There are steps on both sides of the new bridge, and you can go all the way down to the river. The embankment by the river does not obstruct the relationship between the city and the river. On the contrary, the design of the embankment and ladder everywhere guides people to the water and close to the water. Walk to the river, sit down by the river, or read, or in a daze, or meditation, or quietly watching the sun or moonlight on the water, a wave of slowly passing. The locals call the river La Seine, with sounds associated with "quiet", "serene", "long" or "gentle". To read the city's literature, art, music and architecture, one keeps returning to the river. Many poets have left poems about rivers, which have become an important part of literary history. How many artists have painted landscapes along the banks of rivers, how many musical works have been infused with the tides of rivers, how many Bridges have been designed to cross rivers and become important landmarks in the history of architecture. The original functions of rivers were drinking water, irrigation, transportation and defense. After the Industrial Revolution, these functions of rivers became less and less obvious. Many violent cities have thus abandoned the rivers and murdered them. Waste fills and pollutes rivers and blocks them with high cement embankments. City dwellers can't see or feel the river. A mother who grew up feeding the city encountered the most merciless tragedy of abandonment. Great changes have taken place in the city since the nineteenth century. Industry has led to an explosion of population, an expansion of urban space, a spiderweb of new MRT systems and more roads and rail lines above ground, but the city is still getting more congested. The more crowded the city, the more irritable and impatient its inhabitants become. "Speed," faster and faster, has become a symbol of progress for modern cities. The riverbank space, which used to provide citizens with rest and contemplation, has been violently occupied and changed into a fast road around the river. Urban residents drive through it, and no one feels the quiet, serene, long and gentle river. "Superior goodness is like water, and water benefits all things without dispute." The wisdom of life derived from gazing at the river in ancient philosophy has been forgotten. People drive by in a hurry, oblivious to the river and oblivious to the history of their own lives. This section of the river bank that has been transformed into a fast road around the river is always a place that I deliberately avoid when walking. The noise of those fast passing cars made me uncomfortable, made me nervous, and could not relax. In fact, this section of the bank is the most beautiful part of the river, from the Pont neuf to le Saint-Louis, and is the heart of the city's earliest development. The end of my walk today is the Island of St. Louis. Circling north from the Isle of St. Louis back to the right bank of the river, I saw an image that cheered me up. The stretch of river bank that had long been a fast road and inaccessible was closed. I went closer to see a poster put up by the city government. It said that the express road would be closed from July 19 to August 20 for one month. The city government will cover about three kilometers of road with fine sand and tropical palm trees planted with large bonsai plants. The road will be converted into a "sandy beach" for a month, the riverbank will become a sandy beach again, and the riverbank will invite people back to it. Thousands of lounge chairs will be set up on the beach for citizens to lie down and read and bask in the sun. The city government hired artists to regularly teach children to build sandcastles by the river. Teenagers can enjoy inline skating, skateboarding and riding bicycles by the river without cars. Grandparents can walk by the river without worrying, holding their little grandson's hand. The beach was restored to the inhabitants! The whole project is called "Plage," and the poster shows a child's bare feet gently stomping on the sand. The rotor, a progressive city, may not only pursue faster and faster speed; A progressive city may struggle to recapture an ancient memory of mankind's long-forgotten barefoot stomping in the sand.