Third-line construction is an extremely large-scale migration process in China's economic history, and it is a grand self-improvement movement of New China under the siege of various powerful external forces. Although it has faded out of the historical stage, the factories and buildings left behind are still telling the past.
The third-line factory is a special period, and under special circumstances, it is a unique industrial building that "camps by mountains and rivers". Since the 1980s, the third-line factories have gone out of the mountainous areas and headed for cities, leaving behind a large number of third-line buildings. "When songs and legends are silent, only buildings are still talking." Although the buildings here have been mottled by the years, they still tell the glory of the third-line builders of that year.
In order to strengthen the combat readiness and gradually change the layout of China's productive forces, the Third Line Factory made a strategic adjustment from east to west. Although Anhui is not a western province, it strategically supports the southeast coast, and Dabie Mountain stands at the junction of Hubei, Henan and Anhui provinces. Therefore, in the 1960s, dozens of third-line military factories were built in the depths of Dabie Mountain.
The "three-line construction", which was gradually unsealed in the last century 1980 s, is a very strange historical term for young people today. At that time, "third-line construction" was a very mysterious word, belonging to state secrets. Due to the need of confidentiality, all research institutes and factories involved in military industry have no specific unit name, only a four-digit abbreviation and a mailbox number, which are vividly called mailbox units.
In the 1960s, under the background of the third-line construction, the East China Bureau decided to establish a number of infantry light weapons factories in the hinterland of Dabie Mountain in Anhui Province. Today, Dabie Mountain has left a large number of "third line" relics. In today's Luoerling Town, Huoshan County, Anhui Province, there is a military factory in the third-line period, formerly known as the state-owned Anhui Dongfeng Machinery Factory, which mainly produces military products and plastic packaging pipes.
The factory was founded in September 1964, and the military code was "9324 factory". 1992 moved to Yaogong Town, Xiaonan, Jinzhai Road, Hefei City, Anhui Province. The remaining factories and family areas are managed by local people. However, with the passage of time and the erosion of wind and rain, some buildings began to collapse slowly, and spacious factories and tiles also slowly fell off. Up to now, several kilometers on both sides of the highway, there are still many factories and family buildings left by Dongfeng Factory scattered all over the place. This is a military factory in the third-line period, with distinct characteristics of the times and architecture.
Today's Dongfeng factory still maintains the old pattern, except that the factory building with rumbling machines is quiet, the good people in their prime are getting old, and the noisy family area is deserted. Most of the old people wandering around are octogenarians. They came here when they were young and never went out again. It used to be a lively lighting stadium and an open-air cinema in Dongfeng factory. Although it has long been ruined, I can still imagine the lively scene of that year. Occasionally, a few sparrows stopped on the overhead line and flew away with a few loud noises, and then there was silence and emptiness.
Now entering the living area of the factory, there is a buttonwood tree-lined path, and on both sides of the road are the dormitory buildings of Dongfeng Factory. Most of these buildings are two-story buildings with red brick and cement. Every morning, the horn of getting up rings in the factory through the radio, and people's day begins from this moment. Adults carry shopping baskets to the nearby market to buy food, go home to make breakfast and wake up the children who go to school.
The scale of the whole factory is very large. There are still many scattered workshops and family buildings left by the factory for several kilometers along the road, but they are in disrepair and dilapidated. Buildings built with red bricks; In the factory building, the red tile roof ... everything is modern. The chimney of the once smoking canteen stood alone in mid-air, allowing the vegetation to climb and spread at will, drowning the chimney mouth and ending the youthful years belonging to that era.
The blackboard column in front of the lighting stadium has been washed away by years of wind and rain and smeared by passers-by. There are no traces of words and patterns of that year, but many slogans on the walls of houses are still clearly visible, which has become material evidence to witness history.
There are cinemas, canteens, bathhouses, shops, light stadiums and other facilities in the factory, but now they are all empty and have long lost their functions. The uninhabited buildings are empty, the doors and windows have long been demolished, and the open space between buildings has also been reclaimed into farmland and vegetable fields by residents. The saplings planted in those years have now grown into towering trees. Looking down from the air, the whole community seems to be surrounded by green. But now most buildings are dilapidated, even the walls have been damaged, and only a few buildings still live with old people.
After walking for half a century, I walked on a long and narrow road with weeds on both sides, and some open spaces were reclaimed into vegetable fields by nearby villagers. A two-story red building, once prosperous, is now deserted and depressed.
The factories hidden on both sides of the road, the beautifully decorated family buildings have been in disrepair for a long time, the glass is broken, and some have begun to collapse; Although we can see the glory of that year, the tall and solid cement buildings are empty, giving people infinite desolation. Since the 1990s, many third-tier factories have started to walk out of the mountains and go to cities, leaving behind a large number of third-tier buildings, silently telling the past.
The workers in the factory came from all over the country and finally took root here. You can hear dialects all over the factory. Every morning at six o'clock, the factory broadcast rings on time, and people begin to eat breakfast, while single workers go to the factory canteen and can eat meat and vegetables for only 35 cents. At that time, the scene was very lively, but now there is only silence, and occasionally a few bugs bring you back to reality.
Over the years, the intertwined green vines grow wantonly, thousands of leaves are intertwined and covered with ancient buildings, and the surrounding flowers and plants grow wildly against the beautiful spring. This family area still retains staff hospitals, staff canteens, staff clubs, shops and cinemas. These gray, mottled and erect gray old buildings are the historical traces of the eventful autumn of that year, and they continue to tell the story of that year quietly to the world.
