Chapter 9 Chapter 8 City Relocation Beacon

If you don't go deep into the Three Gorges Reservoir area, you won't know where the real focus of resettlement work is.After a walk in the reservoir area, I realized that the biggest battle for immigrants is during the relocation of those towns. According to statistics, there are 13 counties (cities) and 114 towns or towns below the submerged line of the Three Gorges Reservoir.The counties of Zigui, Badong and Xingshan in Hubei; the counties of Wushan, Fengjie, Wanxian, Kaixian, Fengdu and Yunyang in Chongqing were basically completely submerged, and most of the counties of Fuling, Zhongxian and Changshou were submerged. That is to say, the above Residents in counties (cities) are all immigrants.All urban infrastructure such as streets, docks, industrial and mining enterprises, shops, schools and hospitals in the past will be relocated accordingly.

There is no more magnificent and exciting big move than this!I went to the Three Gorges three times and witnessed the construction and relocation of the cities in the reservoir area with my own eyes. Only when I was there, I could not help the impulse. On that day, I met the magistrate Chen of Fengjie County, known as the "Chinese Poetry City", just on his way back from the old county.The county magistrate Chen didn't care to pat the dust on his body, and pointed to the long queue of convoys behind him excitedly and said to me: "Every day we will send 200 large trucks to move from the old county to the new county. This has been relocated. It took three months! It is estimated that it will take another month to move all the people and things from the old county to the new city."

Three or four months!200 big trucks every day!Have you ever seen such a big relocation?What is this if it is not a magnificent and exciting war? County Magistrate Chen also told me a statistic: “Over the past three years, due to the construction of the new county seat, most of the residents still live in the old city, and the school first moved to the new county seat, picking up children from the old town There are as many as 50 vehicles for us to go to the new county to attend classes!" I can't believe that in such a small county town, a small county town by the river, and a road hovering on the mountain rock wall, it is necessary to carry out such a large-scale and long-term relocation every day. Big battle?And what is the painstaking effort and price that County Magistrate Chen and the others have to pay as the commander of the battle?

Unable to imagine, also dare not imagine.I know that even in a big city like Beijing with wide roads and first-class transportation facilities, every time a convoy of dozens of vehicles passes through Chang'an Avenue, the commander's heart is always hanging in his throat-for fear of making a mistake. More than a dozen cities and 114 towns (fields) where the Three Gorges immigrated have undergone such a large relocation every day for several years!You and I go to that kind of place and try to be the county magistrate, mayor, and town mayor, dare you? During the Three Gorges immigration battle, our leaders and cadres at all levels are betting on their own political future, wealth and life.

However, this is only the appearance. In the Three Gorges reservoir area, almost all the flooded towns are famous historical cities and towns, that is to say, they are all treasures passed down by the ancestors.How to move?What kind of build?In a word: Every movement is a big deal! The migration of cities determines the future of the Three Gorges reservoir area.Every plan, every deployment, will affect future generations. Scientific decision-making is even more paramount. Zigui County in Zigui, Hubei Province has a long history. It was the seat of Guiguo in the Shang Dynasty, Kuizi Kingdom in the Zhou Dynasty, and it was called Guixiang in the late Warring States Period. It has a history of more than 3,200 years and has moved to the city seven times.Guizhou, the old county seat of Zigui, will be completely flooded and will need to be relocated.The old county town is too small, looking from the height of the big temple of Quyuan Temple, it looks like a toe playing in the river.The entire old city is just two streets, the widest part of which is less than 7 meters. The county magistrate secretary never dares to enter the county party committee compound with a car, because as long as there is someone riding a tricycle on the opposite side, the road will be blocked.The old county does not have a traffic policeman, let alone a traffic light—in fact, these are not needed at all. About 30,000 people are crowded on such a small slope with an area of ​​less than 1 square kilometer.In the words of Wang Haiqun, Director of the Zigui Immigration Office, "I dare not fart at night when I sleep, for fear of waking up the neighbors next door."The civil servant who graduated from Hubei University with a major in administrative management told me that the old county has no traffic police, no traffic lights, and even a single public toilet. "The cadres and the masses here are the most equal. If there is no pit, your county magistrate and secretary will still wait and endure; if you have a pit, you will still be equal, right?"

