A cityAn eragenerationIn the Great Khing'an Mountains, snowflakes are still flying;On both sides of the Yangtze River, willow trees began to sprout;On Hainan Island, flowers are already in full bloom. How vast our Motherland is. 」
Since 1981, the first grade of primary school students in China has been the beginning of this text.
The Great Khing'an Mountains, the jungle is reckless. In the depths of the Great Khing'an Mountains, there is a small city called Huzhong, which was built in the forest in the middle of the last century. The earliest residents were more than 500 educated youths from Shanghai, Hangzhou, Ningbo, Wenzhou and other places.
They were a group of pioneers who split mountains, opened roads, built bridges, and ...... here
In love, and even having children.
At its peak, Huzhong was a beautiful border town, with small rivers, flowers, forests, and the youthful ...... of a generation
Soon, this small city became the second largest forestry area in our country, and a generation of educated youths dedicated their youth.
Wang Songtao, a young man from Hangzhou, learned to drive a car here
Du Ping, an educated youth from Inner Mongolia, started from here and rode to Guangzhou, becoming the first person to ride in China.
Nowadays, they have all settled in Hangzhou, and in their family traditions, Huzhong is a high-frequency word, the most colorful age of their lives, and the most unforgettable dream youth ......
They dig snow nests, they wade through icy rivers to build bridges, cars break down in the deep forests ......
Bonfires, parties, and firelight illuminated everyone's faces.
Yesterday, the temperature in the city was minus 35 degrees, making it known as the coldest town in China.
What's colder than the climate is popularity.
Since the return of the educated youth to the city in 1979, the demographic structure has gradually changed, with some being born and others leaving ......
Huzhong Railway Station is the closest connection between them and home.
But now, the tracks have been dismantled, and the train station has not welcomed trains for more than a decade.
As a county seat, the educated youth scattered in various work points such as Bishui regard Huzhong as a city. After high-intensity work, the breath is a place where they can catch their breath.
Then, take a train from Huzhong Railway Station and head back to your distant hometown.
As a county-level administrative region under the jurisdiction of the Greater Xing'an Mountains, Huzhong had a population of 60,000 at its peak. Although it is now the smallest county seat in Hei Province, it is not too small in the whole country.
It's just that over the years, the speed of disappearance in Huzhong has significantly exceeded the rate of melting ice and snow.
In 2000, the population of Huzhong was 44,546By 2010, the population had increased to 45,039;By the time of the seventh census in 2020, there were only 16,359 people left.
In 10 years, almost 2 3 people were lost.
In the past two years, the outflow rate of population from Northeast China has been even more astonishing to the naked eye.
At noon, I had a ** conversation with Du Ping, and he said that he hadn't been to Huzhong for more than ten years. But this place name rings in my ears all the time in my dreams. Some of his friends, although still living in Huzhong, are clearly the last generation.
It can also be seen from the population structure that in 2000, the average household was 299 people, a normal family of three;In 2010, there were only 234 people, it should be a pair of old men or a grandchild;By 2020, there will be only 1 per household left79 people, the child will not be gone, and the wife may be gone.
Throughout the county, houses are idle, shopping malls are closed, and buses are suspended!Except for civil servants, young people are hardly visible.
Someone has calculated that there will be only 40 births in Huzhong District in 2020, while there are 10 kindergartens, 4 primary and junior high schools, and 1 high school in the county. In a few years, there will be only 4 students per grade in each kindergarten and 10 students per grade in the middle and primary schools.
I won't run high school, so I should go to other places.
In fact, primary and secondary schools will soon be closed, because decay is acceleration, and geometric numbers will not be algebraic.
A city, like a person, will also have life and death.
But that doesn't stop us from being sentimental.
Now, with the gradual withering of a generation of educated youth, the city will slowly disappear into the depths of the forest, returning to its original state.
A generation, a city, an era, will disappear.
But in the Great Khing'an Mountains, snowflakes will always fly and flowers will bloom as scheduled.