After driving for nearly 4 hours from Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, I arrived at the Saihanba Grassland in the depths of the mountains. August is the peak season for the grasslands, but the deeper the walk, the less tourists and cars are seen, the wind blows from the ears. The cell phone signal is gradually weak to no.
Saihanba is located at the intersection of the Daxinganling Yumai and Yanshan Mountains. It resembles a giant dam that separates the Inner Mongolia Keshiketeng Banner from the Weichang County of Hebei Province. However, compared to the lively Saihanba Forest Park in Hebei Province, At the southern end of the Kashke Banner, which is separated from the dam, it seems as if the girl in the 'waiting for the word' is more quiet. The rotating fan, the silver wire extending into the distance, comes into view from time to time, like a piece of white 'steel forest' decorated with grassland.
The special shape of the landform makes the Saihanba have unique wind resources. Therefore, the country has built the first million-kilowatt wind farm in the country. The world's largest in-service wind farm--China Datang Chifeng Branch Saihanba Wind Power The scenery on the dam is spectacular, and the wind field is spectacular. It is like a natural picture of just right. However, behind this, it is not easy to know. The 'plant fan' is like planting trees on the sand. The builders have gone through hardships.
'Saihanba, like a thorny rose, is also beautiful in the bloom, but also the wind power builders stabbed all over the body. 'Chifeng, the deputy general manager of Chifeng Branch, when he first arrived on the dam, wrote in the diary.
In January and March, the snow-capped mountains, the four or five months of June are not cold, the rainy season in July and September, the snow drifting to the next year in October... Because of the plateau at an altitude of 1800 meters, Saihanba has only three months of frost-free period, 300 Many days, winds of 5-6 winds are blown, and the lowest temperature reaches minus 42 degrees Celsius. For this reason, builders must grab ahead of time and strive for more work when weather conditions permit. Time is precious, so many people are the first I felt that I was building on the Saihan Dam, and the construction period must be calculated in hours.
In the summer, the grassland soil is fertile and soft. After the heavy rain, the road is often muddy. The transportation vehicles can't drive at all. Everyone can only slap the sand and gravel, one piece of steel plate, lift it by hand, use shoulder resistance, and there is no work on the construction site. Broken 'rations'.
The harsh natural conditions make the poetry of the grassland always very short. Many times, wind power builders are faced with layers of tests. In the early stage of wind farm construction in 2004, there was no communication in the depths of the grasslands, lack of water and electricity, and spread among workers. A few jingles: Difficulties in water, taking a bath like a big year; using electricity, trying to get a plan every day; difficult roads, big cars stuck in a quagmire; eating hard, potato radish are relieved; communication is difficult, make a phone call and shout .
'Seeing such a beautiful grassland in front of you, such a spectacular wind field, you really can hardly imagine that kind of hardship. 'In the past 14 years, when talking about that experience, Chen Zixin is still red-eyed. He said, everyone will even be there. The Saihanba is likened to a 'jail without walls'. But under these conditions, a fan is rooted on the grassland, and a 220 kV substation was built in only 40 days, creating a miracle in the construction of a domestic substation.
In addition to work, the hardships of living conditions, the most difficult, is actually a tribute to the family. Before the project builder Miao Jichun left home, the 4-year-old child cried and went up the mountain with her father, because she had never been to work for her father. The place has never seen what Dad is doing. Miao Jichun told the child that he was 'planting mango' on Saihanba. When the mango was cooked, he took him to pick. However, it was half a year when going up the mountain, occasionally When I call the family, the child asks when the mango is ripe. Every time I hear the child’s tender voice, Miao Jichun’s heart will be filled with deep sorrow. He secretly decides to wait for the fan to turn up and must bring the child to see Look at the 'mango tree' grown by my father.
Nowadays, there are hundreds of thousands of 'mango trees' on the grassland, and the endless 'steel forest' is in harmony with the blue sky and white clouds. Looking at the story of the builders all the way, the spirit of Saihanba has become fresh for a while. Live and true.
Saihanba means 'beautiful Gaoling'. The spirit of Saihanba is made up of generations of foresters with blood, sweat and life. As a reporter, I really set foot on this land and really approached Saihanba. On the builders, they are 'after knowing' to a tenacious beauty, a tough beauty. In the vast land, a wind turbine turns the cold into a 'warm', turning the natural gift into Clean electricity, lighting up thousands of households.
Looking at it, the 'Mango Tree' is rooted on the dam, stands like a silent defender, a silent devotee, interprets the spirit of Saihanba. Between the heavens and the earth, the sings of the wind, long and thick...