First, a friend's house bought a new red barbecue oven and invited us to open it. Fresh mutton is diced, pickled, strung by hand and roasted on the stove. Meat sizzles under the caress of small flames, and the charcoal falling under the stove stirs up a bigger small flame, and the meat still has the temperature of boiling charcoal in its mouth.
The other is Nagano Lake, which was rebuilt from a reservoir not far from home. On both sides of the lake are open green spaces, and the wooden plank road extends leisurely to the center of the lake. Before going for a walk, people go fishing there in dribs and drabs, or take a walk to beat Tai Ji Chuan. The last time I went, I saw that the grass on both sides was covered with tents, all kinds of warm colors, like giant mushrooms growing from the grass. There are several tents connected together, which looks like a row of apartments with two rooms and three halls. The mats in front are lined up. Children on the floor, blazing sun, large and small winds, layers of sweat and red faces are all long-lost happiness.
I bought two new hammocks, although it was only a few tens of dollars, but I visited a nearby forest. As long as I found the right distance between two trees, I hung the hammock on it and spent a very leisurely afternoon chatting.
It's not just me and my friends around me looking for fun in the distance. Data from major sales platforms show that the sales of tents, outdoor bicycles, picnic mats, etc. Several times higher than usual.
At one time, many people were tired of daily life, wanted to overlook, wanted poetry and distance. However, when daily life becomes extravagant, people will find many treasures in daily life.
"Disappearing neighborhood" is a concept put forward by Professor of Anthropology at Oxford University. In the past, when people lived in a community, they naturally knew that there would be a fruit and vegetable market every few blocks, which delicious fly restaurant would be hidden in several alleys, and where grandparents would dance square dance at night. In this exploration of "neighborhood", people's communication is more frequent, close and in-depth.
Up to now, my childhood has brought me wonderful memories-one of which comes from the "nearby" game at your fingertips. Jumping rope, playing gold ingot, spinning top, jumping house, spinning rope, rolling hoop, picking up stones, playing slingshot, shooting dragonflies, playing hide-and-seek under the moon, popping beans on kerosene lamps ... In that era when mobile phones and IPAD were not popular, more people lived in the current "near experience".
The convenience of the network makes life convenient, but it also makes life floating, lacking deep experience and losing the solid foundation of living in the present and living nearby.
Buddhist theory holds that the six sensory functions of eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body and heart should be fully exposed to six dusts, such as the breeze on the river and the bright moon in the mountains. Then the ears become sounds and the eyes become colors. Add people's analysis, judgment and memory to become six senses.
Professor Xu Kaiwen said that many children are suffering from "hollowness" now, because the six roots and six dusts have withered, the lively, interesting, amiable and touching areas have disappeared, and the six senses are empty.
In the case that the epidemic may have a long-term impact on our lives, finding the disappearing neighborhood can not only expand the width of our lives, but also improve the depth of our lives and the correlation with the surrounding world.
As for the community, I have seen these interesting communities.
One of Wang Zengqi's neighborhoods is visiting the vegetable market. He thinks the market is full of vitality. "Look at raw chickens, live ducks, fresh fish and vegetables, green cucumbers and red peppers. It is lively and crowded here, which makes people feel a kind of fun. "
One of Dostoevsky's neighborhoods is the people around him. He said, love concrete people, don't love abstract people, love life and don't love the meaning of life. Some people think that universal love can accommodate all human beings, but it is important to love abstract human beings, children's crying, parents' nagging and neighbors' contacts. It is not easy to do this.
The nearby nature is also an important neighborhood, which brings people fresh and quiet, changes of seasons and surprises of life. I remember when I was a child, my mother would find a willow branch every autumn, rub it soft, and smooth the wicker skin from top to bottom, which became a small ponytail made of wicker. I put golden leaves on the tip of my ponytail, and at night they can turn into flames under the stove. At noon in summer, cicadas sing in the forest, Coprinus comatus emerges from the ground after the rain, and sparrows meet in the trees in the morning. This is an important and cheap source of inner peace and happiness.
In The Master, Miss Gong Er said, "I choose to stay in my own time." Find your neighbors and you will find your own time.
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