Chapter 104: Orange Island Recalls the Past and Waves Hit the Flying Boat to Respect the Great Man
The main purpose of going to Changsha is to pursue the revolutionary road of the great man, to experience and learn the creative background and style of the times of "Qinyuan Spring: Changsha".
In the morning, the morning breeze blows, and the dew is shining.
The students walked around the hotel in the light gauze fog to make up for the lack of a view of the whole territory last night!
Small bridges and flowing water, red walls and yellow tiles, pine and cypress, hibiscus leaves are green and the stamens are delicate!
The scenery is unique here.
It is less than 10 minutes' walk from the hotel to the Xiangjiang River.
However, after arriving at the Xiangjiang River, it is necessary to walk about 1 km downstream of the river to take a ferry to Orange Island. It takes about 15 minutes.
The highway along the river is two-lane in both directions. It's also easier to walk.
The students are all from the banks of the Dadu River, where the waves are turbulent and the water is fast. Liang Yisong is known as "Baitiao in the Waves": nicknamed "Guy" and "Loach in the Water", all of them are good swimmers in the river, and the students have participated in swimming competitions and activities across the Minjiang River and the Minjiang River and Dadu River for many times.
The students went straight to the ferry, but their eyes kept turning to the right side of the Xiangjiang River, which flowed slowly, even in the small garden of Yi.
In an instant, everyone arrived at the ferry port.
The ferry port of the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China
More than ten years after the founding of the People's Republic of China, the ferry port has changed greatly, and the construction of the wharf has also taken a new look.
However, there are still some remnants of an ancient ferry port.
The ferry is a wooden-hulled motor boat with a carrying capacity of about 2 tons, and the flag army said: "This boat is smaller than the carrying capacity of the ferry in our hometown."
The sea said: "I estimate that this ferry carries about 2.5 tons". When I got on the boat, it was obvious that the side of the boat was marked with white paint: 20 passengers in dry water: 15 passengers in floodwater.
"The sea still has an eye," Zhijun said.
"Look, there's a car ferry ahead," Qifang reminded the students loudly.
Everyone got on the boat and sat down in turn, all looking forward to leaving the boat early.
But the ship did not leave the shore.
Snow Shadow was one of the most experienced of his classmates, and he asked, "Master, why didn't you start the boat earlier?"
The captain replied: "It's still early, there are not many people going to the island, we have to wait until the passengers are full before we sail, the Red Guards don't worry, ha".
Orange Island is a small island in a section of the Xiangjiang River that flows through Changsha City.
The length of the state is about 5,300 meters. There are about more than 800 acres. It is more than 120 meters wide at its widest point. At its narrowest point, about 40 meters, there is a complete primary school and several small factories on the island.
Architecture of the 1960s in the Orange State
From a distance, it looks like a giant aircraft carrier, in the shape of a spindle, and like cactus blades.
Everyone gossiped and talked about watching Orange Island.
At this time, the ferry sailed.
The river surface of Xiangjiang Liucheng is relatively narrow near the urban area of Changsha City, and the ferry takes about six or seven minutes to reach the wharf at the head of Orange Island.
The students hurried ashore and saw a road on the island. Everyone walked along this road.
Desperate to find the former site of the great man's swimming and youth party in Orange Island Head.
Fortunately, everyone followed the guidance of the road signs and found Orange Island Head Park.
Construction of the park began in 1960, and after its completion in 1962, 1/3 of the park was initially opened, and it also has an area of 7 hectares.
"Come on, let's take a group photo" Zhijun greeted the students.
Zhijun was the only one out of ten students who had a 120 camera, because the photographic film at that time was relatively very expensive, and the price of developing photos was also relatively expensive, so although there were cameras, the students still took very few photos.
After satisfying everyone's main desire to visit, it was decided to follow the road north in search of monuments.
"Come and find the holy place for great men to swim."
Guo Hong shouted to her classmates.
The classmates led by the "gang members" took the lead in running over, looking east and west, but they could not find the place where the great man he missed when he was a young student.
"There are three big rocks here, which should be the place where the great man described in the book often rests after swimming!" Xiaoqiang said excitedly.
Everyone gathered around, looking east and west, but there was no basis to convince everyone.
"It must be here, you see these three big stones growing mighty and thick, and they are in line with the foundation of the emperor!" Hu said loudly as the messenger carried the burden.
"Yes, yes, I think the style here is different, it must be a holy place where great men have often come!" Qi Fang also echoed, her face flushed with anxiety!
"Every inch of the land on this island, every stone is red, and it is a relic of the great men who lived and fought"!
Snow Shadow is a classmate of the sixth and sixth grades of high school, and is the big brother, and often makes concluding speeches.
Maybe after some arguments, everyone is unanimous!
The loud arguments of a few boys and girls, wearing "Red Guard" armbands full of "Sichuan accent," attracted the attention of 30 or 40 people, and they all gathered around.
It has become a beautiful landscape.
At this time, in the north of the head of Orange State, a red sun rose into the sky, shining on every student's face.
