I have a soft spot for Lanzhou.

Arriving in Lanzhou at least three times a year is the kind of pure play, even eating the "hand-grabbed rice" of the old horse family; Even standing on the top of Baita Mountain in an evening, quietly watching the Yellow River pass through Lanzhou, watching the sunset slowly fall over Wuquan Mountain, sprinkling golden afterglow and blending with the Yellow River; Even for a Lanzhou city.

I met Lanzhou for the first time.

1August, 996 is the month when new employees of this unit report for duty. A college student who graduated from Lanzhou Jiaotong University is a native of Lanzhou. On the day he reported for duty, I was surprised that this young man with a height of 1.8 meters actually spoke standard Mandarin, which was my first impression of Lanzhou.

In September 2003, I officially entered Lanzhou City.

I attended the semi-annual professional meeting of lanzhou railway administration baotou-lanzhou railway Project, which was the first time I took advantage of my work to set foot in Lanzhou. The straight-line distance from Jinan to Lanzhou is 1300 km. After more than two hours' flight, Shandong Airlines landed safely in Gansu and went straight to Zhongchuan Airport. What impressed me the most was that the airport was far away from downtown Lanzhou, which was called "far". Later, I saw someone posting information on the Internet, saying that Lanzhou Zhongchuan Airport is the farthest airport from China Airport to downtown, which is a bit exaggerated. In fact, it is said that Zhongchuan Airport, which is the farthest from the urban area, is not the first in China. Changdu Bangda Airport is 0/36 km away from Changdu Town/KLOC-0, which is the farthest civil airport from the central city in China.

My first impression of Lanzhou is that a city is like a large-scale stage play, and its three-dimensional sense and picture sense are unique and infectious. The appearance of Lanzhou is two mountains and a ditch, and the urban context in the east-west direction is very clear. The distance from Lanzhou West Railway Station to Lanzhou donggang town is17km. The northern and southern parts of the city are bare mountains, and the vegetation has improved in recent years, and green vegetation can be seen from a distance. The ditch in the center of the city is the central area of Lanzhou City, and there is a Yellow River with a width of 200-400 meters flowing through Lanzhou City. Passing through many cities in China, except

The city of Lanzhou has its own mysterious veil. It is not only the fortress road of the Silk Road, but also because it is far away, even out of reach, away from chariots and horses, away from freedom, and because it is the capital city of northwest China and the center of China hinterland, we are full of curiosity and yearning for Lanzhou.

Many times in the west of Lanzhou, there is an opinion that summarizes five outstanding impressions of Lanzhou:

First, the Yellow River culture full of golden flowers has penetrated the whole city.

Speaking of Lanzhou, it is not the same as the Yellow River. Lanzhou is the only city in China that embraces the Yellow River. This is quite remarkable for the urban construction of Lanzhou. Under the background that the lower reaches of the Yellow River burst every year, the Yellow River only flows through Lanzhou, so gently. The cool culture in the west and the cool culture in the Hexi Corridor also inspired Lanzhou's later cultural touch and development. If the Yellow River culture is pure, it doesn't actually belong to Lanzhou. Accurately speaking, Lanzhou will carry forward and inherit the Yellow River culture more purely and thoroughly.

Second, the coordinate is northwest, which is 0/400 kilometers away from the capital/kloc. The city is full of Jinglan-flavored Mandarin.

Many friends were very surprised when they came to Lanzhou. In this western city, many people actually speak Mandarin with Beijing-Lanzhou flavor, but the distance between Lanzhou and Beijing is 1400 km. An ordinary person has narrowed the distance between people, which reminds me of the deep meaning of an ode dedicated to Beijing.

What is the truth behind Putonghua? Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Sichuan dialect and Minnan dialect all have their own charm and characteristics, which are difficult for outsiders to understand. It seems that people there don't care that foreigners can't understand their hometown dialect, but Lanzhou is worried that their northwest dialect is nasal and foreigners can't understand it. Therefore, they are full of Mandarin with Beijing-Lanzhou flavor, which also shows that Lanzhou people are very concerned about foreign cultures and popular things.

