The Springtime Murmurs by Lushui Lake
A Record of the Final Chapter of a Homecoming Trip and the Encounter with Fangshiwan Bridge Introduction On the second day of the Lunar New Year, the warm spring sun shone outside the window, yet a trace of melancholy for departure welled up in my heart—tomorrow, I must bid farewell to my homeland and head south to Guangdong. Before leaving, we resolved to visit the Fangshiwan Bridge, situated in the Luoshui Lake National Wetland Park, to serve as the deliberate conclusion to this brief homecoming journey. Starting from our village nestled by the mountains, the forty-minute drive was just enough time for one to gather their thoughts. We drove along Provincial Highway 214, winding our way forward. Outside the car window were the familiar, lush green mountain forests, radiating an untamed vitality. Simple farmhouses, one after another, seemed to have organically sprung from the mountainside—they bore the profound mark of the soil. Rolling down the window, the raw, lingering co...
