Through the description of autumn colors in Beiping, the author enthusiastically praised the natural scenery of the old capital and expressed his yearning for autumn in the old capital and his true feelings of attachment.
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Autumn, no matter where, is always good; But, autumn in the north is especially sunny, quiet and sad. The reason why I have traveled all the way from Hangzhou to Qingdao, or even from Qingdao to Peiping, is because I just want to taste autumn, the autumn taste of the old capital.
Of course, there is autumn in Jiangnan, but the vegetation withers slowly, the air is humid, the sky is clear, and it is often rainy and windy; When a person is sandwiched between the residents of Suzhou, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Xiamen, Hong Kong and Guangzhou, people can only feel a little coolness, the taste and color of autumn. Autumn, autumn artistic conception and posture, can not be satisfied, taste and enjoy less than ten times the foot. Autumn is neither a famous flower nor a good wine. We shouldn't experience autumn half-drunk.
We have missed the autumn in the north for more than ten years. In the south, every autumn, we always think of the reed flowers in Taoranting, the willow shadows in Diaoyutai, the insects in Xishan, the jathyapple in Yuquan and the bells in Tanzhe Temple. Even if you don't leave Beiping, you can see the high blue sky and hear the sound of green pigeons flying in the sky. From the bottom of Robinia pseudoacacia leaves, you can count a ray of sunshine from the east, or at the waist of broken walls, when you face the blue flowers like morning glory, you will naturally feel a very autumn feeling. When it comes to morning glory, I think blue or white is the best, followed by purple black and light red. It is best to make the grass grow thinner in autumn.
The locust tree in northern China is also an ornament that reminds people of autumn. Pistils that like flowers but don't like flowers will spread all over the earth in the morning. There is no sound or smell when you step on it. You can only feel a little soft touch. After sweeping the film, the broom pattern left on the dust is exquisite and relaxed, and I feel a little lonely subconsciously. The ancients said that the plane leaves were deep in the world.
Qiu Chan Strait is a specialty of the North. Because there are trees everywhere in Beiping and the rooms are very low, you can hear their songs everywhere. In the south, you must go to the country or the mountains to listen. In the north, Qiu Chan chirps like a cricket and a mouse. It is like a domestic insect, and every family keeps it at home.
And autumn rain. The autumn rain in the north seems to be more peculiar, tasteful and decent than the autumn rain in the south.
In the gray sky, a cool breeze suddenly blew, and then Silso fell to the ground and began to rain. There was a layer of rain, and the clouds gradually rolled west. The sun came out again. Idle people in the city wear thick blue cloth, single clothes or jackets and bite their pipes. In the shadow of the inclined bridge after the rain, they walked to the bridge and stood under the tree. When they meet acquaintances, they will sigh and answer each other in a slow tone.
"Well, it's really cold-""This word is read very high and dragged on for a long time. )
"Isn't it? A layer of autumn rain, a layer of coolness
Northerners always read array characters in a gentle and narrow tone. The wrong rhyme is right.
Fruit trees in the north are also miracles of autumn. The first is jujube trees. It will grow in the corner, on the wall, next to the hut and at the door of the kitchen. This kind of jujube, like olives and pigeon eggs, is light green and light yellow in the middle of small oval leaves. This is the peak of autumn. When the leaves of jujube trees fall and the dates turn red, the northwest wind will blow. The north is a dusty world. Only dates, persimmons and grapes ripen in early July and August, which is the best autumn day in northern China and the best golden day of the year.
Some critics say that China's literati, especially poets, have a strong decadent color, so there are many words praising autumn in China's poems. But what about foreign poets? I don't want to read many poems and English poems about autumn, although I don't want to read many poems and English essays about autumn. In the long pastoral poems or four seasons poems of famous poets, the part about autumn is always the most wonderful and interesting part. It can be seen that emotional animals and interested people always have the same deep, distant, severe and desolate feeling about autumn. Not only poets but also prisoners were imprisoned. In autumn, I think I can feel an uncontrollable feeling. What's the difference between autumn in different countries and nationalities? In China, there is an idiom "Autumn Time" in Chinese characters, and there are also very common reading materials, such as Autumn Sound by Ouyang Ziqing and Red Cliff Fu by Su Dongpo. We feel that China literati have a deep relationship with Qiuhe River, but the strong flavor of autumn, especially in China, will definitely be felt in the north.
Of course, autumn in the south also has its own characteristics, such as the bright moon on the 24th Bridge, the autumn tide in Qiantang River, the cool fog in Putuo Mountain and the residual lotus in Litchi Bay, but the color is not strong and the aftertaste is not lasting. Compared with autumn in the north, it is like yellow rice wine and dried rice, porridge and steamed bread, perch and crab, yellow dog and camel.
Autumn, autumn in northern China, if I can stay, I would like to shorten my life by two thirds.
August in Beiping 1934