Yamato is a gorgeous nation. They think that life is too short to live beautifully, elegantly and brilliantly, and then death is decisive without any delay. They live like cherry blossoms and create their own unique cherry blossom-like culture, which is presented in the vast Japanese literature.
In heian period, cherry blossoms were loved by two emperors, and the first flower show was held in Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Cherry blossoms began to become the leading role in Japanese flowers and were praised by poets. Shao Qing Yanna is a proud cherry blossom in the literary world of heian period. Shao Qing Yan Na's Pillow Grass is the first collection of essays in Japan, which breaks through the format norms of Japanese literature in the past. Qing Yan, with her sensitive and delicate feeling, recorded her experience in the palace, her interest in four seasons and some ordinary things with fresh and delicate brushstrokes. Her words are always so direct and concise that a few strokes outline a poetic world. When she saw what she liked, she said frankly ... how wonderful! ""... how interesting! ”。 Shao Qing Yan Na is so simple and beautiful, and her writing is so delicate, soft, delicate and elegant! In the pillow grass, Hanfu, fashionable flowers, lovely flowers and interesting things constitute the main theme. In these small things, we can see the pursuit of elegant culture in Japanese flower arrangement. Bai Juyi's influence on Japanese poetry can also be seen. A famous story "Snow on the Incense Peak" in "Pillow Grass" shows that Bai Letian's poems are widely sought after in Japanese upper-class aristocratic society, and even some talented women love reading and learning. Bai Letian's poems are vulgar, mainly leisurely poems, indulging in natural scenery. This coincides with the Japanese culture at that time. After the cherry blossoms are in full bloom, the scenery is exquisite, elegant, subtle and romantic. This is the Heian period in Japan. Therefore, Shao Qing Yanna and her Pillow Grass are a brilliant cherry blossom in Japanese heian period literature.
In the Edo era, cherry blossoms began to become a popular aesthetic and a symbol of mainstream Japanese culture. At that time, it can be said that "100,000 cherry blossoms fell asleep". During this period, Kafka Gai Na, a unique cherry blossom in Japanese literature, appeared. During the Edo period, Japan's closed-door policy began to be broken, society was no longer comfortable, and Japanese culture was also impacted by the West. At that time, Kafgana was in turmoil. And he is an elite among ronin, "the model of Edo", indulging in the glory and order of the past and coldly looking at the vulgarity and chaos of today. So he fought in his own way, expressing his dissatisfaction and resentment against reality through nostalgia and erotic description. He wrote in "Three Strategies of Tokyo": "When I walk in the city with a bat umbrella as a staff and wearing sunshine clogs, I always hold the Yongjia version of the Edo zoning map in my arms." This is because "when you look at the map of the past while walking, you can easily compare Edo in the past with Tokyo today." This shows that he is sad about the passing of Edo's secular life. In his works, we can see the ancient relics such as Japanese traditional culture and ukiyo-e paintings that have been seriously damaged under the impact of modern civilized society. Kafka Gai Na is the sustenance of Edo's taste-"pure and excellent Japanese characteristics". Can you imagine Japan without cherry blossoms? Probably not. Similarly, I can't imagine the Edo era without Kafsh Gai Na. Therefore, Gai Na is an indispensable cherry blossom in Japanese literature in the Edo period.
If Shao Qing Yan Na is a quiet and elegant drooping cherry blossom, Kafka Gaina is a unique cherry blossom on the other side of Edo, while Osamu Dazai is a sad cherry blossom. Osamu Dazai is a writer with japanese ikebana spirit. His works and experiences truly reflect the beauty of Japanese mourning. He committed suicide at the peak of his literary creation because of his strong spirit of tea ceremony and bushido. In Disqualification on Earth, Ye Zang feels that he has lost his qualification to be a human being. Unlike others, he is not hungry, just pretending to be a normal person. From the fear of real life to the feeling of being born with nothing and feeling guilty, he fell into decadence because he could not grasp the meaning of life, and finally died. This is the life track arranged by Osamu Dazai for the protagonist Ye Cang. People on the edge of society, this is Osamu Dazai's definition of Ye Zang and his definition of himself. After he confided in this book, he went to death without hesitation. This is just his decadent beauty. From his writing, we can get a glimpse of the Japanese national spirit like cherry blossoms, which withers when it is in full bloom, retains the most beautiful form at the end of life, and has the tragic but brilliant beauty of "mourning is greater than heart death". Although his life was extremely short, it did not prevent him from becoming a representative of the Japanese New Drama School and blossoming a gorgeous cherry blossom in the postwar Japanese literary world.
