Ziyang Maoba Old Street in Memory

Text/Jian Xiaobai sky

I like strange cities, I also like walking on strange streets, and I prefer refreshing and clean mountains.

Even if you are blinded by the wind and sand, you still have to open your eyes to see. In a strange place, with a strange identity, walk with your own nose, your own ears, and your own heart. To feel the beauty of deja vu.

Mulan Gorge, a famous landscape in Maoba Town, has 28 dangerous shoals, a deep canyon, hundreds of waterfalls, and strange peaks and rocks. On both sides of the canyon, there are historical sites such as the Longmen Tracker Tunnel, ship regulations and stone inscriptions, Zhang Feiqiao et al.

It is said that Zhang Fei passed through this place during the Three Kingdoms period and went to the Bashu area. The horse Zhang Fei rode at that time still left hoof prints on Guanyin Cliff! The terrain is dangerous and it is the only way to Bashu, so it is called Maoba Pass, and later it was called Maoba Pass.

Maoba Middle School, 35 kilometers away from the county seat, is the second school in Ziyang County. It has gone through more than sixty years of ups and downs.

The newly built Maoba Primary School, with its neatly arranged teaching buildings and well-proportioned planning from a distance, exudes cultural atmosphere and accommodates the education of children with a population of 10,000 to 50,000.

Time 6065/6066, the round-trip green train from Ankang to Dazhou is the only train that stops at Maoba Station. Ten years ago, Maobaguan Station was overcrowded. It was the only means of transportation for us mountain people to get out of the outside world.

Later, due to the development of transportation, the old station slowly lost its former prosperity, and the staff changed one after another. The rockery pine trees there silently watched the changes of the years.

In front of the single dormitory in the living area, fitness equipment is installed. The four-seater stone bench is covered with withered branches and leaves. Looking up, the bare tree trunks are listlessly recuperating in the frost, waiting for spring. Wonderful!

Standing on the height of the bridge next to the train station, I saw tube buildings and stilted buildings of different heights everywhere. The depression was a small ditch as long as the gorge, and the weeds growing up to the body were growing wildly, and other small Animals are all hibernating. Otherwise, why can't they hear any sound in the short sunshine?

One side of the main street is adjacent to the river beach. It looks like it has just been repaired. A small bridge connects the street to the mountain. The river is clean and fine sand, and the river flows through Maoba Street and flows to the next branch point. The mighty levee magnificently blocks the river beach, which is nestled against the towering green mountains. The mountains support the water and the water surrounds the mountains. Living here is really enviable! In summer, you can soak in the natural water bar all day long, play in the water, and collect shells!

Surrounded by green mountains and green waters, you can breathe the refreshing mountain air from the balcony upstairs. On hot summer days, you can feel the cool breeze mixed with water mist from the river under the dam. , it is truly a Feng Shui treasure!

I heard that many local villagers from deeper in the mountains have come to buy houses here!

There are bright street lights on both sides of the spacious embankment, the sidewalks and driveways are separated, and sweet music comes from the kindergarten with flying colorful flags.

There are furniture stores, hardware stores, clothing stores, maternal and child stores, hot pot restaurants, electrical appliance stores, etc. on the street.

The vegetable market is in the corner alley in the middle of the main street. It sells locally ground tofu, konjac tofu, steamed lye steamed buns, vegetables, wild rabbit meat, fresh mutton, and several kinds of meat that I call Unnamed wild vegetables.

The only postal savings office, a 30-square-meter house is divided into two halves, one half is an office, and the other half handles deposit and withdrawal business. Large deposits and withdrawals must be handled at two windows.

The old man from our family in front of us held thick red banknotes in his arms and counted them over and over again. His weathered face showed a satisfied smile, and the countless ditches on his face were the result of the vicissitudes of time. During the conversation, I learned that he was a fellow villager who had just returned from a certain coal mine, and this was his annual income.

Things in ordinary shops are surprisingly expensive, and the prices are comparable to those in a small county. It may be related to transportation. There is only one bus passing through the main street here, and locals mainly rely on motorcycles to travel. The rugged mountain road with 18 bends and steep cliffs trains the driver's skills.

To travel long distances, you need to rely on a van. Several people share the car and charge per head.

Although it is a small town, traffic control is very strict. Even small motorcycles must be parked within the white box, otherwise they will face penalties from the traffic police.

The old street is bustling!

There are a lot of people walking around happily!

After night falls, looking from the top of the building, the surroundings are quiet, and the old streets dotted with stars are sleeping quietly, like a castle in a fairy tale! Thank you for coming, please click the red heart if you like?! Thanks!