Beijing News (Reporter Zhang Yu) In recent years, "characteristic tourist towns" built around folk culture have blossomed everywhere in China. Whether it’s focusing on peasant customs or telling stories depending on the local historical background, building a characteristic town has become the key path for many areas to build tourism industry and get rid of poverty and become rich. However, the results of blooming everywhere are not overly optimistic, and some characteristic towns are declining at an unexpected speed.

　

Donghuang Town, located in Liquan County, Xianyang, has been open for less than a year, and merchants have closed their doors. Now the whole town has become an "empty city". Similar "short-lived" phenomenon still exists in Bailuyuan Folk Culture Village in Lantian County of Xi ‘an and Hexianfang Folk Culture Village in Fuping County of Weinan. When visiting these "short-lived" characteristic towns, the Beijing News reporter found that the direct reasons for the decline of the towns are that the investment is not cautious, the style characteristics are not prominent, and the overall consumption link lacks linkage. However, it is bound to be impracticable to put the construction idea of making quick money and making quick achievements on the construction of characteristic towns.

　

People go to empty characteristic towns. Beijing News reporter Zhang Yu photo

　

In less than a year, Donghuang Town in Xianyang, Shaanxi Province became an "empty city"

　

How long does it take for a characteristic town from birth to death? On this issue, Donghuang Town, located in the southeast of Liquan County, Xianyang City, Shaanxi Province, gave a sad answer of "less than one year". It was grandly opened in October 2015, and in August 2016, merchants closed in batches. The whole town came in a hurry.

　

Donghuang Town is about 35 kilometers away from Xianyang City and belongs to Dongsheng Village, Liquan County. Due to the speed limit of the road, it takes nearly an hour to drive from Xianyang to the town. Taxi drivers told the Beijing News that people who travel to Liquan will go straight to the famous scenic spot yuanjiacun, where they can eat, live and play. As for Donghuang Town, the local driver in Xianyang has only heard of it on the news and has never been there.

　

In today’s Donghuang town, all the shops on both sides of each street are locked. The messy tables and chairs and abandoned building tools around the stage at the entrance show that there have been no tourists here for a long time. The same depression also appeared in the dining "castle" across the street from the town and the amusement square next to the village Committee.

　

In contrast, the poster of Oktoberfest and the banner of "Moral Model Commendation Conference" written in the square of Donghuang Town are a little lively. Wang Pinghan, director of Dongsheng Village, told the reporter that Donghuang Town has been "abandoned" for a long time, and there are no businesses operating here. The posters and conference banners on the square about Oktoberfest were used by Dongsheng Village Committee in organizing activities in the past two months.

　

Occasionally, villagers go for a walk in Donghuang Town Square. Beijing News reporter Zhang Yu photo

　

"It’s been too long, there are no tourists, and the businesses have left. At present, the whole town is temporarily left, and there is no way to deal with it. Occasionally, villagers will go for a walk inside. Because the venue is relatively large, there are some collective activities in our village. Come here."

　

Dongsheng Village, where Donghuang Town is located, consists of four natural villages, namely Donghuang Village, Xiaobai Village, Xigao Village and Yanji Village (formerly known as Jicun, with the word "drill" and later renamed Yanji Village). Among them, Yanji Village, the nearest to Donghuang Town, was also the main source of land transfer during the construction of the town at that time.

　

Is it a special case that people go to the empty Donghuang town in less than a year? On the reporter’s visit, Donghuang Town was not the only one that became an "empty city".

　

The Bailuyuan Folk Culture Village, located in Lantian County, Xi ‘an, also in Shaanxi Province, is now closed. The reporter saw the words "road construction, renovation and upgrading in the park" on a signboard at the entrance of the scenic spot.

　

Bailuyuan Folk Culture Village is undergoing upgrading. Beijing News reporter Zhang Yu photo

　

Walking into the interior of the scenic spot, we found that only three businesses are operating normally, namely, a small shop selling drinks, a restaurant specializing in Shaanxi cuisine and a music bar with a modern decoration. Everywhere else, the doors and windows are closed, and the houses and landscapes in the scenic area are also very shabby. According to a person who once worked in the project, Bailuyuan Folk Culture Village opened on May 1, 2016. After the Spring Festival in 2017, the number of tourists dropped sharply, and the excitement lasted only less than one year.

　

Repeated "snack street" merchants don’t even collect the deposit.

　

"There were a lot of people when I first opened the business. I saw 20,000 to 30,000 people at the most in a day. In addition to tourists from the county, there were also people from Xianyang and Xi’ an, but the number of people who came later suddenly decreased." When it comes to Donghuang Town, a wang xing villager in Yanji Village is in deep sorrow.

　

The investor of Donghuang Town Project is Western Rural Modern Agriculture Co., Ltd. In July 2013, the company’s modern agricultural parks were approved as the fifth batch of provincial modern agricultural parks in Shaanxi. Yuan Zhongmin, who once worked in the agricultural park, told the reporter, "At that time, it was proposed to build a model of park+scenic spot+community, and Donghuang Town was a folk tourist scenic spot." For several years, Yuan Zhongmin has been working in the agricultural park, mainly responsible for agricultural production and fruit tree management.

　

According to him, the whole Donghuang Town project covered an area of more than 100 mu at that time, including the main body of the town, the opposite dining castle and the amusement square next to the village Committee. The surrounding villagers originally used apple tree planting as their main source of income. "Later, I thought about engaging in special tourism to attract tourists like yuanjiacun, and seeing that people are doing so well, everyone wants to do a similar one."

　

In May 2015, the catering castle took the lead in opening. On October 1st of the same year, Donghuang Town was officially opened, with the slogan of "Guanzhong Grand Collection", focusing on snacks and various folk workshops.

　

"There are more than 300 merchants in 4 streets of the town, which are basically snack bars, and there are several selling agricultural and sideline foods. Even if we eat a lot of patterns here, can there be more than 300 without repetition? Moreover, tourists from around come to play, and people can eat 8 yuan a bowl of scorpion noodles at their doorstep. Why come here to eat 12 yuan a bowl? "

　

In Donghuang town, which is now deserted, although the shops have closed, we can also see the former style here from its dilapidated signs. There are almost signs of snacks and catering on both sides of the street, including Shaanxi’s signature foods such as basin mutton, Chinese hamburger and Hele, as well as street-side "tiger balm" snacks such as French fries and squid. Moreover, there are several shops selling Chinese buns in the same street.

　

Yuan Zhongmin’s family once set up shop in Donghuang town. After listening to my son’s suggestion, I decided to cooperate with the town investors and rent a small storefront of 12 square meters. Mainly selling hand-grabbed cakes and drinks. He told reporters that even during the peak period of passenger flow, the profit of the store is very small.

