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Spring has arrived, and we took Ginger, who just turned 17 months old, out for a spring outing. In the season when the canola flowers are in full bloom, we chose a special way to admire them.

The Mine: The mine belongs to Jiayang Coal Mine, under the Sichuan Jiayang Group Co., Ltd. It started production in 1938 and is the earliest Sino-British joint venture coal enterprise in Sichuan Province.

The Small Train: The Bashi Railway is a narrow-gauge railway located in Qianwei County, Leshan City, Sichuan Province. This railway was established to facilitate the transportation of coal from the mines and was inaugurated on July 12, 1959. It has been used by nearby residents as a means of transport. Even after coal production stopped at the starting point of the railway, residents still needed to use the small train to enter and exit the mountains, hence it was called the Jiayang Small Train. Therefore, the small train was not replaced by buses and became the only existing commuter train in the world, as well as the only narrow-gauge steam train still in regular operation. The preserved Jiayang Small Train and Bashi narrow-gauge railway were designated as a Sichuan Provincial Cultural Heritage Site in June 2007.