Recalling the snowy night in Guazhou more than ten days ago, the warm current that passed through the harsh winter still warms the people who once stayed in the small city overnight.
On the last day of the Spring Festival holiday in the Year of the Dragon in the Chinese lunar calendar, a sudden snowstorm struck eastern Xinjiang and western Gansu, making 2More than 50,000 inbound tourists were unexpectedly stranded in Guazhou, Gansu Province, a small county with a population of only 50,000. In the face of the harsh environment of wind and snow, cold and freezing, and the dilemma of full hotels, the people of Guazhou opened their homes, laid out ** mats, and heated stoves and ......Just to let strangers from afar survive the snowy night safely.
Blizzard hits: More than 20,000 stranded passengers are touching.
Guazhou County is located at the western end of the Hexi Corridor and has been an important node on the Silk Road since ancient times. The G30 Lianhuo Expressway and the G312 National Highway, the main traffic artery connecting Xinjiang and the mainland, pass through the border, and millions of vehicles of all sizes enter and leave Xinjiang through Guazhou every year.
On February 17, the passage into Xinjiang entered the busiest period of the Spring Festival every year. At this time, the border areas of Gansu and Xinjiang, which are perennially dry and rainless, suddenly encountered a rare wind, sand and snowfall. The ** taken by some netizens shows that the sand and gravel rolled up by the wind crackled and smashed into the car, and some of the window glass was smashed and could only be temporarily glued with tape.
At about 5 o'clock in the morning, due to bad weather, Xinjiang temporarily closed the Lianhuo Expressway and restricted vehicles from entering Xinjiang. Vehicles were soon stranded at the junction of Gansu and Singapore, and the traffic jam mileage was as long as 10 kilometers at one point.
57-year-old Wang Dengpei and his entourage were stranded. "It's the first time I've seen such bad weather, and at first I thought it would pass quickly, but I didn't expect it to get worse. Wang Dengpei's family of 10 people returned to Yili Prefecture in Xinjiang from their hometown in Yibin, including both octogenarians and 4-year-old children, and four generations were in the same house.
After getting off the highway, they immediately contacted the local hotel, but they were told that it was full after calling several **s. It was getting late, and looking at the old man and the child with a fever, everyone couldn't help but get nervous.
The snowstorm blocked the pace of tourists entering Xinjiang and broke the tranquility of Guazhou County. The safety of many stranded passengers affects the hearts of every Guazhou person.
Guazhou County's public security, fire protection, transportation, emergency response, street and other departments and units acted quickly. More than 1,000 pieces of cotton clothes, as well as more than 4,000 instant noodles, flatbreads, mineral water and other materials, were quickly allocated and distributed to the stranded people.
Community cadres and volunteers quickly arrived at their posts, put on red and blue vests, and went to the streets to knock on doors and windows to guide the stranded people to their accommodations.
On the afternoon of the 17th, more and more vehicles began to gather in public places in the county, and the vehicles with foreign license plates on the streets were dense and could not be seen at a glance, and many stranded people who could not find hotels could only choose to spend the night in the car. Gao Yajun, Secretary of the Party Committee of Yulin Community, Yuanquan Town, Guazhou County, said that after receiving a notice from the town, he called community cadres to take to the streets to ensure that the stranded people were warm overnight.
Guazhou County has a population of about 50,000, and there are only more than 1,200 hotels, inns and guest houses with star ratings and below, with a total of more than 6,600 accommodation beds. According to statistics, the number of people stranded in Guazhou County that day reached 2More than 50,000 people.
During the winter holidays, school buildings, community service centers, children's activity centers, libraries, shops, and other spacious and well-heated indoor spaces were used for the stranded people to rest.
Just when Wang Dengpei's family was at a loss, his car window was knocked on by a stranger in a red vest.
Are you looking for a place to live? I'll take you to the middle school first. ”
There was no time to ask for the name of the visitor, so Wang Dengpei and his entourage drove forward with him. "Along the way, we saw a lot of people who were dressed in the same attire, and when they saw a foreign license plate, they knocked on the window and asked about the situation. Wang Dengpei said that it was freezing cold, but these people were running back and forth, and people were in tears.
Eventually, with the help of volunteers, they found a place to rest and received a few bedding, so that the elderly and children could rest peacefully.
Allure's power reception: "fill" the large and small beds and sofas at home.
