Comment on Yu's A Thousand Years' Sigh 1 Every time I open Mr. Yu's A Thousand Years' Sigh, my hand seems to touch the fragments of civilization and the rut of history. The history is heavy and the vicissitudes of life have changed greatly. Every time I look back, I will feel a sigh from the bottom of my heart: "The tomb of Pharaoh, the wall of Babylon, the night tide by the Greek sea, the cool autumn wind in Jerusalem, I am the tears of the ruins, I am the injury of the next generation, where is the Brahma clock by the river?" .
When the glory of the past gradually faded, when the original magnificent building became ruins under the destruction of time, when people began to stop paying attention to it, sighs became helpless, civilization gradually declined and history gradually faded. Following Yu Xiansheng, we walked along the roadbed of ancient human civilization, only to find that so many once famous birthplaces of civilization are now covered with ditches, weeds are blurred and bandits are rampant. Man, who was originally the pioneer of historical civilization, is now destroying his civilization with his own hands.
Greece, once the birthplace of European civilization, now has only one small, old and idle nation left. Clean pain will definitely precipitate into leisure, leisure is the compensation of pain, and pain is the buffer of leisure. However, the excessively idle lifestyle of the Greeks made the whole society lose its vitality, and a large part of idleness became tired, lazy and cold. As the most important part of Greek civilization, the Olympic spirit has gradually declined in this laziness.
The ruins of Egypt and Cairo have erased the glory of the past, and even more sadly, the glory is still unreadable. Only weathered ancient sites and pyramids can show the appearance of an ancient civilization. Just like the feeling of the pyramid in the book: only know how it declined, not how it was built; I only know how it left, but I don't know how it came. When Pharaoh mummified the corpse, the history of Egypt became mummified, standing quietly in the vast Sahara desert, especially when the yellow sand blew.
Two rivers, the birthplace of childhood fairy tales, once fantasized that Cinderella and the prince met, knew each other and fell in love in the hanging garden of Babylon; I once fantasized that Alibaba and the forty thieves would be free from violence; I once fantasized that I was the same age as Chinese civilization and had a heavy history! But the reality is cruel. The war destroyed its original high-level culture, and then deprived a nation of its bravest and healthiest life, leaving a group of old, weak, women and children to bear all kinds of absurdities. More ironically, this place, which produced the earliest legal civilization marked by code of hammurabi, has now become the most unfeasible place for law!
India's population has far exceeded its capacity: 30% of the population set up stalls, 10% begged, and 60% stood idly; Indians seem to prefer to wander in the already crowded streets. The Ganges lost its former holiness and beauty forever. Countless people are immersed in the Ganges, thinking that they can cure their diseases, and some people are stuck in the river for a long time and die, because they can scatter their ashes into the Ganges. On both sides of the Henghe River, we can see that human filth, ugliness and death can be released to others and nature without restraint. The dirty smoke melted in the morning dew. On the other side of the Ganges River, the faint red sun holds out a rising sun, without dazzling light, just rising quietly.
The once glorious civilization is now submerged in the dust of history. However, whether human beings created civilization or civilization gave birth to human beings? This once cradle of civilization now shows the world its fragility and powerlessness. Flying sand all over the sky, barefoot children who like the jungle, beggars with empty eyes, is this still a product of civilization? Thousands of years ago, civilization began here, and thousands of years later, civilization embarked on the road of decline from here. What do we use to measure the so-called degree of civilization?
Civilization is abstract. Facing the pyramids and the Great Wall, we can say that it is civilization. Facing code of hammurabi, we can say that it is civilized. However, they can only be said to be the products of civilization, and they cannot represent civilization. Civilization is a broad concept, and its extension is so great as to drown the universe. In the torrent of time, too much has passed, leaving us only some ruins to remember history. Mr. Yu once wrote: A grandmother without wrinkles is terrible, and a land without ruins is crowded. Ruins are the witness of time and the rise and fall of civilization, just like the cycle of life.
