Lesson 2 Winter in Jinan

Lesson 2  Winter in Jinan

Lao She

For someone who is used to living in Beiping, like me, it is a miracle if the wind does not blow in winter; there is no wind in Jinan in winter. For someone who has just returned from London, like me, it would be a miracle if I could see daylight in winter; the winter in Jinan is loud and clear. Naturally, in tropical places, the daylight is always so poisonous, and the loud weather is a bit frightening. However, in the winter of northern China, Jinan is really a precious place to have warm and clear weather.

If there is sunshine alone, it is not surprising. Just close your eyes and think: isn't it an ideal situation to have an old city with mountains and water, all under the sun, sleeping in peace and warmth, waiting for the spring breeze to wake them up?

The hills surround Jinan, with only the north side missing a bit of the mouth. This circle of hills is especially lovely in winter, as if they are putting Jinan in a small cradle, quietly and motionlessly whispering, "Don't worry, it will be warm here." Really, the people of Jinan are smiling in winter. As soon as they look at the hills, they feel that they have something to fall back on. When they see the hills from the sky, they unconsciously think: "Tomorrow may be spring, right? With such warmth, the grass might be green this night, right?" It is this fantasy can not be realized, they are not anxious, because there is such a charitable winter, why hope for anything else!

The best thing is to have a little snow. Look, the pines on the mountain are getting more and more green and black, and the tips of the trees are topped with a child's white flowers, like Japanese nursing maids. The tip of the mountain is all white, giving the blue sky a silver edge. On the slope of the mountain, some places are thicker with snow, and some places are still exposed with grass; thus, one is white and one is dark yellow, giving the mountains a flowery coat with water patterns; looking at it, the flowery coat seems to be blown by the wind, making you wish to see a little more beautiful skin of the mountain. When the sunset is near, the yellowish sunlight slants on the mountainside, the thin snow seems to be suddenly shy, slightly showing some pink. It's just a little snow, Jinan can't take a lot of snow, those hills are too showy!

The old Jinan, the city so narrow, outside the city and so spacious, the hillside lying on some small villages, small villages on the roof of the lying snow, yes, this is a small ink painting, perhaps the famous hands of the Tang Dynasty painting it.

The water, not only does not freeze, but on the contrary, in the green duckweed with some hot air, algae is really green, the year-round storage of green all out. The clearer the day, the greener the algae, with the spirit of these green, the water can not bear to freeze, and those long branches of the weeping willow to take a shadow in the water! Look, by the clarification of the river slowly look up, the air, mid-air, the sky, from top to bottom are so clear, so blue, the whole is a piece of ethereal blue crystal. In this crystal, there are red rooftops, yellow grass hills, and small gray shadows of trees like small flowers on a carpet; this is Jinan in winter.