Chapter 27 Chapter 23 River water, river water, lake water, pond water...

What is the most beautiful in Suzhou?Some would say fertile ground.Some people would say that it is the historical relics and cultural relics on this fertile soil.Some people will also say that there are four distinct seasons of cold and warm here, especially the field scenery in spring where peach blossoms and cauliflower bloom together.Some people would even say that they are women from Suzhou, especially those embroiderers who can play their needles and the beauties who sing sweetly on stage... Some people simply say that they are crabs from Yangcheng Lake, fresh fish from Taihu Lake and fragrant osmanthus wine.In fact, the beauty of Suzhou can be written in thousands of lines, but in my opinion, the beauty of Suzhou is the water of rivers, lakes and ponds created by nature.

Suzhou is the land of water education.When Suzhou's soil is not exposed, it is a vast ocean of water, and after Suzhou's soil is exposed, it is still a land surrounded by water. "Chuan is called Three Rivers, and Immersion is called Five Lakes." My hometown Wudi had "Three Rivers and Five Lakes" in ancient times.Sima Qian was fascinated by the beauty of the water here when he climbed to Gusu Terrace to look at the beautiful scenery.The "Three Rivers" in ancient times refers to the Songjiang River, the Loujiang River and the Dongjiang River. These three big rivers were the earliest drainage channels in Wudi and the main blood vessels of Wu people. "Five Lakes" generally refers to all the lakes in the Taihu Lake Basin. There is no doubt that the ancient "Five Lakes" are the most important stomach, liver, spleen and intestines of our Wu people... Without them, the life of our ancestors would not be possible Even today, I and my folks are gone.

Suzhou people have a lot to thank their ancestors, among whom the ones who need to thank the most are those who make water, control water and improve water.Needless to say, Dayu, the legend of him descending the dragon to control the water in Taihu Lake left valuable water control experience for the ancestors of Wu and Yue.Later, Taibo and Zhongyong led the locals to break the harassment of "water monsters" and eliminate the wildness of this barren land by setting an example. The earliest excavated "Taibodu" brought irrigation, shipping and drinking water to the common people here. multiple interests.There are also Fan Li in the Spring and Autumn Period, Sun Quan in the Three Kingdoms Period, including Qin Shihuang, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty who advocated digging the Grand Canal, Qian Liu, the young king of Wuyue, Fan Zhongyan and Zhao Lin in the Song Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty who judged the "Fifteen Guans" with wisdom. Kuang Zhong, who is famous for his unjust cases, Hai Rui, the imperial envoy, and Lin Zexu, who was an upright official here for five years, all made great contributions to water control in my hometown of Wu.In the first two decades after the founding of New China, Mao Zedong, who was born as a farmer, was the most outstanding contributor to water control.My father and I are both supporters and fighters of his "water conservancy is the lifeblood of agriculture".My father became a Communist Party cadre because of his outstanding performance in the water conservancy project war, when he was 22 years old.As for me, when I was 17 years old, I followed the adults on the Yangtze River embankment and fought hard in winter and spring.I will never forget that scene: the river wind was blowing painfully, and my feet were stepping on the cold mud and I had to keep walking because there was a burden of more than one hundred catties on my shoulders... The crowd's voice was loud and cold at night , Wanchuang lights turn to the river pond.

Two rows of green willow cages line Guandu, and a cluster of red buildings presses down on the female wall.The song "Late Entry into Panmen" by Fan Chengda, a poet of the Song Dynasty, evoked my mixed feelings of sadness and joy when I participated in the water control battle on the Yangtze River embankment. Memories can bridge the many fractures in experience.And if the development history of a region can also connect the broken fragments of memory like a human being, it will be very difficult.The skill of Suzhou people is that they can perfectly connect the broken pieces. For example, the well-known highlight of Suzhou’s economy in the 1980s was the township enterprises, and the highlight after the 1990s was the open economy. There seems to be a huge difference in mechanism and system between the two, and they are even broken and opposed.However, after only a few years, the people of Suzhou quickly unified this "fracture" and "opposition".Just like the water control skills passed down from their ancestors, they quickly merged two completely different rivers and rivers to form a huge water storage, which accumulated surf-like power for the social development of the entire region.