Stepping on the bright historical sky, watching the mottled streamers flashing in the splendor, thousands of years of wind and frost, how many heroic legends have been frozen, running through the long line of heaven and earth in ancient and modern times, and connecting the initial strength of life in series, bringing people surprises and memories. The vast picture of history is the spiritual horizon that never grows old. Thousands of years of development, thousands of years of thinking, thousands of years of long road, civilization along the way, nourishing us, feeding us, but we watched it die step by step. What reason do we have to ignore civilization so much?
Seeing the fall of so many civilizations, we can't help thinking about the reasons why our Chinese civilization still exists after five thousand years of ups and downs. Every reason for the demise of historical civilization has been experienced by the Chinese nation to a greater or lesser extent. However, after the wind and frost of history, it still stands tenaciously in the east of the world, displaying its profound culture. This is inseparable from the inheritance of national spirit by each generation of China people. In the wave of the new era, as the blood of China, we should continue our 5,000-year-old civilization and let it shine forever in the ocean of history.
Comment on Yu's "Millennium Sigh" 2 "Millennium Sigh" is a diary-like travel note, and its creator is a very popular cultural celebrity-Yu.
I have seen Mr. Yu's "Cultural Journey" before, and I deeply feel the author's helplessness. I must feel very good when I watch A Millennium Sigh this time.
I am very familiar with the works of. No matter which country or region I work in, I can count my treasures. It seems that he has been to all the places in the world, and there is no place of interest that he has never been to. It is very reasonable for the ancients to say, "Read thousands of books and Walk Wan Li Road", which is where the literati's aura and demeanor come from.
Yu himself said that he didn't make any intentional changes to this diary-style travel note, that is to say, after returning to the hotel every day, he just started to write his feelings for one day. "This practice is very similar to contemporary performance art, which is only carried out in the whole process of personal behavior and is no longer decorated outside personal behavior; It is also very similar to China's calligraphy art. There are always many shortcomings in a pen, but it is not suitable for painting in the east and painting in the west after receiving it. " Thanks, it is that creative method that brings people the most authentic experience; I admire Yu very much, and that kind of creative method depends on how it is accumulated at ordinary times. Therefore, I really became a fan of Yu.
Millennium sigh, which contains the origin and destruction of the history of human development.
Ancient Greece, the birthplace of European civilized behavior, is the place where the gods settled in any fairy tale. How many philosophers stood on the beautiful Aegean coast before; Mycenae's "Trojan horse plan" has been widely circulated so far; What a charming and beautiful woman Helen is; Olympia, the birthplace of ancient and contemporary sports competitions; The excellent living habits on Crete actually existed as early as 1000 years ago when Socrates, Mencius and Sakyamuni came out! Is it wonderful? Awe? What kind of intelligence and working ability did human ancestors have? A flaw? Does it hurt? Which family does such civilized behavior? Where did it come from? So far, architects from many big cities have come to observe the drainage equipment used by Cretes. Even if the bathtub they used before was put in a sanitary ware store on the streets of Moscow today, it was only a short time … but where did they go after that? How did they leave quietly? War, disease or natural disaster.
How much spiritual wealth did ancient Rome once produce for future generations, but it was buried in the unfeeling time. There is no record of historical time, only temples, stone pillars, stadiums and wasteland can witness her past glory. Today's ancient Greece was only placed on the shoulders of the ancient Greece, and the civilized behavior had long been interrupted, leaving everyone with a whole unknown place.
The interface we often see on TV is this: in the afterglow of the sunset, there are magnificent pyramids standing on the boundless golden beach, and the sphinx without nose smiles in the sunset. It's beautiful. It's fascinating. What is this beautiful place in Yu's works? In the old city of Cairo, nothing can guarantee the safety of life. A four-star hotel is equal to a small hotel, with no refreshing ingredients. In other words, the pyramid-like hometown is the real present.
Ancient Greece, located in Europe with relatively developed economy, was a weak country. India's economic development is also backward. Can it be said that this ancient civilization, which once dominated the world, is poor in today's world except the graves of the ancients? In Yu's works, Greeks are more leisure, while Egyptians are more leisure. Don't care about the promised time, don't work hard, even the house is only half built. Crops are planted by temper, and the harvest is only enough to make a living.
