preface
At about 8:00 a.m. on July 11, 1979, a train stopped at a platform called "Fanchang", and Wan Li, then the first secretary of the Anhui Provincial Party Committee, rushed forward, followed by Deng Xiaoping.
Deng Xiaoping stretched out his hand and shook Wanli's hand, and Wanli said happily, "Finally, I have expected you to come, and the people of Anhui have long been looking forward to your coming!" ”
Figure丨 Deng Xiaoping
Mountaineering experience
The purpose of Deng Xiaoping's visit was actually Huangshan. He is a person who likes to climb mountains, in 1949, he climbed Mount Tai with Chen Yi, this time out of the inspection, the first stop in Anhui, Deng Xiaoping was set at Huangshan.
Considering that Deng Xiaoping was tired, the person in charge of the Fanchang County CPC Committee suggested that Deng Xiaoping first go to the county seat to take a rest, and Deng Xiaoping smiled and waved his hand, "No trouble, once you rest, you can't go." ”
After saying that, he got into a medium-sized van, and the small car prepared for him by the provincial party committee in advance did not even look at it.
Because it was a van where everyone was sitting, many people laughed with him along the way, but unfortunately there was no air conditioning on the car, and in southern Anhui in July, the sun was like fire, and Deng Xiaoping had to take out a towel from time to time to wipe his sweat.
Picture 丨Guan Waterfall Building
At 12:30 noon, the group arrived at the Huangshan Guan waterfall building, which is a two-story building built in 1954, located in the Huangshan Hot Spring Scenic Area, where Dong Biwu, Liu Bocheng, Chen Yi, Guo Moruo and others have lived here after coming to Huangshan.
After lunch at the Guan Waterfall Building, Deng Xiaoping went to the mountain path behind the building, and after strolling through the Peach Blossom Pond, The White Dragon Bridge, the Flower House and other scenic spots, he went to taoyuan pavilion with great interest.
Here, seeing the towering and rugged mountains, Deng Nan, Deng Xiaoping's daughter, asked her father with some concern, "Can such a high mountain go up?" ”
Deng Xiaoping replied affirmatively, "The anger cannot be vented, we must go up, we must go up!" ”
After returning to the Waterfall Tower, Wanli said to Deng Xiaoping, "Tomorrow when we go up the mountain, we have prepared a sliding pole (a simple bamboo palanquin). ”
Wanli only came up with this strategy considering Deng Xiaoping's 75-year-old age and body, but deng Xiaoping immediately refused, "I don't sit on a sliding pole, I have made up my mind to walk up." ”
Pictured Wanli and Deng Xiaoping
At that time, it was the summer vacation, there were many tourists climbing the mountain, Wanli was worried about Deng Xiaoping's personal safety, prepared a perfect security work, in this regard, Deng Xiaoping also put forward two requirements.
"First, just because I came to Huangshan, we should not hinder the masses from climbing the mountain; second, this time, I am using my vacation time in Huangshan, so I should not publicize it to the outside world."
Wanli understood what Deng Xiaoping meant, and he nodded, "Then walk with the masses." ”
In the early morning of July 12, when the sky was clear, Deng Xiaoping greeted the gentle breeze and came with his entourage to ciguang Pavilion at the intersection of Yuping Peak.
Wearing a pair of round-mouthed black cloth shoes common in Sichuan, and on crutches, he slowly stepped out of the car, surrounded by the staff and the crowd that heard the news, and when he saw Deng Xiaoping's figure, he burst into enthusiastic cheers.
Deng Xiaoping waved his hand with a smile, and he said firmly, "Thank you comrades for your encouragement, this mountain, I must go up!" ”
Along the steep mountain road, Deng Xiaoping walked up step by step, along the way, many tourists recognized him, and could not help but cheer loudly, "Comrade Xiaoping, hello!" ”
Others rushed forward and walked with Deng Xiaoping, and by the time Deng Xiaoping reacted, hundreds of people had already followed.
