There are not many people in dapeng ancient city with continuous spring rain. The tourists have gone to shelter from the rain, leaving me with peace.
Some of them sat on stone benches between pavilions, staring at the spring rain in a daze; Some find a snack bar, while waiting for the rain to stop, while enjoying the food leisurely; Only a few addicts like to walk in the rain, no matter how heavy or small the rain is, they just walk briskly with umbrellas and rain flowers splashed on bluestone boards.
When I walked forward, I unconsciously remembered the days when I traveled to Zhouzhuang by boat a few years ago. The same spring rain is hazy, and the same Jiangnan feelings. My partner has gone away, and my memory is as warm as ever.
At this time, the ancient city was so quiet that only the sound of rain was left, and there was no noise of the city. Holding an umbrella, I wandered in the long streets and deep alleys, reaching for the clusters of rain hanging down from the tile edge, such as thin white lines, and my impetuous mood naturally calmed down. Shopkeepers also moved a stool to sit in front of the door, calmly looked at the passing tourists, only nodded with a smile, unwilling to break this leisure in the rain.
Walking slowly in the depths of narrow and tortuous alleys, admiring the ancient stone houses, and looking at the painted buildings and carved beams and painted buildings between pavilions, it seems to be back to the forgotten slow-paced era. How many people walked on the slate? There is no need to guess, just look at the polished slate.
I climbed the ancient city wall along the light on the bluestone and looked inside. Dapeng City in front of us is still majestic. Without the fighting image of that year, there are more petty-bourgeois shops like Gulangyu, which is a peaceful scene.
It is hard to imagine that it was once a naval fortress in South China during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, bearing the vicissitudes of Shenzhen.
According to historical records, in the early Ming Dynasty, the coast of Guangdong was ravaged by Japanese pirates, and Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang ordered the construction of "Dapeng thousand houses guarding the city". In the twenty-seventh year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty (AD 1394), Zhang Bin, a thousand households in Zuo Wei, laid the first brick in Dapeng Peninsula. Soon, an impregnable Dapeng City appeared at the foot of Dapeng Ridge.
At that time, there were thousands of defenders in Dapeng City, who were developing the coast and opening up wasteland to protect the country. As a military base in Lingnan, it has more than 600 years of experience in resisting foreign aggression. It played a vital role in resisting Japanese pirates, fighting Portuguese colonists and preparing for two opium wars.
Pengcheng was once known as the "hometown of generals" because of the emergence of more than a dozen generals and outstanding national heroes such as Lai Sijue, Liu Qilong and Liu Heizai.
Dapeng City, which has experienced wars in the two dynasties, has completed its historical mission of "sheltering from the wind and rain" for the south. It is like a retired soldier, never showing off, asking for nothing, standing in a corner, standing by the sea, watching the oil tankers coming and going with deep eyes. Although he has made great achievements, he always takes the rise and fall of the country as his responsibility.
Today, Shenzhen has developed into an influential international city, creating a world-renowned "Shenzhen Speed" and enjoying the reputation of "City of Design", "City of Piano" and "City of Makers". There are also many entrepreneurs who are as brave as generals. They come from all corners of the country and are not afraid of challenges, so they became the first people to eat crabs.
I walked and thought in the rain and killed half a day. Facing the ancient city in the new city, I think the ancient cities all over the country, like Dapeng City, present the mission of connecting the past with the future, and history finally accepted such a brave and thorough life.