In the disappearing country, the father and son retain their memories.

From folk stories, we can know the cultural background and humanistic feelings at that time.

The following are the disappearing villages I recommend for everyone. The father and son have many memories:

This film was filmed by Zhang, a resident of Dong Tang Village, Yangming Street, nanchang district, Wuxi City, Jiangsu Province. The hero of this film is his 67-year-old father Zhang Xujin. In the movie, Lao Zhang has a wish to write a "village history" for the village where he has lived for many years before the village is rebuilt, to commemorate those villages that have disappeared before our eyes and the neighborhood feelings that once felt like a family. He finally got his wish and published Impression of Zhang Qiao, the first rural history in China. Zhang paid tribute to his father with a film. Unexpectedly, this 8-minute micro-film full of warmth and faint sadness actually made countless netizens cry on the spot.

Village demolition

The flowing water of the small bridge gradually disappeared.

Zhang is 37 years old and was born in Xiaoqiao Village, Zhangqiu, Qingyi Community, Yangming Street, Wuxi City, Jiangsu Province (now renamed Dong Tang Village). He was born here, grew up here, and returned to the village to live with his parents after marriage. This simple little village has all his childhood memories.

When I was a child, there was a small earth slope behind the village. Zhang and his friends gather here to play games after school. Everyone rushed down the slope together. Whoever runs to the finish line first wins, and the winner gets a marble. Once, when Zhang Chong came down, he tripped over a stone and his chin was bleeding. His friends were frightened and shouted adults in unison. At that time, the village was very small, and shouting was like broadcasting, and almost the whole village could hear it. Hearing the shouts, adults will come from all directions.

Since 2000, Zhangqiu Xiaoqiao Village has been demolished and rebuilt. The small house with blue bricks and white tiles is gone, and the original small slope is gone. The old banyan tree in memory was also dug up. Watching the roar of the excavator erase those things in his memory one by one, I felt an unspeakable discomfort.

Compared with his son, Zhang Xujin, a 67-year-old father, has deeper feelings for Zhangqiu Xiaoqiao Village. When I was a child, Zhangmu Xiaoqiao Village was surrounded by two rivers, and the river was clear. Every morning, many women who wash clothes and wash rice gather on both sides of the river, and everyone chats about their daily life and starts their day. In summer, this river becomes a playground for children. When I came home from school, I threw away my schoolbag and immediately jumped into the river to take a bath and swim. At that time, there were a lot of fish in the river. As soon as the net was cast, the food was solved at night.

When Zhang was born, the river was no longer clear because of pollution. Later, the water disappeared, leaving only the dry river bed. Every time I hear my father talk about this river, Zhang will say regretfully to his young son, "Your grandfather grew up drinking the water here." The son asked his father inexplicably, "Can you drink such smelly water?" ? I'm sure I will have a stomachache. "Zhang was speechless.

In the evening, father and son were sitting in the yard chatting, and Zhang told his father what his son said as a joke. Hearing this, Zhang Xujin sighed lightly and said, "Don't say that these young people are from the older generation. How many people can remember the things in the village before?". Sometimes, I really want to do something to keep a souvenir. Otherwise, when we leave, who will know what Zhang Qiao was like before? " Zhang immediately agreed. Zhang Xujin decided to write a "village history" for Zhang Muxiaoqiao Village, so that the original imprint of this village was preserved.

In order to relieve his father's fatigue, Zhang Bang looked for a lot of information. Zhang Xujin began to walk in the streets of the village to visit the old people. An 80-year-old man in the village heard that he was going to write a history of the village. He was very interested and told Zhang Xujin a lot. There is an old artist in the village, Master Qi, who sells tofu all his life. In order to record the process of making tofu, I rushed to Master Qi's house at five o'clock in the morning and wrote while watching. Zhang believes that words alone are not enough, and it will be more intuitive if accompanied by pictures. In his spare time, he "interviewed" with his father, who recorded it in writing, and he recorded it with a lens. The father and son completed the village history together.

Father began to write village history.

Leave the memory behind.

In the process of writing village history, Zhang Xujin is not proficient in many geographical materials, so he can only ask his son for help online. In order to make it more convenient, I taught my father to surf the Internet hand in hand. Every night, Zhang Xujin taps the keyboard finger by finger. In the light, my father looks so pious that he seems to be completing a great project.

At the beginning of 2006, Impression Zhang began to write. At this time, the demolition work of Zhangqiu Xiaoqiao Village continues. One morning, Zhang Gang went out, quickly turned back, picked up the camera and rushed out. Father hurried to catch up and asked, "What's the matter?" Zhang vaguely replied, "The stone mill will be dismantled." Hearing this, the Zhang Xujin followed.