Deng Xiaoping walked to the side of the road and shouted at the crowd, "Comrades please go first!" I am old and walk slowly, so I ask my comrades to go first. ”
Listening to Deng Xiaoping's words, the tourists slowly walked forward, and all the tourists who walked in front of Deng Xiaoping would greet him in a friendly manner. When the crowd was almost gone, Deng Xiaoping continued to climb the mountain.
At noon, the group came to the Mid-Levels Temple, where Deng Xiaoping learned about the historical allusions of Huangshan Mountain from the abbot while eating dry food brought by his entourage.
When the abbot saw that Deng Xiaoping only ate dry food, he was a little too careless to go, and proposed to add two dishes, and Deng Xiaoping gladly accepted the abbot's kindness, "Well, if you are enthusiastic, I will eat it!" ”
After lunch, the monks offered a bowl of fragrant tea, and Deng Xiaoping took a sip of it, "The taste is really good."
After resting for a while in the temple, the group set off again, walked for a long time, and the entourage was worried that he was physically weak, so they advised him to go slower, and Deng Xiaoping laughed.
"You don't have to teach me this, I have more experience than you, during the Long March, many people ran down, and I still got more and more energetic."
Subsequently, Deng Xiaoping also introduced his "experience" to everyone, "One is to roll the trouser legs above the knees, and the other is not to walk too fast." ”
The entourage tried according to Deng Xiaoping's words and found that it was indeed much easier than ordinary walking, and the group walked more and more vigorously, and in the afternoon they climbed the Yuping Peak at an altitude of 1680 meters.
Along the way, so many people met Deng Xiaoping, and the news of Deng Xiaoping's coming to huangshan had already been passed on for ten hundred years, and when they came to Yuping Peak, the square was already crowded with people.
Seeing so many tourists, Deng Xiaoping asked a little worriedly, "Have the food and accommodation of so many tourists been solved?" The person in charge of the Huangshan Administration replied, "It has been solved."
Deng Xiaoping nodded, and after a while, he was still not at ease, and sent someone to understand how to solve this problem.
That night, Deng Xiaoping stayed in a room on the third floor of the Yuping Building, eating four dishes and one soup prepared according to his requirements, and Deng Xiaoping was particularly pleased, "This is good, the problem of eating cannot be too complicated." ”
Figure 丨 Yuping Peak
Sign the students
On July 13, Deng Xiaoping got up early, and on this day, he prepared to climb the peak of the Huangshan North Sea.
On this day, the weather was very hot, Deng Xiaoping walked six or seven miles, the sweat on his head could not be stopped, he wiped the sweat while telling the young people behind him to pay attention to safety.
Because there had been a crowd gathering the day before, the security guards had slightly controlled the number of tourists going up the mountain, and they did not want Deng Xiaoping to know about it, because Deng Xiaoping had specifically explained it before, but they were really worried about Deng Xiaoping's safety.
Although this was done cautiously, It made Deng Xiaoping aware of it, and he reiterated very seriously, "Let the masses go up the mountain!" Don't get on guard! ”
Picture 丨Huangshan North Sea
On the road, when he encountered a fellow villager who set up stalls and shouldered burdens, Deng Xiaoping would give way to the side of the road and also beckon his entourage to avoid the road for others to let the villagers pass first.
Deng Xiaoping also liked to chat with tourists, asking where everyone came from, and when he learned that there were Places such as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Hangzhou and other places, Deng Xiaoping said happily, "So far away, it is really from all over the world!" ”
Deng Xiaoping also met the peasants who carried their goods up the mountain, and seeing that they were sweating profusely, Deng Xiaoping said to the person in charge of the Huangshan Administration Bureau, "It is not easy for the peasants to carry these things on their backs on such a rugged mountain road." ”
As they walked, Deng Xiaoping's wife, Zhuo Lin, suddenly shouted, "Old man, the children want you to write them a word!" Deng Xiaoping walked over, only to learn that it was a group of college students who went up to the mountain to play, and did not expect to meet Deng Xiaoping, so he proposed that he wantEd Deng Xiaoping to sign a souvenir.
