According to an Egyptian friend, jathyapple in the Pyramid is hazy, as if it were a dreamy dream. I went, but not to dream, but to personally touch the living history of this nation.
during the day, there are many tourists and interesting things. Some people like to ride an Arabian camel with a flower saddle and turn around the pyramids and the sphinx. Others are willing to spend a few dollars to see if the vigorous Egyptian can swish up and down the 45-foot-high pyramid in less than ten minutes. This kind of scenery is lively and natural, but it is not as charming as the pyramids at night.
the night I went, when I first arrived, it was unfortunate. It was dark and there was no news of the moon. The golden pagoda seems to have melted into the deep and thick night, and the outline can only be seen when it comes to you. The tower body is all built by a big stone more than a mile long. Climbing up several floors along the stone, overlooking the Cairo night market with little lights from afar, unconsciously aroused my boundless feelings. I have been here during the day, and I got into the tower, climbed up a stone gallery, and went straight into the middle of the tower, where the sarcophagus of Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, was put. The empty coffin still exists, but it is already incomplete. Tonight, I climbed the pyramid and touched the big stone stained with the sweat of the ancient Egyptian people. I can't help but marvel from my heart. Think about it, more than 5, years ago, what kind of ingenuity did the Egyptian people use to create such an ancient and modern miracle? For a moment, I felt that what was hidden in the pyramid was not the sarcophagus of the Pharaoh, but the infinite and amazing wisdom of the Egyptian people; The pyramid is not the tomb of the Pharaoh, but the embodiment of the national spirit.
the evening breeze is blowing from the depths of the desert, which is slightly cold. Fortunately, there is a quiet garden in front of the pyramid, with some clean seats in the open air, selling tea and water. I asked a few friends who went with me to go in and order some hot Turkish coffee, drink it and have a heart-to-heart talk. In the shadow of the lamp, several stone statues were scattered around. I leaned over to a statue and looked at it carefully. It was antique, and I guessed it was a carved statue of an ancient emperor. I caressed the stone statue's shoulder and smiled and asked, "How old are you?"
The Egyptian friend replied with a smile, "Three thousand years old."
I touched another stone statue and asked, "What about you?"
An Egyptian friend said, "I am still young, only a thousand years old."
I laughed. "Well, at your age, you can at least be regarded as witnesses of Egyptian history."
An Egyptian friend said, "If you want to talk about witnesses, you should first push Mr. Sphinx. It's been five thousand years. What have you never experienced?"
there was a wild laugh from the side. Only then did we notice that several white people were sitting in a glass house, drinking around the table, bared their teeth and were a little drunk.
My Egyptian friend coughed twice and whispered to me, "They are all American businessmen."
I asked, "What's your business?"
An Egyptian friend said with a flat mouth, "Left and right are just selling atomic bombs!"
So I asked, "Do you think the atomic bomb can destroy the pyramids?"
Japanese friends who were traveling together suffered from the atomic bomb and replied, "Why not? Everything is finished at once. " Just then, someone shouted, "The moon is up."
What a big round. It's not red or yellow. Unfortunately, it's missing some edges. I don't know when it will climb out of the sky. We'll step on the moon.
when the moon appeared, the stars scattered all over the sky. Several pyramids near and far are coming out of the night, with a dark blue sky in the background, which looks solemn and calm. Looking at the Libyan desert in the distance, the moonlight is caged and foggy, so quiet, I can't hear anything, only a midnight fire at three or two o'clock, and the light is faintly shining. In a trance, I felt as if I had walked into the ancient history of Egypt, and I was in front of a desert a century ago.
And the Sphinx staring at the history of Egypt is lying in front of me. In the moon field, this 18-foot-long sphinx is so quiet and tame. It is said that the expression on its face is particularly mysterious and will always be a mystery. Forever and ever, what is hidden in it?
Suddenly, someone behind me asked softly, "What are you looking at?"
as soon as I turned around, I found two Egyptians who came to my side. One is very old, dragging a flower robe; The other was black and fat, with green fire in his eyes, and measured me closely. As soon as I saw my eyebrows clearly, the black fat man quickly said, "Are you from Zhou Enlai? See, see. We are all guarding, afraid that someone will destroy it at night. "
The old guard who dragged the robe also said softly, "Don't worry, you have to guard against damage. In these many years, the sphinx has suffered more than anyone else. Can't you see its nose? Hurt. When Napoleon's troops invaded Egypt, they said that the sphinx's face god was interested in challenging them and fired. Later, foreign tourists often smashed some stones from it and took them away, saying that they could have a good fortune. You don't know, the sphinx will cry. My father told me. It was also a moonlit night. My father came back from the market late, and suddenly he found the Sphinx's eyes shining. When he looked closer, he was in tears. Others say it contains dew. Whatever. Anyway, if the Sphinx had the heart to see the Egyptians suffering so deeply, he should also cry. "
I asked, "Is your father a guard, too?" The old guard said, "Since my grandfather, I have been guarding this object for 12 years." "Is your son going to guard it?"
The old guard turned away, facing the moonlight, his eyes seemed a little bright, and then he swallowed and said, "My son is no longer guarding this, he is guarding the motherland." Next to a high slope, a group of shadows came down, laughing and singing. The old guard said, "I'll go and see" and left.
The fat black man whispered in my ear, "Don't ask him that again. His son has died in the battle in Port Said, and he knows it, but he never refuses to say that his son is dead, just thinking that his son is still alive ... "
The black fat man stopped suddenly and coughed again to remind me that the old guard had come back.
The old guard mumbled, "There's no need to play games. Do you think I can't guess what you're talking about?" He looked at me again and said, "In ancient times, Egyptians believed in the future the most, thinking that life would begin after death, so some coffins were painted with eyes, from which they could look at the world. Nobody will believe this today. However, there is a kind of person who died worthily, and everyone remembers him after death. His death is true. "
The dark shadows coming down from the high slope are wobbly, and they want to gather together with the Sphinx. The old guard said with anger, "these American drunkards!" Look at them and don't teach them to destroy anything. " The black fat man walked over and answered.
I remembered something and deliberately asked, "Do you think the atomic bomb can destroy the history of Egypt?" The old guard glared at me, then smiled and said, "What? Is there anything else that can destroy history? "
I smiled at my Japanese friend and said, "That's right. If the atomic bomb cannot destroy the history of Egypt, it will never destroy the pyramids. "
The old guard ignored these things and pointed to the Sphinx and said to me, "If you want to see it, take a closer look. Carved out of a whole big stone, it's amazing. "
I asked, "It is said that the sphinx has a riddle on his face. What is it?"
But the old guard didn't seem to hear him, so he said, "Look again, he has been facing the east for 5, years, and he is looking forward to the sunrise every day."
these words are like a curtain hook, gently hanging the curtain in front of my eyes. I looked at the sphinx again, and the expression on her face was not mysterious at all, but she was eagerly looking forward to something. It is looking forward to the sunrise in the east, which has already shone in the history of Egypt.
in 1957.