NgoSepthemba 2025, Ithimba Lebhizinisi laseTianyu laqala uhambo olunamandla nolujabulisayo oluya e-Changsha. Leli dolobha, elaziwa ngokuthi "i-Star City" (isidlaliso sika-Changsha), lengeze imibala ecebile ngesikhathi seqembu lethu ngobuhle balo bomlando, umoya ophilayo kanye nama-flavour ahlukile.
Indawo yethu yokuqala kwakuyiJuzizhou Island. Bemi phambi kwethebhulethi yetshe enezinhlamvu ezisagolide, amalungu eqembu abegqoke amahembe eqembu aluhlaza afanayo futhi athatha izithombe. Ubungqabavu nobunye babo kwakusobala. Uma sibheka umfula i-Xiang osugudlayo futhi sicabanga ngomoya ophakeme wendoda enkulu wokubuza ukuthi "ubani obusa izwe elikhulu", sibonakale sithola amandla okuqhubekela phambili. "Hlanganani njengento eyodwa" akusesona isiqubulo, kodwa ukuzimisela emehlweni awo wonke umuntu nokumamatheka ebusweni babo.

Ubusuku beWuyi Square babugcwele izibani ezikhanyayo ze-neon. Amagama athi "Changsha" kanye nesivumo "I LOVE CS" (CS imele Changsha) ezikrinini ezinkulu ayethinta inhliziyo. Sama eceleni kwesithombe, sabuka indawo ematasatasa ebusuku futhi sazwa ukufudumala kobusuku bukaChangsha. Sasixoxa ngomsebenzi nokuphila indlela yonke. Ozakwethu kancane kancane baba abangane abaseduze phakathi kwesimo sezulu esishisayo, futhi ibanga phakathi kwethu lancipha buthule ngenxa yohleko.

Singamkhumbula kanjani u-Chayan Yuese (umkhiqizo wetiye lobisi oludumile e-Changsha) uma sise-Changsha? Emgwaqweni ophithizelayo, sibambe izinhlobo ezahlukene zetiye lobisi njengo-Youlan Latte no-Shensheng Oolong, futhi saba “nomcimbi wethosti” ofudumele. Ukunambitheka okuhlukile kwaqhakaza ezilimini zethu, njengawo wonke umuntu eqenjini: ngayinye inamandla ayo, kodwa sihlangana kahle ndawonye ukuze sakhe ukunambitheka kwethu okujabulisayo. Isikhathi esithathwe ikhamera akuwona nje ubumnandi beziphuzo, kodwa futhi imfudumalo yokwabelana ngenjabulo.

Sikhethe indawo yokudlela enesitayela esiqinile se-Changsha sesidlo sakusihlwa seqembu. Itafula eliyindilinga laligcwele ukudla okumnandi, futhi isiqubulo esodongeni - "Ababaningi abangani, bonke kuleli tafula" - sasifudumele kakhulu. Wonke umuntu wahlala, wabelana ngezindaba zokuhamba futhi wakhuluma ngokukhululekile ngezikhathi zomsebenzi ezithokozisayo nezinselele. Ukudla okushisayo nezingxoxo ezikhululekile kwenza igama elithi "ithimba" licace kakhudlwana: asibona nje ozakwethu abasebenza ndawonye, kodwa futhi abangani abazana kahle.
Lapho sigibela amabhasi okuvakasha ezindawo ezinhle, ibhasi laligcwele umoya okhululekile: abanye abantu baxoxa nomakhelwane, kuyilapho abanye begqolozele indawo eluhlaza ngaphandle kwefasitela bemangele. Izikhumbuzi ezinjengokuthi "Sicela ungehli kuze kube yilapho ima ibhasi" kanye nokuthi "Sicela ubophe ibhande lakho" zazifana nokunakekela okungokwemvelo phakathi kwamalungu eqembu, okwengeza imfudumalo ekhethekile ohambweni.
Lolu hambo lwe-Changsha lusivumele sithole amandla emlandweni, sabelane ngenjabulo esimweni esijabulisayo, futhi sijulise ukuqonda kwethu "iqembu" ngaso sonke isikhathi esincane ndawonye. "Hlanganani njengento eyodwa, nilwele ukuya phezulu" akusewona nje amazwi esibhengezo, kodwa inkolelo eqinile ezinhliziyweni zethu ngemva kokuhlangenwe nakho okwabiwe. Sibheke phambili ekuqhubekeleni phambili ndawonye ngokuzayo!