Mr. Wang Zengqi is a well-known contemporary Chinese writer, essayist, and dramatist. He is a native of Gaoyou, Jiangsu. Because his writing is clean and expressive, simple and concise, and full of love and affection for life, he is known as "a lyrical humanitarian, China's last pure literati, and China's last scholar-official". After reading Mr. Wang Zengqi's articles, many people can't help but like this interesting old man.
In the book "Fireworks in the World, the Most Soothing", 42 articles by Mr. Wang Zengqi are selected, reflecting Mr. Wang Zengqi's happy life from five different aspects of life: a good book to read Read books, eat a good meal, see a beautiful scenery, get to know some plants, trees, fish and insects, and stick to your own spiritual world. Every plant, every tree, every food, every taste, this world is worth it.
Mr. Wang Zengqi’s article is clean, beautiful and down-to-earth. Although the world is bitter, when you are truly grateful for life, the fireworks in the world are not made up of chicken feathers, but made up of our sincere Eyes see the beauty of all things in the world, and treat our lives with our sincere attitude. The fireworks in the world are the most soothing, starting from our three meals a day.
1. Fireworks and the taste of food
During the mid-summer period, the sun’s rays were particularly bright. I remember that when I was young, I lived in a place with many alleys and a big square in front of my house. There were many trees, and there would always be people selling watermelons under the shade. The watermelons at that time were delicious and cheap, and they were a must-have in summer.
Another summer meal for northerners is sesame sauce noodles. Because the weather is hot and I don’t have much appetite, drain the cooked noodles into the water, grab a handful of shredded cucumbers, pour some pepper oil, and of course sesame sauce. It is a necessity, simple yet delicious.
In autumn, people have a big appetite and make up for the losses in the summer. Northerners call it "posting autumn fat". And "sticking autumn fat" also has a special meaning: "eating barbecue".
Mr. Wang Zengqi said that there are three famous barbecue restaurants in Beijing: BBQ Ji, BBQ Wan, and BBQ Liu. He often goes to Barbeque Wan, which is close to home. Sometimes he will let his children bring a lunch box to bake, buy a few sesame seed cakes, and have a meal for the whole family.
Whether it is sesame sauce noodles, barbecue, radish from Sichuan, mushrooms from Kunming, hand-made mutton from Inner Mongolia, etc., they all have their own unique taste in the fireworks of the world, so our lives also Adds real fireworks to the flavor.
2. The fireworks of the world and the taste of travel
In 1939, Mr. Wang Zengqi came to Kunming to take the university entrance examination. The library he visited most times in his life was there. The Cuihu Library is not big, and the structure is a bit like a Taoist temple. It is very quiet and clean. There are many white camellias planted in a side garden. The camellias there will stay peaceful no matter whether anyone comes to see them or not. Open quietly and happily. The most wonderful person in the library is the librarian. When he comes, it is opening time, and when he leaves, it is closing time. It is precisely because of this library that I learned that Kunming people call all small pieces of paper "feizi", such as stamps, bus tickets, etc.
In addition to Kunming, there are also chrysanthemums and holly trees in Hefei; Tunxi, where there is the Sanjiang Tower in the Huashan Hotel, which means "three rivers are in sight"; Sichuan's good climate supports hundreds of valleys, and Meishan's " "Sansu Temple", Leshan Giant Buddha, Sichuan cuisine, Sichuan opera, etc.
Reading thousands of books is not as good as traveling thousands of miles and reading countless people. This is the fireworks of the world. It is not all a paradise on earth, but it is a paradise on earth in the life of a chicken feather.
3. The taste of human fireworks and spirit
A work can be considered realism or modernism, as long as it is really a work, the work is a work, just like bitter melon , it’s okay to call it a melon, or a gourd, as long as it’s edible. ——Wang Zengqi
Mr. Wang Zengqi’s articles are clean and sincere, and contain his own unique flavor: “his own thinking”.
The basic necessities of human life are food, clothing, housing and transportation, and adding color and flavor to human fireworks is our spiritual world. Mr. Wang Zengqi's prose contains life, vast mountains and rivers, and his spiritual world, which means he has a pair of eyes that are good at discovery.
At the symposium on novel creation in Zhangjiakou City, he answered the question about the relationship between the writer's subjective world and the objective world. He said: "My life in our socialist country is warm and rich. Young people who emphasize writing about themselves, their personal inner activities are not necessarily elegant and profound? They should see that there are many beautiful and real things in the world around us." A writer should have an eye for discovery, see more than others, be able to see poetry in ordinary things, and be interested in things around him. Writers should always keep an eye on life. To maintain a sense of freshness and wonder about life."
Mr. Wang Zengqi likes to record some touching things in life, and he will record things that make people think. In his work "Ordering", he wrote about a monk. Many people thought that he had been a monk. In fact, he was not. Instead, he lived in a small temple for a period of time, which made him realize that monks are also human beings. He wrote it and guided young people at the same time. A pure and healthy emotion.
There are also many scenes in "Da Nao Chronicles" that look like the hometown of Mr. Wang Zengqi. Many works are derived from life, and there is a real side and a positive side in the works. , brings people thinking, and also brings personal entertainment.
A poem by Zen Master Wumen Huikai of the Song Dynasty:
There are hundreds of flowers in spring and a moon in autumn, and there is a cool breeze in summer and snow in winter.
If you have nothing to worry about, it is a good time in the world.
The fireworks in the world include not only the curling smoke from cooking pots, the mist-shrouded scenes, the sound of crackling fires, the sounds of boiling water and cooking, the sounds of children playing, but also the four seasons and seasons given by our nature. Mountains, flowing water, trees and flowers, etc., all make up the human fireworks we see.
Let Wang Zengqi's book "Fireworks in the World, the Most Soothing to the Heart" lead us to travel through the vast starry sky, mountains and rivers, and the sentiments of the world.
If you give the fireworks in the world a meaning, it is to treat life sincerely, because life is everywhere, and the fireworks in the world are our lives.