Luo Xiuyun: A brief tour of the beautiful Liuzhou during the Spring Festival in the Year of the Tiger

Luo Xiuyun: A brief tour of the beautiful Liuzhou during the Spring Festival in the Year of the Tiger

The word "Liuzhou" is deeply stuck on my memory screen, maybe because of the advertisement for "Liangmianzhen Toothpaste" - —From the mid-1980s to the early 20th century, the advertising slogan on TV, “Good teeth, good health” came into my ears again and again. During the Spring Festival of the Year of the Tiger, at the invitation of a friend, our family of four took a self-driving trip to Liuzhou on the first day of the first lunar month, so that we could get to know the true face of Liuzhou.

Liuzhou is an important industrial town in Guangxi and the second largest city in Guangxi. It is listed as the third largest city in Guangxi along with the capital Nanning and the international tourist city Guilin. Moreover, Liuzhou, like Nanning and Guilin, has a long history and a long history. Cultural ancient city. Liuzhou is surrounded by mountains on three sides. Because the natural flow of the Liujiang River shapes Liuzhou into a pot shape, Liuzhou is also called the Pot City. Looking at Liuzhou City from the topographic map of mountains and rivers, the Liujiang River surrounds Liuzhou City like a jade belt, making the central city of Liuzhou look like a pot-shaped peninsula. The Qing Dynasty history book "Minutes of Du Shi Fang Yu" records: Liuzhou "is known as the Pot City, with three rivers and four rivers combined, surrounding the city like a pot". Liuzhou is also known as "Dragon City". According to the Qing Dynasty's "Liuzhou Prefecture Chronicles" and "Maping County Chronicles": "It is said that eight dragons were seen in the river, hence the name." During the Datong period of the Liang Dynasty in the Southern Dynasties, in Maping County in the south (now Liuzhou), there was a legend of "Eight Dragons Seen in the River", that is, eight dragons were playing in the Liujiang River. Therefore, "Liujiang" is called "Longjiang", and Maping County, which was built on the bank of Liujiang River, is also called Longcheng and Longcheng County. It can be seen that Liuzhou is prosperous because of water and solid because of water. Liuzhou City has diverse topography, complex structures, rolling mountains, widespread karsts, and rugged rocks. Therefore, Liuzhou is also known as the "City of Strange Stones".

Liuzhou is not only a famous historical and cultural city with a history of more than 2,000 years, carrying the endless civilization of southern China through the ages, but also a wonderful and graceful city with "green mountains, beautiful waters, strange caves and beautiful rocks". A holy land of mountains and rivers. Needless to say, Liuzhou has many tourist attractions and "appreciation spots". Unfortunately, our stay in Liuzhou was limited and we could only "see" its "appearance" and "appreciate" its "surface". The biggest regret is not being able to visit Luochi Temple (now Liuhou Temple) located in the west corner of Liuhou Park. Although I missed this "cultural tour" of special significance, the knowledge stored in my mind told me that Liuzhou in ancient times was shrouded in primitive wild forests. It was a humid and depressing place with sparsely populated people and rampant miasma. It once cast many literati's Body, 10 years after Liu Zongyuan was demoted to Yongzhou, he came to this horrifying "barbaric" place in embarrassment in the summer of 815 AD. Being sick, he expected that Liuzhou would be his burial place, but what he could not have expected was , this Luochi Temple will become his shrine and will be worshiped by cultural people who admire him for thousands of years. Time has enhanced the charm of this "Liu Liuzhou" who once did many good deeds for the people of Liuzhou - after he passed away and returned to the west, generations of literati, big and small, came with reverence to pay homage to this Tang who died in the Southern Wilderness. A great writer of our time.

Liuzhou is worthy of being the "second city" of Guangxi. Of course, Nanning is far ahead in terms of total GDP, but the second-ranked Liuzhou (equivalent to Zhuzhou, Hunan) and the third-ranked Guilin are the same The difference is huge. From the height of the city, Liuzhou's skyline shocked me, a tourist who grew up in Zhuzhou, Hunan's second city and now lives in Changsha: 31 high-rise buildings with a height of 150 meters and more than 50 floors have been completed or topped out, and 31 are under construction or under construction. There are 12 planned buildings, but there are only 7 buildings over 50 floors in Zhuzhou. Although Zhuzhou’s urban development and infrastructure are second only to Changsha and obviously better than other prefecture-level cities, the city height is not small compared with Liuzhou. The gap is an indisputable fact. Currently, Liuzhou's landmark building is the 303-meter-high, 77-story Diwang Building, which has the same number of floors as the "Suning Plaza" in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, known as the "Eye of the City." Diwang Building covers a diverse combination of urban functions and is an "urban value chain" integrating office, business, hotel, residence, shopping, culture, entertainment, social networking, leisure and recreation.

