Z196是一趟神奇的列车，是一个你可以同时听到上海话和各种山西方言的特定空间。对于去上海旅游的山西人或者去山西旅游的上海人而言，对方本土人士口中的方言无异于外语，然而对于我，一个穿梭游走两端的中老年人来说，无论谁说了什么我都能心领神会。
Z196，an expressing train connecting Shanxi province with Shanghai，is an amazing place where you can hear both Shanghai dialect and various Shanxi accents. For those travellers from either place， what the people from the other side is saying is no more than a totally foreign language，hard to grasp. But it's not the case for to me because I was born in Shanxi but live in Shanghai and I have been shuttling between the two ends for over 10 years，thus be able to understand whatever they are talking.
南方与北方的差异可谓天壤，北方干燥，冬天干冷，夏天干热；南方潮湿，冬天湿冷，夏天潮热。
上海一马平川，最高的山不过百米，而我的故乡位于忻定盆地，四面环山，可谓出门就见山。
The south and north of China are extremely different whether in climate or geography，north always dry but south normally moist regardless the season. Shanghai is quite flat while my hometown is a basin sorrounded by Hengshan Moutain and Wutai Moutain.
最令人懊恼的是我的语言也变成了不伦不类，两端都难以取悦……
But what makes me embarrassed is that my language has been influenced by both cultures unconsciously, which makes it hard to meet the standard of either part.
其实山西还算是一个旅游资源比较丰富的地方，只是有些尚未得以开发，此次回去没摁几张快门，大概挑拣了一下，请欣赏
To be honest， Shanxi is a province rich in tourism resources which somehow haven't well developed. I took the following pictures during my stay in my hometown.
斑驳的古城墙，我和儿子沿着瓮城走一圈
关山月
晋北风光
大同云冈石窟没有妖艳的色彩，没有莺歌燕舞，靠近她，你能体会到的是一种苍凉的美。可以毫不夸张地说，这些北魏时期的石雕是刻在砂岩之上的文明，砂岩的坚硬和佛像的柔美互相衬托，简直不可方物！
看到云岗的石雕会让人想起中东文化，很久以前从中东到中原，大同是必经之地，从而形成了鲜为人知的内亚文化。
洞里还有一些雕刻，不敢发，一来是版权，二来真的怕亵渎神灵
大同土林篇
土林仅适合拍照，真的！
完毕！