　

"There are 5 cakes in hand. When there are many tourists, you can sell 500 yuan a day. Like when there are few people, it is 50 yuan, which is still counted as drinks. Think about it, the number of cakes sold this day is sometimes less than double digits." Yuan Zhongmin remembers that the monthly cost of the store is 2,000 to 3,000 yuan, including noodles, oil, spices and utilities. "This is not the salary of hiring people in 100 yuan every day. No matter how much you earn, you will give it at the end of the month."

　

In the end, the hand-held cake shop opened with the town closed in July of the following year. However, as stipulated in the contract at that time, the deposit should be returned to the merchants after two years. Yuan Zhongmin, who left less than one year after opening, has not received his own deposit of 40,000 yuan.

　

Four "White Deer Plains" are close to each other, which leads to aesthetic fatigue.

　

Because of the novel by writer Chen Zhongshi and the TV series of the same name, "White Deer Plain" has become one of the pronouns of Shaanxi folk customs. Bailuyuan is the largest loess tableland in Xi ‘an, covering an area of more than 260 square kilometers, covering Chang ‘an District, Baqiao District and Lantian County.

　

"At that time, when the folk culture village was built, the TV series" Bailuyuan "was still being filmed. At that time, only everyone knew that there was a place called Bailuyuan." Kang Jie, who is familiar with the operation of the project, told reporters that Bailuyuan was called Dizhaiyuan in the past, which means the place where Di Qing stationed troops and camped. The name of Bailuyuan comes from an earlier allusion of "Zhou Pingwang moved the capital". "When Mr. Chen Zhongshi’s novel comes out, it will have another communication effect on this place. Now it is called Bailuyuan."

　

Until now, Kang Jie still feels that the quality of merchants in the once "Bailuyuan Folk Culture Village", whether closed down or still in continuous operation, is the best among all characteristic folk villages in the province.

　

There are many merchants selling snacks in Bailuyuan Folk Culture Village, and now they have all closed their stores. Beijing News reporter Zhang Yu photo

　

"The delicacies represented by Shaanxi, such as belt noodles, pulled noodles and braised three delicacies, are all invited by the scenic spots to have the title of China culinary master. From eating this piece, our overall quality is very high."

　

Kang Jie remembers that the Bailuyuan Folk Culture Village had a total passenger flow of 100,000 in the first three days. The most brilliant time was during the Spring Festival in 2017. Due to the light show and various cultural performances in the scenic spot, tourists were full, and reached 150,000 passengers a day on the 15th day of the first month of Lantian County Social Fire Competition. At that time, no one would have thought that the fifteenth day of the first month was the highest peak of the folk culture village, and then it went downhill endlessly.

　

"First, the number of tourists decreased, and then the income gap between stores began to become obvious. The shops with good locations and good projects had a very large passenger flow. Some shops with bad locations went to fewer people, and the shopkeepers didn’t have the strength to do it. Finally, it became a vicious circle."

　

When asked about the reasons, Kang Jie felt that there were too many homogeneous projects in Shaanxi Province, which led to the aesthetic fatigue of tourists. "Like a wind, in the area of Bailuyuan, in addition to our folk village at that time, there are also studios, Bailucang and Baizhangzhang, all of which focus on the Guanzhong culture of Bailuyuan, and the distance between the four houses is no more than 20 kilometers."

　

According to public reports, in July 2016, Bailuyuan Film and Television City, about 10 kilometers away from Bailuyuan Folk Culture Village, was opened, and Bailucang was officially opened in April 2017, because it is closer to Lantian City and Xi ‘an, and there will be more leisure tourists on weekends. The scenic spot of Bojizhang Village, also located in Lantian County, opened in the second half of 2016, with fewer tourists than when it was first opened, but its operation continued. The four scenic spots are not only close, but also the opening time can be regarded as "front and back feet", with an interval of no more than one year.

　

In fact, among the four similar scenic spots, Bailuyuan Film and Television City is still hot. On the day of the reporter’s interview, a large parking lot was almost occupied. On the one hand, the tourist facilities in the scenic spot are more diverse and perfect, and on the other hand, the investor Shaanxi Tourism Group Co., Ltd. is rich in funds. According to public reports, Bailuyuan Film and Television City invested more than 600 million, while Bailuyuan Folk Culture Village invested about 350 million. Regarding the investment in the project, Kang Jie said that the actual investment was smaller than this figure, and the specific amount was not disclosed.

　

A small town engaged in mahjong competition, an unreliable marketing

　

In 2016, Mr. Hu came to Bailuyuan Folk Culture Village to run a food and beverage store. So far, he is still one of the businesses that "Wei San" is operating here. For him who opened a restaurant in his hometown in Jiangsu and originally wanted to earn some money in the scenic spot, the goods in his hand have become a burden to get rid of now.

　

"This street, when it was first opened, people couldn’t walk. Later, the scenic spot changed operators, the personnel were streamlined, the management didn’t go up, and some activities didn’t work. Finally, it became like this."

　

Regarding the statement of changing the operator, Kang Jie said that after the passenger flow in the scenic spot declined, he changed the operator twice, but the effect was not good. "At that time, I felt that what we were doing here was unprofessional, so I found a professional operation team to cooperate, including scenic spot positioning, investment promotion and planning and publicity."

　

Kang Jie told reporters that the new operators moved in in June 2017 and early 2018 respectively. The former only maintained a cooperative relationship for two months, while the latter was responsible for the operation of the scenic spot until the Spring Festival of 2019, but the number of tourists did not improve significantly during that period. Now, recalling some activities and methods of the cooperative company at that time, Kang Jie thinks that it is "not very reliable".

　

"The first cooperative company, the first activity that came in was a mahjong competition. The grand prize was a car worth 60,000 yuan. The competition was to pick the first place at each table, then play the second round together, and give a bottle of wine for each win." Kang Jie recalled, "It took at least 100,000 yuan to go in, but there was no drainage effect at all. All the people who came were unemployed people living in villages near the scenic spot. They were close, loved drinking and playing mahjong. In the end, it was really a villager who won the car."

　

More than 300 merchants originally settled in the scenic spot, after two changes of operators, only less than 100 households were left. Kang Jie remembers that from 2018, the original investor Shaanxi Weishui Cultural Industry Investment Co., Ltd. began to seek equity transfer and stopped operating, and finally finalized the transferee in the first half of 2019.

　

The banner of "International Beer Festival" is also hung on the square of Donghuang Town. Beijing News reporter Zhang Yu photo

　

During the opening of Donghuang Town, Yuan Zhongmin felt that although the passenger flow was large, there was a big reason for continuing to "spend money" on activities. Including opera competitions and singing competitions, in less than a year since its opening, various activities in Donghuang Town have been almost uninterrupted. On the premise that "the omen of death" appeared in the town in July 2016, on the 16th of the same month, Donghuang Town also invested in a large-scale K-song activity, with an investment cost of more than 1 million. "I invited a star and sang three songs, and her appearance fee alone was 230,000."

