In the book, the author recorded the decline of Islamic civilization, two rivers civilization, Arab civilization, Indian civilization, ancient Egyptian civilization, Hebrew civilization and other civilizations with sentimental, heavy and plain language, and discussed the root of the decline, and gradually found the reason for the continuation of Chinese civilization through comparison.
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Preface of the author of Millennium Sigh
This is a diary, which records my experience of hiking 40,000 kilometers with the Hong Kong Phoenix TV off-road vehicle team at the turn of the Millennium.
We are looking for the roadbed of ancient human civilization, but we find that there are so many sections of grassland that are blurred, ditches are densely covered and bandits are rampant.
The wheels of the jeep rolled close to the ground one kilometer at a time, and I had no idea what would happen next kilometer. All they know is a series of real horror stories: here, religious extremists shot and killed dozens of foreign travelers in a few minutes; There, three groups of foreign hostages were kidnapped by anti-government forces in the past two months; In addition, more than 30 policemen have just been killed by drug trafficking groups.
In the past, when I visited the existing primitive culture in China on the spot and wrote "Cultural Journey" and "Notes on Mountain Living", I also devoted myself to physical adventures and spiritual adventures again and again, but compared with this time, I was always able to find help and protection in a roundabout way.
I remember once I got lost in the mountains in order to catch the early ferry. I followed a few old coughs to find a cabin to see the mountain people and got some advice. Once again, I got lost at night and met someone on the other side. I was afraid and deliberately summoned up the courage to hum, and the people on the other side hummed as well. I didn't believe each other until I passed by and smiled back.
This kind of opportunity is hard to meet this time. A small motorcade is like a few ants crawling on the wasteland, and any unexplained violence can twist them into pieces.
Not just wasteland. There are dilapidated castles, dark shadows and sparkling eyes in the depths of the wasteland. It is not true to insist that I have no fear, but more than half of my fears are covered by shock, and the huge structure that shocked human civilization collapsed in such a sad way.
How on earth did they collapse? History books provide some speculative answers, most of which are large and vague. In fact, all injuries are concrete, and all grievances are hard to express, so those answers are also questionable. Undoubtedly, as a result, rotten grass and rubble have carried disasters from ancient times to the present.
We are willing to face all this in the danger of no protection mechanism, just like taking off gloves to touch their scars.
This touch often leads to thinking: as the foundation of our life, Chinese civilization is also scarred, but how can we avoid the overall collapse? How much did this evasion cost? Which costs are positive and which costs are negative? Can the avoidance of the past guarantee the future?
More importantly, in the new century, will the young and vibrant civilizations in the world repeat the fate of the rise and fall of most ancient civilizations?
This question runs through the whole diary.
Baidu Encyclopedia-A Millennium Sigh