Wan Youhui, a local resident of Guazhou, is a self-leading blogger who has been in the industry for 11 years and has more than 100,000 followers on multiple social platforms. When he saw the news that a large number of people returning to Xinjiang were stranded in Guazhou on social **, he decided to use his social account to help stranded travelers find accommodation.
At 4:55 p.m., Wan Youhui issued the first short**: A large number of returning Xinjiang 'troops' are stranded in Guazhou, please contact your friends in Guazhou for help. Soon, the number of views reached more than 800,000 people, and everyone in the comment area began to spontaneously help each other and sent out their own idle ** information.
At the same time, the circle of friends and WeChat groups of local residents in Guazhou are also lively, and the news of providing free accommodation and accepting stranded people has begun to swipe the screen: Chenyuju Trusteeship provides free accommodation and can accommodate 15-20 people; The dance studio of Guazhou Little Dancing Star Education and Training School provides free accommodation, which can accommodate 50 people, with floor heating, hot water and ......
When she learned that the local schools and other public places that were opening one after another were about to be full, Li Li, a 51-year-old resident of Changle Community in Yuanquan Town, Guazhou County, couldn't sit still at home. "Seeing that it's getting dark, it's so cold outside, even if you stay in the car overnight, it's a sin. I also want to do what I can to help them. She said.
Li Li immediately went out and drove to pick up 9 stranded passengers in the parking lot of the gas station, filling the large and small beds and sofas at home.
"Post-90s" Liu Chunxia is the director of the local early education and childcare center. She sent a message to her circle of friends to accept stranded people, recalled employees who were still on vacation, and began to clean the consignment center and boil water. More than 140 people were admitted to the childcare centre that night.
At this time, Wang Yang and Zhao Lan, who live in the center of Guazhou County, have vacated the spare room at home, prepared hot water, bedding, and toiletries, and attached their home address and *** Just two minutes after the news was sent, I received the first call for help**. Wang Yang recalled that it was then that he realized that there were indeed a lot of stranded people.
Xu Weiming, who is from Hubei**, and his family were persuaded to get off the highway, and originally planned to spend the night in the car. They dialed for help with the mentality of giving it a try, and the person on the other end was Wang Yang. As soon as he heard that he was living in someone else's house, Xu Weiming felt embarrassed. Wang Yang's repeated invitations dispelled their concerns.
Subsequently, Wang Yang received Pei Jing's family of four from Xinjiang. Immediately afterwards, Huo Ningning from Tianshui, Gansu Province called for help**, and the couple with their seven-month-old child had not yet found a place to spend the night.
That night, Wang Yang and several men slept on the sofa in the living room, while Zhao Lan, her mother and two children were crammed into the large bed in the master bedroom, while the rest of the room was left to the women and children.
Four families and more than a dozen people, they came from all over the world, and they gathered under the same roof at this time.
On this night, many people stayed up all night.
Yu Baohua, a 41-year-old self-blogger in Guazhou, was still live outdoors until two o'clock in the morning, and the non-stop information in the comment area made him dare not go off the air easily, for fear of missing important information for help. He and his assistant went back and forth in the county town, and when they saw a vehicle with a foreign license plate parked on the side of the road that had not yet turned off the engine, they went up to the window and knocked on the window to ask if they needed help.
Start anew: meet again in the spring.
Although the overnight snowstorm delayed people's return home, it brought unexpected gains to stranded tourists and residents of Guazhou.
The citizens of Guazhou spontaneously received the stranded people and stayed at home. Xinhua News Agency reported that early in the morning of February 18, Wang Yang and Li Li prepared breakfast at their respective homes, including porridge, beef, cold peanuts, as well as oil cakes, twist flowers, steamed buns and other pasta. Shortly after eating, the highway was restored to traffic.
At the time of parting, the stranded people took out the New Year's goods carried with the car, and some took out cash, wanting to leave it to the owner to express their gratitude. "We don't need anything in return, it's just something we can do. Liu Chunxia said.
We have arrived in Xinjiang safely, thank you for your selfless help" "The snow is ruthless, Guazhou is affectionate" "How can I repay you?" "If you have the opportunity to travel to Xinjiang in the future!" ”…
Over the past few days, these Guazhou residents who have opened their doors to welcome stranded travelers have been receiving messages of greeting from "new relatives" in Xinjiang. Some of them have already established a relationship and agreed to meet again when the spring flowers bloom.
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