In April 2007, the "Harmony" high-speed rail entered Hangzhou Station, and passengers took a group photo with the high-speed rail.
Photo by Tian Yiping
China News Service, Hangzhou, November 22 (Zhang Yuhuan and Wei Yanran) Pushing the heavy glass door of the exhibition hall, a huge poster shows the front-the white "Harmony" passing through the river, behind it is the wide Qiantang River and There are many tall buildings on both sides of the strait.
In November, a photographic exhibition entitled "Trajectory of a City-The History of Railway Development in a City" was launched in Hangzhou, Zhejiang.
The owner of this exhibition is an ordinary railway person-Tian Yiping, a railway engineer at Hangzhou Railway Qiaosi Station.
As a member of the Chinese Photographers Association, in Tian Yiping's eyes, a good work may be understood by everyone.
"I think the most fascinating thing about photography is to record these precious moments from common scenes."
In 2006, the electrification construction and transformation of Qiaosi Station.
Photo by Tian Yiping
For the 56-year-old this year, that railway romance started earlier than photography.
After graduating from school in 1986, Tian Yiping was assigned to work at Hangzhou Nanxingqiao Station, and since then he has forged a deep bond with the train.
Two years later, at the age of 23, he used his salaries for a year to buy the first camera in his life, a domestic brand camera, the Seagull GF film machine. The train was naturally the most common subject under his lens.
In 1998, Tian Yiping excitedly pressed the shutter button in his hand with the roar of the last steam train in the freight yard of Hangzhou North Railway Station.
The train with white steam in the photo seems to be coming out of the picture.
"The'smoke' moment of a steam locomotive is very rare, and it is not always possible to capture this moment after waiting for three or four hours."
A steam locomotive photographed in the freight yard of Hangzhou North Railway Station in 1998.
Photo by Tian Yiping
With the continuous development of China's railways, from hand-switching switches to microcomputer interlocking, from steam locomotives to diesel locomotives to electrified railways, these changes are clearly shown in Tian Yiping's photo.
Tian Yiping recalled that in 2006, Qiaosi Station ushered in the railway electrification construction project. "Everyone knows that this is preparing for the high-speed rail." The film age has entered the digital age.
When the first line of "Harmony" entered Hangzhou, the news spread all over the streets.
In April 2007, after the sixth major speed increase of China Railway, the "Harmony" high-speed rail opened into Hangzhou, and passengers rushed to take photos with the high-speed rail.
Tian Yiping was very impressed. At that time, a little girl in a red sweater was standing at the front of the Harmony car with her hands raised up to the shape of "Yeah". Her smile was very bright. The father in front of her was raising the camera, single Kneel down to record for her.
In June 2021, the "Fuxing" train will run on the Qiantang River Bridge.
Photo by Tian Yiping
Behind the father and daughter, Tian Yiping also raised the camera in his hand to freeze this beautiful moment for them.
Riding on the "Harmony" under the lens of Tian Yiping, the audience can pass through the snow-covered Qiaosi Station in the 1990s, the rape field next to the railway in the spring of the 21st century, the Hangzhou Qianjiang Century New Town under the cloud and the new high-speed railway line. The Asian Games Village next to...
At the end of the photo exhibition, the green "Fuxing" crossed the Qiantang River Bridge reconstructed in 1948, and the deep green hills echoed the green fuselage of the "Fuxing".
Nowadays, the 350km/h high-speed train has arrived at the beginning and end of the day, and the high-speed era that travels thousands of miles a day is convenient for everyone.
Behind him are exhibited pictures of cities and railways that he has taken continuously from 1990 to 2021.
A series of photos form the history of railway changes in Hangzhou over the past 30 years.
"I compiled the photos I have taken so many years. Some seemed to be taken unintentionally at the time, and some became more precious with the development and changes of the city. For middle-aged people, a piece of photographic work may record history. It will evoke their memories. For the post-90s and post-00s, they can learn about that period of history through photos." Tian Yiping said.
In his opinion, the light and shadow fixed the time and the "dream moment" of urban development.
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