Unforgettable Years Yu Yingmao

A small town, hidden in the mountains, like a shy veiled beauty. The buildings in the town are winding and long, leaning against mountains and valleys. In addition to natural villages, hotels, and office spaces, the town also has educational buildings, conference halls, service centers, style B&Bs, high castle watchtowers, art sculptures, etc., interspersed with agricultural fields such as tea gardens, orchards, and vegetable gardens. .

The buildings in the town are mainly factories and living facilities from the third-line construction period in the 1960s and 1970s, and are part of the 531 Arsenal. The May 31 Arsenal is also part of the May 31 Project. The 531 Project has 13 branch headquarters, spanning nearly 100 kilometers from east to west and nearly 50 kilometers from north to south, involving Jiyuan, Mengzhou and Luoyang Geely District. The May 31 Project is a product of the times and is dictated by the international situation. In the complex and tense world situation, Chairman Mao issued a call to the people across the country to "prepare for war, prepare for famine, and serve the people." Hundreds of thousands of troops from all over the country participated in the construction of the May 31st Project. From 1964 to 1980, a large-scale national defense project, the 531 Arsenal, was built in Jiyuan City. It was the largest artillery factory in my country at that time. At that time, the arsenal included garrisons, factories, schools, shopping malls, post offices, banks, cinemas, auditoriums, etc., which brought together workers, peasants, soldiers, students, and businessmen from all walks of life, forming a completely condensed small society. After September 1971, as the international situation slowed down, the May 31 Project was abandoned halfway. Only the first and fourth branches were left in normal production, the rest of the people were evacuated, and a large number of buildings were idle. The remaining buildings fell into silence and dilapidation, silently nestling in Nantaihang, gradually withering over time and falling into a deep sleep. For a long time, the Veterans Factory was just a distant memory in people's minds, but few people cared about it or patronized it.

It is the spring breeze of national rural revitalization that awakens the veteran factory. Under the guidance of the national rural revitalization policy, Jiyuan City focused on the general requirements of "prosperous industry, ecological livability, civilized rural customs, effective governance, and prosperous life" to upgrade the ravines and buildings where the veteran factory is located, which has been silent for many years. The renovation respects the original architectural style and retains the original walls to show the age of the building and the veteran employee culture. For example, the original ice cream factory, boiler room, supply and marketing cooperative and bathhouse were transformed into hotels, and some of the words on the walls such as "Dig holes deeply and accumulate grain widely", "Construct the third line well so that the chairman can sleep well", "Make a decision Slogans such as "Determined, Not Afraid of Sacrifice, Build Socialism Quickly, Better and More Economically" distinguish the old from the new, highlight the military elements and the imprint of the times, and integrate modern art and historical memory. You see, the mottled walls that have a unique third-line construction atmosphere, the boiler chimneys that have been baptized by time, the partition walls built with bullet boxes, and the unique old objects...everywhere is filled with the atmosphere of the military industry of that year. Full of the old flavor of those years.

The town’s simple hotel, artist village, Happy Canteen catering, cultural auditorium, etc. have the ability to receive large groups for Lutong tea cultural experience, picking farming experience, accommodation and dining, conference banquets, etc. It has been transformed into an ecological tourism and vacation base integrating leisure and cultural tourism, customs, catering and entertainment. At the same time, the town will also develop a cave hotel. It is said that the more than 20 contiguous caves were excavated by Foolish Old Man when he moved the mountains for future generations to rest after working. Each cave has a different theme, some embody Buddhism and Zen, and some highlight Taoist culture.

The ancient village B&B in the town is based on adobe and stone houses that are warm in winter and cool in summer. There are stone benches and brick roads. There are old trees and new seedlings planted in the courtyard, and there is a pond nearby. , there are lotus flowers, water lilies, fish swimming in the pond, accompanied by the noise of frogs and insects, it is such an idyllic scenery! Beside the vegetable fields and on the grassy slopes, cattle and goats graze scatteredly, adding to the atmosphere of the countryside. Childhood memories and deep nostalgia all reside and are displayed here.

The town has a poetic name - the town of those years. Yes, in those years, experts, scholars, senior technicians and passionate builders from all over the country responded to the country’s call and gathered here to carry out construction, dedicating their youth and talents, and some even laid down their loyalties; in those years, the originally silent The mountain col, under the garrison of the construction army, became noisy and changed its appearance; in those years, there was a bustle of people, roaring machines, rolling wheels, and a busy scene of people rushing to promote production; in those years, people came and went at sunset and sunrise. Go, birth, old age, illness and death, how many life stories have been performed. The town of those years will always be home to veteran workers and their descendants.

Those unforgettable years are the indelible historical memory of the builders; the unforgettable years are the unforgettable feelings of the descendants of the veteran workers towards that mountain col; the unforgettable years are the unforgettable feelings of the people of Jiyuan towards those years. Keeping in mind the deep friendship with veteran workers and their descendants; unforgettable those years is the sincere invitation sent by the land of Tamagawa to friends from afar.