Immigration is like a besieged city.

At the northwest end of Hong Kong, near Shenzhen Bay, there is a besieged city called Tin Shui Wai. Tin Shui Wai is located in Yuen Long District, New Territories, Hong Kong.

It used to be a small fishing village with big fish ponds and a wetland park with crocodiles.

In the late 1980s, it was developed into a new residential town, and now it has become the habitat of long-distance commuters.

Tin shui wai cheng

Since 1987, Tin Shui Wai has developed into a new town with a large number of public housing under the leadership of the Hong Kong Government. Low public housing prices have attracted many low-level workers and new immigrants, and the population in Tin Shui Wai has increased rapidly.

However, due to the imperfect commercial facilities, the new towns cannot provide enough jobs. Moreover, cross-regional work has to bear high transportation costs, resulting in the income of residents in Tin Shui Wai being lower than the average level in Hong Kong for many years.

The Tin Shui Wai seen in news newspapers is mostly related to new immigrants, poverty, family tragedies and other issues. Frequent problems such as unemployment, morality and domestic violence have made "City of Sorrow" the most widely known label in Tin Shui Wai.

Lin once wrote a lyric like this:

Surrounded by blood and sweat, surrounded by ups and downs

Surrounded the original high hopes.

A sign of being surrounded by a raging wave.

Being surrounded is easy to collide.

His parents come and go.

Cross the country and live in such a corner.

go further and fare worse

Surrounded by hail, surrounded by meanness

The soundtrack surrounding the quarrel

Surround the entrance and harvest.

If you surround yourself, you will know what evil is.

As a country, I see that he is looking for happiness.

Then I became more and more thirsty and felt more and more.

Unable to rush out of the desert

This song was sung by Hacken Lee.

This song is called "City in Tin Shui Wai".

Even today, people talk about Tin Shui Wai, which seems to be inseparable from the word "city of sadness", as if it is always full of unspeakable sadness and sorrow. But what exactly is Tin Shui Wai like? You won't really know until you have been there!

"Next stop, Tin Shui Wai ... Next stop, Tin Shui Wai ..."

Tianshuiwei

West rail line is the lifeline of passengers in Tin Shui Wai and the only way to take the fastest route from Kowloon to Tin Shui Wai. West rail line is full of scenery along the way, so it is easy for people to miss their stops. I accidentally sat at Tuen Mun Station, just in time to transfer to the New Territories-only light rail and return to Tin Shui Wai Station.

Along the way, I passed through a forest surrounded by green trees.

It's so beautiful that it reminds people of Miyazaki Hayao's movies.

Dream train to the sky.

Arriving at Tianshuiwei Station, you can see endless residential buildings. The building is tall and dense. The streets are a little empty, and there are few cars and pedestrians except the small trains coming and going.

There are two light rail links in Tin Shui Wai, namely Line 705 and Line 706. Go straight along the two parallel rails on the circular line and you can reach almost anywhere in Tin Shui Wai.

Step on the platform when you are tired of walking.

Follow the small train coming in the distance,

As the distance gets closer, even the speed becomes flat.

The platform of each station,

Everyone got off the bus, someone got on the bus,

Everyone has a reluctant parting and a warm encounter.

The small train goes on this circular line,

Round and round, through countless intersections,

Connect the north and south of Tin Shui Wai.

Our way

In fact, the reason why I want to go to Tin Shui Wai is also related to a movie. The name of this film is Days and Nights in Tin Shui Wai. This film won five awards at the 28th Hong Kong Film Awards in 2009, including Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress and Best Newcomer.

If you haven't seen this film, you won't believe that a film that simply describes the lives of ordinary people without any fierce conflicts can win so many awards.

To some extent, this is really a dull movie. When watching this movie, I have been expecting a dramatic conflict, but from beginning to end, the story is very ordinary and trivial. From the beginning of a summer morning to the end of a cool moonlit night, day after day, there are mother and son, a bowl of rice, two bowls of vegetables and a few household words.

Every plot in the film seems tasteless, but when added together, it has a touching power. Once unrelated people, after meeting each other in life, will also have a strong emotional bond because of the release of mutual goodwill and small care.

At the end of the film, grandma gave her son's gold necklace and the gold necklace she chose to your sister and Jia An. Grandma said-"Even if I am a ghost in the future, I will bless Anzai to study hard and live well. 」

In the dull story of the film, director Xu Anhua restores real life, even in Tin Shui Wai, which is named "City of Sorrow".

"How hard can life be?" Just like the human touch in the movie, as long as there are people, no matter how difficult it is, there is kindness and warmth.