But what I saw when I went to the new county of Zigui today was a completely different scene.That scene made me feel that even the current Beijing city is inferior to Zigui County in many aspects—it can be said that I feel this way about the new towns in the Three Gorges Reservoir area, because you can’t see a school there. dilapidated house.This is impossible even in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, or even Shenzhen, but the relocated towns in the Three Gorges Reservoir Area have all achieved it—they live in new, beautiful, neat and modern streets and communities... There is a saying: Only after all the bitterness is bitter can the sweetness be sweet.The people in the cities and towns relocated from the Three Gorges enjoy the joys and sorrows.

They have created new miracles in history with wisdom and struggle in immigration and relocation. Zigui County is the "first flooded county" of the Three Gorges Reservoir, and the old county is a fully flooded area.So when the construction of the Three Gorges Project was about to start, some people rumored that since Guizhou was completely flooded, Zigui should be divided into three parts and wiped out completely. "Dividing one into three" refers to dividing Zigui into neighboring Badong, Xingshan and Yichang counties. "Whoever wants to be 'the last county magistrate of Zigui' will take over, and I won't do it anyway!" Wang Yuanliang, who was the magistrate of Zigui at the time, angrily refuted the rumors.

Zigui is the hometown of Qu Yuan, and this alone cannot be without it on the administrative map of China.The power to decide county-level administrative divisions rests with the highest state authority in Beijing, and it cannot be done just by talking about it.Therefore, Zigui people began to strive for opportunities and possibilities to go out of the mountains and develop. They chose the site of the new county seat closest to the Three Gorges Dam.As the saying goes, eat mountains by the mountains, drink water by the water.The Three Gorges Dam has attracted worldwide attention. If the county seat is built in the nearest place to the dam, the county seat can be quickly brought into line with modernization.

no.The real authority that manages the Yangtze River, including the Three Gorges—the "Yangtze River Committee"—negated the Zigui people's dream—no towns should appear within 7 kilometers of the Three Gorges Dam. The people of Zigui still did not give up after being hit with a sap, and had a bigger idea.They took a fancy to a place called Gaojiachong in the lower reaches of the Three Gorges Dam, but that place is not in Zigui, but in Yichang County. "It's okay, let's try it!" Several leaders of Zigui approached the secretary of the Yichang Prefectural Party Committee who directly manages Yichang County.

When the secretary heard this, he smiled.Then he shook his head and said, "Plant your own land well, and don't always try to make other people's calculations." The people of Zigui are very depressed. That year, State Councilor Chen Junsheng happened to visit Zigui. "If you have any requirements and ideas, you can talk about them." Before leaving, Chen Junsheng, who is also the Secretary-General of the State Council, asked Wang Yuanliang. Wang Yuanliang was anxious, and tears were about to flow out: "Chief, we Zigui people are not afraid of making great sacrifices for the Three Gorges, but we are worried that there will not be a good county seat for us to choose and decide on!"

"Don't worry, let me tell you slowly from the beginning to the end." Chen Junsheng comforted. Wang Yuanliang made a detailed report. In the end, Chen Junsheng sighed: "Zigui New City is not sure, that is, if you are not sure, if you are not sure, you will lose completely." "Chief, thank you so much for your understanding! But we can't decide on such a big matter!" Wang Yuanliang burst into tears again. Chen Junsheng smiled, stood up, and patted the young man on the shoulder affectionately: "You prepare all the materials and reports in Zigui, and find me in Beijing when you find a chance." "Oh!" Wang Yuanliang shed tears again. Zigui people are so excited!They immediately threw themselves into the battle to select a new county seat, and after careful consideration, they decided to choose a place called Scissors Valley.This place is the closest to the Three Gorges Dam, and the future development space is limitless. As soon as the decision-making meeting of the four major groups was broken up, the county magistrate Wang Yuanliang went straight to the Yichang prefectural committee with materials and reports.This level went very smoothly, and he went to the provincial capital again. The deputy governor in charge nodded as soon as he saw the report: "I will fully support any good deeds." The report was quickly forwarded to the Civil Affairs Office.The experts in charge of planning put forward two points about the address of the new county seat of Zigui: First, is the Scissor Valley a place name?Gotta look into that.Second, if the county seat is located in this place, how to solve the domestic water problem is not specified in the report. The county magistrate Wang Yuanliang was so anxious that he patted his chest: "Okay, let's answer the above two questions right away." There was no rush for the procedural matter, and Wang Yuanliang spent 9 days on it.Afterwards, he said that