Entering the production area, the heavily guarded gate is now useless, and tall factories stand in the weeds on both sides of the road. The bricks on the walls of red brick houses in some factories have fallen, the window glass on the walls has been broken, and weeds are everywhere, which is very desolate. Rust rings are full of locks, moss grows on the steps, grass grows on the slate paved road, and several cobwebs are scattered in the weeds, trembling in the wind. What is conquered by weeds and ruins is lost glory.
With the relocation of national third-tier enterprises, such an empty city has been left, and abandoned lighting stadiums, canteens, shops and hospital buildings seem to be silently telling their vicissitudes. The clean and tidy walls of the past have long been mottled; The familiar steps are also covered with moss and weeds; Noisy venue, thousands of wooden seats, like the abandoned Juyi Hall in Shuihu, those empty seats, spider silk on the painted beams. ...
After the factory 1992 was moved to Hefei, the remaining workshops that could not be moved were all in the mountains. There is no busy crowd, no noisy machine roar, only silence, and the leaves are quiet. The abandoned old factory buildings and residential areas were handed over to the Luoerling town government as a whole, but they were neglected in management, and most buildings and facilities were in a state of neglect. In addition to several houses used by nearby villagers for farming, more buildings are still unattended and overgrown with weeds. In a piece of green mountains and green waters, the dilapidated factory buildings hidden under vegetation and mottled walls groaned faintly under the erosion of wind and rain. The gray factory buildings and beautifully decorated family buildings in the ravine have been in disrepair for a long time, and the glass is broken, and some have begun to collapse.
Up to now, a few kilometers on both sides of the highway are still littered with many relics left by Dongfeng Factory. Most of these buildings are located in the hidden mountainside with high mountains and dense forests and ravines, telling the world the vicissitudes of the former third-line factories. Located in the deep mountains, it has existed, been brilliant and noisy, but now it has become a faded memory.
Standing on the ruins of Dongfeng factory, the busy factory is quiet, the young man is old, the noisy family area is deserted, and the brightly lit stadium can no longer wait for young people with boiling blood. Only the tall and green buttonwood tree is still lush in spring and golden in autumn, which seems to tell people the pride and glory of that special era and belongs to the third-line factory. Does this contrast remind people of "The River Never Returning" and "Recalling Gong Jin Like Water"?
Once full of laughter, very lively. Thousands of aspiring young people gather here to work and live, and various dialects and living habits blend with each other, becoming the latest local small society. There are not only factories, dormitories, hospitals and other infrastructure, but also entertainment and living facilities such as cinemas, clubs and shops. Children have a lot of play space. They can pick orchids on the mountain, plane bamboo shoots, taste red fruits and bathe and fish in the river. When you are tired of playing, you can also taste big meat buns and ice cream in the factory canteen.
Now, I once again walked into the former site of Dongfeng factory. Except for a few workshops used as warehouses by local farmers, most buildings are in a state of neglect. These gray factories hidden in the ravine, beautifully decorated family buildings have been in disrepair for a long time, the glass is broken, and some have begun to collapse; Although we can see the glory of that year, the tall and solid cement buildings are empty, giving people infinite desolation; There are no athletes in the stadium with vivid lights. The ground of the stadium is pitted, muddy and full of sewage. It's like an abandoned construction site, which makes people feel sad ... and the slogans on the wall are vague ... which are telling people the vicissitudes here.
Faced with these ruins and young people in peacetime, I'm afraid it's hard to imagine why these military factories were built here. Nowadays, the cultural palace, the landmark building of Dongfeng Factory, reminds people of its glory and prosperity. Third-line military enterprises remind people of many past events. In that special era, how many military workers dedicated their youth to their children and grandchildren? Now these old sites seem to be silently telling their vicissitudes.
At that time, most of the military factories were built in desolate and remote ravines far away from the city, and the harsh environment at that time could be imagined. How much hardship those old informants in the city's military factory have paid is unimaginable to people now. They are far away from the city and modern life. They not only gave their youthful blood, but also contributed their intelligence and wisdom, and fought for the national defense of * * * and China all their lives.
After many years, when people step in again, the workshops deep in the mountains still exist, but they have been in disrepair for a long time. Square Soviet-style buildings, slogans and slogans with a strong sense of the times, empty and tall factories, towering trees and old public facilities. Just, never see the wonderful and brilliant of that year. ...
The "third-line factory" rose in response to the needs of the times, but disappeared due to the development of history. The fate of the third-line factory is beyond our control. Sooner or later, history will get rid of those backward factories and products in the process of progress. But millions of builders shed their youth, sweat and even their lives. Who will remember their efforts and beliefs? Who will remember China and who made great efforts?
The "third-line factory" rose in response to the needs of the times, but disappeared due to the development of history. Third-line builders create brilliant achievements with wisdom and sweat, and write touching stories with youth and love.
After more than 20 years, the factory building where the machines roared was quiet, the good people in their prime were old, and the noisy family area was deserted. Once brilliant and noisy, now it has become a faded memory.
Ten, thirty or even fifty years later, will the ruins of these third-line witnesses-third-line factories still exist? Is it right or wrong for people to go empty? Leave it to future generations to comment! The burning years of passion will eventually pass!