In the first target plane, three years after Special Envoys Snow and Cole visited Yan'an, journalist Snow once again published his new book "The Red Star Rises, the Rising Sun Sets", which records his work since November 18, 1943.

After arriving in Yan'an that day, what I saw, heard and felt was very attractive.

The reader's part is his diary of the first 72 hours after arriving in Yan'an. It uses frank and casual language to describe Snow's first impression of returning to Yan'an. Let us use time and space to secretly cheat and advance three years.

Open Snow's diary and see what is written in it.

On November 18, 1943, the weather was sunny.

I arrived in Yan'an by plane with the President's Special Envoy, Mr. Cole. I have to admit that when I got off the plane, I was surprised. The Yan'an Airport that I had in mind was made of stone rollers. What I saw in front of my eyes was the beautiful Yan'an Airport.

The asphalt runway has an eye-catching straight line landing mark drawn with white paint. There seems to be a large number of street lights on both sides of the runway. The newly built brand-new tower is located on the left hand side of the runway. Is this Yan'an? My mind was a little blank at the time.

Taking a jeep from the airport to downtown Yan'an, there were still asphalt roads along the way. I had a hunch that returning to Yan'an this time would change many of my past memories. Sure enough, as soon as I entered downtown Yan'an, I found that my eyes were a bit blurry.

There are neat asphalt paths running through them. There are three- and four-story buildings on the roadside that were definitely not there when I came here a few years ago.

The style is novel, and the overall feeling is like a combination of Western style and Yanhuang style. It feels very beautiful, and it does not have the feeling of a thousand houses. There are always among the same dozen or so houses, such as brown wooden houses (Xinghuake Coffee), transparent

There are many small surprises such as the fashionable glass hotel (Kenmai Chicken), the teahouse with green roof and white door wall (typhoon shelter).

After checking into the foreign guest hotel, I shared a room with another member of the delegation. The double room was very clean, the sheets and beds were white and brand new, and there was an independent wardrobe in the room. Unfortunately, the toilet on the second floor is shared.

You need to leave the house to use it. However, hot water is provided here and you can take a bath. Haha, I feel a little funny writing this. Is the request too high? This is Yan'an, not China. It is too much beyond my imagination.

After lunch, I found a buffet, which was very simple but very rich. There were several hot dishes, including meat and vegetables, and you could see chicken and mutton. I was deeply moved. I remember that time in 1936, when I first arrived in Yan'an, although

It is also difficult to enjoy special treatment from foreign friends

We are guaranteed to have white noodles for every meal, not to mention meat for every meal. In addition, the foreign guest hotel provides desserts and a small amount of fruit after meals. I was surprised. I asked the waiter how it was possible that there was fruit in Shaanxi this season. They replied that it was canned, which surprised me even more.

, where are the canned goods produced?

In the afternoon, Corte sent them to a meeting. I myself expressed to the person in charge sent by Yan'an to receive us that I hoped to go to Yan'an to collect information and collect information. I also asked him if he could convey to me that I wanted to meet some old friends from the past.

, we chatted about our innermost desires. He said that he needed to report it to his superiors and asked me to wait in the room for a reply. Fortunately, God bless me.

Yu, he came to see me at 4 o'clock in the afternoon and said that he agreed to let me move around, but I need to be accompanied by two people, one for translator and one for guard to prevent accidents. Well, I know that as a Stars and Stripes man, I will definitely be subject to some "

"Preferential treatment", but it doesn't matter, I just want to go and see the people in Shaanxi. This wish has been fulfilled, and everything else is easy to talk about.

At about 5 pm, I came to a street in Yan'an, Shaanxi Province. It may not have been the end of get off work yet, so there were not many pedestrians. The sidewalk paved with stone bricks was very clean and comfortable. There were red street lights at the intersection, and there were people wearing red cloth standing next to them. I was very surprised about the middle-aged Yanhuang women in the article. After asking for a translation, I learned that they

It assists the traffic police in maintaining traffic order. It seems that the people of Yanhuang are not used to the traffic rules of stop at red lights and go at green lights. A lot of manpower needs to be invested in on-site maintenance. I have to say that this is unique to Yanhuang. Maybe only Yanhuang has it in the world.

There is a sufficient manpower base to complete such a task.

During dinner at a noodle shop in the evening, the translator sent by the Red Party said that according to their policy, I can only receive one copper yuan a day for expenses, and if I exceed the cost, I have to bear it myself. He said that this rule is to prevent the common people from being handed over.

The tax money was wasted. I was surprised. Well, let's talk about the exchange ratio first. Specifically, I gave them US dollars and they exchanged them for copper dollars or silver dollars according to the price of gold.

Let me tell you more, one silver dollar is equivalent to three copper dollars. At first I was worried that I didn’t have enough money. After all, I only had one copper dollar in my hand. When I saw the menu at the noodle shop, I felt relieved. A bowl of ordinary noodles only costs 6

A copper coin (one copper dollar equals one hundred copper coins), so cheap. Out of curiosity, I asked the translator about his salary, and he replied that the military pay was 25 copper coins, which was pretty good according to calculations.

November 19, 1943, the weather was cloudy and breezy.

I made an appointment with George Hedem today to visit his home. George had already given himself a Chinese name, Ma Haide. In 1936, George and I came to the area occupied by the Yanhuang and Red Party together. I left after the interview half a year later.

But he took the initiative to stay. To be honest, I was very worried at the time. Now I feel much more at ease when we meet again. He now works at Yan'an Hospital and Yanhuang Northwestern Medical University. He sees patients in the hospital on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, and on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.

teach at university

, teaching modern medical knowledge to students, resting on Sundays, but after chatting with him, I found out that he still spends most of his time at the university working overtime on Sundays. I advised him to pay attention to his health, but he smiled and said that now he needs dedication and dedication.

