A friend told me that he once walked into a famous ruin and looked up with tears in his eyes. The composition of this tear is very complicated. It's hatred, it's loss, and it's not entirely. The ruins show stubbornness, like a disabled tragic hero. The ruins show the vicissitudes of life and give people a glimpse of the faltering nation. The ruins are the instructions of the dying old man, so you can't help but be moved.
Ruins have a kind of formal beauty, which transforms the beauty from the earth into the beauty attached to the earth. If there are many teenagers, they will become dirt and completely integrate into the earth. The stage to be melted is ruins. The mother smiled to encourage her sons' creation and accepted it with a smile. The mother is afraid that her son will be too tired and the world will be too congested. Have you ever seen yellow leaves fluttering in autumn? Mothers are afraid of their cold and income. There is no autumn without yellow leaves, and the ruins are the yellow leaves of the building.
People say that the meaning of yellow leaves lies in feeding spring. I said, the yellow leaves themselves are beautiful.
Two friends argued in front of me. One said that he likes to walk alone among the ruins on the night when the stars and the moon are gone, or sing poems or songs until the east turns white; Another said that with the expectation of morning light, this kind of night outing would be gone. His habit is to take advantage of the twilight of the waning moon and find a path to walk back quietly.
As for me, I am older than them, and I don't have that kind of pride and courage. I am afraid that people will refresh, repair and rebuild all the ruins.
It is unimaginable that the Colosseum in ancient Rome needs to be rebuilt, the ancient city of Pompeii needs to be rebuilt, the Angkor Wat in Cambodia needs to be rebuilt, and the Mayan cultural sites need to be rebuilt.
It's like we can't imagine that the ancient bronzes in the distance need polishing, the unearthed broken halberd needs nickel plating, the books in the Song Dynasty need plastic surgery, and the old lady in the Han Dynasty in Mawangdui needs skin grafting, breast enhancement and heavy makeup.
As long as history does not stop and time does not go backwards, everything will age. When you are old, give the world a kind of beauty peacefully. Pretending to be naive is the cruelest form of self-abuse. Grandma without wrinkles is terrible, and old people without white hair are sorry. Life without ruins is too tiring, the land without ruins is too crowded, and the act of covering up the ruins is too deceptive.
Let history return to reality and life return to the process.
-This is the great wisdom of mankind.
Of course, not all the remains are worth preserving. Otherwise the earth will be scarred. Ruins are envoys sent from ancient times to modern times, which have been selected and screened by historical kings. Ruins are feats launched by our ancestors, which gathered the local strength and essence at that time. The ruins smashed into powder are not ruins, but they should have the strongest ligament in history. Ruins can provide the possibility of reading, and the ruins exude the magnetic force that makes people linger. Yes, the ruins are a magnetic field, extremely ancient and modern, and the compass of the mind is strongly felt here. If you lose magnetism, you will lose the life of the ruins and will soon be eliminated.
Not all repairs are absurd. Carefully clean up, reinforce without showing traces, and then painstakingly design to keep the original flavor and easy to watch. This kind of work is a boon to the ruins, and the purpose of all work is to make it a veritable ruin, so that everyone is willing to mourn for it. Repairing always means some loss. To minimize the damage is to really think that there is a high platform rising from the ground under your feet. Therefore, he is happy to look at all the steps behind him.
What touches the ruins is modern historical philosophy, and historical philosophy also needs to find materials. Only in the hustle and bustle of modern times can the tranquility of ruins have power; Only in the meditation of modern people can the ruins rise to fables.