Last updated 2026-11-14 — Drifting downstream along a stretch of emerald-green water, with a flat and wide highway on the left bank and the mountain-piercing Baoji-Chengdu Railway on the right, you can wave your three-foot paddle, freely pointing out the landscapes, stirring your emotions, riding the waves and splashing the water; the river is crystal clear, the sky is bright, and the mountains are majestic. Look down to see fish playing, look up to hear birds singing — you’re boating on the water and traveling through a painting. Before you know it, you arrive at a place called Laoshengou. This is where Laoshengou meets the Jialing River, and also a significant milestone in the history of China’s railways: as China’s first electrified railway — the Baoji-Chengdu Railway — this was the spot where the entire line was finally joined. With a resounding clang that year, China’s first self-designed and self-built electrified railway was fully connected. Huixian’s Jialing Laoshengou, along with that historic clang, was solemnly and sacredly written into the annals of China’s railway history.