"Maybe we don't have to laugh at their attitude towards life ... What puzzles me is that if the pyramids were built by this race, their ancestors had already undertaken long-term busy work in the world before. Perhaps today's ecology, in turn, is a big gasp after a hard struggle, which is gone forever?
Looking at the five ancient civilizations, they were all oppressed by foreign imperialist slaves in modern times, including our country. Today, this ancient civilization means a lot of backwardness and poverty. Isn't the wisdom and imagination of our ancestors inherited?
Thoughts on the Millennium Sigh after reading the Millennium Sigh. The author is very famous and read this book with curiosity and reverence. This book is actually a diary between daily hard trips, which records the author's journey of more than 40,000 kilometers at the turn of the Millennium, reaching Greece, Egypt, Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Iraq, Iran, Pakistan, India, Nepal and finally returning to China. Almost the entire ancient civilization in Asia and Europe has put Greek mythology, the Egyptian pyramids, the conflict in Jerusalem, the conflict in Hussein's mausoleum and code of hammurabi,
After reading A Thousand Years' Sigh, the author takes us to appreciate the remains of ancient civilization, sigh the essence of human civilization, and feel the exotic customs, including joy and admiration, and also bear the shock brought by the decline of these brilliant civilizations to varying degrees. Greece has a strong cultural atmosphere since ancient times. Unfortunately, the author has seen and recorded the smallness and obsolescence of Greece and the idleness of its people, talked about the gradual decline of Greek culture, and analyzed the reasons for the decline: first, the long-term internal friction of Spartans in Athens; Second, because of internal troubles and foreign invasion, Greece has never established a unified centralized country. Egypt's past glory has been cut off several times, and the author is saddened that no one can understand ancient Chinese characters now, which leads to no one can understand precious ancient documents and is full of doubts about the pyramids! The author regrets that Babylon razed and rebuilt the ruins of the ancient city, but at the same time it erased the strong sense of historical vicissitudes and heaviness. The decline of civilization also directly led to the poverty of the local people. In Iraq, ancestors were the first people who invented writing in the world, but the reality I saw was that too many children were out of school and worked in the streets in rags. Even in the best primary schools, the balls that children play in physical education class are hard plastic balls with no elasticity and cracks. In the children's hospital, there is a lack of medical care and medicine ... In the Ganges River, which gave birth to India's ancient civilization and is known as the mother river, the author was once again shocked by the "Ganges Morning Bath". Countless black people were all soaked in the river, shivering with cold, thinking that they could cure the disease, and some people were waiting to die by the river, because after death, they were cremated for free and their ashes were scattered into the Ganges. The burning on the shore stinks.
At the end of the article, the author arrived in Nepal and lamented that civilized people all over the world like to come here, not to visit historical sites, but to immerse themselves in nature. At the highest level, China culture is a subtraction culture, yearning for simplicity and naturalness.
The author has visited so many ancient civilization sites and has been comparing them with China culture. Among all ancient civilizations, the only one that has not been interrupted and annihilated so far is Chinese civilization, which can be summarized as five reasons: First, relying on the barrier of geographical environment, the mutual destruction of ancient civilizations has been avoided; Second, relying on the size of civilization, it avoids the swallowing of small civilization and avoids its own embarrassment; Thirdly, relying on the unified and popular writing system, the separation, closure and interruption of interpretation are avoided; Fourth, relying on practical reason and the golden mean to avoid religious extremism; Fifth, relying on the imperial examination system not only avoids social disorder, but also avoids cultural amnesia.
After reading a Millennium sigh, I can't calm down for a long time, but I am more proud of Chinese civilization, think more rationally, and cherish the current peace and development.
Thoughts after reading "A Thousand Years Sighing Civilization —— The Millennium Road of the World is Long". The blade of punishment and the arrow of greed forced civilization to disillusion and gradually disappeared in the twilight of defeat. In the past, the heyday of civilization was like the end of the world. When it suffered from indifference and betrayal, it was lonely and powerless. Under the pen tip lamented by Mr. Yu, the broken column of Yuanmingyuan was outlined by the years; The long cracks in Darius Palace were rendered by time. A thousand years' regret, a moment's sigh, reading words and remembering civilization.