The most prosperous place in Suzhou is Taihu Lake.Taihu Lake is the mother of Suzhou. Without the water of Taihu Lake, there would be no cradle of life and growth in Suzhou. In 2000, the State Council clearly stated in its reply to Suzhou's overall urban planning that Suzhou is "an important central city in the Yangtze River Delta."How to understand this positioning is a lot of knowledge.Suzhou people are not blindly arrogant. They have determined two positions for themselves: one is Suzhou’s position in the city circle around Taihu Lake; the other is its position in the entire Yangtze River Delta as a city in the city circle around Taihu Lake.Taihu Lake uses water as a medium to make Suzhou land present the most active, most creative and wealth-accumulating fast-growing economic sector in China.There is no doubt that Shanghai is the leader in this area.So what is Suzhou in this area?Is it the dragon body or the dragon tail?Is it the body of a dragon?Suzhou does not seem to have such a huge body; is it the dragon's tail?The dragon tail should be able to control the situation in the world and control the direction of the dragon's forward and backward, which seems to be beyond Suzhou's strength and ability.So what is Suzhou?

"Our Suzhou should play a leading role in the Taihu Lake area, go ahead, go the best, and go the most sustainable." Wang Rong, who came to Suzhou from the post of mayor of Wuxi and secretary of the Wuxi Municipal Party Committee , very familiar with Taihu Lake and the surrounding Taihu Lake.People from Wuxi played a song "The Beauty of Taihu Lake" and made a small joke with people outside Suzhou: they thought Taihu Lake was Wuxi.In fact, 80% of the water area of ​​Taihu Lake belongs to Suzhou.Now that Wang Rong has become the "top leader" in Suzhou, he has since become the real "King of Taihu Lake".However, how to be the king of Taihu Lake is not an easy task.Suzhou has a prominent status, but there are big Shanghai in the east, Huzhou in the south, Wuxi and Changzhou in the west, and Nantong in the north.In the era of reform and opening up, these cities each led the way, and they chased after each other, and no one gave up.Needless to say, Shanghai, with its own sails on its giant ship, has been advancing triumphantly all the way, holding its head high on the coast of the East China Sea, and showing its charm on the world stage.On the other hand, Wuxi, Changzhou, Nantong, Huzhou and other cities around Suzhou are like tigers swarming around Suzhou. If you don’t pay attention, they will give you a long howl, or eat you, or leave you far away. later……

Therefore, after repeated deliberation and thinking, Suzhou people finally positioned themselves on the docking and dislocation development with the "leading" Shanghai. "Suzhou must always be the 'village' of Shanghai, so that Suzhou will have its own room for development and will never fall behind the strengths of other cities around Taihu Lake," Wang Rong said. Suzhou people have been sober all the time, keeping their heads up and staring at the "leading" big Shanghai, and doing their job well... However, following the "leading" does not necessarily mean success, the road to success requires one's own efforts Create and practice.As I write here, I think of what Comrade Li Yuanchao said at the "Commemorating the 30th Anniversary of Reform and Opening Up—Suzhou Practical Seminar".Comrade Li Yuanchao worked in Jiangsu for seven years before becoming a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and head of the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee.Li Yuanchao is not only familiar with the development of Suzhou, especially the modernization of Suzhou since the new century, but also devoted a lot of affection and effort.When he talked about "Suzhou's scientific development path", he said: In a historical stage, the creation of a theory is very great, but the practice is even greater, so I think that Suzhou has made great progress in the 30 years of reform and opening up. The great practice of Suzhou people has played an important role. "I think that if we sum up the significance of Suzhou's development, we also have to jump out of Suzhou to see Suzhou. This is the same meaning as we jump out of Suzhou to develop Suzhou." Li Yuanchao's words put the finishing touch on Suzhou's scientific development road. The core of experience value and spiritual value.

Suzhou has developed for 30 years, and its imprints are very clear: the first step is under the influence of Comrade Deng Xiaoping's "quadrupling" and "moderately prosperous" ideas, and embarked on the road of industrialization through township enterprises; Grasping the historical opportunity of Shanghai Pudong's development and opening up, vigorously developing an open economy, greatly promoting the economic internationalization and urban modernization of the region, and taking the lead in realizing the historic leap of "turning from inside to outside"; the third step is the local Since the century, especially since the 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, it has adhered to the scientific concept of development as the guide, and took the lead in developing in an all-round way in accordance with the new goal of building a well-off society formulated by the Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee. In 30 years, three major steps have brought Suzhou's development into the level of a moderately developed country. Such speed and progress have created a rare miracle in the history of world development.