Deng Xiaoping cheerfully agreed, and the students were very excited, took out small books from their bags, and gathered around Deng Xiaoping, waiting for Deng Xiaoping to sign one by one.
Photo: Deng Xiaoping and female students
Just signing, suddenly a few girls came breathlessly, they are students of the Department of Journalism of Fudan University, taking advantage of the summer vacation and classmates to play in Huangshan, they have already gone down the mountain, I heard that Deng Xiaoping also came to Huangshan, and specially followed.
They blushed and excitedly said to Deng Xiaoping, "Comrade Xiaoping, we all really want to see you, see you so old, and personally climb the mountain, and we are very happy to know that you are in good health!" ”
When Deng Xiaoping saw this group of energetic young people, he smiled happily, signed their names, and agreed to their request for a group photo.
Along the way, I stopped and walked, met many people, the process of the group was slightly slower, and then, Deng Xiaoping made a big fuss and directly climbed to the top of the light at an altitude of 1840 meters.
Deng Xiaoping made a special trip to the Huangshan Meteorological Observatory and the 701 Radio and Television Relay Station at the top of the guangming to comfort the cadres and workers who insisted on working on the mountain.
At about two o'clock in the afternoon, Deng Xiaoping ascended to the top of the mountain, and when the tourists heard that Deng Xiaoping had come, they spontaneously lined up to welcome them, and Deng Xiaoping shook hands one by one, "I am qualified for this lesson on Huangshan Mountain, and everyone is qualified!" ”
On July 14, Deng Xiaoping went to Qingliangtai to see the sunrise and the sea of clouds, and in the face of nature's miraculous work, Deng Xiaoping couldn't help but say, "Like in a fairyland, like in the sky." ”
Next, Deng Xiaoping's goal is the Shixin Peak at an altitude of 1668 meters, the Shixin Peak is steep and steep, there are many tourists, many people advise him not to go up, Deng Xiaoping insisted on going up, "Infinite scenery in the dangerous peak, climbing the mountain is to suffer hardships, is there no reason." ”
In this way, Deng Xiaoping took a steady step to climb the Shixin Peak, and the entourage introduced that after the ancient tourists came here, they felt like they were in a picturesque state, like a fantasy and real, and the scenery of the Huangshan Mountains was amazing, so it was named Shixin Peak.
When Deng Xiaoping heard this, he immediately climbed to the most dangerous place of Shixin Peak, and he condescended to admire the wonders such as "gods playing chess" and "monkeys watching the sea", and could not help but exclaim, "Huangshan Mountain is so beautiful!" ”
Photo: Deng Xiaoping and Hong Kong cast members
Coincidentally, Deng Xiaoping happened to meet the Hong Kong cast and crew who were filming the movie "The Legend of the White-Haired Witch" at Shi Xin Feng, and when everyone saw Deng Xiaoping, they immediately cheered, and the leader of the group stepped forward and asked for a group photo, and Deng Xiaoping readily agreed.
That night, the head of the group sent a message to Hong Kong at the hotel, "Great news! We happened to meet Deng Xiaoping in Huangshan! The next day, the headlines of Hong Kong's major newspapers were occupied.
Deng Xiaoping rested at the Beihai Hotel on the side of Shixin Peak, and the next morning, a group of people walked down the mountain from the back mountain, and as they walked, the entourage introduced Deng Xiaoping to the famous local wonders.
Among them, there is a strange stone, when the entourage pointed to Deng Xiaoping, he felt very much like a magpie, the entourage said, this is the famous "magpie Dengmei", however, from another point of view, this "magpie Dengmei" will become another scene, called "immortals guiding the way".
Figure 丨 "Immortals Guiding the Way"
According to the instructions of his entourage, Deng Xiaoping came to a small road, walked fifty or sixty steps and looked back, and sure enough, the "magpie" became a "fairy", as if he was stretching out his arm to show people the way.
Deng Xiaoping watched the unpredictable scenery with great interest, and the accompanying photographer saw the scene and snapped a photograph.