in the past 9 days, he had a lot of gray hair. On the day the Provincial Department of Civil Affairs issued the approval document, Wang Yuanliang flew directly to Beijing and stayed at the guest house of the State Council Three Gorges Construction Committee.How to enter Zhongnanhai to find Secretary-General Chen Junsheng? The quick-witted Wang Yuanliang suddenly thought of a person——Li Boning!I beg him to go, the old man is an enthusiastic person of the Three Gorges, as long as the Three Gorges is mentioned, he will always do his best to help.Wang Yuanliang was overjoyed and went to find Li Boning's house overnight. The people of Zigui made such great sacrifices for the Three Gorges, and I will definitely help them to the end.Li Boning saw Wang Yuanliang, and immediately wrote a letter to Chen Junsheng, and then called his secretary, and personally sent Wang Yuanliang to Zhongnanhai in his special car. The sun was particularly bright that day, and Wang Yuanliang recalled fondly—after seeing him, Chen Junsheng, a state councilor with a lot of work, was very moved by Wang Yuanliang's work style, and made it clear that he would immediately forward the Zigui relocation report to the Ministry of Civil Affairs for processing. Twenty days later, the "red-headed document" from Beijing agreeing to relocate Zigui County to a new location was in Wang Yuanliang's hands.That night, Wang Yuanliang and several team members of the county party committee and county government drank a few bottles of soju... "It's been 8 years, don't mention it!" At the wine table, Wang Yuanliang and the others cried and laughed until dawn.In the early morning of the next day, all the members of several major teams arrived at the new site of the county seat. Facing the dam site of the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River, they couldn't help opening their hearts and laughing excitedly. The laughter echoed for a long time on both sides of the Xiajiang River... Six years later, Zigui New City, adjacent to the Three Gorges Dam, appeared in front of people.This is the first brand-new modern new city built in the Three Gorges Reservoir area relying on national, local and counterpart support. Its urban area covers an area of ​​5.5 square kilometers. More than 41,000 flooded immigrants have all been relocated to the new city, and there are still 60,000 people left in the new city. living space.When interviewing the Three Gorges, I had the honor to visit this hometown of Qu Yuan, which has been relocated seven times.Today’s Zigui is not what it used to be. The tens of meters wide roads in the new city, the forest-like tall buildings, the huge leisure square inlaid with green shade, and the natural forest park that maintains the original ecological vegetation extend all the way to the Three Gorges Dam. …It has incomparable and unique geographical advantages, and has all the development space that a modern city should have. It is no wonder that even the "Macau Gambling King" Mr. Ho Hongshen is eager to invest in the future "Three Gorges Water Airship Aircraft Carrier" in Zigui... Compared with Zigui, the flooding of Kai County can be said to be a "flying disaster".It is more than 70 kilometers away from the Yangtze River. Many local people don't even know what the Yangtze River is like all their lives, but the Three Gorges Project has turned them into immigrants.The cadres told everyone that the flood of the Three Gorges Reservoir would flood all the houses and fields here, so they asked everyone to move.Isn't this "flying disaster" what is it? Kai County is the hometown of Liu Bocheng, the founding father of the Republic.This is a special area of ​​"six mountains, three hills and one dam".Throughout Kaixian County, even if you climb high and look far away, you can't see the Yangtze River rolling eastward.Kaixian County was established in the 21st year of Jian'an in the Eastern Han Dynasty (AD 192). It is an old county with a history of more than 1,780 years and a population of more than 1.4 million.Although the mountains are high and the roads are deep here, it is a cornucopia of rich products and mineral deposits everywhere.There is a super large natural gas field with a reserve of 50 billion cubic meters in the county.The annual output of citrus in Kai County is more than 60,000 tons, ranking first in the Three Gorges reservoir area, known as "Jinkai County". In the Three Gorges Reservoir area, those who lived by the Yangtze River and grew up drinking the water of the Yangtze River, it is reasonable to relocate this time because of the construction of the Three Gorges Reservoir.The people of Kekai County are emotionally unacceptable: they and the Yangtze River "do not interfere with the river water", but the water from the Yangtze River will flood more than 85% of their Kaixian County, and the flooded population is 120,000, close to The entire submerged population in the North Reservoir Area of ​​the Three Gorges. When the Three Gorges "175 Plan" came out, almost everyone in "Jinkai County" was immersed in a state of wanting to cry without tears.On the one hand, the construction of the Three Gorges Reservoir is a long-term plan for the country and must be fully supported.On the other hand, since ancient times, Kai County, which has been self-sufficient and abundant every year, and the Yangtze River "do not interfere with the river