Sanjiang Port, on the shore of tender water, there is a small town. This is my second hometown, the town of Raha.

Say it's my second home because it's not where I was born, but where I've lived for a long time. I was born in another small city only sixty miles away, the city of Gasa. My birthplace is a bit bigger than that, it's a small town directly under my birthplace. I moved to the town with my original family when I was ten years old. That's because my father and sister both work in small towns. Now, my original family is long gone, my parents have died for many years, and my siblings have long since started their own families. Every time I think about it, I can't help but feel a little sad and warm at the same time. That's all life is about.

There's nothing special about the town, it's ordinary, if not beautiful. The streets are also not neat, and they are not yet cross-shaped. I don't know who the founder of the town was, so why didn't we open up a standardized structure? The town has a history of more than 300 years, probably more than 320 years old, but I don't know the exact time. It has not been able to change its structure for more than 300 years, and I don't know if it will be able to change in the future. I think everybody agrees with it changing, but no one is changing it. The town can be said to be the land of fish and rice, and the transportation is developed, so it is not "rustic". Especially in previous years, young girls dressed very fashionably. It's okay now, but it's not as good as it used to be, and I don't know why. Usually, there are not many activities in the town, and the scale is not too large. But once the annual sports meet begins, it's different. It was a grand event in the city.

The liberation of the whole country is only 56 years old (I was born in the same year as New China), and the games in the town will have a history of 52 years this year. Except for the SARS catastrophe last year, since its first year, it has been opened every year, without interruption, even in a disaster year. As the principal said, "If you don't open it, the people of Laha Town won't let it", which is true, this festival cannot be without. It didn't open last year, not to mention how sorry people are.

As soon as spring arrives, especially in May, the hearts of the people in the town are itchy, and they hope that the sports will come as soon as possible, so they will prepare early. Primary and secondary schools, in particular, are allowed to give up some of their school time for large-scale preparation activities. Because the school is the main force of the sports day. Prepare for performance projects such as radio drills and group exercises. He does not hesitate to spend a lot of money, and he is not afraid to pay hard work and fatigue.

When it's almost time, you can watch it, and you will be even more happy!

Let's talk about every little family. Prepare a lot of delicious food, even small foods such as buds and sunflower seeds. Some don't do this, prepare more money, and buy ready-made ones when they go to the sports meeting.

You see, on the avenue leading to the sports venue, there is a lot of traffic, and the dust that rolls up can literally block out the sun's rays. But people are completely ignoring these and are still preparing with passion. The night before, I was busy until late before resting, and I couldn't even sleep well all night, and I was very excited. The children were even more excited, lying down early, trying to get up early the next morning to go to the sports venue, but they were so excited that they could sleep!

The day of the sports day has finally arrived!

As soon as dawn came, people got up. For a while, the smoke of the cooking was everywhere, rushing to the black and blue sky, and colorful fragrances wafted everywhere. It is strange to say that the children who did not sleep well also got up early, and they were full of energy, put on festive costumes, put in their pockets all the delicious food and drink prepared for them by the adults, ate something in three times and divided them by two, wiped their mouths with their hands, and ran away as soon as they smoked! The children who could not run were also very anxious, crying and urging the adults to take them to the sports venue as soon as possible.

The sky was all bright and blue, and people were all out of the way: white-haired old people in cars, young and middle-aged people carrying children, and people walking on foot all rushed to the sports venue.

The stadium is on the western outskirts of the town. On the avenue to the west of the city, cars and people come and go, but they all consciously give way to the brigade of people and horses, which are the main force and the main object of people's viewing.

On the sports ground, surrounded by green trees and colorful flags, fluttering. Due north is the high rostrum. The field is surrounded by sheds built by various units, which can shelter from the wind and rain and the light and heat, and you can also sit in it and watch. The field is covered with fluffy green grass, which exudes a rich aroma from time to time.

On the field, people are ready. In the gap between the sheds stood full of people, inside and outside several floors, and the people in front sat down consciously, and everyone just waited for the opening.

Whether it is in the outer circle of the field or in the nearby woods, there are people, and there are some trades: small restaurants, small shopping malls, small photo studios, etc., and countless small stalls, with a lot of items and styles. Every corner of the field is filled with the sound of selling and the enticing smell of food. The sound, the smell, and the fragrance of the earth, trees, and flowers are intertwined into a strong spring scenery song, which makes people not enjoy enough, but also makes people feel refreshed and forgetful.

In fact, it's more lively off the field than inside the field. There are a lot of people hanging back and forth, I don't know how many times the number of people in the venue. As far as I'm concerned, the interest outside the field is several times higher than the interest on the field. Just look, people are in a group, two in a row, the old old, the small one, and then the old and the small or the middle and the old, walking and watching in groups, talking and chatting, either in the woods or on the grass, enjoying the happiness and warmth brought by this sports event.

The clock was 8:30. The loudspeaker embedded in the highest wooden pole in front of the rostrum sounded a solemn voice: "The 52nd Sports Conference of Laha Town has been solemnly opened!" and then there was a deafening salute. The executive chairman of the conference announced in a more solemn voice: "All stand up and play the 'National Anthem'!" All of a sudden, all the people stood up, whether they were inside or outside the shed, no matter what they were doing, they all stopped, and all of them stood straight, and their expressions were very lofty and solemn, and everyone was listening to the passionate and generous music, because it was the crystallization of the blood and life of the descendants of Yan and Huang, and it was a symbol of the Chinese people's unremitting self-improvement and hard work......