Japan is a nation that pursues exquisiteness and elegance, but their personalities are dual. On the one hand, it is elegant and persistent in life, on the other hand, it is completely opposite, and there is a determination and madness to stop until you reach your goal.
Yukio Mishima's life also profoundly embodies the "sad" beauty of Japanese cherry blossoms. He criticized Osamu Dazai's writing style, but he also said, "Yes, Osamu Dazai and I are the same person." So, not surprisingly, he finally embarked on the same life path as Osamu Dazai-ending the world by suicide.
Perhaps this is the tragedy caused by that era. In postwar Japan, all kinds of foreign modern civilizations eroded Japanese traditional civilization, and the good days are gone forever. National life has fallen, society is full of decadence and nihilism, corruption, absurdity and decline, which suppresses human nature. As a result, the literati who felt sad and desperate for society, in such a tragic way as suicide, issued a powerful complaint to Japanese society and the world, and opened a beautiful and elegant cherry blossom city at the expense of beautiful life.
After Mishima's death, Kawabata Yasunari also chose gas to commit suicide. As he once said, he died of a "silent death", but his words made him "live indefinitely". After reading Yasunari Kawabata's Snow Country and Ancient Capital, you will find that Yasunari Kawabata's words are full of faint sadness, perhaps because he has seen more deaths. But such words are so gentle that people can't help but think of the elegance of the Japanese. Women wear kimonos and bow slightly, which is so modest, humble and gentle. Yasunari Kawabata is an aesthete. In his works, the natural scenery of the Japanese countryside is extremely beautiful, and the beauty of warm human feelings is also intertwined.
"Looking up at the stars, it is difficult to have confidence. The stars are bright, as if falling slowly at an illusory speed. ..... This is a cold, quiet and peaceful atmosphere. The woman found Shimamura approaching and put her chest against the window bar. This gesture is not timid. On the contrary, its resistance to this night is extremely strong. " It's "Snow Country". The foal shows a pure beauty that can't be defiled. She is almost sad, pure and passionate, just like the snow in the snow country, as dazzling as a burning flame. And leaves, which fully shows Kawabata Yasunari's pessimistic nihilism. The description of her is always vague, and her death is also a beautiful artistic conception, which is in line with the beauty of mourning. His writing is like this, scene after scene blending, revealing a faint sadness of impermanence in life.
So is the ancient capital. This is a simple and delicate sad love story, too calm to stir up any waves, but full of kindness and innocence of the Japanese people and the beauty of Japanese tradition. Japanese culture regards twins as ominous things, so twin sisters Chieko and Miao Zi are separated. But maybe the blood relationship has been cutting. Although their social status is very different, they are closely linked and live in harmony. How lovely that sisterhood is! Chiyoko is the representative of Japanese traditional culture. She has always been a cherry blossom-like woman, with the tenderness and beauty unique to Japanese women, and an indelible sadness on her body. There is also the late autumn scenery of the forest in the suburbs of Kyoto, which is a beautiful memory of Japan's loss and a yearning for a better life.
Kawabata Yasunari's writing is so beautiful and moving. In my mind, he is like the most beautiful cherry blossom in Japan, as elegant as Huayu said, gentle, patient and indecisive in his words.
As soon as the cherry blossoms are over, the warm spring sunshine can't save the determination of the cherry blossoms to rush to the earth. The trees are full of cherry blossoms, and the city and the world are fluttering and dancing in the air. Cherry blossoms turned into rain, dripping on everyone's head, body and heart, preaching their own philosophy of life. The flowers have fallen, but the faint fragrance has been lingering in every corner of the world, reminding people of that pink dream from time to time.
Shao Qing Yan Na, Kafka Gai Na, Osamu Dazai, Yukio Mishima, Kawabata Yasunari and other Japanese writers are like this beautiful and sad sakura rain, and their words remain in people's minds like flowers and shadows. The power between the lines has been tapping people's hearts.
Japanese love cherry blossoms most, so the spiritual beauty of cherry blossoms living brilliantly and dying brilliantly has been permeated in the spirit, ideology and behavior of Japanese culture. They appreciate and praise the sad beauty of cherry blossoms and know how to sublimate in pessimism. In Japan, people are like cherry blossoms and literature is like cherry blossoms.
Therefore, I believe that Japanese literature will always be full of cherry blossoms.