch and more loneliness and loss. In life, I don’t have people holding hands. At work, I am an ordinary civil servant. My face was pale by the fluorescent lights in the office for decades and I gained very little. The spring flowers are not gorgeous, and the autumn moon is also incomplete. I still feel a lot of discomfort in my heart and can't quickly make a cut with the office building of the unit behind me.
The South Lake during the New Year is particularly quiet. I raised my head, the north wind was like water, but there was no sound. The lake water was far less abundant than before, and it was so thin that it made people sad. Time can make everything aging. Only this lake is close to me in front of me, and a few faint sounds of geese flashed through the air, making people feel a little desolate, lonely, and mysterious.The sky is vast, from long to vast, from vast to long, I caressed the fence by the South Lake, and tears surged out. I knew it was unlucky to cry during the New Year, but I couldn't control myself.
I suddenly felt a laugh coming from behind. When I looked back, there was an old couple wearing red down jackets talking and laughing, swaying, like a pair of big red Spring Festival couplets, twisting yangge and coming into my eyes, full of joy and joy. When they passed by me, my falling mood was suddenly lifted. I am complacent about the little feeling of imagining them as a pair of "red Spring Festival couplets". The chance encounters in life will also produce happiness, and the "red Spring Festival couplets" comforted me.
It is almost dusk, and the blue sky on the lake gradually turns into light yellow, orange, light purple and deep purple. This purple sky has become a dream of catching souls. It is the scenery I discovered after crying and laughing, and it is inspiring to me.
The lake water is leisurely. When you move forward, you will feel a sense of beautiful mountains and beautiful waters and clouds. For those that cannot be changed by
, I can only accept; for those that can be changed, I can learn to change. The faces of people are not sure where to go, but the peach blossoms still smile in the spring breeze. I retired, and people and things faded, but I can realize my childhood dream and devote my time to learning piano and painting. In addition, I firmly believe that the literary cells in my blood are more active and crowded than when I was young, and as long as I start, everything is still too late.
After rubbing your eyes, everything became clear. Haha, the dusk is still shallow, the green mountains and clear water are still there, Lake Willow and Green Poplar are still there, and my eyes and soul have places to live.
As we grow older, we are becoming more sentimental. The breeze on the lake and the bright moon in the sky. The water of Nanhu has been integrated into my work and life for most of my life. I have a deep emotion for it. It is the warmest and most humane place in the world. In many homesick dusks, I stood on the hills on the west coast, muttering words in my mind. In a flash, the South Lake flowed slowly and ...
Author profile: Zhao Ping, a civil servant in Hunan Province, retires and currently lives in San Francisco, USA. He has created many essays, novels, essays and poetry works. Love literature, like painting and playing the piano. Art flows with your heart, and life is content.