"In 2002, our city's fiscal revenue was still around 30 billion yuan, but by 2008, the city's total fiscal revenue had reached more than 150 billion yuan. In 5 years, it has increased by 4 times. Such an increase is the highest in the world. It is absolutely rare in the history of development!" A Suzhou city leader told me. To measure the development level and speed of a region, fiscal revenue is the hardest indicator.The Suzhou Miracle makes people feel a bit like a myth, but it is by no means a myth. It was actually done by the people of Suzhou.By what? "It depends on joint efforts. It depends on the joint forces of various economic forms in Suzhou and the urban and rural economies of various counties and cities. It depends on the joint efforts of all walks of life and all levels of Suzhou society and the joint efforts to improve quality." Suzhou cadres told me this way.

What is Heli?What is Heli?So I thought of the rivers, lakes, rivers, and ponds in my hometown... The Yangtze River in my hometown is the widest section of the Yangtze River before the Yangtze River enters the sea. The water of the great river stretches as far as the eye can see, rushing endlessly, shaking the sky and shaking the earth. The Taihu Lake and Yangcheng Lake in my hometown... When it is peaceful, the blue waves are rippling and warm, but when there is a little storm, there are thousands of waves, and the boat capsizes, smashing the bank and destroying the embankment; The small river in my hometown bends and flows slowly, and sings with emotion, but when the tide ebbs and flows, it is also as fast as a whip, and its speed is like flying, making your heart jump;