The stone mill in Zhangkou is actually a flat big stone, which was used by villagers to grind noodles. This stone mill has too many wonderful memories for Zhang. Living in the countryside, I always feel the season through the food on the table. After March, there will be a wild vegetable in the field, which is Zhang's favorite. After the mother picked the wild vegetables, she put the soaked glutinous rice on a stone mill to grind it out, then chopped the wild vegetables and mixed it with flour, and then smashed the dough with a hammer. The juice of wild vegetables penetrates into the noodles, which is especially fragrant after steaming. Over the years, the stone mill has stayed there quietly. Now, because of the demolition, the stone mill will be smashed and transported away by the excavator. Zhang took time to take a lot of photos. He knows that the impression of "The Stone Mill" may only be seen on TV or visited in museums.

In the evening, Zhang sorted out the photos and posted them on the local forum. This post attracted many people's attention. Some netizens said: "With the collapse of those old houses, the old streets disappeared, the deep hutongs disappeared, the spacious courtyards disappeared, the green vines and dense vines crawling all over the courtyards disappeared, the fragrant Toona sinensis trees in spring disappeared, the white Sophora japonica covered with branches in May disappeared, the crows of chickens and dogs disappeared, and the figures of neighbors walking back and forth in the hutongs disappeared. And if these disappear, they will never come back. " Zhang relayed to his father, which strengthened his belief in writing village history.

In the Spring Festival of 2008, Impression of Zhang Qiao entered the finishing work. In the last article, Zhang suggested that his father write "the flavor of the year", because Chinese New Year is the festival that best reflects local culture and customs. As it was written, Zhang Xujin took off his glasses and said to his son, "Now the smell of Chinese New Year has disappeared without a trace. The new year is as usual. Family members have a meal together and say "Happy New Year". Even after this year, children are not looking forward to the New Year, because they can buy anything they can eat during the New Year. Now the Chinese New Year is just a form. "

On New Year's Day, Zhang comforted his father and said, "I will accompany you to pay New Year greetings to those uncles and aunts this year. There are some things we can't change, but we can keep the New Year. "

On New Year's Day, Zhang accompanied his father to those old neighbors' homes to pay New Year's greetings. Zhang accompanied his father for several hours. After coming back, some young players came to their home one after another. The whole village seems to be alive again.

On August 13, 2008, Impression of Zhang Qiao was officially published. Father finally completed this huge project, and Zhang was happy for his father from the bottom of his heart.

Pay tribute to father

Let the distant beauty freeze.

After the publication of Impression of Zhang Qiao, he became a celebrity in the village, and everyone in the village liked to chat with him, hoping that he would record more things. Zhang gave a camera to his father and became a "baby". He holds it in his hand and pats it around every day. In the following years, I have been recording the changes of Zhang Bridge with my meager strength.

Looking at his father's busy day, Zhang wants to do something for him. Thinking about it, Zhang wanted to make a micro-film for his father and record the whole process of his father writing village history. At the beginning of the film, it says, "Everyone has a wish, some big and some small. Lao Zhang's wish will always be linked with Zhang Muxiao Qiao ..."

After the 20 14 Spring Festival, the film officially started shooting. Zhang is not a professional photographer. He didn't grasp many scenes well and wasted a lot of film. After the villagers knew it, they spontaneously organized an open-air party. Everyone has come up with their own unique skills. I hope Zhang can record all this.

One day in April of 20 14, it was raining heavily outside. Zhang said to Zhang, "Every time it rains, I hide under the eaves and watch the rain pour down. At that time, there were many lotus leaves in the lotus pond. I like to pick a lotus leaf and hold it in my hand to keep out the rain. " Your grandmother said that making tea with the rain of lotus leaves is especially fragrant. "This scene suddenly hit Zhang's heart. He put on his raincoat and said to his father, "Dad, if you don't mind, can you take a picture with me?" Zhang Xujin promised to come down. On a rainy day, father and son stood in the rain for more than an hour.

After five months of production, Lao Zhang's wish has finally been fulfilled. On Father's Day, June, 2065 438+04 15, Zhang put this microfilm online. Suddenly, countless netizens watched, and everyone left a message behind: "Everyone has a hometown, which is where we think about it day and night. However, many people go back and find that the smell of their hometown is gone. There is no denying that many people have lived a better life because of demolition, but at some point, we always miss our previous life, maybe it is a person, maybe it is a thing, maybe it is just a bun under our mother. Just like Lao Zhang, everyone has a wish. What is your wish? We always hope that some things will last forever, even if it is only in our hearts. "

The above is the disappearing countryside, and the father and son have kept all the contents of thousands of memories. You are welcome to share the story with your relatives and friends!

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