water", now have to make sacrifices for the Yangtze River, and the sacrifice is almost the whole of "Jinkai County"—in fact, all of it: flooded 85% of the land are the best dams and hills in Kaixian County, and the remaining 15% are highlands and barren hills, which are not suitable for planting, let alone human and animal habitation.The submerged counties and cities along the Yangtze River are generally in a "one line" type, presenting a cascade state. Kai County is not the case. Its inundated area is a huge gourd body with flat terrain and almost no difference in height. Once the Three Gorges Reservoir is filled, the inundation will be a one-time and complete inundation.The leaders of Kai County calculated an account: the entire relocation of the county seat and 10 towns (fields) would take 35 years to complete according to Kai County’s own construction capacity; It takes 19 years.As a pure recharging submerged area, the loss of Kaixian County also has a hidden problem that is the most painful and unspeakable: because it is located at the end of the backwater of the reservoir, the water storage and release of the Three Gorges Hydropower Station will fluctuate (the water level in the flood season is 145 meters to 150 meters, and the winter water level after the flood season is 175 meters).The "fluctuation" of more than 30 meters per year causes the flooded area to be exposed and soaked at times, which will inevitably bring about serious soil erosion and climate change.How do the people of Kaixian who have retreated to the high mountains and hills face it?And all this is not reflected in the physical index survey conducted by the "Yangtze River Committee". Kaixian has suffered a lot.While they shouted "Support the Three Gorges Construction", there was a tear in their hearts.Perhaps it is precisely because Kai County is far away from the Yangtze River, so for a long time, this submerged and immigrant county has rarely seen high-level leaders inspecting it.On the contrary, those places that are not too submerged are always visited by people because they are located in the scenic spots of the Three Gorges... The Kaixian people endured silently and looked forward to it. Finally one day, they looked forward to the leadership of the central government and the opportunity to express their innermost feelings. "It's just that if you don't visit Kaixian County, you don't know how difficult it is to immigrate to the Three Gorges!" Qian Zhengying, vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and "old water conservancy", faced the picturesque beautiful mountains and fertile fields in Kaixian County, and was filled with emotion. Guo Shuyan, deputy director of the Three Gorges Project Construction Committee of the State Council, looked at the dam in Kaixian County, listened to the report of the county leader, and then went deep into the homes of the flooded farmers.He said affectionately: "The two people who came to Kai County did not expect it. First, they did not expect Kai County to sacrifice so much for the Three Gorges Project. Second, they did not expect Kai County to be so prosperous." It is difficult to find a dam as good as Kaixian in the entire reservoir area of ​​the Three Gorges. It is a pity that it is submerged!Guo Shuyan immediately instructed the heads of the Immigration Bureau of the Three Gorges Construction Committee and the Yangtze River Water Conservancy Committee who went to Kaixian County together: "Immediately start a new investigation and research on the flooding and resettlement situation in Kaixian County, so that the highest level of the country can make correct decisions." A battle to protect "Jinkai County" quietly kicked off in the vigorous Three Gorges War. In October of the same year, when Guo Shuyan came to Kaixian again for inspection, the accompanying staff from the Yangtze River Water Conservancy Committee brought the "Planning and Design Report of Xiaojiang Large Protection Project".This "Report" proposes to build a "Xiaojiang Water Conservancy Project" in Gaoyang Town, Yunyang County, a tributary of the Yangtze River, so as to keep the water from the Three Gorges Reservoir outside the gate of Kaixian County, and use electricity to pump water from the small river to the Three Gorges Reservoir to achieve "Baokai County" "The goal.This plan is called "big protection" by Kaixian people. "Who said that no one cares about our Kaixian County? 'Great protection' is the central government's greatest concern and attention to our Kaixian County!" Kaixian people are very grateful.But this can't fundamentally remove their doubts. In order to protect their beautiful homeland, they strive for a more perfect plan... The opportunity has come. From the end of October to the beginning of November 1995, the Immigration Bureau of the Three Gorges Construction Committee of the State Council and the Sichuan Provincial People's Government jointly held an expert-level review meeting for the "Small River Protection Project Planning" in Beijing.At the four-day meeting, Pan Jiazheng, the leader of the expert team and vice president of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, said on behalf of the expert review team: "The "Report" still needs to be studied." On the seventh day after the meeting, Comrade Li Peng, then Premier, and Zou Jiahua, Vice Premier, visited the Xiaojiang dam site in