我眼中的武汉(Wuhan in my eyes)

1、我眼中的武汉(Wuhaninmyeyes)WuhaninmyeyesEverytimethewordWuhancomesintomyeyes,Ican'thelpthinkofthefriendlyWuhanese.HavingtraveledthroughoutChina,Wuhaneseisamongtheveryfewwhoarefriendlytopersonsfromelsewhere.ThisisquitedifferentfromthatinBeijingandShanghaiwhereifyouarenotalocal,youaresuretobediscriminat

2、ed.OnthemindoftheBeijingeseandShanghaiese,theyarethemastersofChina.Anyone,whoeverheis,Cantonese,Sichuanese,orHunanese,heisapeasantintheeyesoftheBeijingeseandShanghaiese.SopeoplefromalloverChinavisitBeijingandShanghaionlytofindthemselveslowerclassesthantheyoncethink.Butthisdoesn'thappeninWuhan.Io

3、ncestudiedthereasonwhytheWuhaneseistoleranttooutlandersandtheresultscomeasfollows.hasalwaysbeenacenterinChina,wherepeoplecomeandgoveryoften.Thiscanbetracedbacktothe1stcenturywhenitwasthetimeofThreeKingdoms.AnyonewhoreadthenovelThreeKingdomscanrememberatthattime,Wuhanwasaneconomicandcommunicationcent

4、erofChina.Itwasonceafortresswhichallthethreekingdoms,KingdomWei,ShuandWuexpectedtooccupy.Somanywarshappenedthere.Thewell-knownChibiWarhappenedveryclosetoWuhan,about100kilometersaway,southwest.Andbecauseofthewell-developedagriculturethere,theJianghanPlainwaspraisedtobeabarn.Peoplealloverthecountrywen

5、tthere,buyingandselling.Businesswasdonedayandnight,whichattractedmorepeoplethereforprofit.ThishelpedthecommunicationbetweenpeopleofdifferentplacesandWuhan.Whenthiscommunicationisestablished,theacceptanceofoutlanderswasfixedintheheartofthelocals.Wuhaneseinmostpartdon'ttakeoutlandersasoutlanders.T

6、heyacceptthemaspartofthelocals.SodespitethatWuhaninmanyeyesisasoutherncityinChina,thepeopletherespeakwithnorthernaccentandHubeidialectbelongstothenortherndialectsofChina.Ofcourse,thisderivesfromthecommunicationofpeoplefromthenorth.ItisalsoaproofthatWuhanisaplacewhichoncehadalotofnortherners.wasoncea

7、neconomicalcenterofChina,butinthepastcentury,itwasmoreanindustrialcenterinChina.Sincethesecondhalfofthe19thcentury,intheyearsof60s,thegovernorofHubeiwasthewell-knownreformerZhangZhidong,whowasoneoftheadvocatorsofthereformersinthelateQingDynasty.Underhisinitiation,WuhanbecameanindustrialcentreofChina

8、.Thewell-knownHanyangSteelandIronworkswasestablishedthere.ItisoneofthefirstmodernindustryworksinChina.Awell-knownproductofitistheHanyangriflewhichadoptedDeutchtechnology.Inthecomingdecades,theHanyangriflewasthebestriflemadeinChina.Later,GovernorZhangintroducedmoreinvestmentsfromabroadandsetupmoremod

9、ernfactoriesinWuhan.ThisalsoattractedalotofpeoplefromaroundChinatoWuhan,wheretheydidbusiness.Butthisisnotthebiggesteffect.ThebiggestisthatinWuhanappearedthefirstbatchofmodernindustrialworkersinChina.Beforethis,Chinaneverhadmodernindustrialworkers.TheworkersinthenChinaweremosthandycraftindustryworker

10、swhoweredifferentfrommodernindustrialworkers.AdifferencebetweenthetwokindsofworkersisthatthemodernoneshadfewerlocalideasfortheycamefromdifferentpartsofChina.Askilledmodernindustrialworkermightworkinthisfactorytoday,butitsverypossiblethatheworksinanotherfactorytommorrowforthereheisbetterpaid.Sotheflu

11、idityofworkersismoreoftenthanthehandycraftworkerswhodontchangetheirjobsmuch.Thisfluiditybroughtmoretolerancetotheoutlanders.Asthistoleranceisinherited,andpasseddownfromgenerationtogeneration,itbecamepartofthecharacteroftheWuhanese.lastreasonisthatWuhanhasalwaysbeenaneducationalcenterinChina.Governor

12、ZhangZhidongestablishedthefirstmoderncollegeinHubei,whichlaterdevelopedintothewell-knownWuhanUniversity.SincethenalotofyouthfromHubei,Hunan,Henan,AnhuiandotherpartsofChinaenrolledthemselvesinthisuniversity.Andafterthatmoreuniversitieswereestablishedthere.Inthefirst50yearsof20thcentury,WuhanbecameoneoftheeducationcentersfollowingBeijing,Shanghai,andNanjinginChina.Itisnowenjoyingthesameeducationalstatusasitdid50yearsago.UniversitiesbroughtmanystudentsfromallcornersofChinatoWuhan,a