China News Service, Chengdu, August 20th. Title: The ancient town of Huanglongxi in Chengdu after the flood: dredging and killing tension, and people regain their confidence in life
Author Yang Xianyun Cui Kai
"We came to Huanglongxi the night before. Because this is a scenic spot, large machinery can't get in, we can only rely on everyone to work slowly with one shovel and one shovel." On the 20th, as the rainfall stopped and the water level of the Jinjiang River gradually dropped, Chengdu City The flood in the ancient town of Huanglongxi in Shuangliu District gradually receded. Xu Xiuying and her sister came to the ancient town to dredge.
On August 20th, the twin sisters Hua Xu Xiuying and Xu Xiurong were dredging. Photo by Xu Jigang
Walking into the ancient town, the road is still covered with a lot of silt. In order to restore the normal order of the scenic area, all sectors of the local society have invested manpower and material resources to participate in the dredging work. In this ancient town with a history of nearly 2000 years, people are busy restoring production and life.
At the dredging site, the twin sisters, Xu Xiuying and Xu Xiurong, cooperate very well with each other. "Our two sisters didn't go home for two nights, so we stayed at the Huanglongxi Scenic Area. Together with the workers, we wanted to clean up our scenic area as soon as possible so that we can be more at ease and our work will be more meaningful."
"After the flood happened, we immediately activated the flood prevention emergency plan under the unified arrangement of the district party committee and district government." Yang Jian, deputy general manager of the Airport Construction Management Company, who came to the dredging, said that the company urgently transferred more than 30 large-scale units. Machinery and transportation vehicles organized more than 200 rescuers to the scene immediately. Up to now, the company has cleaned five streets in the Huanglongxi Scenic Area, and cleaned nearly 5,000 cubic meters of construction waste and silt. It is expected that the dredging work will be basically completed this week.
The 76-year-old tailor made Chang'an dredging with his family. Photo by Xu Jigang
According to the staff of Huanglongxi Town Government, the residents of the water receding area in the town are returning one after another. While the town collects mechanical drainage from various sources, the town organizes anti-epidemic and anti-virus in the receding area, and distributes disinfectant and epidemic prevention manuals to residents.
As the flood recedes, the people are regaining their confidence in life and returning to daily life as soon as possible.
The main street is the nearest street to the river in the ancient town. When the flood came, the water almost flooded the second floor. Dai Changan, 76, opened a tailor shop on this street. The rainstorm hit, almost all of his pavement was submerged. After the flood subsided, the pavement was completely different. Floral cloth and mineral water bottles were swayed by the rapids.
Shops that have resumed business in the ancient town. Photo by Jiao Yuli
Right now, the daughter, son-in-law, and son of Dai Chang'an all returned to the ancient town to help. They used iron grips to remove the silt, connected a water pipe to the nearby fire hydrant, used a basin and bucket to collect the water, and brought it back to the shop again and again, washing the muddy mineral water and beverages, and The silt on the ground was washed away.
On Zhenlong Street, Travels Longyan Pastry Shop has resumed business. At about 16 o'clock, a nearby resident came and bought two boxes of tempeh and one box of red tofu. "Boss, how much is it?" "69 yuan, you can give 60 yuan!" Faced with a few buyers, the boss readily gave a good discount.
The shop owner said that her family opened two shops in the ancient town of Huanglongxi. The shop near the river was flooded and damaged severely. The shop far from the river is intact. In the past two days, the whole town has been engaged in restoration and reconstruction, and the shops downstream of her house are also being cleaned. On the morning of the 19th, she simply opened the shop above and opened for business.
"Sitting is also sitting. It's better to start business." The boss said that in the past few days, many workers and volunteers have come to Huanglongxi Ancient Town. These workers sometimes come up to buy some cakes to satisfy their hunger. Although business is not good, but It can always meet the needs of some people.
The children in the ancient town are dredging. Photo by Jiao Yuli
As the flood subsided, several workers were busy in the Huanglongxi Post Agency on Chuanlong Street. There is a backlog of 600 to 700 express items here. In order to sign for these express items as soon as possible, the staff member Mr. Tang kept calling to notify the owner of the express.
The heavy rain caught Mr. Tang off guard. When the water flooded into the house, he moved the express delivery on the ground to the high shelf, but the water level rose too fast. Immediately afterwards, he moved the courier from the shelf to the second floor and rescued four university admission notices. On the 19th, China Post Shuangliu Branch sent 11 people to help, and delivered the backlog of mail and parcels to Dongyue Village, Gufo Village and Jiahe Village.
Mr. Tang said: "It seems that the ancient town of Huanglongxi just pressed the pause button in the flood, and nothing happened. With the delivery of the express, the days are restarting at this moment."
It is understood that as of the afternoon of the 20th, 3,142 vehicles and 48,612 cubic meters of garbage have been cleared and transported in Huanglongxi Scenic Area, and more than 100,000 tons of silt have been cleared. Zhenlong Street, Fangqing Street, Xinjie, etc. have basically completed dredging. 616 garbage trucks were cleared and transported outside the scenic area, and 28,640 cubic meters of silt and garbage were removed. At present, Huanglongxi has washed 88 kilometers of road surface, killing 322,000 square meters in total.
Huanglongxi, a thousand-year-old town, is rejuvenating as the flood recedes. (Finish)