　

"Sometimes you can sing for a month. Every day, people come, there are many tourists, and businesses are happy, but the money you spend can be earned back very little, because at that time, in order to attract businesses, it was a rent-free policy and only a deposit was paid."

　

Yuanjiacun’s success does not allow tourists to leave after eating.

　

When it comes to characteristic towns, people usually get the impression of buildings with certain customs and a street full of snacks. As the most direct source of income in tourist towns, snacks and catering seem to be the necessities of every scenic spot. It’s just that tourists "eat and wipe their mouths", and it’s obviously not enough to eat and stroll alone.

　

Not far from the entrance of Bailuyuan Folk Culture Village, the reporter saw a hotel. Throughout the entire scenic area, there is only one place for tourists to stay. Kang Jie told reporters that the only hotel was built nearly a year after the opening of the scenic spot. Tourists arrive at the scenic spot, spend more than an hour shopping, and then return to the county seat and urban area, with no subsequent consumption in accommodation and entertainment.

　

"In Shaanxi, there are many models of such folk villages and characteristic towns, but there are few successful cases. There are snacks, catering, accommodation and some entertainment facilities, so that tourists can stay, like the star town of yuanjiacun. It has developed for such a long time, and now it has formed this closed loop a little bit." Kang Jie said.

　

In 2007, Yuanjia Village, located in Yanxia Town, Liquan County, Xianyang, officially began to develop tourism, and it still maintains an annual passenger flow of about 6 million. The day of the reporter’s interview was a Friday. Even if it was not a rest day, the alleys in yuanjiacun were still full, and snacks and catering were particularly popular.

　

Catering shops in yuanjiacun are still hot. Beijing News reporter Zhang Yu photo

　

Wang Chuangzhan, director of the village committee in yuanjiacun, felt that from the beginning, yuanjiacun’s own tourism resources were actually lacking. Although there is Zhaoling scenic spot less than 10 kilometers from the village, it is still not enough to attract tourists. "When you go to Shaanxi to see history, most tourists look at the Terracotta Warriors and Horses, and then it may be Ganling. Many people only found out after staying in yuanjiacun that there was a Zhaoling not far away."

　

From folk tourism to food and beverage to holiday accommodation, the interval between the development of each stage is less than two years, so the popularity of yuanjiacun has been continued in the rapid upgrade. After the direction of vacation was formally determined in 2010, in addition to introducing homestays, boutique inns and hotels, along the extension of vacation, yuanjiacun successively built amusement parks at the entrance of scenic spots and bar streets open at night.

　

Yuanjiacun has also changed from the earliest street with two rows of houses to a tourist town with an area of nearly 400 mu, including three commercial streets: Ancestral Temple Street, Shuyuan Street and Huimin Street.

　

"It is definitely unsustainable to start making folk experiences and snacks alone. The consumption is low and the quantity is small. When tourists come and walk around, they can’t keep people. Therefore, we have to continue to develop catering and then go to a homestay where tourists can stay. What can I do if I stay? We opened a bar street and a playground, and completed the whole line, so that yuanjiacun can finally become a good place for a holiday. "

　

Today, there are more than 3,000 business operators in yuanjiacun, which is three times the number of villagers in yuanjiacun village. These people are also regarded as "new villagers" in yuanjiacun.

　

Can’t just be regarded as a "money-making business"

　

In terms of income, part of the income of characteristic towns comes from the rent of settled merchants. However, for unsuccessful towns, even in the booming period when they just started business, the monthly profits of merchants are very small.

　

"At the hottest time, the monthly income of the scenic spot is 1 million, which is already very good, but when we calculate the cost of the month, the salary of the employees of the scenic spot and the company, plus the water and electricity bills, will almost be close to 1 million." Up to now, Shaanxi Weishui Cultural Industry Investment Co., Ltd. has only one project, Bailuyuan Folk Culture Village. For investors who only rely on shareholders’ capital contribution and merchants’ rent after opening, the cost pressure can be imagined.

　

Kang Jie summed up the development of folk villages as the failure of "business field" in the mode of characteristic folk villages and characteristic towns. "In the final analysis, I think the mode initiated and invested by enterprises is different from that of tourism in yuanjiacun."

　

"It is said that the previous operating partners are eager for quick success and instant benefit, and we are not. The entire scenic spot invests a lot of money every month. Shareholders will continue to make money when they see it. If the benefits are not good, they will not dare to put the money in their hands, and they will not see the’ profit-making’. The momentum at the beginning of construction will soon disappear. "

　

Although it is a working day, yuanjiacun is still full of tourists. Beijing News reporter Zhang Yu photo

　

The starting point mentioned by Kang Jie is different because the tourism in yuanjiacun is developed and managed by the village committee. Although accepting external investment, the settlement and management of merchants need to be unified by the village Committee. Everyone wants to make the town a "money-making business", but a visionary village Committee may cherish and care more about its hometown.

　

The three main streets in yuanjiacun, Ancestral Hall Street, Huimin Street and Shuyuan Street, were invested and built by different investors, and they also presented three different theme styles: homestay, snacks and cultural creation. "The first step in attracting investment needs to be connected to the village Committee. We need to see whether the merchants are needed in the development of yuanjiacun as a whole, and whether they are controllable and safe. These conditions are met and the merchants will land again."

　

In the process of development, there are naturally problems. The outstanding problem is the attitude of the villagers in the village after the external merchants settle in to earn money. At this time, a reasonable, inclusive and prestigious village Committee is very important.

　

"Some merchants who have settled in are doing very well. The villagers want to make money from this project, but we will resolutely oppose it because we want to protect the rights and interests of these well-done merchants." Wang Chuangzhan said, "But in the final analysis, the development of yuanjiacun is to make the villagers rich. In this case, the village committee will coordinate with the merchants to see if the business can be industrialized, and then let the villagers join in the form of shares and enjoy the benefits every year. At present, this kind of dividend is also part of the villagers’ operation of their own farmhouses. "

　

Nowadays, Yuan Zhongmin is retired at home, and it is the "tail" of summer vacation. Every day, accompanying his grandson has become the whole of his life. When he mentions Donghuang Town, he can’t help but sigh. Kang Jie has already left his job in Bailuyuan Folk Culture Village and opened a small factory. For the previous experience, he felt that it was a pity and powerless. "Continue to invest money, but also be able to hold on to the time when you don’t make money."

　

(At the request of the interviewee, Kang Jie is a pseudonym in this article. )

　

Beijing News reporter Zhang Yu

Editor Zhang Shujing proofreads Wang Xin.

Everyone knows that there are many snacks in old Beijing, among which thirteen are the most representative, which are collectively called "Thirteen Unique Snacks in Old Beijing". Which thirteen are they? Have you tasted them all? Which one do you like best?

rolling donkey, a Beijing snack

Bean flour cake, also known as snowballing usury, is one of the ancient snacks in Beijing. Its raw material is steamed with yellow wheat water, and the dough is slightly softened with more water. In addition, the soybeans are fried and rolled into flour. When making, the steamed yellow rice flour is covered with soybean flour and rolled into pieces, then coated with red bean paste (brown sugar can also be used), rolled up, cut into small pieces of about 100 grams, and sprinkled with white sugar. When making, the stuffing is required to be rolled evenly, with distinct layers and yellow appearance, which is characterized by fragrance, sweetness, stickiness and strong flavor of soybean powder.