The pond water may be the most gentle and quiet, but you must not break the dam. If you take action, the pond water will be like a galloping horse, whistling and roaring... This is the water of my hometown.It is full of personality, full of power.When the folks in my hometown built their own hometowns, they combined the four powers of their rivers, lakes, rivers, and ponds into one force according to actual needs.Its power and spirit, how can it be described! "Some people regard the development of our Suzhou as the 'Southern Jiangsu Model'. So what is the 'Southern Jiangsu Model'? In fact, the 'Southern Jiangsu Model' is a model without fixed rules in a broad sense, which accommodates various experiences , has absorbed various advanced technologies, gathered various forces, and proceeded from its own local actual conditions, and merged them into a joint force to promote the development and progress of the entire Suzhou area. Such a force can be imagined. Power..." Suzhou cadres said to me proudly. "After the 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, under the guidance of General Secretary Hu Jintao's scientific outlook on development and in accordance with the requirements of the provincial party committee, we quickly made the decision to realize the 'two firsts' and four specific action plans, which include 'increasing independent innovation' Capacity Action Plan', 'Action Plan for Promoting Economic Structural Adjustment and Transformation of Growth Mode', 'Action Plan for Building a New Socialist Countryside' and 'Action Plan for Shaping a New Image of Contemporary Suzhou People', these four action plans emphatically reflect the The connotation of building an independent innovative city, a modern manufacturing base, strengthening the construction of spiritual civilization and coordinating urban and rural areas, based on Suzhou's current development stage, city positioning, industrial foundation and humanistic characteristics, clarified the overall goals of Suzhou's development characteristics and work characteristics, and at the same time In terms of time, it is not only supporting and connecting with Suzhou's "Eleventh Five-Year" planning outline, but also in accordance with the pattern of integrated development of "Great Suzhou" in space, covering all regions and aspects of the city. The three magic weapons of Suzhou's development, such as Zhangjiagang Spirit', 'Kunshan Road' and 'Park Experience', make it a driving force for the city to move towards new goals. Enterprises, private economy, export-oriented economic entities and private enterprises work together! This is why we have created extraordinary high-speed development in Suzhou in the past five years.” Municipal Party Secretary Wang Rong and Mayor Yan Li both have doctorates Scholar-type leaders, they are very gentle and elegant, and they are full of confidence and strength when talking about the development situation and prospects of Suzhou in the new era. Yes, Suzhou currently has the "Five Tigers" including Kunshan, Zhangjiagang, Changshu, Wujiang, Taicang, etc., which have entered the top ten of the "National Top 100 Counties (Cities)", plus the Suzhou Industrial Park and Suzhou High-tech Zone. Lion"; Suzhou currently has tens of thousands of foreign-funded enterprises, 150,000 private enterprises, 300,000 individual enterprises, as well as 6 million hardworking and intelligent Suzhou people, and 6 million new Suzhou people who are willing to dedicate themselves to Wu. Their respective advantages and strengths converge into a great river flowing eastward, pushing Suzhou's economic and social construction to shocking and glorious heights one after another, which makes the world look at each other with admiration! "You are longan! Glittering longan!" No wonder a central leader came to Suzhou one day, and when he finished walking around Taihu Lake, he suddenly said so happily to Suzhou people. "Longan" - what an accurate and vivid metaphor! Yes, Suzhou is the "Dragon Eye", Suzhou is the "Dragon Eye" of the high-speed economic development area around Taihu Lake, and it is the "Dragon Eye" of the Chinese dragon standing in the world's strongest forest. The finishing touch is the most wonderful touch.Isn't the development of Suzhou just the finishing touch of 30 years of experience and brilliance in China's reform and opening up? Heh, the rolling Yangtze River, the turbulent torrent, presents a kind of power to move forward bravely; Oh, the vast Taihu Lake, with blue waves and vast expanses, presents a broad and open mind; Heh, the gurgling river, flowing continuously, presents a pursuit of access to all directions; Heh, Linlin Xitang, absorbing wind and rain, presents a kind of peaceful and harmonious bearing; This is Suzhou people.It has the strength and courage of the rivers and rivers, the tolerance and peace of the lakes and ponds, and the cultivation of the earth like spring rain... The rivers, lakes and ponds constitute the unique and colorful character of Suzhou people.The character is both bold and soft; both open and reserved; both rough and delicate.It is the softness in boldness, the boldness in softness; the implicitness in openness, the openness in implicitness; the delicacy in roughness, the roughness in delicacy.Therefore, Suzhou people have always been victorious and undefeated since ancient times, so Wu is always rich and prosperous... The combination of rivers, lakes and ponds can be a kind of release and absorption; it can be a choice and a decision; it can be adventurous and avoid danger.It is passion under rationality, rationality within passion, reason and wisdom, affinity and affection after the fusion of passion and rationality. This is my hometown Suzhou. People who have dealt with Suzhou people say that Suzhou is not a domineering place.Even those world-famous gardens and world cultural heritages are full of implicit beauty.Suzhou people abide by the doctrine of the mean and never go too far in everything.This is the water-based culture where rivers, lakes and ponds blend and mix. Don't you hear that a soft Wu language can beat the ten long howls of a strong man? Don't you know that a Meng Jiangnu crying husband Wu Ge sang down the Great Wall? Don't you see a cat embroidered on a piece of silk scaring to death a nest of rats stealing food? This is the invincibility of my hometown, which is the unique culture, unique spiritual world, unique self-cultivation and integrity from this place. Tongli, an ancient water town, The water in my hometown is sometimes very different from the water in other places.As the saying goes, "The river goes east to the sea", and the flowing water always rushes in one direction.In fact, in the rivers in my hometown, the rivers often flow in the opposite direction.Why is that?It turns out that the rivers in my hometown are close to the sea, and the gravitational force between the moon and the earth induces the ebb and flow of the tides, forming a special scene of the rivers flowing back and forth. This makes the rivers in my hometown very lively, and thus more Spiritual. Nowhere else does water take such a variety of forms.Such water is always passionate, good at innovation, diligent in thinking, courageous in sports, passionate and innovative.This water is the best water in the world and the water of all our lives. Now you know why the "small bridge and flowing water" in my hometown is my eternal home scene? Now do you know why the soft language of the people in my hometown is always full of indescribable and unexplainable beauty and temptation? Now you should know what Suzhou is! Suzhou is a world of water.Suzhou is a spiritual land composed of water.Therefore, she can always face the complex, chaotic, and myriad scenes of various contests and fights from nature and man-made, and of course there are also the temptations of friendly peace and hostility. Water is the root of my life, the root and soul of my hometown Suzhou! The clear, rushing and emotional water still flows in my hometown...