Because of its special geographical location, it is located between the mountains that separate the farming civilization in the north of China from the nomadic people in the north. A rare basin plain-from Qin and Han dynasties to Ming and Qing dynasties, has always been a prosperous place and a battleground for military strategists. This geographical feature has also created a multi-cultural and multi-ethnic intersection in Yuxian. When you visit Yuxian Museum, you will be deeply shocked. Unexpectedly, Yuxian, which many people can't find on the map, contains splendid civilization.
But why do we seldom hear it in modern times? Known as 800 villages, 800 castles and 800 theaters, they are almost completely destroyed now, and there is no tourist destination like Phoenix, Wuzhen and Yaojia Courtyard. Economically, Yuxian, a three-hour drive from Beijing, is still one of the 590 poverty-stricken counties in China.
If you ask Yuxian people what the local pillar industry is, the answer is: it used to be a coal mine. The decades after liberation were the best time for Yuxian's modern economy to open coal mines. At that time, young people didn't like reading, so they followed their relatives to dig mines and coal, so they could make money. Who wants to study?
However, a word circulated among the old people came true-the coal mine destroyed two generations in Yuxian.
If you can make quick money, who will value doing business slowly?
If it can be done quickly, who wants to work hard?
Education, culture, industry, environment, ecology, these things are slow work and fine work, and they can continue to develop for a long time, but in the face of the momentum of making money in coal mines, who can care about these?
The mentality of getting rich overnight not only hurts the economy, but also hurts people's mentality
Come quickly, go quickly. Small coal mines have been crazy in Yuxian for some time. Similarly, its decline is only a flash. At this time, in turn, trying to find some ancient Yuzhou cities with a long history and profound cultural heritage has long been beyond recognition.
This is the same as doing education and running a kindergarten.
Do we want to save trouble quickly, or do we want our children to develop in the long run?
Do we want to please our parents or do the right thing?
Do we want to look beautiful on the surface, or do we want to leave something real for future generations?
Yun Fei was born in Yuxian on August 27th, 2020.