-thoughts on reading "You Gu"
In 3500 BC, the first light of the city bloomed in Mesopotamia ... I came to this historical stage with my bag on my back and listened to the sound of history.
Many places in history have become relics, and the scenes at that time can no longer be found. This is sadness. Babylon in the 6th century BC was called the "Gate of God". How prosperous Pompeii was in BC 10 century; Loulan in the 2nd century AD was a desert rose in full bloom. /kloc-The Aztec Empire at the beginning of the 0/6th century was the "Atlantis" in my dream; Maya, an ancient civilization in Central America; /kloc-The Inca Empire in the 6th century was called "the city of gold and stone". ...
These places disappear for different reasons. Pompeii was caused by natural disasters, and no one can escape; Loulan disappeared because of the decrease of greening and the exhaustion of water resources, and a rose that bloomed independently in the wind withered like this; What about Babylon, Aztec Empire, Maya and Inca Empire? It was abruptly destroyed by westerners!
They used to be so prosperous, so advanced in civilization and so kind and naive. The Aztecs regarded the Spanish who invaded them as their own gods and treated them warmly. The emperor even personally presented a beautiful gold necklace. In this way, those Spaniards deceived the kind Aztecs, and finally occupied the city, looted gold and jewels, and set the city on fire. From then on, the Aztec Empire was completely annihilated. Babylon was occupied by Persia; The fate of Maya, like the Aztec Empire, was destroyed by the Spanish; Similarly, the Inca Empire was destroyed by Europeans.
What is the role of Europeans, especially Romans and Spaniards, in the whole historical stage? Is it an aggressor? Half, right? What about the other half? Maybe it is also an aggressor. Just like the powerful Roman Empire, it soon collapsed when plague and foreign invasion came. Although it has regained its vitality, its once hegemonic position is gone forever.
Throughout the whole world and history, we find that a city-Jerusalem, the most sacred and tragic place, has been neglected. Besieged for more than 50 times, conquered for 36 times, and completely destroyed 10 times. In the shadow of swords, an ode and a history of blood and tears were born. Now, will it stage another tragedy? Historical tragedy?
The ruins of these cities seem to confirm a saying engraved on Pompeii murals that "nothing can last forever". It seems so!
Things are human, and stars are human. It has been more than 5000 years since the first city in Mesopotamia. The scenery has changed, the history is still there, the leaders have changed, but people still live in the city. Is today's city more comfortable and pleasant than then? We don't know this, but we know that the existence of cities makes life better. As the ancient Greek saint Aristotle once defined the city: "People come to the city from the countryside for a better life."
I want to recommend a book called Half Face Makeup. This is a book that tells the story of harem women. They are intrigued only to win the favor of their husbands, but they don't know that their youth has already passed away quietly in the intrigue. It was not until the war raged that I woke up and realized that everything I had done before was wrong, but by then, it was too late.
Yuan, Wang and Xia are women who use Chunlan, Xiahe, Qiuju and Dongmei as metaphors. Flowers originally in the same season are forcibly locked in cages. How can they bloom beautifully? They are destroyed flowers and the most beautiful scenery in troubled times. As the woman in the book wishes, only in the afterlife will we be sisters forever!
The women in the book are all elves of hibiscus flowers. They practice for thousands of years, become human beings, live in the world of mortals, or dare to love and hate, or try their best to be euphemistic, all with natural beauty. It never occurred to me that the legend of "Xu Niang is half-aged" is so untrue. Who was born with worldly filth? Her tears washed away the dust all over the world, turned into misty rain and floated in the attic of history; Her resentment dispersed the fog on both sides of the Yangtze River and turned into a breeze, gently brushing away the hysterical helplessness.
For these women, they help their husbands, help the country, and reflect the mountains and rivers with their weak fluorescence. To the sky, they are a white cloud; For the earth, they are also a clean stream. Without their beautiful wrists, magnificent heroism and magnificent mind, wouldn't they lose their spirituality, support and contrast? Didn't you say everything is equal to zero?
The author narrates the sorrows and joys of harem women, which is sad. Those sorrows echoed in the sky for a long time and did not leave. ...