Every generation has its own unique memories, and the 1980s was our youth. Everything was slow at that time. It takes about a week to receive the letter after mailing it, and it takes more than half a month to go back and forth. It was an era of collision and transition. Modern communication tools, such as telephone and BP machine, appear in our life in a fast, fashionable and high-end way, but they are not popular after all. Most of the time, people still continue an ancient way of communication-letters. That time was also the busiest time for me to write and receive letters. Classmates, pen pals, young people and even relatives get excited every time they receive a letter. Of course, sometimes they also receive a chicken feather letter, asking them to send seven letters to their friends within a few days, otherwise they will encounter accidents and so on. Because of fear, they had to make copies overnight, and some smart people used blue carbon paper to print multiple copies to complete the task. Writing letters is a severe test of one's mind. First, you have to find beautiful writing paper, and then you have to conceive how to write it and devote yourself wholeheartedly. You should not only try to write beautifully, but also be careful when you write. Every word and punctuation should be carefully considered. Once your thoughts surge, there will be endless words. Sometimes when the writing is dry, I can't think of good words and sentences, so I have to look through dictionaries, books and periodicals, extract famous sayings and aphorisms, poems and songs. At this time, I really realized that "I hate less when using books." Finally, I thought of folding stationery into creative styles, such as hearts, paper cranes, windmills and so on. It is said that different folding methods have different meanings. Write a letter, put it in an envelope, put a stamp on it and take it to a distant place, bring greetings and thoughts, and bring youth and passion.
In that era of seeing words like seeing people, the expectation of letters became an important emotional sustenance in life. Postmen in green uniforms, riding green bicycles through the streets and rural ridges, delivering letters and newspapers, became a unique landscape of that era. I hope to see the green bike parked in front of my house every day, and I hope to hear the postman's sentence "Someone, someone, a letter for you". When I was studying, the small blackboard in front of the school canteen focused on the eyes of students coming and going, with the letters of several classes written on it. Seeing the notice, the students couldn't wait to walk to the reception room, and it was hard to hide their expectation and joy between their eyebrows.
Later, when I read Qian Zhongshu's Fortress Besieged, I read that Fang Hung-chien fell in love with pure Tang Xiaofu. Fang Hung-chien said, "I will never talk to you on the phone. I hate talking on the phone between friends. I'd rather write letters. " I write to her almost every day, and the letter is full of affection and little interest. Fang Hung-chien received a reply from Tang Xiaofu for the first time. "Read the letter before going to bed, put it on the pillow, wake up in the middle of the night and turn on the light to read the letter. After reading it, lie down and think about the words in the letter. Can't help but turn on the light and watch another one ... "This delicate and vivid description in the novel has aroused the * * sound of many writers. No wonder Mr. Qian Zhongshu resisted the invention of the telephone. He said, "The telephone is a visit from the lazy and a greeting from the miser." Because the telephone can't make people remember, chew and ponder repeatedly like letters, those secret and profound feelings can only be perfectly interpreted by words. ?
Whether it's letters from celebrities or ordinary people, there are often not only deep thoughts and affectionate care, but also the sharing of life experiences and the teaching of being a man. "If you are diligent at home, you will prosper, if you are diligent, you will be frugal, and if you are not poor, you will die." In Zeng Guofan's letters, it is not difficult to see that between the lines is his insight into family style, family training and family rules; Shen Congwen once left a love letter: "I have crossed bridges in many places, seen clouds many times and drunk many kinds of wine, but I have only loved one person at the right age." At that time, in the face of his beloved Zhang Zhaohe, he launched a love letter offensive, expressing his love with one love letter after another, and finally won back the beauty; Last year's correspondence with Deng was also circulated on the Internet. Many netizens expressed their yearning and longing for love in that era while forwarding messages. Two of the most classic sentences are "I look forward to your precious photos and kiss you a thousand times" and "Love is long and paper is short, and I kiss you a thousand times". It turns out that the feelings of a generation of great men are so delicate and romantic.
The information and intelligent network era makes us live in a fast-paced life. Since every desk has a computer, now everyone has a mobile phone, first the chat room, then OICQ, then MSN, and then everyone goes to QQ. Now the voice and video of WeChat are all swiped, and the communication between people is infinitely fast and convenient. No matter how far away Wan Li is, SMS WeChat arrives instantly. Letters have gradually withdrawn from the stage of history, and there is less sweet suffering of anxiety and waiting in life, less affectionate precipitation that can be recalled repeatedly, and less life wisdom that can still be felt.
"The fine print says that business is flat, the swan goose is in the cloud, and the fish is in the water. This feeling is hard to send out. " "Who sent the brocade book to the cloud? When it comes back, the moon is full of the West Building. " The faint expectation and waiting, endless yearning and melancholy linger in the poet's pen. Where can we find such a swan goose biography, such a classical artistic conception, which makes us full of cultural fast food? In the past two years, programs related to letters, such as "Letter China" and "Taking Words as Face", have become phenomenal events. In the era of mobile Internet where everything is "fast", writing letters, an ancient, slow and gentle way of communication, revived a warm current in our hearts in the form of variety, once again evoking the cultural memory of pen and ink letters.
Suddenly I have the feeling of missing letters, I miss the sincerity and calmness of writing letters under the light, I miss the anxious waiting after sending letters, I miss the excitement and joy when receiving letters, and I miss the happiness and warmth when reading letters!