, many students are working hard to learn medical knowledge with fiery passion, just to graduate as soon as possible and treat the diseases of ordinary people in Yanhuang. In this atmosphere, I also glow with passion, hoping to teach them as soon as possible.

Today, George specially asked for leave and stayed with me for the day. We chatted until 10:30 in the morning. At noon, at his suggestion, he invited me to leave Yan'an and go to Xi'an. In his words, Yan'an is the place where the Central Committee and organs of the Red Party gather.

The political atmosphere here is still too strong and I want to experience it

As for the actual people's livelihood in the Red Party border area, it would be more realistic to go to Xi'an to see. I accepted George's opinion, and the two of them plus the translator and the guard, a total of four people, drove to Xi'an. By the way, there are regular buses from Yan'an to Xi'an.

The ticket price is one copper, which is very cheap.

At almost 12 noon, we arrived in downtown Xi'an. After having lunch at an ordinary mutton steamed bun restaurant, George took me to a street lined with shops in Xi'an. Business was booming here, and I saw many customers coming from every store from time to time.

Going in and out of shops, "Mo Baozhai" is a painting shop on this road.

It's not big, but it's very clean. The shopkeeper's surname is Zhou, who was originally an old businessman in Xi'an. After chatting with him, I learned that after Xi'an was occupied by the Red Party, they confiscated the real estate and property of the local tyrants and evil gentry, and redeemed the land and economy of progressive merchants' shops.

Policy. Then many streets in Xi'an were renovated and designated as commercial streets for leasing.

Shopkeeper Zhou didn't dare to apply for a store at first, thinking that doing more would be better than doing less. Unexpectedly, a red party officer took the initiative to persuade him, so he picked up his old business, rented a three-story shop, and opened this "Mobao Shop"

"Zhai", but I didn't expect that it didn't last long. About a month later, the business went from being very light to being crowded. I asked him the reason, and he laughed. It turned out that it was because the Red Party Border District Government provided services to residents in the urban area and farmers in surrounding rural areas.

establish

After getting a new house, every household is thinking about what to put in the house and what to put in it. As a result, many people plan to live the life of the original "landlord's house" and put a square table in their hall, with two Taishi chairs on the left and right, with the upper part symmetrical.

There are porcelain bottles on the wall. According to the custom of Yan and Huang, it is necessary to hang a pair of calligraphy characters on the left and right, and a painting in the middle. Since the paintings and calligraphy need to be 'framed' before they can be used, shopkeeper Zhou's business is so good.

I asked him whether there are state-owned enterprises and private enterprises here, how should I choose for my children in the future? Shopkeeper Zhou thought about it very seriously and answered me, he does not plan to enter the state-owned enterprise, nor does he plan to enter the private enterprise. Three generations of his family have

Making a living by mounting letters and paintings is a family business, and I want my eldest son to inherit it and continue to take care of it, and he responds to customer needs

He wanted to buy some rice paper, brushes, watercolors, pen holders, paperweights and other items. The sales were quite good. Every month the red party was taxed according to a fixed quota, which basically only accounted for about one-tenth of his store's sales. Shopkeeper Zhou

I feel that I can arrange my work and life by myself, instead of having to go to the factory to be instructed and obeyed by others. For the current life,

I am very satisfied with my life and want to continue it. And the Red Party will convene private owners and father-son shop owners every week to hold policy briefings or training sessions, and watch foreign movies (note: they are actually processed main plane shops).

business documentary), discovered the shortcomings of his store concept and business methods, and added

Make improvements and make the shop better and stronger. Shopkeeper Zhou finally said to me: The officials of the Border District Government told us that we craftsmen are very important and are an important part of Yanhuang culture.

Although I don't quite understand it, it seems that the border district government recognizes us. Do you think that's right?

November 1943 was a cloudy and windy day.

It's windy outside today and the weather is very cold. There is heating in the foreign guest hotel, so I don't feel anything in the room, but as soon as I go outside, I will shiver quickly. In addition to going to "Mo Bao Zhai" yesterday, I also went

Wood comb workshops, blacksmith shops, etc. I was surprised by the modernization of wood comb workshops in Xi'an. They use fully automatic

The machine makes each wooden corrugation of the comb. Each wooden corrugation is manually polished, divided into two times with an iron file and a wooden rasp, so as to turn the sawdust burr residue of the wood comb into a smooth and rounded state.

, it’s very labor-intensive, but the products are exquisite. I looked at the price, it’s 3 coppers each, not expensive but not cheap either. Iron

The craftsman's shop is similar to a wooden comb shop. It has two or three pieces of machinery and equipment, and can produce a variety of customized iron products from door handles to stair handrails. It is quite popular in Xi'an. It is said that this is the main promotion of the Yanhuanghong Party:

Help small workshops update their equipment, encourage residents to purchase products from small workshops and shops, and reduce the original 1% system

I am surprised and admired that in a local force that has not yet ended the war and taken control of the central power, it is vigorously promoting education,

An industry like culture, which only sees investment but no output, really requires a lot of courage.

In the morning, Special Envoy Cole came to me specifically to ask about his feelings during the past two days. I observed that his face was not very good. Could it be that the negotiations with the Yanhuang Red Party were not going smoothly? Thinking of this, I immediately told him, I feel that the Yanhuang Continent’s

The future definitely belongs to them, I suggest starting from

It is good for the Star-Spangled Banner Republic to immediately establish an effective dialogue and contact mechanism with the Red Party. I hope that it will always be like what George Heidem (Ma Haider) described, the Yanhuang and the Star-Spangled Banner will always be the same in the future.
Chapter completed!