person. "Have the comrades from Kai County come?" Li Peng asked. The county magistrate and secretary of Kai County hurriedly reported: "Here we come, Prime Minister!" Li Peng nodded and asked with concern, "What's your opinion on the 'Great Protection' plan?" Secretary Zhang of Kai County spoke first.He did not directly answer the Prime Minister's question, but said: "Reporting to the Prime Minister, we believe that the Yangtze River Water Conservancy Commission's proposal to solve the immigration problem in Kai County is just one solution, and we think there are other solutions." Li Peng turned his head and smiled at Vice Premier Zou Jiahua, and asked the comrades in Kai County with great interest: "Tell me about other plans." The head and deputy head of Kai County quickly spread out the map of Kai County, and then made a statement in front of the Prime Minister: The great protection of the Yangtze River Water Conservancy Commission certainly has merit.However, there are more than a dozen dams of different sizes in the flooded area of ​​our Kai County. If we can also use the method of damming to protect them, it will be of great benefit to the resettlement and future construction of our Kai County. After listening to the introduction, Premier Li Peng nodded frequently and fell into thinking, "I understand what you mean." The Premier stood up, shook hands with several leaders of Kai County, and then said to Vice Premier Zou Jiahua: "Their ideas are reasonable. Looking at the problems in Duokai County, we need to think about it in the long run, and think about it in the long run!" From December 17th to 21st of the following year, the meeting to decide on the immigration of the Three Gorges in Kaixian County and the fate of future construction was held again.Professor Zhang Guangdou, a leading figure in the field of water conservancy in my country and academician of the two academies, attended and served as the consultant of the expert group, and the leader of the expert group was still held by Academician Pan Jiazheng. 28 well-known domestic and foreign experts and representatives of 71 relevant units participated in the deliberation.The controversy is still unfolding between "big protection" and "small protection".In Kaixian County, Liu Benrong, the county magistrate, who shouldered the trust of 1.4 million people, was eloquent and impassioned. His tendentious opinions were approved and endorsed by experts.In the end, the expert group decided that: starting from the reality of Kaixian County, considering the scientific and long-term perspective, the "big protection" plan should not be adopted, and it is recommended to still adopt a plan that focuses on immigrants and "small protection" to deal with Kaixian's problems. To achieve the purpose of protecting the local ecological environment as much as possible and reducing the flooding of cultivated land. This is how the five-year "open county suspense" was finally resolved.That is a plan that is in line with science and the fundamental interests of the people of Kai County.Through the use of a small protection plan, all the 17 most fertile dams in Kai County have been preserved.The county seat and four immigrant market towns of Zhaojia, Anzhen, Puxi, and Houba were relocated as a whole... Beginning in 1998, Kai County has put into intensive urban relocation and large-scale immigration work.They have not forgotten the care given to them by the party and the state. While relying on policies and rationally and scientifically arranging relocation, they actively cultivate a new world for the survival and development of more than 1.4 million people in Kaixian County in the future, and have organized more than 300,000 non-Three Gorges immigrants to go south "" Workers' Army".Today we came to the Three Gorges Reservoir Area, and saw that Kai County’s immigrant new village has more buildings, wider roads, and better life than other places. It turns out that this “army of migrant workers going south” with more than 300,000 people earns back every year. Hundreds of millions of RMB are at work... Kaixian people have always been far-sighted and superior to others.In the battle of the Three Gorges immigrants, they once again showed extraordinary charm. Fengjie is another flooded county in the Three Gorges reservoir area.The submersion of Fengjie is a great pain for a cultural person like me. Fengjie County is a treasure land for producing and accumulating splendid Chinese culture. "Among the colorful clouds of Chaoci Baidi, thousands of miles of rivers and tombs will be returned in one day." Almost every Chinese will recite this eternal swan song of Li Bai, and "Baidi City" is in Fengjie.Therefore, Fengjie is also known as the "Poetry City". Besides Li Bai, Wang Wei, Du Fu, Bai Juyi, Liu Yuxi, Lu You, Su Dongpo...all left good sentences here. "Liu Bei's army defeated Tuo Gu", "Zhuge's gossip array resisted the enemy", each of the historical allusions and legends, all of which show to people the profound cultural heritage and heavy historical vicissitudes of Fengjie.The mystery of the hanging coffins in Qutang, the wind and smoke of the iron pillars that lock the river, the unparalleled tiankeng and ground fissures, the golden cave for weeping ghosts and gods, and the Mengliang ladder... The natural beauty and wonders of Fengjie are not only left to the Chinese nation. Heritage