"The parade has begun!" the chairman of the conference gave the order, and there was thunderous applause inside and outside the stadium, and the people outside the stadium rushed to the venue at once, surrounding the sports venue like a big stuffy can, and there was no crack in it, and if you wanted to squeeze in, there would not even be a door - because this was the scene that people wanted to see the most.

The loudspeaker sounded the majestic "March of Sports", and all the gongs, drums and horns in the stadium also sounded together, and people's hearts were also excited. Every leader and guest on the rostrum stood up, and the expression on their faces was quite solemn.

At the forefront are the referees and workers of the conference, who are the masters and laborers of the conference, and people understand them deeply, so let them go to the front to show respect and condolences. As for them, they also understand very well, waving their hands to greet people, taking vigorous steps, and looking very chic.

Behind them was the grain depot police team, which was fully armed, sassy and heroic, marching in unison, and marching in a neat manner, and also shouting slogans in their mouths: "Strengthen your physique, defend the motherland!" Looking at their majestic posture and listening to their oath, one could not help but think of the People's Liberation Army, which is also the great wall of steel of the motherland......

The next team of the police is a team of representatives from all walks of life, these people are basically adults, and they are not like the police and primary and secondary schools. The ranks were less neat, but they were all energetic and extraordinary, and they had not participated much in recent years - they did not attend this year.

The school has the longest queue, the largest number of people, and the most exciting style, so it also attracts the most attention. At the head of the school team was the team of the city's highest school, Laha No. 1 High School. Behind the national flag is a sturdy male student holding high the school flag with both hands, this school flag is a thick iron rod, the flag is made of dark purple corduroy material, and it is inlaid with four big golden characters on it, "Laha No. 1 Middle School", which is very spectacular and shows the style of the school: vigorous and energetic. Behind the school flag, there is a guard of honor. At the front of the guard of honor is the Bunting Team, which is bright red and bright red, like fire, symbolizing the vigor and enthusiasm of the young students. Behind the bunting team is a drum and trumpet phalanx, ten big drums, and ten male students wave their arms "dong-dong-dong-dong", the sound is unison, loud and loud, earth-shattering. Then the majestic trumpet sounded. Under the command of this drum sound, under the urging of this trumpet, the team behind was not to mention more energetic, and the students were full of energy and high morale. They wore dark blue school uniforms and white shoes on their feet, looking so clean and simple, and they were down-to-earth and generous. As they walked, the students chanted slogans: "Develop sports, enhance the people's physique!" They walked in unison and walked vigorously, showing their courage as the four modern reserve troops. And the situation of the highest university in this small city is even more sesame blossoming -- it is getting higher and higher: the number of people who have been admitted to colleges and universities is full of gold lists, and the flowers of spiritual civilization are blooming everywhere......

At the back of the first middle school, there are teams of junior high school and primary school, the teams of each school are quite neat, and the students are also vigorous and heroic, showing the spiritual outlook of the younger generation and symbolizing the bright future of the motherland.

The spectators around the sports field saw that the school team was so neat and energetic, and the mood was very comfortable, with long necks and high heels, and more than an hour had passed, but no one felt tired, still stretched their necks and crossed their feet, and looked and looked......

Suddenly, a cheerful sound of gongs and drums and beautiful trumpets came, and people couldn't help but look in front of the rostrum, which turned out to be the elderly Yangge team walking at the back of the long review procession. The crowd became even more excited, and people rushed forward in unison. I saw every elderly person in the Yangge team wearing colorful clothes, tied with colorful silk around their waists, dancing flower fans with both hands, stepping on drums, and twisting plum blossom steps. Don't look at them over half a hundred years old, gray hair, but all of them are in good spirits, full of spring breeze, and their movements are light, neat, and graceful, which makes people feel that this is more than half a hundred years old, and they are the seventeen or eighteen-year-old young people...... The more people watched, the more they loved, the more excited they became, and the audience immediately burst into thunderous applause, and all the staff on the rostrum stood straight and saluted the elderly Yangge team to show respect.

The sports program begins!

"Bang" a gunshot, standing on the starting line of the athletes rushed out like arrows off the string, they in order to fight for the first, with all their strength to fight, but not only for the first, but also to compare the style, "friendship first, competition second"......

In the process of the game, on the green lawn in the middle of the field, there are various schools of trick exercises, radio exercises for performance, at this time, people only have two eyes is not enough, the variety in the field makes people can't see it, not to mention the more colorful and lively world outside the field!

At noon, the stadium was rested, and people were gathered outside the stadium, and of course some went back to the city, so there were people and cars on the avenue again. However, the most prosperous is the off-the-side. The cries of selling one after another, people buy east and west, adults and children do their best to choose, at this time money is no longer money, people don't care at all: flowers! There are also game circles: rings, stabbing chess...... In the small restaurant, one family and one group of people, pushing cups and changing lamps, and guessing the order...... In the photo studio, the whole family took a group photo and friends took a group photo...... In the woods, there is a gang of people, spread a plastic sheet on the ground, and put all kinds of food, wine, and drinks on it......

This is the grand occasion of the annual sports meeting in our small town! In fact, the grand occasion of the sports meeting is many times better than what I have written! Every time I think of this, I am so excited that I cannot write about it, and I cannot write about his perfect image, but I can only express one or two of them dedicated to the reader, I don't think it will satisfy you, but it will always make you appreciate the style of my second home. Fortunately, you can use this to associate and imagine its good and wonderful points, and I will be satisfied!

This is my town fair, this is the present and future of my second home!

(July 2004)