The sea in Qingdao is in the south, while the sea in Weifang is in the north. It takes more than an hour by train from Qingdao to Weifang, and then an hour and a half by car to visit this futuristic Binhai New Area, there is always a sense of time and space dislocation.

is there a sea in Weifang? This is almost a question of heaven. Many people don't know that Weifang has a sea, and even most Weifang locals have never been to this saline-alkali shoal near Bohai Bay. I only know that it is the location of Weibei Farm, but it is actually synonymous with prison. Kong Fu, a famous poet, once herded sheep here through "labor reform" in 196s. How much inspiration did he get about the sea from alkaline beaches, grassy depressions, yellow clover, reeds and cool Laizhou Bay?

thirty years ago, I came to this saline-alkali land, and what I saw was a thousand miles of beaches, long loess, overgrown with weeds and uninhabited. The car bumped on the salty land, and the winding rut was deeply imprinted on Mother Earth, like a shocking scar. It took more than half a day from Weifang city to Weibei saltworks.

facing the sea, you don't know the sea; Facing the sea, it is difficult to kiss the sea. In fact, it is not only the geographical distance of 4 kilometers that blocks dreams, but also the painful psychological experience of the Chinese nation for thousands of years.

No matter how capricious the years are, we should still keep the initial peace in our hearts, just like the mountains extending to the south, the flat Bailang River and the mirror-like silver pond in the salt field-this is the correct way to open our hearts to the changing times and the changing world.

Chinese civilization is essentially an agricultural civilization. This civilization first matured in the Weihe River, Fenhe River and yi river Valley, and flourished in Xianyang, Xi. Since then, the core of civilization has gradually moved eastward, passing through Luoyang and Kaifeng, and gradually approaching the sea. It was only in the Southern Song Dynasty that I was forced to go to Hangzhou, a city near the sea.

farming civilization is a closed and introverted civilization, and it has instinctive fear and prevention of marine civilization. In the early years of the Ming Dynasty, the imperial court implemented the policy of banning the sea, and only allowed the imperial court to "pay tribute to trade" and forbade the people to "fornicate overseas". The harsh sea ban policy blocked the normal way of making a living for coastal people, and they had to be forced to be "bandits".

As Gu said, "People by the sea have no way to live, and they live by hunger. Poor people often steal from the sea and run away screaming. " "If the sea ban is strict and there is no food, you will turn to the seaside."

A few years ago, in the place where Qi Jiguang was fighting against Japan, I first read A Brief Account of Japan's Changes, in which I described the anti-Japanese deeds. In an encirclement and suppression campaign, the last batch of "Japanese pirates" were trapped in a ruined temple, and they left a poem on the wall of the temple: "The sea fog opens and closes, and the spring breeze returns to the cold. Yan Huan's wine is thin, and his old eyes are proud and turbulent. Congshi people are close, Shaping has a wide road, the Ming Dynasty is sunny, and Cui Fei saddle. "

More and more research shows that the "Japanese pirates" in Ming Dynasty were basically China people who pursued free trade. If it hadn't been for the strict sea ban policy, China's marine civilization would have started long ago.

At the same time, Columbus had discovered the new continent, and Magellan began to sweep the world. From the 15th century to the 18th century, the dominance of the ocean was gradually transferred from the Spanish and Dutch to the British. The world has also completed the transition from mercantilism to free trade. Whether it is mercantilism or free trade, oceans and ports have become the economic throat of a country.

the demise of the empire began with the loss of sea power: the Beiyang navy sank into the Yellow Sea and was buried with the last national salvation movement and the national movement of the Qing Dynasty for more than 2 years. The tortuous modern history tells future generations that we must remember that the ocean is the foundation of a modern country and the most important development direction of Weifang, Shandong and even China in the next century.

Binhai is such a future city!

"to the north, to the sea, to the future!"

during my two days in Binhai, this sentence has been lingering in my ear. I seem to see a giant coming from the The Journey to the West with a huge axe in his hand, trying to fight our way out and being born in the sea.

This kind of sadness can only be conveyed by the ancient myth "Jingwei Reclaiming the Sea". This time, I learned from the seaside tour that the story of "Jingwei filling the sea" may have happened in the Bohai Sea, where the daughter of Emperor Yan turned into Jingwei. Sinking into the East China Sea (including the Bohai Sea in ancient times) is refreshing. It's wood and stone. "

In Binhai, there are a group of modern warp and weft that are really" reclaiming the sea ". They build dikes and dams, dig civilian ports, gather stones into islands and gather water into bays. Strive to build a vibrant gold coast!

Kauste passes through the lush green land. Bailang River chases the waves and rushes to the sea. There are lush green grass and vegetation on both sides of the river. I want to bend the time and make a jigsaw puzzle from the scene 3 years ago, but I can't put it together. It is conceivable that planting grass and trees in a saline-alkali land is a kind of pride and boldness. It is said that when planting trees for greening, it is necessary to dig a pit with a depth of 1.5 meters in the saline-alkali land, then lay an alkali drainage pipe, stones and sand as an impervious layer, and then lay a straw curtain covered with plastic film on it to prevent alkaline water from flooding, and then transport good soil from other places. Only in this way can a tree be planted.

Laizhou Bay is like a quiet child. Boating on it, the breeze is blowing, and the sea is still. In the boundless blue, I suddenly saw the beach in Huang Cancan, and my eyes were a little wet. It is said that all these sands are shipped from Laizhou seaside hundreds of kilometers away. I am reminded of the story of "reclamation". A boat full of sand was washed away by the waves, and then another boat came ... sometimes the power of dreams can go beyond the limits of physics.

Nothing symbolizes the future direction of coastal residents better than the Ferris wheel. Binhai people named it "Eye of Bohai Sea". Like the Lord Almighty in the Lord of the Rings, it gazes at the past, present and future of Binhai.