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Have you ever calculated a shocking timeline? From the unification of the six states by Qin Shi Huang to today, 2245 years is merely the harvest of wheat 2245 times; since the reform and opening up in 1978, it has only been 66 years since the fall of the Qing Dynasty; if a person lives for 70 years, 2245 years is just the lifetime of 32 people connected end-to-end. When you stand in a wheat field watching the waves of wheat rolling, you suddenly understand: what we call prosperity through the ages is merely the crops changing on the land beneath our feet, while the moon above has gone around a few more cycles.

when I was young, I recited 'The Qin Dynasty's Bright Moon and the Han Dynasty's Pass', not understanding why ancient people stared blankly at the moon.

Only one day, when I looked up to see the round moon that Li Bai once gazed upon, did I realize: the yellow earth that Qin Shi Huang trod is still under your feet, and the river breeze that Su Shi sighed over is brushing against your cheek.