The afternoon sun was warm on the earth, and when I looked at the speed of the sun's walking through my fingers, I found that the time was very thin, and I slipped away a lot inadvertently.

There are more and more people in the People's Square, the small traders who buy toys, the grandmothers and grandfathers who are slipping the babies, and the uncles who sell marshmallows, humming happily, constantly turning around in their hands to make marshmallows, next to them are children standing there, waiting for the marshmallows to be made with expectant eyes.

Groups of old people sat on wooden benches, chatting about life and reminiscing about the past.

Tranquility and Jiang Hao sat on the edge of the flower bed, quietly enjoying the winter sun, looking at all the scenes in front of them, which were beautiful pictures of life.

"Hey, where were you going when you went out just now?" asked Jiang Hao for a moment's surprise.

"Ah, it hurts. He hugged his arm and screamed with a pained expression.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I forgot you had a wound. Tranquility quickly stood up from the chair and apologized vigorously.

He laughed twice, curled the corners of his mouth, and whispered: "I'm teasing you, look at you like that." ”

Tranquility stared at him with wide eyes, and said in a very unconvinced tone: "Let you deliberately tease me, and I don't want to care about you in the future." ”

He sat in his chair with his back to him, looking at the ginkgo trees in the square, the occasional few thousand leaves in the flower beds, which had already begun to wither and bloom.

Tranquility looked at the time, the hour hand pointed to thirteen o'clock in the afternoon, she sighed, and said lazily: "It's time to go to work again, so I can't bear this sunny and breezy weather." ”

"Then don't go, take a day off and I'll take you to a place. Jiang Hao said with his back to her.

"No! I can't take a leave of absence," she replied in the affirmative.

Jiang Hao didn't stop or hold back, just whispered and said Wait a minute, I'll drive you over, you don't have to go to the crowded bus so early.

"Alright then! You seem to have nothing to do anyway. Serenity replied.

"Do you know why this place is called People's Square?" Jiang Hao looked at her and asked.

She shook her head and thought to herself, isn't there a People's Square in every city? In her memory, there is always a square in every place, as if it is abbreviated as the capital, and that is the People's Square.

"An old woman once told me the story about this People's Square, which was not called People's Square before. Jiang Hao said.

"Ah, what's that called?" Tranquility asked.

Jiang Hao said unhurriedly: "It has a very special name, called (Bamboo Forest Village), I heard that the lush bamboo forest of ten green bamboos here used to be a chicken pen and a farmhouse, I didn't expect it, now it will be so prosperous." ”

"This must have been a long time ago, right? How do you know so clearly?" Tranquility asked, looking at her.

"An old grandmother told me that I would take you to see her another day, and I like her very much, and she likes me too! I will go to chat with her and listen to her tell stories about the history of Guiyang City. Jiang Hao said.

Ning thought in his heart, he couldn't see it, there were still people who liked to listen to the old man tell this kind of historical story, judging from the current era of development, there are not many such people anymore.

"If you look at the other side, this is the separate north and south squares. Jiang Hao pointed to the square opposite and said, in the middle are the two avenues separated by Zunyi Road.

The small square opposite is also full of people, and there is a big stone statue, solemn and great in front of the Guizhou Cultural Palace, as if waving to everyone.

At this moment, Tranquility knew that the People's Square, which was originally located on the bank of the beautiful Nanming River, still had so many stories.

It is located in this bustling urban center, divided into two squares in the north and south by Zunyi Road, and used to have a nice name "Bamboo Forest Village", which used to be a farmhouse where green bamboo was dense and the sound of chickens and dogs was heard.

During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, due to the needs of the war, many green bamboos were cut down, and during the "Great Leap Forward" period, due to the needs of large-scale steel smelting, the green bamboos of Zhulinzhai were cut down, and they all became the martyrs of that exaggerated era, and Zhulinzhai has been in name since then.

With the development of the country and the changes of the times, in 1966, the storm of the Cultural Revolution began to sweep the land of China, in order to express the infinite loyalty and love for the leader, the "Bamboo Forest Village" that had already been cut into the head of a monk was reborn. In 1967, a square was built on the south side of Zhulin Village.

In 1968, the Guizhou Provincial Revolutionary Committee spent 888,000 yuan to sculpt the statue of Mao Zedong, mobilized 170,000 people to participate in voluntary labor, Shanghai, Tianjin, Jiangsu, Zhenning and other cities, provinces and counties unconditionally provided a variety of urgently needed materials and equipment, on December 28, an area of 11,700 square meters of south square was completed.

It turns out that there was another name here before it became People's Square, and that was "Chunlei Square." ”

In 1997, in order to commemorate the return of Hong Kong, a national flag stand was added, and the national flag was raised to 19.97 meters; in 1999, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China and the return of Macao, the height was increased, and the national flag was raised to 19.99 meters.

In 1979, Chunlei Square was officially renamed "People's Square", and the environment here was renovated, adding square lawns, shade and seats on both sides of the square, becoming a place for people in the city to relax, entertain and carry out cultural activities.

Across the street, the north square was newly built, with an area of 3,800 square meters, like a garden-style square, in 1999, a large-scale expansion of the north square was carried out, so that the ground area reached 46,552 square meters, the north square built a flower bed clock with a diameter of 20 meters, two 14.5-meter-high blue transparent pyramids, and several rectangular and triangular fountains, spraying various shapes of splashes, The water column and the water tide, a large color TV screen is set up at the northwest end of the square, playing TV programs, and the neat and symmetrical green lawn is like a carpet, spread on the ground of the square, full of vitality.

Now, after many years, the scenery on the People's Square is still the same, the people playing are still uncountable, and it is still a concentrated place for the people.

In this sunny square, how many people will know the origin of this place, and how many people will not think that this place was once so accepted into life.

Nowadays, in contemporary Guizhou, the squares of various places have incomparable historical value, in the center of the city, it is a cultural square, it is the central square of the province's cultural activities! It preserves history, she shows today, and she will also confirm the future.