is more of a spiritual heritage in terms of literature and culture. Because of Fengjie's profound cultural heritage, Yong'an Town, where the Fengjie County Government is located, was chosen as the "First Explosion in the Three Gorges Reservoir Area", which announced the great project of millions of immigrants from the Three Gorges. "The First Explosion in the Three Gorges Reservoir Area" selected four landmark buildings: one is the town government building.The six-storey reinforced concrete building, which was built in 1991, was once described by some media as a "famous high-end building" in the reservoir area, which symbolizes the authority of Fengjie; the second is the county education committee building.This majestic and generous building is located on the side of the only square as big as a basketball court in the county. This majestic and generous building is called the "Hope Building" by Fengjie people. It is a public welfare building that is closely related to the life of local residents. Really "with ulterior motives". The symbol of power is gone, the children have to move first to go to school, and the water and electricity are gone. How do you want to stay in the old city?Move it, this time it's for real! On the day of the explosion, the people in Fengjie County felt very complicated. The blasting time was set at 1:40 pm on January 20, 2002.The government building was blown up first.The commander chose the government building as the first explosion in the "first explosion", and his intentions are obvious. At 10:00 in the morning, the masses within a radius of 100 meters outside the blasting site began to evacuate.The local public security mobilized more than 300 police officers, and later temporarily added dozens of security personnel.But even so, there are still many people who are unwilling to leave.Especially those government staff, although they have been notified to move 10 days ago, it seems that no one wants to accept this fact.The six-story building is absolutely first-class among the dozen or so old counties in the Three Gorges Reservoir Area, and Fengjie people were once proud of it.Local people who enter the city for the first time always want to take a look at this government building.It is the dream of many Fengjie people to send their children to work in that building. Now it's about to be demolished, and it's about to be razed to the ground.People from the entire county gathered around one after another. They stared at the six-story building with extremely serious expressions as if they were saying goodbye to their relatives...Suddenly, there was a commotion among the crowd in front of them, and a middle-aged man jumped desperately. After crossing the net fence and turning over the remnant wall that had been battered by the soldiers of the People's Liberation Army, he rushed to a room on the fourth floor, squatted down and burst into tears.Some people said that it was a cadre in the archives office who was in charge of documents. He had never left the building since the first day he joined the job...Finally, four police officers forcibly carried him out of the building.On the more than 100-meter empty road between the office building and the blasting isolation layer, the heart-piercing cry of the middle-aged man made thousands of onlookers at the scene cry. Another blasting point was the Square Education Committee building, where more people gathered, most of them were students and parents, as well as ordinary citizens.The Education Committee building and the square are the most familiar and intimate places for them.I don't know who's idea, dozens of citizens who usually dance and relax in the square every evening brought a loudspeaker they usually use, and when the commander at the blasting site announced the "countdown" to the last 10 minutes of detonation, they rang that one. A loudspeaker, and the majestic Beethoven's "Ninth Symphony" came from the frozen square... First, the children covered their faces and cried, then the old people sobbed uncontrollably, and then all the onlookers choked up... The magistrate Chen of Fengjie County described the scene to me with only one sentence: "The first time It is the absolute first time to really feel what is tragic! " Exactly 1:40 pm.The blasting commander pressed the button, and with a loud "bang", the six-story building was razed to the ground in an instant, and the 21-meter-high government building turned into a pile of rubble in just two or three seconds... At the same time, the Education Commission building beside the square also disappeared from people's sight. 2:25.The thermal power plant and the water plant detonated at the same time, and also fell down "gently". It is said that only 168 kilograms of explosives were used in the "First Explosion in the Three Gorges Reservoir Area", and the four buildings that Fengjie people were once proud of disappeared permanently by the river in an instant.This time, what is left to the people of Fengjie is only infinite remembrance, without any poetic flavor.But in terms of the significance of "The First Explosion" to the Three Gorges construction and resettlement project, it is more romantic and emotional than poetry. "Poetry City" Fengjie is really going to be relocated! When the government building, education committee building, thermal power plant, and water plant can only become the memories of Fengjie people, people can't help but think of the search for a new county site. Where is the new county built?Still on the edge of the beautiful Yangtze River?What about the immortal "White Emperor City"? "Poetry City" just "evaporated"? 