When we calm down, in fact, the beautiful scenery around us is worth savoring.

Dear readers, the epidemic alarm has sounded again. Since I don’t have the ability to wear white clothes and hold armor, I can still make a small contribution by going out less.

When you calm down, you will find that the ordinary scenery around you is actually worth savoring.

The accurate name of Lixin Lake Park in Baoan, Shenzhen should be "Lixin Reservoir". Located in Fuyong Street, Baoan District.

Baoan Lixin Reservoir was built in 1959 and has a history of more than 60 years.

In the last century, around 1960, nationwide water conservancy construction was in full swing. Although the author has not personally experienced it. However, people of the same age as the author should have more or less heard stories from their parents about the construction of reservoirs in that era.

(Poster for "Swim Until the Water Turns Blue")

This recently released film, called a "documentary", is the work of Jia Zhangke. However, in the author's opinion, this is not a documentary, but should be regarded as a literary film. Most of the plot of the movie is based on real people telling their own true stories.

(Internet picture. Copyright belongs to the original author.)

The famous writer Jia Pingwa is one of the main narrators.

Because of the impact of his father's unjust case, the young Jia Pingwa lost the opportunity to join the army and had to work in the countryside. Collectively building a reservoir, Jia Pingwa came to the construction site. And because I could write, I was allowed to do propaganda work for the construction site headquarters—carrying a paint bucket and painting large slogans on the big rocks on the hillside.

These slogans became Jia Pingwa’s earliest “publicly published” words!

According to current statistics, in the past 20 to 30 years in the middle of the last century, China built a total of nearly 100,000 large and small reservoirs! This includes the famous "Hongqi Canal", which I believe all readers know.

(Old photos of the reservoir construction site at that time. The copyright belongs to the original author. The slogan on the hillside in the distance is clearly visible.)

These reservoirs made great contributions to agriculture at that time contribution. However, unlike reservoirs in other parts of the country, some reservoirs in Shenzhen also play a special role!

Hong Kong is located on the coast of the South China Sea, but Hong Kong is short of fresh water resources.

By the middle of the last century, Hong Kong’s drinking water had reached a serious shortage. For this reason, the Hong Kong authorities at that time negotiated with neighboring Bao'an to introduce water from Bao'an to relieve the drinking water shortage.

(Screenshot of Beidou 3D map)

Decades have passed in a blink of an eye.

The Lixin Reservoir in Bao'an, Shenzhen, has been renovated and the "Lixin Lake Park" has been established. It has become a good place for local people to relax and visit.

(Red-flowered sheep's hoof beetle. It may seem unfamiliar to you. However, if you talk about Hong Kong's regional flower "Bauhinia", you may be more familiar with it. Yes, this flower is the other flower. ! )

(Rose flowers have passed their blooming season. In spring, this rose garden with dozens of varieties is a famous local check-in place!)

( In spring and summer, lychees are ripe in the park and are readily available. However, if you want to eat them, it is best to buy them from local fruit farmers!)

(The trail around the park is 8 kilometers long. When you are tired from walking, you can try the special delicacy "Pork Belly Chicken" by the lake. It is nutritious and delicious. )

Today, Lixin Lake Park has been selected as one of the "Ten Scenic Spots of Bao'an".

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