But once actually present in this vast, bleak region riven by deep chasms, lacking running water, electricity and highways, the region dubbed the cradle of the Chinese Communist Party, it was hard for me to feel at ease. Instead, I could sense the miseries inflicted by this place on its generations of inhabitants.
如今，腳踏實地面對這蒼茫、荒涼、無水、無電、沒有公路的深谷大溝，也是中國共產黨的搖籃，我卻瀟灑不起來，深信「無語問蒼天」的悲哀，折磨著山區世世代代的百姓。