The suspended glass walkway on the 75th floor of the building is a stimulating and experiential tourism project that "plays with the heartbeat". Its height makes many tourists feel "envy" and regard it as a daunting journey, and they can only watch it. Watching others challenge that little "House of Liangan" step by step with fear. The initial section of the 1.5-meter-wide glass plank road has guardrails. After that, there is no obstruction, and the "fright" index will increase accordingly. Although there is a solid rope connected to the safety buckle of the experiencer and tied to a safe The place ensures that the experiencer will not be in any danger, but it does take courage to walk on the transparent glass plank road hundreds of meters above the ground. Although this blogger is nearly 70 years old, he is in good health under God’s care and has no “three highs” or dizziness. There is also no “inflammation” in several parts of the cervical spine, lumbar spine, shoulders, knees and other areas prone to “inflammation”, so I have I am determined to play "Heartbeat" with my son and daughter-in-law. Sure enough, after fastening my seat belt, I walked on the glass plank road of "Dragon City Top", "the colors were not messy and the sun was as bright as usual", and I challenged one of the difficult shapes of "Dapeng Spreading Wings", which won the hearts of many tourists. Likes. After the challenge, I got a piece of paper "Genting Sightseeing. Warrior Certificate" and wrote "This is to certify that Luo Xiuyun has become the 63124th extreme warrior on the Genting Sightseeing Sky Glass Plank Road, and successfully conquered the world's highest, most thrilling, and most exciting Sky Glass Exhibition Plank Road in the Diwang 303 Building in Liuzhou, Guangxi. Certificate!”

I have been to hundreds of large and medium-sized cities across the country, and Liuzhou has two “best” in my mind: the most beautiful scenery along the river and the most beautiful night scene.

Liuzhou’s riverside scenery belt surrounds the Huanjiang Waterfront Avenue, forming a more than 30-kilometer leisure greenway and landscape belt along the river. Along the way, there are blue waves, blue skies, lush green mountains, and There are green jungles, towering ancient trees, charming beaches, quiet paths, endless bamboo seas, and cultural attractions that deposit history and culture; there are charming, unique and poetic minority customs; there are places that highlight the history and culture of Dragon City and take you there The ancient town of Yaobu ??passes through the Zhen Shiguang Tunnel; there are waterfalls sloping down from the mountainside with splashing water; there are 24 Liujiang Bridges with unique charm, different shapes, and "bridge views" of each bridge and scene...

As night fell, we boarded the "Water Star" No. 1 cruise ship to enjoy the light-themed night views on both sides of the Liujiang River. However, we saw the dense lights on the buildings of different heights along the river like stars in the sky, radiating out The embroidery is exquisite, colorful and dazzling. The lights are reflected in the clear river water, making the Liujiang River full of light and overlapping reflections, giving people a dreamlike and fairyland-like feeling. The lights on the buildings on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, the neon-flashed bridges, the graceful and colorful musical fountains, together with the moon and stars in the sky, form a stunning and beautiful picture of the same color of the scenery and the sky, complementing each other. This scene makes people unable to help but chant Tang Dynasty poems: "The stars hang over the vast plains, the moon surges into the great rivers", and "The sun and the sea grow into the night, and the rivers spring into the old year". It can be said that the night view of Liujiang River is a beautiful intersection of Liuzhou's history and modernity under the colorful lights.

Snail noodles are a nationally famous Liuzhou specialty snack. It has one thing in common with Hunan’s stinky tofu: it smells stinky but tastes delicious. Snail noodle is a staple food made with snail soup and rice noodles. It has a unique flavor of spicy, refreshing, fresh, sour and hot. I think people in Liuzhou are very good at publicity. Didn’t you see that the advertisement for snail noodle “Hao Huan Luo – The beauty behind all misunderstandings” is not only on CCTV, but also on the Focus Media screen in the elevator of the community where this blogger lives. This slogan rings out day and night, and in the small elevator room, you have to look and listen even if you don't want to see it - the snail powder has entered your eyes, ears, and heart, but are you still afraid of not eating it? No wonder the little snail noodles have been turned into a "three tens of billions" big industry by Liuzhou people!

Liuzhou is the "home base" of Wuling Hongguang, the national sacred car. While most parts of the country still "dislike" the lack of electricity compared with oil, Liuzhou has taken the lead in embarking on the wave of the new energy era. As we all know, Baojun E series is very popular in Liuzhou, and there is even a new regional term called "Liuzhou model". The compact and agile two-seater mini car is an "artifact" for short-distance transportation in the city. It can be said that there is no pressure from parking and traffic jams.

Once upon a time, minicars became the "urban elves" that shuttled through the traffic, and also became a scenery on the streets of Liuzhou that amazed outsiders like me.

On the afternoon of the fourth day of the first lunar month, we had to say "goodbye" to the beautiful and colorful Liuzhou with lingering feelings and reluctance - accompanied by "the aftertaste will remain, we will come again" "With the heartbeat and the wheels rolling forward, Liuzhou City gradually disappears from our sight, but the beautiful impression Liuzhou left on us will never disappear...

Hunan Blogger: Luo Xiuyun

Written on February 5, 2022 at my younger brother’s residence-Zhuzhou Midea City