我在《红土高原上的古老城邦》一文中,曾提到保山城有八道城门、城门上有城楼,城外有护城河,城内有中间铺着青石板、两边镶着卵石的街道。街边有水沟,街道两边是灰瓦、木板壁、有柜台的两层楼房。但是目前,保山城古朴宁静的古城风貌已荡然无存,取而代之的是一座座山一样高大的钢筋水泥堆垒起来的高楼和宽广平坦的柏油马路。 In my article “Ancient city-states on the Red Plateau,” I mentioned that there are eight gates in Baoshan, and there are towers on the gates and moats outside the city. There are bluestone slabs in the center and pebble streets on both sides. There are ditches on the street, on both sides of the street are gray tiles, wooden walls, two floors with counters. But at present, Baoshan City, the quaint ancient city of style has vanished, replaced by a tall mountain of steel and reinforced concrete towering up and wide flat asphalt road.