Yunnan-Vietnam Railway - "a small train spanning a hundred years". It is a meter-gauge railway that is still in operation in China. When it was built, it was called by the Western media as one of the "three major engineering miracles in the world" alongside the "Panama Canal" and "Suez Canal". , "Peru Andes Central Railway" and known as "the world's three major plateau railways in the 20th century". It has experienced the Revolution of 1911, the National Defense Movement, the War of Resistance Against Japan, the Pacific War, the War of Liberation, the Vietnam War, the Cultural Revolution, and so many wars, and has been strong until today.
This is a great project created more than 100 years ago, and every part of it is carefully designed and precisely measured, road surfaces, bridges, tunnels, slopes, to suit the mountainous terrain of Yunnan. The Eighteen Monsters of Yunnan "Trains do not connect domestic and foreign countries" refers to it. It is it that brings the world to the eyes of Yunnan people, and it also brings Yunnan people closer to the world.
Every time I take a car through the Yongfengying to Yiliang section of the old Kunming-Shizhou Highway-Jiapigou Canyon, I can see the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway at close range, and it can also truly reflect the hardships and difficulties in the construction of the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway. The locals call it the "Little Three Gorges on Land". On one side of the road is a straight cliff, and on the other side is a clear river. The Yunnan-Vietnam Railway runs between the cliffs on one side of the river. The first time I passed by here, I became very interested in and deeply explored the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway.
One afternoon, on a whim, I came to Kebao Village Station in Yongfengying, Yiliang. The silent station is full of nameless wild flowers. At the station in the afternoon, only a few old people sat on the platform and played chess. The rusty rails revealed endless depression, the water tower was covered with green plants, and the clear writing on the wall showed the fashion of that era, which can be seen through the broken door The counters of the ticket office and the waiting benches climbed up the dormitory wall of the station staff, and the weeds growing wildly in the yard looked even more desolate. Under the scorching sun in the afternoon, I walked slowly on the only operable railroad track, as if returning to the scene of walking on the railroad track with my classmates on the way to school when I was a child. Fortunately, I encountered a small train and a large modern train of Nankun Railway not far away. Let's drive together.
If you want to find the glory of the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway, you must go to Bisezhai in Mengzi. There are standard French buildings everywhere, and the khaki shift room is a standard Gothic building. On the hillside behind the platform, there are 34 large and small yellow houses, which were staff dormitories, studios, hotels, bars, customs, etc., as well as foreign firms opened by foreigners. When Bisezhai was the most prosperous, businessmen from 18 provinces in China came here to realize their dream of getting rich. It is said that Cai E escaped from Beijing with the help of Xiaofengxian, and returned to Kunming from Hanoi by taking the Yunnan-Vietnam train. The train once stopped at Bisezhai. Yuan Shikai sent minions to assassinate Cai E. As a result, Cai E's adjutant was assassinated. The train sped out and returned to Kunming safely.
"The green hills are still there, and the sunset is red for a few times." The prosperity of that day no longer exists, and the nearby villagers still live a poor life. occupy.
All the brilliance has become yesterday, it seems that the clouds and smoke are easy to dissipate, why is it that the flowing water is ruthless.