Yellow bean is the main raw material of bean flour cake, so it is called bean flour cake. But why is it also called "snowballing"? It seems to be an image metaphor. After it is made, it is rolled in the yellow bean, as if the countryside is really snowballing and raising dust, hence the name. Nowadays, many people only know the nickname, but don’t know its proper name. At present, snack bars are available all year round, but most of them have changed from yellow wheat to Jiangmi noodles, because the color of soybean noodles is still yellow, which is a favorite snack of the masses.

steamed cake/bun made of glutinous rice with sweet filling

Aiwowo, a traditional snack in Beijing, is served in snack bars in Beijing around the Lunar New Year every year and sold until late summer and early autumn, so Aiwowo is also a spring and autumn variety, and it is now available all year round.

Aiwowo has a long history. In the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, "Taking glutinous rice with sesame seeds as a cold cake and filling it with pills as a nest" is also true in ancient times.

It can be seen that this kind of food is washed and soaked with glutinous rice, then steamed in a steamer, cooled and kneaded evenly, pulled into small doses, pressed into round skins, wrapped with peach kernels, sesame seeds, melon seeds, green plums, golden cakes and sugar, and mixed into stuffing, which became the food called Wowo in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty. But why did it become a love nest later? Because an emperor loved this kind of nest, when he wanted to eat it or wanted to eat it, he ordered, "Love the nest." Later, when this kind of food was introduced to the people, ordinary people could not and dared not say the word "imperial", so they omitted the word "imperial" and called it "love nest".

The glutinous rice used for the skin of Aiwowo has been steamed, and the stuffing is also fried with peach kernel, melon kernel, sesame kernel and sugar in advance, so it can be eaten after it is cooked.

Candy roll

The main ingredients of the candied fruit are yam and jujube, with auxiliary materials such as plum, peach kernel and melon kernel. Fresh yam is nutritious and contains protein, refined fiber and vitamins, which is a traditional Chinese medicine. Chinese medicine believes that yam is warm, sweet and non-toxic. It enters the spleen, lung and kidney meridians, and has the functions of invigorating the middle energizer, invigorating the spleen and stomach, growing muscles, stopping diarrhea and strengthening the spleen. Functions of consolidating essence and benefiting lung. Jujube is a tonic commonly used by Chinese medicine and people. The sugar content per 100g of dried product is 63-76.3g, and it also contains protein, fat and various vitamins and minerals. Among them, the content of vitamin C ranks first among all kinds of fresh fruits, reaching 300-600 mg per 100 g of fresh jujube meat, and the average utilization rate of human body is 86.3%. Chinese medicine believes that jujube meat is sweet and warm, and has the functions of invigorating spleen and stomach, nourishing qi and promoting fluid production, and can treat spleen and stomach weakness, deficiency of qi and blood, disharmony between camp and health, anemia, palpitation, irritability and dreaminess. The main ingredients of rolled fruit are yam and jujube, which is a veritable medicinal diet.

Sliced ginger fork

It is to peel fresh ginger and stamp it into fine powder, add a certain proportion of alum powder to flour, put it into a basin together, and use cold water to make dough. Another method is to knead dough with water, roll it on a dough rolling machine for five or six times until the flakes are even and smooth, then sprinkle fine starch flour on the flakes, fold them into strips, cut them into rows of forks with a knife, stack the two flakes together, cut them three times in the middle, spread them into single pieces, turn them over, and fry them with warm oil. The fried pork chops are honey-dipped. The method of honey-dipping is to peel fresh ginger, cut it into filaments, boil the shredded ginger with water, then take out the shredded ginger, add white sugar, add caramel and osmanthus fragrans after boiling, continue to boil, then move to low fire, and then fork the fried pork chops into the sweet-scented osmanthus caramel boiled by the shredded ginger for honey-dipping. After honey, the fork is light yellow, which has the characteristics of crisp, sweet and fragrant, and has ginger flavor when eating.

Cream fried cake

Cream fried cake is a nutritious snack variety in Beijing snacks. It uses good flour as raw material, first burns a proper amount of boiling water, then turns to low fire, pours the flour into the pot, and quickly stirs it until the dough turns from gray to white, and when it doesn’t stick to hands, takes it out and dries it into instant noodles. Dissolve the white sugar and vanilla powder with water, stir the appropriate amount of egg liquid in a bowl, add it into the instant noodle several times, and add the cream, sugar water and vanilla powder for the last time, and knead evenly.

Tangerduo

Honey twist is a famous product in Beijing snacks, also known as sugar ear, because it is named after being shaped like a human ear. There is a poem by predecessors: "Ears can be eaten? I often accompany my partner, honey twist, to ask who is good and point to a second bus ahead. " And the note said: "Sugar Ear honey twist is a food made for Qingzhen people. Its raw materials are nothing more than sugar flour and small sugar, which is commonly known as thin."

seasoned flour mush

Noodle tea is a nourishing snack in Beijing. It is made by frying flour in a pot until the color turns yellow and hemp seeds turn brown, adding osmanthus fragrans and bovine bone marrow oil, mixing and rubbing evenly, then putting the evenly rubbed noodle tea in a bowl, adding white sugar, and making it paste with boiling water. Face tea tastes sweet and can be used as breakfast or lunch, which is very popular among the people.

Noodle tea is usually sold in the afternoon among Beijing snacks. There is a poem that says: "When you wake up in the afternoon, you must always add dried ginger and sesame sauce."

Drinking noodles is very particular about how to eat. When eating, you don’t need chopsticks, spoons and other tableware, but you can drink the bowl in circles along the bowl with one hand. I am afraid that non-old Beijingers can’t eat this way.

sanzi twist

Twist with prickly heat is a fine product in Beijing Muslim snacks, which is very popular with the people, and its production is more troublesome. In advance, put alum, alkali, brown sugar and sweet osmanthus in a basin and melt it with warm water, then pour the flour into it and mix it evenly. After mixing, roll it up in long strips for a while, and then pull it into a small dose of 40 grams.

Mix the hemp seeds with boiling water, stick the small dose on the mixed hemp seeds, and crush them into small bar codes with a length of 10 cm in a plate, with 3-4 layers of yards before baking. After cooking, pick up two small strips and crush them into two even long rope strips by hand, fold them back and forth into eight, and knead the two ends together to form a jujube pit or fan shape with two sharp ends and medium size, and fry them until cooked. When frying, the peanut oil in the pan is 50% hot. Take the dough twist, put the blank into the oil pan and swing it back and forth to shape it. When the blank is slightly stiff, fry it in the oil and fry it brown. The twist of prickly heat is brown and yellow in color, crisp in texture, sweet and delicious.

saqima

Saqima is a famous Manchu pastry, and the folklore was handed down by a Manchu general. Because it is good at hunting and convenient to carry, it makes such a cake. Its raw materials are thin strips made of eggs and white flour, fried in oil, and then honey, white sugar and melon seeds are made into golden cake strips. The cake noodles are covered with green and red silk, which tastes sweet and delicious.