Descending the mountain road, Deng Xiaoping came all the way to Yungu Temple, where about 500 workers and masses waiting for Deng Xiaoping gathered.
Deng Xiaoping said humorously, "The last one I arrived at was still popular?" There was applause and cheers.
At two o'clock in the afternoon, Deng Xiaoping returned to the Guan Waterfall Building, and he followed the pedestrians with emotion and said, "I am completely qualified for this lesson in Huangshan!" ”
Support the development of the tourism economy
After resting for about an hour or so, Deng Xiaoping held a forum, listened to the reports of the principal responsible persons of the Anhui Provincial CPC Committee and the Huizhou Prefectural CPC Committee, and gave important instructions on huangshan's tourism economy and other issues.
Wei Xinyi, secretary of the Huizhou Prefectural Party Committee, introduced local products to Deng Xiaoping, and Deng Xiaoping told him,
"Huangshan is the place where you get rich, and you must rectify Huangshan well, mainly for service quality, here is a good place to develop tourism, and there must be a plan."
He said to everyone very firmly, "You must be a little ambitious and play the Huangshan brand!" ”
Figure丨 Engineering train during the construction of the Anhui-Gansu Line
Speaking of this, Deng Xiaoping paused for a moment, as if thinking about it, "Foreigners traveling to China generally cost $1,000, less they are not satisfied, you must create good conditions, do a good job in transportation, accommodation, equipment, the road up the mountain should be repaired as soon as possible, and later you can drive up the mountain, foreigners and tourists can rent a car." ”
Wanli said that the road in Huangshan is still relatively narrow and will be well renovated, "The Anhui-Gansu Railway is already under construction, and tunxi airport is also going to be expanded." ”
"Where does the Wuhu Railway go?" Deng Xiaoping asked.
"To Jingdezhen, it would be good to have this railway."
Deng Xiaoping nodded,
"Pay attention to the service attitude, cleanliness and hygiene is very important, you are engaged in tourism, to have a little foreign language knowledge, the hostel building as far as possible to engage in antique, each hotel can do some commissary, Qi Hong world famous, Qi Hong, green tea and the like, you can do some beautiful small packaging, when souvenirs, they can bring back to relatives and friends, indicating that they have been to Huangshan, remarkable." Anhui's pen, ink and paper can also be packaged, and some Huangshan landscape postcards and picture albums can be made for tourists to buy back as a souvenir. ”
In addition to the instructions on the tourism economy, Deng Xiaoping also gave instructions on the development of Huizhou's economy, "Mountain forests can engage in economic forests, develop planting and breeding, building materials must also be developed, and peasants should be guided how to build houses..."
Figure 丨 Wei Xinyi
As soon as the symposium began, it was two hours, and that night, Wei Xinyi came to the Guan Waterfall Building again with two bamboo carving pen holders, "Vice Chairman Deng, these two pen holders were carved by a retired old worker in Tangshan for a month, and they were specially given to you to show respect for you. ”
Listening to these words, Deng Xiaoping took the pen holder, "Old Wei, please thank him on my behalf", and then, Wei Xinyi introduced the four carvings of Huizhou - wood carving, brick carving, stone carving, and bamboo carving - for Deng Xiaoping, and Deng Xiaoping was particularly satisfied, "This thing is good, we must vigorously develop it!" ”
On the morning of the 16th, Wei Xinyi came to the Guan Waterfall Building again and asked Deng Xiaoping to write an inscription for Huangshan, Deng Xiaoping agreed, he picked up the brush, dipped in ink, wrote down the four words "Famous Springs in the World", wrote 6 times in a row, until he wrote a satisfactory work before putting down the pen.
At 8:00, Deng Xiaoping said goodbye to the staff standing on the side of the road and then left Huangshan.
This time, Deng Xiaoping stayed in Huangshan for about 5 days, not only ate and lived with everyone, but also paid all the food and accommodation according to the standard, even the eldest daughter Deng Lin bought a piece of Yantai, Deng Xiaoping asked people to say hello to the market price, and paid the money without fail.