Mr. Lin Liang is a children's literature writer with great wisdom. Many years ago, he proposed the "art of shallow language" to refer to the core artistic spirit of children's literature. This refined, accurate and vivid concept has frequently appeared in the context of discussions about children's literature among colleagues on both sides of the Taiwan Strait. The children's literature he advocated with this proposition The "light language" spirit of literature has often become one of the artistic pronouns of this genre. Over the years, his children's literature writing has also practiced the true meaning and pursuit of this "light language" art with its most pure language and pure emotional state.
We are most familiar with Lin Liang’s creations for his children’s songs and children’s poems. His simple yet meaningful poems such as "Mushroom" and "Dragonfly" were introduced to the mainland through various publications and anthologies decades ago, and are deeply appreciated and loved by readers. These poems describe the small things and the small world around them through children's senses and hearts. The simple children's poems are full of childlike innocence and childlike interest, which not only demonstrates the unique artistic feeling of children's poems, but also shapes the influence of Chinese children. The unique aesthetic taste of poetry.
However, children's songs and children's poems are only one aspect of the creation of this Taiwanese "grandparent" of children's literature, and his writing interests are much broader. From "Uncle Lin" to "Uncle Lin" to "Grandpa Lin Liang", his children's poems, essays, stories, fairy tales, etc. have accompanied and nourished generations of Taiwanese children. In recent years, Fujian Children's Publishing House, which is committed to promoting cross-strait children's literature exchanges, has been publishing Mr. Lin Liang's works in mainland China, including his various children's literature works, as well as "The Art of Shallow Language" and "Innocence". Realm" and other widely influential collections of children's literature theory and criticism. The newly published "Lin Liangmei Book Shop" (*** seven volumes) includes a batch of prose, letters, stories and fairy tales by the writer. These works outline for us a more three-dimensional figure of children's literature writers, and also allow us to see a richer artistic world of children's literature writers.
The style of Lin Liang's prose is the same as his children's poems, fresh, simple, and full of innocence and childishness. The two volumes "Back to Childhood" and "Little Sun" included in "Lin Liangmei Book Shop" are memories and narratives about the writer's childhood and adult life. The prose writes about his childhood experiences of watching movies, playing games, traveling by car, reading and writing, etc. The plain writing is full of childish humor. For example, when I was reading a picture book when I was seven years old, I recognized the first Chinese character "大", so I solemnly "opened the book and read all the characters '大' in the book." 'The feeling of finishing a book'. The innocent humor of childhood comes alive on the page.
However, compared with the writer's children's songs and children's poems, these proses are often full of life sentiments and insights accumulated through mature life in the interest of simple language. There are many words in "Back to Childhood" that recall youth and old travels, and there is often an implicit affection hidden in them. The essay writes about the well in his father's factory during his childhood and the refreshing feeling of the cold well water pouring down his head in the summer. He writes about the pride after winning a cricket fight as a child and his eldest cousin's cheerful and unrestrained words: "Crickets fight, but we don't fight." "I'll give you my crickets." When he left home alone for the first time at the age of nineteen, he received a letter from his father: "Go home, don't embarrass yourself too much." It is a very plain description, but it makes people feel. People long aftertaste the taste of past life and deep emotions contained in it.
Reading these fragments of daily life, what is impressive is a simple, optimistic, and sincere attitude towards life. This attitude also gave birth to some unpretentious life wisdom: Be humble, and be humble. Work hard; love yourself and others; be passionate and rational; have a pair of eyes that are good at insight into life, and a heart that knows how to appreciate life. In "16 Letters from Dad" and "30 Letters from Grandpa Lin Liang", the writer tells the children about these life insights and wisdom in the form of letters. "The Walking Man" and "Good Morning Soy Milk Shop" use The form of life stories conveys to children thoughts about family, friendship, responsibility, care, reading, learning, etc. These are some starting philosophies that lay down the basic attitude of our life. It teaches us a correct attitude towards life and a responsible sense of life. I think the wisdom shining in these words will also illuminate and warm the lives of young friends like the little sun.