Inby

Inby, a snack in Beijing, is loved by men, women and children. Its crispy and oily taste really makes people unable to eat enough. Beijingers eat baked wheat cakes, often like to eat inby, and they must eat inby when drinking bean juice. Inby is an ancient food, and it is troublesome to make it. Because of the low labor efficiency, general restaurants are unwilling to make it, so it is often blocked for a while. When it comes to bombing inby, everyone in Beijing knows that a "handsome king of inby" was originally a "Nanlaishun" employee who died. His skills can’t be compared with those of ordinary people. The fried inby is brown and average in size, especially with the characteristics of fragrance, crispness and crispness. If it is put on the table, it will be broken at the slightest touch, and it will never feel hard.

Tanghuoshao

Tanghuoshao is one of the breakfast snacks that Beijingers often eat. It has a history of more than 300 years, and Dashunzhai’s tanghuoshao is the most famous. Sugar fire is fragrant and sweet, soft and non-sticky, suitable for the elderly. Kiln-oven sesame seed cake was originally a snack in Hebei province, and later it was introduced to Beijing and became a snack in Beijing. It is characterized by making a furnace out of a cylinder, and baking the biscuit green body directly on the cylinder wall.

Toad spits honey

Bean-filled sesame seed cake is a common variety of snacks in Beijing, which is named because it is filled with bean paste. In the baking process, because there is a natural opening on the side of the sesame seed cake, the bean paste is spit out and hung on the side of the sesame seed cake, so people call this kind of sesame seed cake toad spitting honey.

Pea Cake

A seasonal delicacy in Beijing in spring and summer. Originally a folk snack, it was introduced into the court. The official pea yellow, made of fine white peas, is light yellow in color, delicate and pure, melts in the mouth, tastes sweet, cool and refreshing. Famous for Cixi’s love of food. Its preparation method is that peas are ground, peeled, washed, boiled, fried in sugar, coagulated and cut into pieces. Traditionally, it is also embedded with jujube meat. Fangshan restaurant is the most famous one.

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We are about to usher in

70th anniversary of China FAW.

The 65th Anniversary of Hongqi Brand’s Birth

1953-2023

History of FAW’s Entrepreneurship

Carrying the initial mission of "industry serving the country and industrial power"

It embodies the spiritual strength of "standing bravely at the forefront and always striving for the first place"

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Full of vigor and vitality to the future

70 years of development memorabilia

Incorporate into seven 10-year chapters

Looking back on the eventful years

Continue the historical glory

(4) 1984-1993

   ║ In 1984, a "Red Flag" inspection vehicle was built for the National Day military parade.

    ● The emission of "Jiefang" brand cars reaches the national standard.

    On April 20, 1984, the first automobile in China that reached the national emission standard drove off the general assembly line of FAW.

    ● Make a "Red Flag" review car for the National Day military parade.

   

    On August 25, 1984, the "Red Flag" CA-770TJ new caravan was successfully trial-produced and used in the military parade on the 35th anniversary of the National Day.

    ● Jiefang Automobile Industry Import and Export Corporation was established.

    On December 26, 1984, Jiefang Automobile Industry Import and Export Corporation was formally established, which marked a new historical stage for FAW’s foreign trade work, and it was also an important breakthrough in the reform of the foreign trade system of the automobile industry.

   ║1985, speed up the trial-production test of new product design.

    ● A number of key transformation projects have been completed.

    1985 was a crucial year for the transformation of FAW, and a number of key projects were completed one after another.

    ● Establish "Nine Departments and Five Centers"

    In 1985, FAW set up nine management departments, including management department and production department, and five centers, including technology development, process equipment design and manufacturing, which was a preliminary attempt by FAW to reform the internal system of the enterprise.

    ● Accelerate the trial production and test of new product design.

    In 1985, FAW accelerated the trial-production of new product design, completed the design of five variant cars, and completed the test task of 54 new cars of eight varieties.

   ║ In 1986, the last old "Jiefang" car rolled off the assembly line.

    ● 10,000-person mobilization meeting for transformation and transformation

    On February 14, 1986, on the first day after the Spring Festival, FAW held a mobilization meeting for transformation and transformation in Gate 1 Square, and nearly 20,000 employees braved the cold to attend the meeting.

    ● The last old "liberation" car rolled off the assembly line.

    On September 29th, 1986, the 1,281,502nd "Jiefang" brand CA-15 truck was driven from the general assembly line of FAW, and the last old "Jiefang" truck rolled off the assembly line.

   ║ In 1987, the "Jiefang" CA-141 car was officially put into production.

    ● "Jiefang" CA-141 car was officially put into production.

    On January 1, 1987, Jiefang CA-141 truck was officially put into production.

    ● Formally implement the factory director responsibility system.

    FAW has officially implemented the factory director responsibility system since 1987.

    ● Construction of the first phase of the new plant area started.

    In order to develop the production of cars and light vehicles, on September 1, 1986, the first phase of FAW’s new factory started construction.

   ║ In 1988, the car start mobilization meeting was held.

    ● An agreement was reached on the introduction of 30,000 car technologies.

    On May 17th, 1988, FAW and Volkswagen reached an agreement to introduce Audi 100 as the main model of 30,000 cars.

    ● The car start mobilization meeting was held.

    On July 15th, 1988, the First Automobile Factory held a mobilization meeting to commemorate the 35th anniversary of the establishment of the factory and the start of cars, and the third venture of FAW was fully rolled out.

   In 1989, the first Audi car rolled off the assembly line.

    ● The first Audi car rolled off the assembly line.

    On August 1, 1989, the first Audi car assembled by FAW Car Factory rolled off the assembly line.

    ● The State approves FAW’s "Seventh Five-Year Plan" project.

    On September 13, 1989, the technical transformation plan of FAW’s "Seventh Five-Year Plan" expansion with a total investment of 3.39 billion yuan was approved.

   In 1990, the FAW-Volkswagen 150,000 car joint venture project was signed.

    ● Cut the ribbon when Audi’s assembly line is completed.

    On April 21, 1990, FAW held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on the Audi assembly line of the car factory, marking another important step in the construction of the pilot project of FAW’s 30,000 cars.

    ● FAW-Volkswagen 150,000 cars joint venture project signed in Beijing.

    On November 20, 1990, the signing ceremony of the joint venture project of FAW and Volkswagen of Germany for 150,000 cars was held in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. The total investment of this project is 4.2 billion yuan. The registered capital of FAW accounts for 60%, Volkswagen accounts for 40%, and the joint venture period is 25 years.

