(Documentary: Amazing World, directed by Fan Jian, starring Yu Xiuhua and Chinese mainland, 20 17)
After Yu Xiuhua became famous, he showed obvious disdain for the title of "Poet of Cerebral Palsy" when facing students' questions at Peking University. Labeling is a kind of discrimination, which reflects Yu Xiuhua's struggling mentality of being treated equally. Driven by this mentality, Yu Xiuhua, who was born with a disability, first proved with his own efforts that disabled people also have the ability and value to create spiritual wealth, and do not need the pity and sympathy of normal people. Secondly, Yu Xiuhua, as a woman, used her own success to reverse the decline of her destiny, instead of relying on rural women to write poems as a gimmick to earn traffic and attention for herself.
The documentary "Shocking the World" has realized the significance of clearing Yu Xiuhua's name. Everyone can't choose his own background, but he can try to win the change of fate. Just like Yu Xiuhua, congenital cerebral palsy can be attributed to the injustice of heaven, but how can a weak woman bear the fate of this life? Therefore, in the documentary, golden wheat fields, lotus leaves in the rain, these fresh pastoral scenery are all transformed into bright and lovely images in Yu Xiuhua's poems to render a woman's inner color and brilliance. However, the colorful and bright inner world of women is deeply rooted in the heart of a disabled rural woman, and then condensed into affectionate poems, which will inevitably attract unwarranted accusations. This is the tension of this film, and its profound meaning lies in not being photographed by people outside the camera with unspeakable pressure and criticism.
After becoming famous, Yu Xiuhua poured his brave words and feelings into the camera, whether he was invited to give a speech or participate in the recording of the program. She is like a person who has been suppressed too much, and she wants to pour out her thoughts and ideas in an instant. This may make her feel at ease and can temporarily forget the strong depression from life.
In the film, Yu Xiuhua's unhappy marriage refers to the repression of life, from which we can see the difficult course of a disabled love woman fighting for her fate. It took Yu Xiuhua twenty years to get rid of a loveless marriage, which is actually a true record of women getting rid of the unjust fate shackles imposed on them. In the film, Yu Xiuhua quarrels with her husband Yin Shiping, and they have a natural way of life. They don't mind being the third party. This undisguised dispute, coupled with the relaxed mentality of the husband and wife who are not afraid of being seen by others, shows that this marriage has actually existed in name only. Yu Xiuhua's reprimand to her husband and Yin Shiping's rogue to his wife are all extremely indifferent in front of the camera. Both of them truly presented the original appearance of a family life before Yu Xiuhua became famous, and the living condition of a creative rural woman struggling between creation and family choice.
It is not difficult to draw a conclusion of great practical significance by combing the leading role of creation and family in Yu Xiuhua. Creation is a symbol of economic autonomy, and getting rid of an unhappy marriage and pursuing one's own love is a declaration of women's personality independence. Therefore, Yu Xiuhua's generosity and passion in speech after gaining public attention is not caused by her maverick personal style, but by herself.
"It's herself" is Yu Xiuhua's frankness and purity. Frank was invited to Hongkong by Yu Xiuhua. In a talk show, the host gave her a gift. Compared with scholars' praise and praise for Yu Xiuhua, these two poems are more concise and accurate. They appreciate Yu Xiuhua's personality, not the academic enthusiasm of the critics for this new poet. Yu Xiuhua doesn't want to be praised by scholars as Emily Dickinson of China. Yu Xiuhua, who has nothing in common with Dickinson, is regarded by scholars as an imitation of others, but in the face of Yu Xiuhua, a phenomenal writer, critics are at a loss, which is just an evasive statement. Yu Xiuhua is well aware of this. Poets with cerebral palsy are not brain-dead. In his own poetry seminar, Yu Xiuhua faced the scholars' hot discussion about his works, and was not immersed in those flattering words. But calmly express that creative attitude that Yu Xiuhua is Yu Xiuhua who emphasizes personal significance.
Personal meaning is Yu Xiuhua's yearning for love in his attitude towards life. With the desire for love, there will be the discovery and capture of beautiful things. Writing poetry is the expression of keeping beautiful things in words. Although this expression is the cognition and recognition of personal nature, it has become the irreconcilable source of the contradiction between husband and wife without the neglect and accusation of Yin Shiping, who has no culture and extreme personality. This daily conflict has something to do with incomprehension. But in reality, Yin Shiping without culture will never understand the importance of writing poetry to Yu Xiuhua. Similarly, the influence of Yin Shiping's circle of friends who regard women as livestock will not make this man show real respect for female students. In the film, they showed a group of people's hard-to-change anguish without scruple, which was brought into Tong Yuxiuhua's daily life by Yin Shiping, and undeniably became the driving force for the latter to try to break away from the shackles and regain a new life.
Yu Xiuhua's rebirth, with the joyful singing when he got the red divorce certificate, has a different meaning. The divorce certificate has a festive color, but it witnessed the separation of two people and the end of a marriage. Perhaps, the red color at this time represents the blessings of two people freed from marriage. Therefore, the red divorce certificate was easily held by Yu Xiuhua, as a symbol of her victory over fate, which condensed too much bitterness and bitterness under her re-examination of life.
The bitterness of life has become the reflection of Yu Xiuhua's bleak mood when everything is calm. It is difficult for the film to effectively express the sadness in Yu Xiuhua's heart, and only Yin Shiping can be photographed packing his personal belongings and leaving silently. This kind of shot doesn't make much sense, which shows that Yu Xiuhua really has its own peace. Calm is the result of struggle, which is Yu Xiuhua's painful life experience in the review of his 20-year struggle. It is also a poem of life, which reshapes the pressure of women's self-esteem and self-improvement.
(End of the full text. Made on April 27, 2022)
About the author: Wang Xu. The pen names used are Wang Muyu, Xu Muyu, Xu Muyu's bookcase, and Wang Xu 326, who lives in Chongqing.