1.03 million Fengjie people are looking forward to the answer. Therefore, the site selection of the new county became the first decisive battle in Fengjie's immigration campaign, and it was related to the success or failure of the entire campaign and the future of this famous city with a history of more than 2,300 years. "Poetry City" is romantic, but the construction of a new "Poetry City" is a real basic project, and romance takes a back seat in the middle.But without a romantic vision, it is obviously a failure in the first place. People in Fengjie have struggled for more than ten years to find an ideal new site for the county seat.Because the "Green Paper" of the Yangtze River Water Conservancy Committee announced that during the construction of the Three Gorges Project in Fengjie, 17 towns and 97 villages in the county will be submerged by the rising reservoir water in the future; The imperial city will become an isolated island in the water. The old city is gone, where should the new city be built?People who have been to Fengjie can see at a glance that the old county of Fengjie is close to the Yangtze River, and there are mountains and valleys on both sides. No matter whether you are going up the river or sailing along the river, there is no place where there is a flatter patch than the current Fengjie County. The land of the river!What's more, the new county must be built above the 175-meter water level of the future reservoir. The leaders of Fengjie County handed over the choice of the future new county seat to the county's 1.03 million people.The result of public opinion is: the new county should "not separate from the Yangtze River, not separate from the historical and cultural background, not separate from the Baidi City Scenic Area".The "three non-departures" represent the entire history and advantages of Fengjie, and the wishes of the people are not wrong at all. But where to find the "three non-separations"?There have been several county leaders who have had a hard time with this. The earliest one should be counted from 1984. Under the leadership of the Sichuan Provincial Department of Urban and Rural Construction and Environmental Protection at that time, Fengjie County started the first round of site selection for a new county seat.After a marathon investigation and demonstration, three addresses were finally proposed: one is the Anping area upstream of the old county town; the other is the lotus pond behind the old county town; "Anping is too far away from the old city, we would definitely not want to move there!" The county leaders resolutely rejected the first plan. "The lotus pond is not good either. Although it belongs to the old county town, it is close to the back, but the county town is built at an altitude too high from the Yangtze River. In the future, it will be difficult for us to get water and the way to go out. The lotus pond is not suitable, so we will not go there. !” The second option is that the common people will not do it. "Baotaping looks good, but the terrain there is steep, the geological structure is complex, and there are many landslides, which is not conducive to building a city in such a place. We disagree with this plan. Besides, the Baidi Temple will be surrounded by water reservoirs. Your new county seat There is no reason to choose another place.” The third plan was rejected by the Yangtze River Water Conservancy Commission, the authority in charge of urban construction and planning in the entire reservoir area. "So our Fengjie New County will be built in the sky?" Someone joked. It is impossible to build in the sky, but where to build Fengjie New County is more difficult than the sky. The "Yangtze River Committee" later proposed a place called "Zhuyi", but it was immediately rejected by the Fengjie people. The reason was that it was too far "from the old county", too far from the Baidi Temple, and too far from the Yangtze River.Regarding the selection of the site for the new county seat, the two sides had tossed about six or seven years with different opinions.In the end, the people of Fengjie and the "Yangtze River Committee" with the decision-making power finally came up with a compromise plan - the new city was built in the Baotaping area.The decision on this plan is related to the "Resolution on the Construction of the Three Gorges Project on the Yangtze River" to be passed by the National People's Congress. Otherwise, some people estimate that there will be a "see-saw" for ten or eight years. On December 8, 1993, after getting the approval from the Provincial Construction Committee, the people of Fengjie started the formal construction of the new town immediately.People in Fengjie are in a hurry. If the new county is not built well, once the Yangtze River is filled with water, the entire old county will be submerged in water. Where will hundreds of thousands of people go?uphill?How do you eat and sleep on the mountain?Or leave your hometown and move to someone else's territory?Is Fengjie still there?Even if the descendants agree, did the ancestors agree? What are you doing!Work hard and build a new city as soon as