My mom? Chapter 13

Chapter thirteen? Trip to Taiwan

20 14 mainland China can visit relatives in Taiwan Province province. Grandpa is very happy. He wants his mother to visit Taiwan Province Province. She wants to see what the place where his father has lived for many years is like. My mother, my daughter and I got a pass to Taiwan Province Province. The procedure was simple, and we began to want to travel independently. However, grandpa's American passport has expired and hasn't come down yet. It's been almost half a year, and I signed up for a tour group. Procedures are handled by tour groups, which is very convenient.

On August 20th14th12nd, we set off from Tianjin Binhai Airport and started our trip to Taiwan Province Province.

My mother flew for the first time and was very happy to look at the blue sky and white clouds outside the window. As night fell, we flew over Taipei and saw a beautiful and strange city composed of lights. Our hearts are full of infinite reverie. What would it be like-a city that has been away from the motherland for more than 60 years?

We landed at Taipei airport. At the airport, we changed NT 1:4.75, and I changed RMB 1, 000. For other large sums, we can use bank cards. We go to the hotel first. The hotel has good facilities and high grade. I ate snacks at the night market in Taipei in the evening. It was very clean. We ate local snacks and had a good time.

I had breakfast in the hotel the next day. There were Chinese and Western styles, and I didn't know what to eat. Finally, I ate Yangzhou fried rice, soybean milk, western snacks and a very comfortable breakfast.

Next, we went to the Queen Statue Park, which is a small park near the sea. There are some weathered stones by the sea, and there is a head like the Queen of England. The tour guide said that the neck of this head is getting thinner every year, and it will be broken after many years. We took a picture with the statue of the queen at the right angle. Look at the sea, the blue water is connected with the blue sky. It's really water and sky. Seeing the sea makes people relaxed and happy, and all the troubles will melt in the sea.

The lunch was not bad, and the tour guide said, "There is fish for every meal." Mother saw that the food was so delicious, and the rest was too bad, so she ate more. Later, every meal was so rich that her mother couldn't eat any more.

In the afternoon, I visited the 10 1 building, which was the tallest building in the world at that time, and the World Trade Center was being built in Shanghai. For the sake of cross-strait friendly exchanges, the buildings in Shanghai should not exceed 10 1. Visit 10 1 building, and each person will be given an interpreter. At each level, the translator will automatically introduce the characteristics of each level, which is very detailed. Through each floor, the whole Taipei can be seen at a glance. Here, you can see the Presidential Palace, the National Palace Museum in Taipei and residential areas. When I got to the top floor, I felt it was very low. If it is night, I must think I can pick the stars with my hands. I paid special attention to the anti-seismic instrument, which is made of many thick ropes and uses the swing of the mallet to cushion the impact brought by the earthquake.

On the third day, we visited qingqing grasslands. The entrance is made up of small windmills with various patterns, including blue, red, orange and green, which is very beautiful. After the windmill formation, we arrived at a large grassland with distant mountains and sheep. Aries grazes and walks on the grass, and tourists can take photos with the sheep, which is very idyllic. Finally, we came to the equestrian performance theater. The equestrian performance was wonderful. The actors ride on horseback, which is more comfortable than ordinary people on the flat ground. One immediately stood on his head and the other hid in the stirrup, winning applause from the audience.

On the fourth day, we took a bus to Alishan, which is very high. We bumped on the Panshan Highway for two hours before reaching the top of the mountain. Not far from the door, we saw three ancient trees, grandfather, father and son, criss-crossing, very affectionate. On the top of the mountain, there are many ancient trees. Mother stroked the trunk of the tree with her hand and looked up at the towering tree and the small blue sky, as if thinking about the vicissitudes of the distant tree and recalling the vicissitudes of her own years. Every tree has a history of hundreds of years. Many trees can't be carried by one person, and some even can't be carried by several people. The tour guide called this tree Shenmu, but its real name is Sabina vulgaris, just like the cypress in our hometown, except that our tree is not that long. When Japan invaded Taiwan Province Province, it was overjoyed to see these sacred trees, cut them down and transported them to Japan by small train. This is the predatory nature of Japan. We took a simple little train through the forest. This is the Alishan that I think about day and night. I read it many times in my childhood textbook. In fact, there are fewer humanistic things in Alishan. From the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain, there is no tourism project, which is more humanistic than Mount Tai and Huangshan in China and even Panshan in Jizhou.

On the fifth day, we came to Sun Moon Lake, which is very small, much smaller than the West Lake. We went to the island in the lake by dragon boat. It is said that this ship was taken by the head of state and was very luxurious. The bow is a flying golden dragon. The boatman is very talkative and says; "Now Taiwan has a negative population growth and encourages more children. If you have ten children, you don't have to do anything. " He also joked: "You can stay in Taiwan Province Province and find someone." In Taiwan Province Province, there is a people named Death. Their people call for more children so that death can continue. Negative population growth seems to have become a harsh fact. On the island, the tour guide invited us to eat braised eggs, which are said to have been eaten by Ma Ying Jiu, each 10 yuan NT. This is the only family. The old lady selling eggs is over 80 years old, and counting money every day can count her hand cramps. The island is small, and we didn't go to the top of the mountain. We walked around the lake for half a circle, bought some postcards and got back to the boat on time. Sun Moon Lake is surrounded by some high-grade residential areas. This is Sun Moon Lake, which is not as big as imagined, nor as beautiful as imagined. It seems that the imaginary scenery is the most beautiful. I finally got to know Alishan and Sun Moon Lake, and my trip to Taiwan Province Province was not in vain.

