Dreaming of Winter Flavors, Missing My Hongmiao Childhood Friends — Peking 1949, A Primary School Student's Winter Snacks and Schoolmate Friendship 《 梦寒冬味蕾,思宏庙发小 —北平1949,一个小学生的冬日零食与同窗情》

Lawrence K. Wang 王抗曝 (2026), Dreaming of Winter Flavors, Missing My Hongmiao Childhood Friends — Peking 1949, A Primary School Student's Winter Snacks and Schoolmate Friendship 《梦寒冬味蕾,思宏庙发小——北平1949,一个小学生的冬日零食与同窗情》 "Evolutionary Progress in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics", 8(3G), Lenox Institute Press, MA, USA. 28 pages. ABSTRACT: This article, written in the form of a first person memoir, records the author Lawrence K. Wang's winter snack memories from early 1949, when he was a third grade student at Hongmiao Primary School in Peking (today's Beijing). It focuses on his real life experiences sharing xinlimei radish, frozen persimmons, and sugar roasted chestnuts with two female schoolmates — Ye Yuxing and Liu Yanyun — on their way home from school. The work combines a prose poem with narrative prose. Through vivid descriptions of the three snacks, it recreates the daily life, innocent friendship, and simple joys of ordinary children in Peking before the peaceful liberation. Unlike the previously published standalone article "The History, Craftsmanship, Tasting, and Lingering Charm of Xinlimei Fruit Radish," (DOI :10.17613/krb1c-8tr31), the present piece places greater emphasis on human relationships — using Hongmiao Primary School as the geographical anchor, the two childhood friends as emotional bonds, and "homesickness on the tip of the tongue" as its spiritual core. The article also reveals the deep connections among childhood snacks, schoolmate friendships, and lifelong nostalgia, carrying both literary emotional value and historical memorial significance. KEYWORDS: Dreaming of winter flavors, missing Hongmiao childhood friends; Hongmiao Primary School; xinlimei radish; frozen persimmon; sugar roasted chestnuts; Peking 1949; childhood friendship; snack memories; nostalgia; prose poem; 摘要: 本文以第一人称回忆录的形式,记录了作者王抗曝(Lawrence K. Wang)1949年初在北京(时称北平)宏庙小学读三年级期间的冬日零食记忆,以及与他两位同班女孩——叶玉幸、刘燕云——在放学归途中共同分享"心里美"萝卜、冻柿子、糖炒板栗的真实经历。文章将散文诗与叙事散文相结合,通过对三种零食的细腻描写,再现了北平和平解放前普通孩童的日常生活、纯真友谊与朴素快乐。与先前已单独出版的《心里美水果萝卜的历史、制作、品鉴与余韵》(DOI :10.17613/krb1c-8tr31) 不同,本文更侧重于"人情"——即以宏庙小学为地理坐标,以两位发小为情感纽带,以"味蕾上的乡愁"为精神内核。文章同时揭示了童年零食、同窗情谊与终生乡愁之间的深层联系,具有文学情感价值与历史记忆档案的双重意义。关键词: 梦寒冬味蕾,思宏庙发小;宏庙小学;心里美萝卜;冻柿子;糖炒板栗;北平1949;童年友谊;零食记忆;乡愁;散文诗