As a native of Zibo, for a long time, I felt that using the word "Zibo" as a place name was not ideal. These two words bite together, which sounds stiff and awkward and difficult to remember. Unlike Qingdao, it sounds so lush and moist, and unlike Weihai, it sounds magnificent. Even a city like Dongying in Jinan can't compare with it. With the words "southeast and northwest", at least I have a sense of direction. The two words "Zi" and "Bo" are just two unrelated words casually pieced together, ignoring each other, boring, without personality, moisture and imagination.
Therefore, when introducing the origin of this name to foreign friends, simply say: it is named after Zichuan and Boshan counties under its jurisdiction.
Having nothing to do, I slowly savored it in my heart, and suddenly realized that the words "zi" and "bo" were of extraordinary significance, which simply marked the past and present of this city. "Zi" is its past life, and "Bo" is its present life.
Zi was once the name of a river. In the early days, it was called Zishui, or Zijiang. You can imagine what a mighty river it is, rolling all the way from the mountains, bypassing the edge of the ancient Linzi city, witnessing the prosperity of a big country thousands of years ago and the glory of the overlord in the Spring and Autumn Period. How many mornings or evenings, the hoofbeat of thousands of people in this country of thousands of riders used to be like a big river, accumulating dust all the way and crushing the waning moon, defending the country and expanding its territory, returning to the prosperity of 800 years and making the country rich and strong.
The glory of history should not be forgotten. Today, 3000 years later, the culture of that period still makes people living in the same place proud: the sound of books and debates of Xia Ji Gong Xue Shaole, the predecessor of football.
Today, the city is very beautiful Bo has a wide, rich and numerous meaning. If we have to sum up the characteristics of this modern city in one sentence, we can only say that it is indeed a city with too many characteristics. Guqifeng, the hometown of Liaozhai, a famous ceramic city, a century-old commercial port, as well as mountains and rivers, nymphs, caves and lakes, is a northern city that is difficult to mark with logo. Now, there are eight words on the tourist card of this city: "Feng Qi Tao Yun Ecological Zibo". Although the music representing the wind of great powers has gone far away, Linzi, once the capital of Qi State, is already a new city. However, you will still see people of different colors coming across the sea from Wan Li. Look at the unearthed chariots in the ancient car museum, the horse bones in the martyrdom museum, and stop to admire the rusty cultural relics in the Qi State History Museum. Of course, it is indispensable to pay tribute to the sages. The first generation of overlords, Qi Huangong, Yan Ying and Guan Zhong's tombs are pines and cypresses, and the vegetation on the cenotaph of Jiang Taigong, the founding king of Qi State, has been flourishing for more than 3,000 years, but more and more people come here from all corners of the country to find their roots. There is also that small but magical football, which, like people, has already confessed to the ancestors. Its predecessor is Cuju in Linzi, which has traveled across the ocean for thousands of years and is also looking for a way to return.
Where should we begin to describe the colors of this city?
Start with the red flame? The flame has been beating in the history of this city for 8 thousand years, and the more it burns, the more colorful it becomes. When the red fire meets the yellow mud, the produced ceramic glass becomes various and blooms incredible flowers in the crystal clear. As long as you walk into a dazzling array of storefronts, your eyes will be attracted by the ceramic and glass handicrafts born of bath fire.
Start with a blue book bound with thread? That book, which tells the story of ghosts, foxes, immortals and demons, has been translated into various languages of various countries and circulated for hundreds of years. The person who wrote this book is a scholar in a blue shirt. Because of repeated attempts, he turned to writing stories, so the legend of a man and a book was born in this city hundreds of years ago.
Start with Beth? The western part of this city used to be known as the "dry dock", with the history of "every family grows mulberry and every family raises cocoons", and the silk printing and dyeing industry is quite developed. At that time, some people made a strange business by printing and dyeing About that street with a history of hundreds of years, there was a legend about businessmen and wealth a hundred years ago. Now, it is still an ancient commercial port. Visitors can still see the process of silk thread forming cloth on the loom and experience the process of taking out various colors of cloth from the dyeing vat.
Start with the ubiquitous green plants? Green is a natural color. There is no shortage of mountains in this city. Where there are mountains, there are naturally thick greenery, water, dense forests, gurgling springs, brilliant mountain flowers and even deep and mysterious caves. To appreciate the city's green, you can go to Lushan Mountain, which is known as the fourth peak in Shandong Province, and Yuanshan National Forest Park, which has a stone sea tens of thousands of years ago. The caves hidden on the mountainside are crystal clear and magnificent, which is rare in the north.
At night, walking in the streets of this modern city, behind tall buildings, green trees, neon fountains and colored lights, reflects a colorful fashion life, which is passionate, elegant and soothing.
There are still many colors, hidden in the depths of this city, waiting for people with a heart to discover and aftertaste.