In essence, Lanzhou is an immigrant city, so the normal history of urban construction is not long, let alone a famous historical and cultural city. Especially in the period of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the time line from the founding of New China to the reform, it can be said that people from different parts of the country gathered together. Although there are dialects in Lanzhou, after all, the local population is limited, so it is naturally more convenient for everyone to communicate in Mandarin. In recent years, Lanzhou's population supplement mainly comes from all parts of Gansu, and there are also great differences in dialects in different parts of Gansu, so it is naturally easier to communicate in Mandarin.

Coupled with the promotion of Putonghua after 2000, some people deliberately did not teach their children to speak Lanzhou dialect, and some children thought Lanzhou dialect was too old-fashioned and unwilling to take the initiative to learn. Naturally, fewer and fewer people will speak Lanzhou dialect slowly. Personally, I don't agree that giving up dialects completely is a necessary condition for promoting Putonghua. And Gansu's "Ganpu" accent is very strong. Finally, the new generation of young people not only can't speak their local accent, but also the standard pronunciation of Mandarin is a mess. As for right and wrong, they are no longer entangled. I feel that cities without dialects will make people feel a little melancholy, such as Baiyin and Jiayuguan in Gansu, which are completely immigrant cities. It seems more intimate to bring some dialects.

Actually, it's not. For example, you can't say that people in Northeast China sound like strange Mandarin, so you can say that there are no dialects in Northeast China. This is a truth. When we stroll to the northwest of the motherland, we will find that the common people in Gansu, Ningxia, Xinjiang and Qinghai always speak Mandarin with similar accents, because this area belongs to the Sino-Tibetan language family-Mandarin Chinese. But if you listen carefully, you will find that there are subtle differences in every place, and Lanzhou belongs to "Lanyin Mandarin", which is what we call "Jinglan Dialect". Beijing stands for Mandarin, and Lanzhou stands for local pronunciation, and Lanzhou dialect in different regions is also different. The urban area headed by Chengguan District of Lanzhou is officially divided into "Jincheng Film", and Jincheng is the ancient name of Lanzhou. Most of the local old Lanzhou dialect spoken by the older generation is incomprehensible to young people (the butcher in the old movie Longmen Inn speaks pure Lanzhou dialect, but most young people in Lanzhou can't understand it either). Nowadays, young people can only speak Jinglan dialect, but there are differences in each region. For example, Lanzhou people pronounce "Gaolan" as "Gao" (three tones) and "Lan" (four tones). People in Gaolan County will pronounce it Gao (one sound) lan (four sounds), and there are many nouns: Sasha (beauty), food (spoon), Moon (key), Wosuo (garbage), Pianchan (chat) and so on, and there are quite a few words that Pinyin can't spell (you can find out which words Pinyin can't spell in your hometown. You should be proud that your ancestors brought Chinese to all parts of the northwest, and there are footprints of your ancestors everywhere.

Third, it is difficult to take a taxi, and the reasons behind it are surprising.

Nowadays, when it comes to the difficulty of taking a taxi in Lanzhou, almost everyone will agree: "It is really difficult." Standing on the street, all kinds of taxis gallop past you. But when you raise your hand to take a taxi, you find that there is no empty car passing by. It seems that it used to be difficult to take a taxi on weekends and during rush hours. There is no time limit now, and it is difficult to take a taxi almost at any time.

Lanzhou citizens said that it is difficult to take a taxi at every time in every city, especially in Lanzhou. Mr. Ren, who lives in Donggang, is going to Zhongshan Bridge to take a group of friends from other places to play. The time is set to meet at the railway bridge at 5 pm. Mr. Ren asked for leave 40 minutes in advance to take a taxi to the railway bridge. As a result, he walked for an hour and was half an hour late. The reason is that Dongcheng to Xicheng is just the subway construction stage, with narrow roads and many cars, and catching up with the rush hour. Let a group of friends from other places wait on the bridge for nearly 40 minutes.

Lanzhou citizens like to go out and take a taxi, which is not only chic, but also because it can save time. This is also related to the consumption concept of Lanzhou people. I remember a friend in Harbin joking about the Northeast. His family has a deposit of 6.5438 million yuan, and he dares to buy a car of 200,000 yuan, not afraid of loans. I wonder if Lanzhou people have such a consumption concept. They don't talk about money when they have money, but they do have face (Beijing dialect).

Some traffic experts have analyzed the deep-seated reasons for the difficulty in taking a taxi in Lanzhou: three reasons lead to the difficulty in taking a taxi.

