Big Stone Chain Bridge
Chen Zhangwen. I am drifting away from my hometown. Naturally, the Oshiko Chain Bridge with the hometown is also on a different side.
Dashi is not a huge stone, but a place name, a small village located in Anren County, Chenzhou City, on the bank of the Yongle River, between the mountains, where there are many boulders. Yongle River is the first tributary of the Yangtze River, but also the mother river of Anren County, flowing from south to north, passing through Chengping, Anping, Pailou, Paishan, Dukou and other towns and villages in the county. Dashi Village is like a child, quietly nestled between the arms of the Yongle River.
On the surface of the Yongle River, which flows through Dashi Village, there is a chain bridge. I never knew its name, so I called it the Big Stone Chain Bridge. The chain bridge is made of several huge iron chains and many strong long wooden planks, the two ends of the iron chain are firmly fixed to the cement building on the shore, and the wooden planks are laid on the iron chain below, and there are no piers in the middle of the chain bridge, which is presented in front of you in a beautiful arc. From a distance, it seems to tie a slender necklace to the Yongle River.
When I was a child, every year on the second day of the first lunar month, my father would take my brother and I from Pailou Township to my grandfather's house in Paishan Township, 30 kilometers away, on foot or by bicycle. Due to the long distance, we tend to walk and rest for a while to regain our strength and continue on our journey. Dashi is a must-visit place for New Year's greetings, and we will always stop for a while on the chain bridge to rest, kick and enjoy the natural scenery.
Standing on the bridge, you can see the mountains in the distance, like the undulating sea, which is majestic and magnificent. The trees are verdant and the rocks are lined up, like faithful guards, guarding the chain bridge day and night. The clear water of the river slowly rushes into the distance with light steps and soothing beats.
Stepping on the chain bridge is like walking on the clouds, but the swaying makes people dizzy and frightened. My brother, who was a few years older than me, and a little bolder, ran in front of me every time, and when he saw me following cautiously, he shook the chain so vigorously that I clung to the handrail, and my legs curled up, my body trembled slightly, my teeth rattled, and his eyes were full of fear, and he did not dare to move any further, and when he was halfway he had to turn back, and never walked from one end of the bridge to the other.
The Dashi Iron Chain Bridge stands on the Yongle River, connecting Peach Blossom Island at one end and Dashi Forest Farm at the other. Peach Blossom Island is a circular peninsula of more than 300 acres, surrounded by mountains and rivers, Xiongfeng Mountain stands majestically in the distance, and the Yongle River stretches and surrounds nearby, making it a collection of the charm of mountains and rivers, the deep beauty of the secluded forest, and the enchanting charm of the blooming peach blossoms, with beautiful scenery, like a fairyland, and has become a famous Internet celebrity check-in place in Anren County. Dashi Forest Farm is a state-owned unit engaged in cultivation, management and forest harvesting. In the era of economic underdevelopment, it was once an "iron rice bowl" unit that local people yearned for. Every time I passed by, my father would tell my brother and me, "It's good to study hard, jump out of the 'farm' gate, and work here in the future." ”
The chain bridge was silent, remembering my father's expectations and witnessing my growth. After graduating from primary school, I left the small village of Pailou Township and came to Anren No. 1 Middle School in the county seat to study, and once visited the Dashi Iron Chain Bridge with the teachers and students of the C138 class, and spent a good time with my youth.
On that occasion, the head teacher organized the whole class to come to Dashi. We held a mountain climbing competition, and everyone happily set off from the foot of the mountain and hiked to the top of Xiongfeng Mountain, enjoying the beauty of "green, fat, red and thin, and the sun shining Xiongfeng dazzling green mountains". We approached the Dashi Power Station and visited the majestic water retaining buildings, discharge buildings, workshops, pipelines and mechanical and electrical equipment and other facilities of the dam hydropower station, so as to broaden our horizons and increase our knowledge. We set foot on the Big Stone Chain Bridge and experience its thrills and wonders.
On the Big Stone Chain Bridge, we took a group photo. But it's a pity that at that time, I didn't know the value of tourism and the meaning of **, and I didn't rinse ** like other teachers and students. Later, with the death of my grandfather, the road to New Year's greetings was also broken. I went to university and work in other places, and the distance from the chain bridge became farther and farther away.
After more than 10 years of absence, one day, when I was in the field, I thought of the Dashi Chain Bridge again, and the friendship between teachers and students in the C138 class, so I hoped to get back to the ** of the year. After I asked for help in the class, Zhou Juanjuan, a virtuous and dignified classmate with a gentle temperament, responded positively and enthusiastically helped. Seeing the immature and familiar faces, I realized that the Dashi Chain Bridge not only connects me, but also connects the deep friendship between the teachers and students of the C138 class.
During the Spring Festival this year, I still haven't returned to my hometown. After settling in Yueyang, he didn't go back to his hometown for about seven or eight years. During the Chinese New Year, a friend of a university professor was afraid that I would be lonely, so I joined a WeChat group. Group friends are scattered in the United States, Singapore, Japan and China and other parts of the world, including college teachers, key officials, business executives, and so on. Most of us have never met each other, but in the group, we warmly shared beautiful scenery, food, and beautiful things with each other, and inadvertently shared the Dashi Chain Bridge. Liu Yuxi, a writer and philosopher in the Tang Dynasty, known as the "poet hero", said in "Willow Branches": "Qingjiang is a song of thousands of willows, and the old Banqiao was twenty years ago. "The way is endless. It also brought back fond memories in my heart.
The Dashi Chain Bridge has been silent and has not changed much, but the things it connects are constantly expanding and enriching: Peach Blossom Island, Dashi Forest Farm, father's expectation, brotherly affection, teacher-student friendship, wanderer nostalgia ......
The author is an employee of Sinopec Hunan Petrochemical Company and a member of Yueyang Writers Association).