三月的河湟谷底,依然春寒料峭。清明过后,姗姗来迟的春天才缓缓走进湟中,走进上新庄镇大大小小的村落。上新庄镇在高山与谷地的过渡地带,西宁至久治的公路穿镇而过。镇以北是西宁市和它的城南新区。向南十公里,便是海拔四千多米,在青海版图上大名鼎鼎的拉脊山脉。穿越拉脊山,南行四五十公里,就到了黄河边上有名的青海小“江南”贵德了。与贵德近在咫尺,上新庄的自然条件却差远了。除了镇北那两个水泥厂和变电所还有些现代文明的气息外,放眼望去,便是小镇东 March river valley bottom, still chilly. After the Ching Ming, the late spring slowly into Langzhong, into the Xinzhuang Zhuang large and small villages. On the Xinzhuang Town in the transition zone between the mountains and valleys, Xining to Jiuzhi highway through the town. To the north of the town is Xining and its Chengnan New District. Ten kilometers south, it is more than 4000 meters above sea level, in the Qinghai territory famous ridge ridge. Across the Lajishan, South forty or fifty kilometers to the famous Yellow River edge of the Qinghai “Jiangnan” Guide. In close proximity with Guide, Shang Xin Zhuang’s natural conditions are far worse. In addition to those two cement factory in Zhenbei and Substation, there are some modern and civilized atmosphere, looking ahead is the town east