Everyone was so excited!
All feel infinite happiness.
Nine of the ten classmates were all urban hukou, the remaining eight were born in the county seat, and another classmate named Qifang was born in the largest town in the county named Suqiao, and only the sea was a rural hukou, and he was very interested in the rural areas of Sichuan and Xiang villages, so he decided to learn about the situation of the peasants on the island.
History has proved that China is a large agricultural country, with the majority of the agricultural population. Young people who are aspiring and willing to contribute to the country and the people must understand China's rural areas and Chinese farmers.
In addition to a few small factories, such as a paper mill, a food factory, and a shipyard (wooden boats), the island is home to more than 300 households with a total of six production teams. There are about 1,200 people.
In the 50s of the 20th century, the great men also returned to the island to inspect.
There is also a street on the island. There are also two small food outlets.
Orange State Old Street in the 60s of the 20th century
The old street of Orange State
The island was formed gradually by history, with three small alluvial formations formed by Shazhou, which were later joined.
The land is very fertile, and the piles planted are similar to those of the western Sichuan dam.
Almost all members of the club have pigs, chickens and ducks at home.
In addition to the water used by the residents on the island, most of the households use the water from the Xiangjiang River by manually using wooden barrels of peach water for their own wells and water towers for pumping water.
Domestic water is also naturally discharged into the Xiangjiang River.
The trees are mainly hemp willow trees and green wood trees, and the sea feels very kind, so I just returned to my hometown and returned to the Liuhe Dam in the Dadu River.
"The sea, this island is very similar to the island of your hometown." Ichimatsu said loudly.
"Oh, this is the place where the great man lived in his youth, and it cannot be compared!" replied the sea.
The fruit trees on the island are most famous for their "orange trees", and they are famous for planting "southern oranges" in history, so they are renamed "Orange State".
Other fruit trees, such as plums, pears, peaches and grapefruits, are basically the same as those of Sichuan.
When the students came to the middle of the island, they saw a courtyard house with a big slogan written on the wall.
When I asked the local people, an uncle in his 60s said, "This is the residence of the former Hunan warlord Tang Shengzhi."
"It is said that Tang Shengzhi built this private house for his father on the island for the convenience of his life."
It was still Guo Hong's clever mind and mouth that talked about the general situation of Tang Shengzhi, who took the lead in the uprising when the army went south to liberate Changsha, and led the troops to surrender to the People's Liberation Army, so that Changsha could be liberated peacefully. Later, Tang Shengzhi successively served as vice governor of Hunan Province and vice chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
During the Cultural Revolution, he was criticized for being a "person in power" and an "old warlord".
In fact, you have no one to live in this house for a long time, just an empty yard.
The ecological protection of the island is very good, the fruit trees on the island are abundant, the crops are green all over again, the rape flowers have bloomed, and there are dozens of acres of land.
Many Red Guards and revolutionaries have already visited this place.
The students went to the island before 9 o'clock and visited the island for nearly three hours, and it was time for lunch.
Everyone came to a restaurant in Lao Cai again. After a look, it is best to eat some rice. Ten students ordered a plate of stir-fried lotus cabbage and a big bowl of white radish soup, some ate four taels of rice, some ate three taels of rice.
Because, in addition to spending money, you also need food stamps, which are the first proof of being able to eat.
Although the food here is not as good as the Changsha Hotel (Red Guard Reception Station), everyone is hungry.
All eat deliciously.
When the students were eating, they saw the calendar hanging on the main desk, and Guo Hong said thoughtfully, today is March 14th."
It seems that the students have been away from home for almost 40 days, and since everyone is on the move, it is impossible to receive letters from relatives at home.
Especially the female classmates, they are very homesick.
The day's arrangement, to go to the place where the two great men once lived, studied and fought, is now only half completed, and the main destination in the afternoon is to Changsha Normal School.
Changsha Normal School. On the other side of the Xiangjiang River, the population of Orange Island was small at that time, and there were only ferries from Changsha City to Orange Island Heads, and there were no ferries on the other side of the Xiang River from Orange Island Head to Changsha Normal School, and only a small number of farmers' production boats could go to the other side.
Therefore, the students must take the ferry from the island in the morning to return to Changsha City, and then take the bus to Changsha Normal School.
After two transfers, about an hour later, we arrived at the gate of Changsha Normal School.
Changsha Normal School is located on Teli Road, adjacent to Changsha Park. Changsha Normal is a famous educator in China, one of the founders of modern education, Changsha Normal School was founded in 1912 by Xu Teli and established Changsha Normal Secondary School in the same year.
Changsha Normal University
A corner of Changsha Normal Academy
Classical Changsha Normal School
Changsha Normal School
The students visited the campus and the school history hall, and the beautiful flowers and lotus ponds on the campus were pleasing to the eye and very excited!
There are also some big slogans and big-character posters on the wall that reflect current events!
The students also copied some big-character posters.