   In 1991, FAW-Volkswagen Co., Ltd. was formally established.

    ● FAW-Volkswagen Co., Ltd. was formally established.

    On February 8, 1991, FAW-Volkswagen Automobile Co., Ltd. was established, which marked that the project of FAW’s 150,000 popular cars entered the comprehensive construction stage from the preliminary preparation.

    ● Synchronous growth of automobile production and sales.

    In 1991, 82,500 vehicles were produced, up by 31% over the previous year, and 92,130 vehicles were sold, up by 45.9% over the previous year, exceeding the output of 9,630 vehicles. The problem of automobile inventory backlog accumulated for many years was alleviated. The export earned 18 million yuan in the whole year, the best level in history. The "Jiefang" CA-141 car has been exported to 14 countries.

   In 1992, the annual output exceeded 100,000 vehicles.

    ● Determine the names of the group and core enterprises.

    On July 15th, 1992, FAW officially launched the names of enterprise groups and core enterprises. The name of the enterprise group is "China FAW Group" for short, the name of the core enterprise is "China FAW Group Corporation" for short, and the subordinate name of the first automobile factory is reserved.

    ● The annual output exceeds 100,000 vehicles.

    On October 5, 1992, the annual output of FAW exceeded 100,000 vehicles. The annual output was 136,726 vehicles, the sales volume was 134,977 vehicles, and the profit was 801.86 million yuan, setting a record high.

   In 1993, CA-142 medium-sized truck was put into production.

    ● The shift production of ●CA488 engine achieves the goal of 200 engines.

    On June 28th, 1993, the single-shift output of CA488 engine reached 200, which indicated that the group company had the annual output of 120,000 engines.

    ● FAW Sihuan Automobile Co., Ltd. was established.

    On June 28th, 1993, Changchun FAW Sihuan Automobile Co., Ltd. was established, which was the first joint-stock experimental field of FAW.

    ●CA-142 medium-sized truck was officially put into production.

    On July 14th, 1993, the new Jiefang CA-142 medium-sized truck rolled off the assembly line. On the basis of CA-141 car, the car has adopted nine high-level improvements, and the average failure mileage exceeds the national excellent standard.

    Acknowledgement: China FAW.

Original Piaoyinke aesthetics

In today’s life, "art" can be seen everywhere, and many of the goods we choose also have relative artistic designs.

For example, vans printing is a retro art design that comes from the arts and crafts period.

Why do both art and design like retro? What kind of charm does retro have?

Why does art design like retro?

Retro, an element of art design, is a very huge concept of art design.

Fashion itself is a cyclical process, and some retro trends will easily become popular again after years of silence, which is also the representative way of its unique artistic design concept in reincarnation.

Why should art design be retro? Is the current art design so bad?

The answer is naturally, NO! ! !

In fact, there are several reasons why artists and designers prefer retro.

First of all, it can be said that retro is not only a tribute to the former art design, but also a tribute to the former art design in a brand-new form and in the best way in the art world.

The appearance and development of art need not only a flash in the pan, but also be remembered by people, artists and art designers.

Giorgione’s Sleeping Venus

Titian pays tribute to giorgione’s Venus of Urbino.

In different times, art may be different, but it will retain the essence of the times that was once designed by art.

The mysterious and attractive artistic charm in art design will be repeated in one era and one century, and will be paid tribute to by countless artists and countless art design works in the ways of retro and re-creation.

At the same time, making good use of the previous elements is to re-extract familiar information in people’s cognition, and there is no need to re-educate the market from the perspective of aesthetic cognition, which greatly reduces the cost of aesthetic communication.

To complete a good retro art design, it is often necessary to make the goods and users reach a resonant role.

It can be said that this is also one of the tricky ways.

The retro psychology is also caused by human’s attention to self and instinct of self-development.

When people are tired of the unchanging and boring aesthetic ideas that have been accompanied by real life for a long time, driven by people’s nostalgic natural psychology, they will have a psychological need to seek novelty and novelty.

Retro design, in your casual life

In fact, our daily life is full of a lot of retro elements.

Early and classic art design works still have a far-reaching impact on the current art design concept.

For example, the Victorian art design concept, the design that fills the whole page but keeps symmetry at the same time, tries to add shadows, outlines and decorations to the text with hand lettering and carefully crafted fonts.

In the works of modern times, the symmetrical artistic design, the shaping of shadow level, the modification and change of outline and surrounding shape in the artistic design of contemporary jewelry more obviously highlight the retro art design of Victorian era.

With the development of the times, the spread of its modeling and the use of its artistic design features are retro, and the structure of its artistic concept has remained until now.

These former art designs are the ideas of thinking about the times of that year, the evidence of the continuation of civilizations in different times, and the direction in which each era forms its own dawn.

To create a retro visual aesthetic feeling, the visual effect must also highlight the sense of the times of its artistic design.

It requires artists to reorganize the visual elements full of memories according to specific commodities, readjust their artistic ideas and styles, highlight the aesthetic effect with more visual appeal on the basis of the original artistic design elements, and carry out a brand-new retro on the current artistic ideas.

Art can’t be achieved overnight. It’s a reflection and discovery of each artist’s own time.

Modern retro art design of clothing is more prominent, and the mainstream clothing art design is more influenced by retro art design.

Retro in its artistic design can better solve the structural problems, so that the retro quality makes it surpass those items selected for their fit, quality and design value.

The Victorian and medieval style art design is retro, and elements such as symmetry, bright colors and blank margins are added to the retro art design, which adds brand-new inspiration to the art design of the present era.

Violette, a chocolate brand, highlights the outline of lines in its brand logo, which is in line with the emphasis on lines during the Art Nouveau Movement, and the mosaic of women’s faces is more in line with the influence of the birth of female charm on artistic design in its era.

Posters and advertisements of its brand highlight the beautiful women’s faces and lines, and highlight its retro art design concept of emphasizing lines and abstract forms.

Another example is fonts.

In the period of hand-painted characters and arts and crafts, the fonts created by Morris have the same tension and vitality. In order to give some new vitality to the fonts in the new era, the artistic design created by retro makes people feel the natural purity and beauty in the new era.

The retro avant-garde art design by Rcket and Wink redefines the visual shape, arranges and assembles geometric bodies according to different shapes, and forms a brand-new object posing shape, which is an experiment of visual aesthetic feeling and an experience of visual impact, and adds a new visual change to the avant-garde art design of line shape in retro.

Postmodern design is the opposite of orderly modernist design.

In the modern graffiti art, its artistic design inherits the retro post-modern artistic design. The artistic design that is bold, gorgeous and fashionable, the artistic design that combines the characteristics of popular culture and elegant culture, and the expressive graphic design still exist in the poster art design of the present era.

The modern office stationery brand Write Sketch is an artistic design of retro postmodernism.

