Ningxia Xiaoji

Someone's short phrase "waist-length hair, marry Ningxia far away" attracted our friends from all corners of the country, no, friends from all directions.

These are her exact words.

Another friend in the dormitory, she, hasn't seen her for two years, but, of course, we haven't been together. But it seems that these two years have not passed. We are familiar with each other's habits in food and shelter. A pair of familiar eyes are still full of affection and worth cherishing after graduation for more than two years.

I am the one who has watched each of them for the longest time, but I am not the cutest one.

Then, it is the night train, from Beijing to Yinchuan. Take a bus from Yinchuan to Guyuan. Along the way, I talked with the seniors of the two newcomers about life, work, Liaocheng and local customs. Because I contacted my uncle in Ningxia and a local tour guide, I know more about Yinchuan and Ningxia than I used to pass by.

I especially like listening to others tell their own stories.

The so-called "what happens to others is a story, and what happens to yourself is an accident."

I don't mind hearing about other people's accidents.

The weather in Ningxia is very transparent, and it is cooler in the morning and evening of 10 than in Beijing. The temperature is low, and the chill in the morning makes you want to eat the millet porridge spread early by the roadside and the pancake fruit of Shandong Brother in front of the hotel building. Ningxia is an immigrant city, not exclusive. I stood in front of Brother Shandong's pancake stall, wondering if this sentence can be confirmed.

Yinchuan is in the north and Guyuan is in the south, 350-60 kilometers, which is a long way for Beijingers. From the East Third Ring Road to the West Third Ring Road in Beijing, I always go shopping by bike. When I was young, I blindly thought that Beijing was the biggest place in China because of the capital effect theory. Human nature is blind and solidified. For example, the capital is the largest, but it is not as big as small. The finiteness of resources leads to the essence of national preemption, which is the case in Japan and China. Taking the subway to grab seats and crossing the road to grab lines are limited resources. Fortunately, Ningxia does not "grab", the land is vast and sparsely populated, and it is not compact and impatient. Looking at myself, I know that my cognition is wrong in many places. Later, when I saw rice, I thought that I had always mistakenly thought that rice was produced by wheat, just as many children in the city called leeks when they saw a large wheat field.

Guyuan is far away, and the endless roads make me feel that everything is the accumulation of time development. As my uncle said, the road from Yinchuan to Guyuan used to take a day. The "red-roofed houses" on both sides of the highway were built by the state for the Hui people in recent years. Like political stamps, red roofs are built on endless loess. There are also electric windmills to see along the way, and photovoltaic panels. Driving on the highway, the car seems to be pushing the time forward and moving the camera forward. Things unfolded before our eyes. The uncles said that they grew up climbing Helan Mountain, which took on the role of blocking the desert and held Ningxia in their arms. Nowadays, civilization has turned Helan Mountain into a solid painting place, developed it into a scenic spot and shouldered the heavy responsibility of tourism economy.

Later, my friends and I made a special trip to Helan Mountain. Unfortunately, instead of savoring Su Yukou and the rolling bell mouth, I went to see the Yinchuan World Rock Painting Museum. "Time is silent, only stones can speak", which is particularly powerful at the main entrance of the exhibition hall. As tough as the gravel of Helan Mountain, it can stand the polishing of time. I witnessed the stone paintings of Helan Mountain with my own eyes, and it was linked with the popular science knowledge explained in the exhibition hall, which was a lesson for my ignorance. The expression of human nature is the same beginning in all language families in the world. No matter in the Franck-Camden-Taburi region in southern France and northern Spain, or in Africa such as Algeria, Libya, Somalia and South Africa, or in the Avandia mountains in central India, and in Xinjiang, Sichuan and Ningxia in China, rock paintings record human civilization in the simple, broad and natural stone carving culture. From abstract symbols and concrete faces to hunting, sacrifice and sun gods, stone carvings show human beings a story-filled side. Today, whether you wear Google Glass or use an Apple phone, we are all people who have stepped down from rock paintings. Among them, only those who have experienced ups and downs for thousands of years, accompanied by several crustal movements, have spent several Buddhist life and death cycles. It's interesting to imagine someone coming down from a rock painting, an idea that can make you petrified.

In addition to the rock paintings of Helan Mountain, I also saw rock sheep, three of which jumped between rocks, and the breathing life delighted a small group of tourists on the thick stone wall of Helan Mountain. All animals are "chameleons", and the rock sheep is grayish brown like the stone wall. In the SLR lens, I tried to guess whether its fur was as thin as a goat or as curly and fluffy as a sheep. Survival teaches the nature of bad people, but protects the nature of animals. I may be a theorist of "human nature is evil". I don't advocate that the beginning of life is inherently good and the beginning of life is inherently evil. But "when people come, sex is difficult but not evil" is the normal state of most people.

In Helan Mountain, I also visited the "Han Meilin Art Museum", and I was relaxed for more than an hour. I have a natural admiration for those who work hard and a heartfelt respect for those who have made achievements. Everyone has seen Mr. Han Meilin's work, the mascot of the 2008 Olympic Games, "Fuwa". Personally, I don't like the design of Fuwa, and I don't agree with it aesthetically, but I can understand the angle and thinking of his design and the national significance he wants to present and contain in his works. Appreciate his other works. They are absolutely pleasing to the eye.

In Ningxia, I took my new friend to the beautiful Husha Lake and the interesting Xixia Film and Television City. I also went to the Xixia Mausoleum with my friends and visited the night view of China-Arab Axis. Walk past the old streets and new districts of Yinchuan and pass by a small bookstore. The boss is an old man who loves cats. He bought a collection of short stories and put it on the shelf. He hasn't read a few pages so far. This is a trip accompanied by friends, and I met several young people and elders by chance.

To understand the history of a place, we must start from the museum; To understand the development of a place, we should start with the city slogan written on the wall; To understand the economy of a place, we must first start with the division of company billboards and urban functional areas hanging on high-rise buildings; To understand the culture of a place, we should start with the gossip of passers-by in the street. With these four beginnings, I will go to more places next year. When you are upset, you either write (calligraphy), which is crooked. Or write (write an article) and hold your breath. A few dollars of paper and pencil can kill a long time, so I really have a lot of money to take with me.