Changsha Normal is the cradle of the Chinese Revolution and has cultivated a large number of national pillars headed by great men, such as General Xu Guangda, Tian Han, the lyricist of the national anthem, and Liao Mosha, a famous writer.
In 1914, the young great man was admitted to Changsha Normal School from his hometown. During his time at Changsha Normal School, the great man was trained by well-known educators such as Yang Changji.
It also absorbed the theory of New Nationalism and the revolutionary theory of the liberation of the proletariat.
He also published the famous article "The Study of Sports" in the progressive magazine New Youth.
During the period when the great man was studying at Changsha Normal School, there was a warlord war in Changsha.
In the process of rebelling against the warlords, the great man established the school's self-defense team according to the principal's arrangement, and the great man learned a lot of military theory and knowledge of managing the army during the two years he served as the captain of the school self-defense team.
And directly command the battle and win!
It played a fundamental role in the great man's later becoming the founder and commander of the Chinese revolutionary army.
The students all learned about the study and revolutionary activities of the great man when he was a teenager through reading books or watching movies.
It only took more than ten minutes for everyone to walk out of the school to Yuelu Academy.
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Changsha is one of the places with the most profound cultural heritage in the mainland.
Yuelu Academy was one of the four great academies in China during the Qing Dynasty. It has a history of more than 180 years when I visited the ten Red Guards from southwest Sichuan, maybe it was in a special period, the gate of the academy was closed, or maybe it was because of the place where the great man lived, although there were some big-character posters and slogans, it could not change the students' admiration for the great man!
The students toured the college for a week, and there were many tourists, but due to economic reasons, they could not take pictures, and they were in a hurry, and they hurried towards the new goal.
"Now we know that the place where the great man went to school in the provincial capital is really beautiful and outstanding!" Guo Hong said in amazement!
"The export of talented women is a chapter"! Xue Ying immediately praised, inevitably a little suspicious.
Changsha Park, Changsha Normal School, Yuelu Academy, and Aiwan Pavilion are woven together into a large scenic courtyard!
It's also a miracle!
It is really a unique and beautiful scenery belt in Changsha.
"Aiwan Pavilion is also a place where great people often move and camp," Ichimatsu added, and it seemed a little mysterious.
Changsha Aiwan Pavilion
According to reports, Aiwan Pavilion was damaged many times in the war, and it was rebuilt in 1952 when Li Da was the president of Hunan University after the establishment of New China.
Li Da was a revolutionary comrade-in-arms whom the great man met at the First Party Congress, and he was also one of the few great men who served after the founding of New China among the deputies to the First Party Congress.
In 1956, Li Da engraved the great man's words "Qinyuan Spring, Changsha" on the screen plaque of Aiwan Pavilion.
Become a great place for people to check in!
Time flies, it's five o'clock in the afternoon, and the students have to rush back to the guest house by six o'clock.
"Everyone is still attracted by the food in Changsha Hotel!" said Xiao Stress.
"You must know that this is a high-end hotel in Changsha, where great men and central leaders often collapse. So the food is sweet and delicious." Zhijun is well-informed and said to everyone.
Everyone had a hard day's work and basically visited all the important scenic spots in Changsha City.
The most exciting ones are Orange Island, Changsha Normal School, Yuelu Academy and Aiwan Pavilion, which are all places where great men studied and lived when they were young, and are also the primary places for students to travel and worship.
"A visit here is enough for a lifetime"!
I am full of emotion for today's full tour and tandem!
It's a place that people really yearn for!
With the exception of the Red Guards, it is basically unthinkable for ordinary people to think of sightseeing and pilgrimage to these places.
"Hey, we can always explain to our ancestors. Here we are. Where the Red Sun Rises". The flag army is also poetic!
"Oh! We're back"!
We have returned to the Changsha Sheet Shop where we came yesterday, which is also the place where great people often come to live, and we are very lucky.
Everyone was already very hungry and had a dry mouth. So, I didn't go back to the dormitory and went straight to the cafeteria.
"Red Guards, hard work, where have you been today"?
The beautiful and beautiful waitress of the Changsha Hotel greeted everyone with a voice like a golden bell.
Mandarin is relatively standard, with a little Hunan accent.
Everyone was very excited, and they no longer felt thirsty and hungry.
No one can answer correctly.
Xue Ying, who was older and a little more sophisticated, replied:
"Thank you, thank you! We went to Changsha Normal School, where the great man studied and lived, and received a great education and inspiration."
Yukikage-san's answer was serious and correct.
Soon, the waiter in the cafeteria set the dinner we needed.
Five dishes and one soup, the famous fried lotus root slices from Dongting Lake, as well as radish soup, stir-fried cabbage, braised pork ribs, and fried dried fish.
Everyone didn't have time to eat the vegetables, so they went to the big pot first, and each person took a big bowl of white rice.
They all devoured it.
The students all deeply felt:
The Red Guards were indeed warmly welcomed by the people everywhere.
Only by making up your mind:
Study hard to serve the country and the people.
The students all fell asleep.
Prepare to go to Shaoshan tandem the next day.