First, Lanzhou is a comprehensive and inclusive city with many foreigners, and the continuous increase in passenger demand is one of the main reasons for the difficulty in taking a taxi.

According to relevant data, the total number of taxis in Lanzhou has now exceeded 6,000, and in recent years, with the continuous improvement of people's quality of life, the number of taxis is also increasing. In particular, this year's gasoline price increase, tail number restrictions and other reasons led to a decrease in private car trips, and these people were diverted to taxis, so the number of people taking taxis increased significantly.

Second, urban traffic congestion reduces the efficiency of taxi distribution and the speed of taxi operation.

Just like the above, the taxi driver drove the guests out because of the traffic jam, and he was also in a hurry. If a day-shift driver works 65,438+00 hours a day and the average traffic jam time is 8 minutes per hour, then 65,438+00 hours will be congested for 80 minutes, and the day-shift driver's time to transport guests will be reduced by 65,438+0 hours and 20 minutes, which is enough for a driver to run back and forth from West Station to Donggang without traffic jam. And if the traffic jam is serious again, the driver's delivery time will be reduced by more than that.

Third, the actual capacity of taxis is greatly reduced.

Although the number of taxis in Lanzhou has soared to as many as 9,000, there was a time when Lanzhou restricted the number of taxis, so only more than 4,000 taxis could drive in the main city. As we all know, taxis in Lanzhou now use natural gas. The gas storage capacity of gas cylinders in taxis is mostly 15 liters, and they can travel about 120 kilometers once refueled. But now there are too many refueling trucks, and they have to queue up to refuel every day, which virtually reduces the operating time of taxis. Nowadays, it is very convenient to take a taxi in Lanzhou, and the local citizens know it best.

Four, said that the city of Lanzhou has no own culture, Lanzhou people laughed, beef noodles, readers' magazines, the Yellow River are not all cultures? In fact, Lanzhou belongs to an immigrant city, so its mobility is also very strong, resulting in Lanzhou not having its own core culture, but its culture is diverse.

Lanzhou is an immigrant city. In the early days of liberation, the population increased by more than 600,000 in just ten years. In addition to natural growth, immigrants from all over the world have played a decisive role.

In the history of Gansu, the earliest immigrants were Qin people who moved from the east to the Weishui River Basin during the Shang and Zhou Dynasties. In order to drive away the Huns, the Qin Dynasty set up counties along the Yellow River, including Yuzhong County. Since then, immigrants have taken root in Long Yuan again and again.

In BC 12 1 year, Huo Qubing stationed troops in the west of Lanzhou, paving the way for the Han Empire to open up four counties in Hexi. Today's Lanzhou West Order is located in today's Lanzhou Xigu. The record in the history book is: "Jincheng, Henan (now Lanzhou) and Nanshan (Qilian Mountain) to Yanze (Lop Nur), there are no Xiongnu." This is the first time in the history of China that the name of Jincheng appeared.

In BC 120, there was a flood in Guandong, and the Han Dynasty ordered the relocation of more than 700,000 poor people in Guandong to enrich the monk army in Longxi, Beidi and Xihe. According to the Records of Hanshu Shihuozhi, the Han Dynasty also ordered "to open field officials in Shang Jun, Shuofang and Xihe and expel 600,000 soldiers to defend farmland." This is the first time that the Han Dynasty immigrated to Lanzhou (Jincheng) after it appeared in historical records.

In the spring of 6 1 BC, due to the fertile geological conditions in Zhangye today, Qiang people constantly invaded the territory. Xuan Di, the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, decided to send troops to pacify the Qiang people, and veteran Zhao Chongguo undertook this important task. Until 60 BC, the Qiang army was wiped out by the Han army to less than 1 10,000 people, and more than 30,000 Qiang people surrendered to the Han Dynasty. Therefore, Emperor Xuan Di established a vassal state in Jincheng to house the surrendered Qiang people. Ban Gu's "Hanshu Volume 8 Xuandi Ji Ba" contains: "In summer and May, Xiqiang fell to behead the first evil tycoon and chief Fei. Set Jincheng as the country and resettle Qiang soldiers. " This is one of the immigrants.

In the fifth year of Hongwu, the great migration of Ming Dynasty began, and some people were mobilized to migrate. Conscription after committing crimes; Some moved with the army. For Lanzhou, there is another kind of officials, guards, servants and so on. These people are all loyal to Wang Su, and there are fifty thousand of them. At that time, the purpose of population migration in Ming Dynasty was to increase the local population density.