Listening to the lamentation of the lonely Aegean Sea and gazing at the dense soldiers on the Egyptian border, the decline of civilization is perfectly interpreted in the form of words. Yu Xiansheng is marching towards the holy land of civilization with solid steps, looking for the information of civilization for thousands of years. The passing rolling yellow sand has forgotten the distant figure left behind. A thousand years of sighing and singing. The feelings between the lines are connected with the ruins that passed away under the war. When will the struggle between civilization and selfishness end? Looking back on the past years, our ancestors spent a lifetime creating words and languages, and concluded a contract of life and death through friendly exchanges, but it is precisely because of this that civilization was destroyed. When a thousand years sigh, it is a civilization that shines for the light of the end.
Looking back on this life, the reality we rely on will eventually become a legacy in the eyes of future generations, either a natural disaster or an invasion from a foreign country. The worm of human nature has eaten away at the lonely civilization, but who can guarantee it? It won't invade our real civilization, it will destroy endlessly, and it will eventually usher in disaster. We hope that the bud of hope can be born among the rubble and give it life when the old place is weather-beaten. For thousands of years, many civilizations have experienced desolation and desolation. Mr. Yu Yu Qiu set foot here and sighed: "Will prosperity decline?" When the Greek Empire was killed by rivers of blood, China was thinking of Qu Yuan's death. Perhaps it is because of this lonely silence that Chinese civilization survived the war and fortunately survived the contradictions. Those lost cultural relics sought after by them are only the witness of civilization, the liberation of the soul, passing away on the peak of civilization and turning into a sigh. Waiting for the excavation of the future after a thousand years, he prayed silently-the sigh of future generations comes down to this, and the sea of civilization is almost exhausted.
A thousand years' sigh, a sigh from the bottom of my heart, a sigh from my mind, writing a book out of indignation at civilization, even if it is already decadent after a hundred years, will have to wait-after a thousand years, the soul is felt by everyone, and Mr. Yu's painstaking efforts are immortal.
After reading A Millennium Sigh, 5. Follow the footsteps of history, see the rise and fall of the country, touch the vicissitudes of historical sites, and ask the vastness of the wasteland. -inscription
A monument, a history.
Greece, a name that causes people to sigh, is full of vicissitudes and glorious history in Greece; Here, you can feel the solemnity and solemnity of the ancient Olympic Games. More than 2000 years ago, when the Euphrates River began to breed a new civilization, the Olympic Games in Greece began to be held in an orderly way. When many countries were baptized by war, Greece still kept its true colors and played the song of victory. It is a bitter and proud building that has carried Greece for thousands of years. It is a weather-beaten and frustrated building, and the road of Greece extends under its feet. This is the Parthenon! In the center of Parthenon, the white clouds are bright, the stone pillars are mottled, and a kind of classical beauty pervades. However, when the golden age of Greece passed, it was still there. Is this sadness or luck? "They're all gone ..." Parthenon whispered. Yes, only the blue sky is accompanied by green grass.
The magnificence of the pyramids.
Egypt is an ancient civilization that originated from the Nile, creating a unique pyramid. That year, an unexpected cry of a craftsman awakened the darkness in the night sky. The Great Pyramid stands in the desert. It quietly acts as a spectator in the long river of history, overlooking the rise and fall of dynasties and the changes of the situation. No one is worth mentioning in the face of history. Napoleon was so arrogant that he regarded the whole world as a sand table, but when he came to the bottom of the pyramid, he also felt very small. In the high-pitched voice, how can you resist the sound of the Sahara night wind whistling at the top of the golden lettering?
Yellow sand is everywhere, always accompanied by pyramids.