It uses simpler modeling in products, uses bright and soft colors, deletes too many lines and forms, and continues the bold design style in the post-modernism art design concept.

With more concise design into the current products, it gives people a pure aesthetic pleasure in the vision of artistic design.

In the retro art design of internationalism style, The Negra, a brand of visual art design, has slightly modernized the artistic design of characters, and still uses sans serif fonts for the artistic design of retro internationalism style.

For example, Helvetica fonts are filled with patterns, leaving a sense of breath to the space by leaving white space on the side, and using structured and asymmetric grid layout to reshape the artistic design of modern architectural studios with a very small and modern environmental pattern per square centimeter.

Our retro design of art has once again verified its rationality in the new era and new understanding.

In these artistic design concepts, in addition to the new development and understanding of the concept, there is also an understanding and excavation of the times, which still affects artists and artistic designers today.

Innovate in retro.

Nowadays, many art designers hope to give people a classic and nostalgic feeling in their works when they use retro classical textures, colors or various other elements.

In professional art galleries, some old-fashioned music and interiors are often used to increase the sense of art and inspire people with some inspiration about the past.

Retro art design is also for better appreciation, for better discovery, its once beauty and once concept.

But retro, not surprisingly, there is no innovation.

On the contrary, retro is to climb again on the shoulders of giants.

In the present art design, there are still many art designers who admire the former art, and after seeing the shadow of history and the precipitation of time, the retro art design is the new design created by the present art designers.

For example, Du Qiurui, a young artist and painter, presents most of his artistic design works to everyone who watches with a retro artistic design concept and a brand-new era connotation.

In Qiu Rui’s work "The Adventures of Aunt Wang", we can see that his artistic design has added new forms of artistic design such as painting with new technology and multiple use of colors.

The use of retro art design also expresses its abandonment of the weird aesthetics of the present era and its nostalgia and tribute to the artistic design concept.

Art design takes time to accumulate, so that products can rediscover the epitome of the present era on the basis of spanning a hundred years, and finally make art design have an epoch-making sublimation. This sublimation is a qualitative upgrade from ancient times to the present, and its connotation is an upgrade of thought and culture as the core.

And its change in retro design is also a brand-new understanding and creation of the present era, resulting in the communication of art and design across the times and a brand-new aesthetic sense of the times.

Looking at the time going around, what passed quietly can’t stand the test of the times, but for art design, it has been preserved until now in the constant alternation of retro.

For those original art designs, the content of the times it carries is not enough to bring people ideas in the present era, and to some extent, it is a former art design concept.

This is also an important reason why retro and innovation appear at the same time.

A professor who studies retro art design once said:

"The seeds of the future lie in the past,

Retroism is actually an innovation. "

Retro art design is a brand-new process of seeking inspiration from the past, organically combining with modern ideas and technologies, using contemporary ideas, reconstructing with the help of past elements, and then re-creating.

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Original title: "Please admit, retro charm and sexy"

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　　According to Weibo released by @ Ningbo, zhenhai district, Ningbo reported that 3 cases of COVID-19 were positive for nucleic acid. The contents of the notification are as follows:

　　At about 16:30 on December 5, 2021, I received a routine nucleic acid sampling test report from zhenhai district Longsai Medical Group, and a 1:10 mixed sampling test result was abnormal. After receiving the first inspection report, the municipal and district levels immediately responded and acted quickly. Ten sampling objects were observed in isolation at the first time, and professionals were organized to carry out epidemic verification, epidemiological investigation, and re-examination of single-tube specimens, and various epidemic prevention and control measures were implemented. At 20:30 on the 5th, the district CDC detected that one of them was positive for the initial screening, and the other nine were negative. Immediately, the samples of the infected person with the initial screening were rechecked and the results were positive. At the same time, four family members living with the initial screening positive infected person were urgently investigated and sampled. At 4:00 on the 6th, the nucleic acid test results were positive for two people, namely their mother and wife, and the nucleic acid test results for two children were negative.

　　At present, 3 cases of positive infection have been sent to designated hospitals for isolation treatment. The municipal party committee and the municipal government started the emergency response at the first time, organized the work of tracing the source, isolation and control, nucleic acid detection, etc., and carried out environmental sampling detection and disinfection of their activity sites, and implemented control measures for the corresponding areas. The follow-up situation will be announced to the public in a timely manner.

　　As a special road facility to help visually impaired people walk, an important prerequisite for blind roads is safety and anti-skid. In recent years, with the continuous acceleration of urban renewal in Zhangzhou, the municipal departments of Zhangzhou have upgraded many roads in the old city, and improved the smoothness and comfort of sidewalks, especially the consistency and safety of blind road traffic, by lowering kerb ramps, connecting blind road breakpoints and repairing damaged pavement bricks. However, there are still many citizens who report that there is a "skid" phenomenon in the blind roads passing through some sections. Is the blind road in Zhangzhou safe and anti-skid? The reporter visited and investigated this.

Venue: Shengli West Road (Xiyangping to Zhangzhou No.1 Middle Section)

Blind road: newly paved permeable brick　

Shengli West Road (Xiyangping-Zhangzhou I Middle Section), which just resumed traffic a few days ago, has a large traffic volume, and pedestrians and electric vehicles travel intensively. The red and gray blocks on the newly paved sidewalk clearly distinguish non-motor vehicle lanes from pedestrian walkways. On the gray pedestrian passage, the yellow blind road paved with permeable bricks is particularly eye-catching.

▲ The blind road of Shengli West Road (Xinhuadu section) is clearly distinguished.

The reporter tried to walk blindfolded on the blind road of this section, and there was a clear concave-convex feeling under his feet. The strip-shaped blind road brick indicating the forward direction was basically the same as the permeable concrete pavement on both sides, and there was no discomfort when he accidentally stepped on the brick surface. The blind road paving brick at the end of the road section has been changed into a round stop brick, and a long gentle slope has also been set when getting off the curb. During the hundreds of meters’ journey, except for the tension caused by "invisibility", there is no feeling of slipping under the feet. Subsequently, the reporter poured water on the brick surface to experiment, and the water quickly penetrated into the brick surface, and there was also a clear sense of friction when stepping on it again.

"Laying blind roads with materials with strong water permeability can minimize water accumulation in rainy days and prevent special people from slipping when passing." The person in charge of the Engineering Department of the Municipal Engineering Center told the reporter that in the reconstruction of this section, Zhangzhou chose silica sand permeable blind brick, and the surface of the brick has many small concave and convex points, which is not only good in water permeability, anti-skid and weathering resistance, but also has the characteristics of noise reduction and sound absorption, which can slightly absorb the noise generated by vehicles while preventing the road from slipping.