Literature records: "In the early Ming Dynasty, nine times out of ten, the population of the south of the Yangtze River migrated to the northwest ..." In the first year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, it was impossible to count how many people migrated to the northwest from the south of the Yangtze River. But there is no doubt that the road to immigration is very difficult and long.

For thousands of years, countless immigrants have already integrated into the land of Longyuan. No matter where they came from, they had no breath at that time, and they were replaced by the heroic breath nourished by the mountains and rivers in the northwest. What does it matter whether it is a foreign population or not, even if it is only recorded in its own genealogy? As long as we are in this land of China, we are family wherever we go.

Now Lanzhou, if you spray the city of Lanzhou without culture, Lanzhou will definitely not agree, because they think there is the Yellow River culture, the food culture with beef noodles is all over the country, and there is a well-known reader magazine in China. Aren't these cultures? These are not traditional cultures, but bubbles floating on the surface of the Yellow River. Maybe these bubbles will disappear one day, but the water of the Yellow River is real.

A city floating on the surface of the Yellow River is as vivid as population flow. Does the Yellow River Culture only belong to Lanzhou City?

The Yellow River flows from west to east through Qinghai, Sichuan, Gansu, Ningxia, Inner Mongolia, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan and Shandong provinces, and finally flows into the Bohai Sea.

She galloped down from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the "roof of the world", and crossed the depths of the Loess Plateau, creating an endless spectacle of the Yellow River with her own vitality. On both sides of this endless river, the primitive culture of our great motherland has been nurtured, and then a splendid and colorful human civilization has been generated. Looking back today, it is this spiritual feeling that makes me yearn for the rising national hope in Ran Ran on the Loess Plateau, even though I was trapped in the enemy's prison.

Lanzhou has always been on the road of carrying forward and developing the vast Yellow River culture. The sculpture of the famous Yellow River mother makes Lanzhou Yellow River culture float in the world. Every city where the Yellow River flows is playing the card of Yellow River culture. It is obviously inappropriate to simply say that the Yellow River culture belongs only to Lanzhou.

The only relationship between Lanzhou and the Yellow River is that Lanzhou lets the Yellow River pass through the city. Become a landscape between the city and nature, unparalleled.

Sixth, Lanzhou is very concerned about other people's judgments, and there is a reason why it does not belong to a famous historical and cultural city.

Lanzhou, from the founding of the People's Republic of China to the 30 years of reform and opening up, is a city that pays special attention to the eyes of others. I am always worried that I am behind, and I am always worried that my green hills are not green. When you arrive in Lanzhou from the airport, you will feel the drought and desolation along the way, and you will feel Lanzhou's rejection of drought and its desire for green hills. Good wishes always come true. Now, not only the vegetation in Lanzhou has turned green, but also the surrounding areas of Lanzhou, which have been improved through sand control, have been greatly improved.

There are also deep reasons for not belonging to a famous historical and cultural city.

Looking at history, Lanzhou was not an important city until the middle of Qing Dynasty, and it was regarded as the marginal area of the Central Plains Dynasty, with less cultural precipitation. After the founding of New China, especially during the Cultural Revolution, the original cultural relics were destroyed on a large scale, and it was impossible to apply for a famous historical and cultural city with decent things. Lanzhou's cultural heritage is insufficient. The most important thing is that Lanzhou was established after land reclamation, and it has not been a city since ancient times. In the past, it did not belong to the category of cities.

7. Lanzhou needs to be reshaped in the future.

With Lanzhou as the coordinate center, according to the national medium-and long-term railway network planning, after the completion of railway construction such as lanzhou-chongqing railway, Lanzhou-Chengdu Railway, Lanzhou-Xinjiang Second Line, Tianping Railway, He Lan Railway, Baolan Passenger Dedicated Line and Huilan Additional Second Line, an efficient, smooth and connected railway network with passenger and freight passages as the main skeleton will be formed.

We predict that Lanzhou will play a pivotal and irreplaceable role in the western development strategy in the future, besides being a famous historical city, an important town of the Silk Road and the only provincial capital city where the Yellow River passes through the city. ...

May Lanzhou's tomorrow be more brilliant, and the people of Lanzhou welcome you!