"The state of Chaogujia is more than a thousand miles away. The capital city of the country is more than ten miles around. Welfare. Dozens of garlands have been destroyed, and there are more than a hundred monks and disciples, learning Mahayana teaching." —— Xuanzang · Bianji "Da Tang Western Regions" Volume 12
The state of Zaijujia is also called Zhu Jubo, which is today's Yecheng. Master Xuanzang's team returned to the east, braved the wind and snow, trekked hard, and finally walked down the Pamirs, all the way east, and came to Yecheng. Yecheng is named after the Yarkand River, known as "the hometown of walnuts and pomegranates in China". The earliest impression of Yecheng comes from the classic lines in the movie "Visitor on the Iceberg" in the last century, "Where is the bride from?", "It's far away, Yecheng!", "Friends come from Where did you come from?", "Yecheng!". In the play, the place where the hero and heroine Amir and Gulandam meet is in front of the Jamie Mosque in Yecheng.
I came to the Xinhua Bookstore in Yecheng at six o’clock, the door was closed, and I tried to ask the locals nearby whether the bookstore was off work or moved. Mandarin for a year? No, this sentence has neither a retroflex nor a nasal sound, so they can't understand it? Why. Thinking that Yecheng is the hometown of walnuts, let’s buy some souvenirs here. Shareda walnut sesame candy is a specialty of Yecheng. The retail price here is actually cheaper than that of a certain treasure. I bought five boxes and am negotiating with the boss. At that time, a policeman who was on duty nearby came in and chatted for a while. It turned out that he was a fellow from Sichuan. After paying the money and going out, he told me that I saw that you are foreigners, and I was afraid that there would be conflicts between you and the locals because of the language barrier when you bargained with the locals, so I came in to have a look, and I quickly thanked the kind police. I asked the policeman where the Jamie Mosque was. He raised his hand and pointed, and it was right in front of him. I said I was going to take a look and take a couple of pictures. It's a sensitive area, and it's an extraordinary period. You'd better not go near it, and don't take pictures. Oh, if I knew this earlier, it would be better not to recognize you as a fellow. Forget it, listened to people's persuasion, and I was embarrassed to embarrass the kind policeman. I walked 5,000 kilometers to the Jamie Mosque, but I could only look at it from a distance. Alas, the door is still closed.
I have to chat with the elementary school students who are not in a hurry to go home after school and skip rope on the street. "What grade are you in?", they said "fourth grade" to me in not-so-fluent Mandarin. "How many years have you learned Mandarin?", "Three years". "Do you know that Yecheng's original name was Zhu Jubo, did Tang Seng pass by you when he returned to China?", "Really? The teacher didn't tell us." "It's true. It's recorded in "Da Tang Western Regions" written by Tang Seng. You can go to Xinhua Bookstore to read it, but you may not understand it, but "Journey to the West" has pictures and texts, so you can understand it." "What is your ideal?", "When we grow up, we want to study in the mouth (inland)", "Then you have to learn to speak Mandarin well, and bring your parents to speak together, otherwise you will not be able to speak Mandarin fluently in the mouth. It’s not convenient to eat or take a car.” "Now we are all Han teachers as class teachers, and Uyghur teachers as our life teachers."
Suddenly, a teacher-like Uyghur woman began to educate the children in the Uyghur language with a gloomy face. The children stopped talking, quietly put away the rubber rope, and prepared to leave. I quickly explained to the Uighur teacher that I didn't say anything to the children, but just asked them to read more books. But I don't know if she can understand what I'm saying.
Regarding education, I am still very confident. As long as the country insists on teaching in Mandarin, in another 15 years, these children in front of me will be mothers, and the second generation of children who can speak Mandarin will grow up. Without the language barrier, the completion of the Tower of Babel is just around the corner!
Yingjisha must punch in and buy two inlaid Yingjisha knives. I was stunned by the strict management of the small knife store. Each Yingjisha small knife store is equipped with two security guards and a three-dimensional data gate (automatically checks the ID card and carry-on bag). Buying a knife requires registration of the ID card. The country really wants to maintain stability. Down the blood. Come to Xinjiang, it is absolutely safe here!
D12 Kashgar - Yingshaji, the zero kilometer of Tibet and the hometown of small knives. suye city