On the sixth day, we arrived at Kenting Farm. We drove for two hours and finally arrived. We didn't see any crops. We saw several stones at the seaside, one of which looked like the head of a tribal leader, so when traveling in Taiwan Province Province, we saw the most stones, which is the so-called three-point portrait and seven-point imagination. Then we went to Taroko and dug a road along the cliff. It is said that this road was built by veterans in Taiwan Province Province. There was an earthquake in Taroko a few days ago, and each of us had a helmet. Everyone walks very fast. I dragged my mother to follow everyone quickly, and no one spoke. Two mountain springs were built on the cliff, and the water flowed down from the cliff like the tears of veterans. I was very sad to see it. The tour guide said, "This is the tears of the veteran's homesickness." At that time, there were millions of veterans who went to Taiwan Province Province from the mainland, many of whom were unmarried. Life for veterans is really not easy. Many veterans never went back to the mainland until their death, left home in their twenties and finally died in a foreign land. When I first arrived in Taiwan Province Province, I didn't have a house. It took me seven years to build a family village, and then I got a house and a home. Stay in Zhiben Hot Spring at night, which is surrounded by mountains and waters and has beautiful scenery. In the ravine, the water is clear and the water temperature is just right. My mother wore a bathing suit for the first time, but she couldn't swim, so she soaked on the shore. There is a lot of water here, and there are many pools. My daughter and I swam in the hot spring for a while and came back to see my mother. Very pleasant. This is the best hot spring I have ever been in, surrounded by water mist, like a fairy falling from the sky.

On the seventh day, we went to the National Palace Museum in Taipei. The National Palace Museum in Taipei is very small. There are many ornaments in it, but they are all small. The most famous are two jadeite cabbages. These two cabbages are as big as baby cabbage, and their jade is not white, but blue, with some small black spots, like a broken baby cabbage. I think the National Palace Museum in Taipei is too ordinary and a little disappointed. We were waiting for the bus when we crossed the road outside the Forbidden City. The tour guide called us, "Come on, the driver is waiting for you." On the sidewalk about 20 meters away, a taxi is parked, waiting for us to cross the road first. The quality of drivers in Taipei is really high. We went to Chiang Kai-shek's official residence again, where there was a lot of fluff on the trunk. It is said that for the safety of President Chiang Kai-shek, no one can hide in the bushes. There is a rose garden and a plum garden in the official residence. It is said that Mrs Song Meiling likes roses and President Jiang likes plum blossoms. In fact, I like roses and plum blossoms very much, but we came at a bad time. Roses and plum blossoms are already in bloom. Two days after we arrived in Taiwan Province Province, Grandpa came down to Taipei with his passport, and we were in Tainan. On the seventh night, after dinner, my grandparents waited for us in the hotel lobby. My grandfather is healthy, ruddy and hale and hearty. My grandmother is tall and thin, white and clean, with a pair of beautiful eyes. She is a great beauty. This is the first time I have seen her. She speaks softly and sweetly, like a southern woman. Grandparents brought two boxes of Taiwan Province specialties. I don't know how my grandparents in their seventies and eighties transported these two boxes. It seems that grandparents are also real people.

On the 8th day, we flew back to Tianjin Binhai Airport from Taibei Airport, ending our 8-day trip to Taiwan Province Province. For the feelings of Taiwan Province Province, the humanistic quality is very high. On the bus, the tour guide said, "We have free water on the bus, but we can't waste it. Don't throw it away after drinking half. " In tourist attractions, tickets are not given. If necessary, you can pick it up at the door and affix your official seal. Don't waste it if you don't need it. There are many big trees in the mountains of Taiwan Province Province with rich vegetation, but I can't bear to cut down a tree. The tour guide told everyone not to bring stones, but to check at the customs. If found, it will be fined NT$ 3,000. It seems that Taiwan Province Province also attaches importance to a stone. Taiwan Province Province is very affectionate to see mainland tourists. Just like his brother whom he hasn't seen for years, drivers in Taiwan Province Province are of high quality and polite to pedestrians. After my trip to Taiwan Province Province, I feel very warm. My mother was in good health during the eight-day trip. Although she didn't walk fast, she was not tired all the way. She saw the beautiful scenery and was intoxicated by the mountains and rivers. My mother is on my left and my daughter is on my right. I am very happy and satisfied. I love the person I love and am loved by the person I love.

Postscript: Now my grandfather is 92 years old. At his age, it must be inconvenient to fly alone. He hasn't come back for two years. My mother is 74 years old. She is healthy, and her legs and feet are good. Travel is possible. I will try my best to take good care of my parents in the years to come, so that they can enjoy their old age and be happy.