possible, so that Fengjie will not be left behind in the entire Three Gorges immigration construction! However, people in Fengjie never imagined that when they were building Baotaping in full swing, Cui Zhengzheng, the chief geologist of the "Yangtze River Committee", led a group of engineers and technicians to Fengjie again.They wandered around the area of ​​Baotaping for more than ten days, which made the Fengjie people tremble.In the end, the trouble really came again—— "We now officially tell you: it is an absolute mistake to build the new county seat in Baotaping, at least the center of the new county cannot be Baotaping! There is only one reason: the geological conditions and topographical conditions here are not suitable. This is an unchangeable iron fact." "This...why didn't you say it earlier?" Fengjie people were stunned when they heard it. They were so poor that they started to build a new county by tightening their belts. They couldn't accept the tens of millions thrown into the Yangtze River for nothing. The reality of the dollar construction fee... "Early—we reminded you a few years ago." The people in the "Yangtze River Committee" were also full of anger. It was the early autumn of 1995, and it had been more than a year since the Three Gorges Project officially started. I am afraid that only people in Fengjie in the entire reservoir area are still hesitating about the location of the new county seat. Can we not be in a hurry? The matter has reached the province and the central government. The leaders of relevant state departments personally sat down in Fengjie to settle this urgent matter. The "Zhu Yi Plan" is still more appropriate. The "Yangtze River Committee" once again launched their opinions a few years ago. "Comrades in Fengjie, what's your opinion?" the leader asked. "Zhu Yi is still far away..." Fengjie people never let go, but their attitude is much softer than before. "Let's go, let's go to the site and have a look, and then listen to the opinions of the people. The construction of the Three Gorges is a long-term project. Where to build the county and how to build it, we must not only pay attention to science, but also consider the interests of the people. , so we must proceed from reality and in the long run." The leader suggested. It was another serious investigation and investigation from beginning to end, and repeated demonstrations.Finally, everyone sat down and agreed. "Since the situation in Fengjie is special, we can't cling to the old way of thinking. What is the ultimate purpose of urban construction? What is the purpose of urban construction in the Three Gorges Reservoir area? Therefore, it is recommended that everyone think from these perspectives Question..." The leader deserves to be far-sighted and give advice. Under the new thinking, everyone quickly came to a new unified understanding: Since Fengjie has a special geography and special circumstances, the construction of a new city does not necessarily have to find a centralized place that cannot be found. The county seat is built in an area with good geological conditions that is in line with science and long-term development, which not only meets the scope of the "three non-departures" desired by Fengjie people, but also does not affect the long-term plan for a century and a thousand years.Therefore, Zhuyi with good geological conditions - the lotus pond closest to the old county - the new Fengjie city idea of ​​"three points and one line" with a certain scale of Baotaping, was determined in this way.Ah, this is a plan acceptable to both the "Yangtze River Committee" and Fengjie people. "Thank you for the wise decision of the leader!" The people of Fengjie, who came from joy and sadness, held the hand of the leader from Beijing tightly, expressing their gratitude beyond words. The new city construction plan that has been hanging in the hearts of Fengjie people for more than ten years can finally make them free to work hard. On March 1, 1997, the construction of Sanmashan Community, the main urban area of ​​Fengjie, officially started.At this time, it was only 8 months before the closure of the Three Gorges Project. Fengjie people knew that they were 3 years behind the brother counties in the reservoir area, but they were not discouraged by this, but rushed to catch up. In the summer of 2002, when I came to Fengjie, I saw the new city like beads scattered along the Yangtze River, stretching for 15 kilometers, magnificent and unique. I couldn't help but marvel that Fengjie is indeed the hometown of poetry.The unique charm of the new city is first of all its uniqueness, and secondly its uniqueness. The city walls extending along the river, the buildings embedded in the mountains and the brand-new roads that shuttle between the buildings and the city walls, Isn't it the charm of the Three Gorges in the future that they are so harmoniously combined beside the surging Yangtze River?Isn't today's Fengjie New City just like the pipa in Li Bai's hand, which plays the eternal masterpiece? Yes, Fengjie, the "City of Poetry", is still unparalleled. On the day I left Fengjie, a mighty army of immigrants from the old city was happily boarding cars and migrating to the new city.The Baidi Temple protection project located beside Qutang Gorge has also officially started. Here will be a more charming and detached "Zeguo Poetry City"...