Blind roads not only pay attention to non-slip in material design, but also pay attention to the location of laying. "In this renovation, we laid the sidewalk close to the inner side of the building along the street, and the blind road was set in the middle of the sidewalk, as far as possible away from the non-motor vehicle lane, to avoid the non-motor vehicle from accidentally pressing the blind road and slipping to the greatest extent." The person in charge of the project of Zhangzhou Chengtou Municipal Investment Group said that although the original intention of setting the blind road was to provide guidance for the blind on the sidewalk, many citizens would "borrow the road" to ride on the sidewalk when the traffic volume was heavy during the rush hour. If you just ride the strip guide bricks on the blind road at this time and the speed is too fast, it is very likely that the tires will slip and yaw. Especially in rainy days, when driving an electric vehicle through the blind road, it is very easy to slip and swing when changing speed, braking suddenly and turning because of the small tires and weak friction.

"Sometimes when I walk, I will meet someone riding a bicycle in the opposite direction on the sidewalk, and the speed is quite fast. In order to avoid them, I often have to dodge in a hurry. As a visually sound person walking on the road, there are still so many hidden dangers. It is hard to imagine what a blind friend should do if he encounters such a situation when walking in a blind road. " In the view of citizen Huang Ruzhen, electric vehicles should try their best to take non-motor vehicle lanes. When it is really necessary to "borrow roads" to walk on sidewalks, cyclists should also slow down and be polite to pedestrians, and avoid riding in blind areas. Pedestrians should also avoid blind roads when walking. "Don’t occupy blind roads just for the sake of convenience. After all, blind roads are designed for blind people to pass, not for cycling. Only when everyone goes his own way and abides by the rules can the possible hidden dangers be fundamentally eliminated, which also reflects the civilized quality of our citizens. " Huang Ruzhen said.

Venue: Bridge deck of Xinpu Road (Danxia Road to Jiulong Avenue)

Blind road: hot melt marking　

Water-permeable brick has become a new darling in road construction in recent years because of its good water-permeable and anti-skid performance and high safety factor, and is used in more and more municipal road projects. However, in the early road construction before the rise of permeable bricks, the blind roads in some sections of the old city were mainly made of colored bricks, marble slabs and thunderbolt bricks, with different water permeability and anti-skid performance, and many cycling skidding incidents that made the citizens complain often occurred in such sections.

On June 10th, a news report that "the blind road became a slipway and the citizens slipped on rainy days" triggered a heated discussion among many citizens. The reporter visited the bridge deck sidewalk of Xinpu Road (Danxia Road to Jiulong Avenue), where the incident occurred, and found that the blind road in this section had been re-bricked, fenced and set up warning signs.

According to the person in charge of the construction unit, the road section was located in the red line of the bridge, and the early construction was limited by the objective conditions such as insufficient height of the original sidewalk. In order to avoid affecting the bridge structure, only a thin color brick material was selected at that time, although it met the national regulations and there were suppressed strip-shaped blind lines, but with the extension of service life, there was a real risk of slippery when riding through the brick surface in rainy days. Because of the particularity of this section, it is impossible to use thick permeable bricks for laying. In this reconstruction, the construction unit used hot melt materials to mark the blind road guide line.

"In fact, we have rectified this section many times. Because of the limitation of bridge deck construction, we have tried different materials to lay it. Although it is not as high as water permeable bricks, the friction under the feet is enough when the blind people pass through the rectification, even if they walk in rainy days, it is safe. " The person in charge of the construction unit has no choice but to say that whether the blind road is selected with permeable bricks or hot-melt materials, the target object is the blind after all. Non-motor vehicles will "borrow roads" to crush the blind road for a long time, which will lead to excessive load bearing of the paving bricks and serious wear of the brick surface, so the blind road bricks often break and need to be replaced frequently.

"If it is damaged, it will have to be renovated and replaced with bricks. If it is renovated, it will have to be blocked for construction. It is inconvenient for everyone to travel and resentment will be even greater. This is a vicious circle." Xiao Junjie, a resident of a nearby community, sighed.

Coincidentally, the blind road on Zhongshan Bridge is paved with stainless steel due to its special location and early design planning. The reporter saw at the scene that the stainless steel blind road next to the pavilion in the bridge has clear bar and dot indication graphics, but there are many non-motor vehicles parked on the blind road, which has caused obstacles in barrier-free facilities, and the occupied blind road has become a "broken road". "Every time we walk through here, we don’t feel the skid under our feet, but the vehicles touched by the blind guide often make us feel that there is no way to go." Chen Tengwen, a visually impaired person, said helplessly.

▲ Blind Road Dot Stop Brick on Zhongshan Bridge

The person in charge of the Engineering Department of Zhangzhou Municipal Engineering Center told the reporter that in view of the unreasonable layout, non-conforming settings and materials of some blind roads in the early construction, Zhangzhou has continuously intensified its rectification efforts in recent years, focusing on the setting and safety of blind roads while upgrading the sidewalk pavement, so that the blind roads can be "excellent" and more convenient for visually impaired people to pass. At present, the blind roads of Yimin Road, Nanchang Road, Narcissus Street, Yuanguang North and South Road, Xinhua South Road, Ruijing Road, Daxi Lane, Qingnian Road, Shiyuan West Road, Beicang Road, Xiabei Road, Zhishan Park Road, Gan Tang Road, Huimin Road, Jinling Road, Shengli Road and Zhangxiang Road in the central city have all been updated with water-permeable bricks and sand-based water-permeable bricks with good anti-skid performance.

Related links: Creating a civilized city needs you and me to "help the blind"　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　

When the reporter blindfolded and tested whether the blind road was anti-skid from the visual angle of the blind, it was less than 100 meters away and he was frightened.

In the invisible world, I only hear the occasional sound of cars passing by. I was accidentally hit by a passerby who was in a hurry, so I had to stop at once, grope for the concave and convex feeling of the blind road by my feet, find the right direction and take my feet carefully again. A section of the road that can usually be completed in a minute or two, this time it was abruptly "moved" with its feet for more than 20 minutes. Fear is the only thought in my heart; The road under your feet is the only "real thing" that can be touched in the dark world.

The original intention of the experiment is to test whether the blind road is anti-skid, but the process of the experiment can not help but make people think: in a civilized city, can good barrier-free facilities really help the blind to travel? The safety, convenience and comfort of the passage of special people not only test the level of urban builders and managers, but also torture the moral and civilized level of citizens.

Of course, the blind road should be anti-slip, and civilized behavior should be "anti-slip". The blind road is the eyes of the blind. When we park motor vehicles and non-motor vehicles on the blind road, when we put breakfast stalls and newsstands on the blind road, when we ride on the blind road at will, the bricks are damaged, which is like blinding the blind and making them struggle.

A narrow blind road reflects the "people-oriented" concept that runs through the development of modern urban civilization, and also reflects the temperature of the city. Only by paying attention to the details of the construction and caring for the daily trifles can we really weave a "civilized network" to protect and serve special people, so that visually impaired people living in this city can feel more sense of security and happiness in the dark world. The creation of a civilized city needs you and me to "help the blind".

Source: Minnan Daily, Municipal Engineering Center.

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