The people of Sri Lanka have passed away. They are a piece of loess. But their buildings are interdependent and stand still. Perhaps we have forgotten the chanting of monks thousands of years ago, the pious prayers of priests, the iron horse and the tiger swallowing Wan Li. We have forgotten the past, the history and the spirit handed down by our ancestors. A sigh in a thousand years, what are you sighing about? Sigh the loss of Millennium culture, sigh the blank of Millennium spirit, sigh our inner contempt for Millennium culture! I have traveled all over the famous mountains and rivers, wandering around historical sites. Sparkling blue is the color of Greece; Golden Egypt's brilliant and dazzling color: intoxicating green is the color of Nepal. ...
It takes perseverance and patience, mind and thinking to sigh for a thousand years. Sigh for a thousand years, sigh for the past; Sigh culture; A sigh in a thousand years is thought-provoking ...
Pursuing the footsteps of history seems to be returning to history; Only by following the footsteps of history can we understand life better. -P.S.
After Yu Xiansheng resigned as the dean, he started his own trip, and disappeared in the wilderness for ten years, looking for China culture. In the pursuit, Mr. Yu firmly believes in Rousseau's famous saying: I can only walk, and I can't think if I can't walk.
On the way, Mr. Wang felt that he was pushed to an awkward position. Either he will only dare to whisper about China culture in the future, or he will go through the most important sites in the world in desperation to speak loudly. Therefore, Yu Xiansheng bid farewell to his parents and joined hands with Hong Kong Phoenix Satellite TV to inspect the most important cultural sites of all mankind. Besides experiencing the excellent cultures of other countries and regions, we should rediscover China culture in the unknown tens of thousands of kilometers. So there is this "Millennium sigh"
Starting from Greece, Egypt, Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Iraq, Iran, Pakistan, India and Nepal, the author experienced Babylonian civilization, Persian civilization, Indian civilization, Hebrew civilization and Arab civilization. In the process of studying history, everything seems to be involved except Hebrew civilization. It turns out that Hebrew civilization was born in the land called Palestine today, which was called Canaan in ancient times. Hebrews are the ancestors of Jews today. But in the ancient world, the Hebrews' political status was relatively unimportant, and their civilization was not as prominent as other civilizations.
Among the parts introduced in the book, I like Greece best. Surrounded by the beautiful Aegean Sea, it is vast but not majestic, gentle but not gentle and charming, and the sad story of the maze is also regrettable. Byron also loved Greek civilization. He not only traveled here, but also joined the volunteers when Greece and Turkey were at war. Byron regards Greece as the motherland of culture, which shows how influential Greece is. Greece ranks first in leisure. Yu Xiansheng believes that China people can't relax, not because of lack of material conditions, but because they have too many topics and heavy missions in their minds. Too much leisure will only lead to laziness, and comfortable thoughts will lead to danger. But after all, Greece has left us a splendid cultural heritage, which belongs to the Greeks and is priceless to all mankind. Homer's epic is her best proof.
When Mr. Yu met someone who distributed information in front of the Parthenon and called on tourists from all over the world to bring back the essence of the Parthenon sculpture from the British Museum in London, he thought that Stein and others had taken away the Dunhuang cultural relics, which revealed a strong patriotic feeling, which made me feel refreshed and taught me to be good at learning.
Pakistan is another country I like. Her national flower is jasmine. Jasmine flowers are very similar in appearance and rich in fragrance. Although she is the "weakest flower", she is also a symbol that Islamic men respect women. When I entered Pakistan, the first thing I saw was a shabby hut, which was used by Pakistani customs, but it was very fast and the handlers were very friendly. The experience of meeting Mr. Wu Jianguo and driving in the evening is also very interesting. It seems quite comfortable. It's really worrying to see those children who can't afford to go to school with bare feet as dense as a forest. Being strong in suffering is the most admirable.
When combing the feelings along the way, the author believes that fighting again and again, whether others beat themselves or beat others themselves, is the destruction of civilization. Although there was a war in ancient China, it was only a fusion of civilizations and a collision of cultures, so only China culture could continue. This also inspired the modern protection of peace, that is, the protection of culture.
This study tour has benefited me a lot, and it has also given me some understanding of foreign cultures. More importantly, you can only understand by walking.