"The phoenix tree is in front of the building where we live, between the garden and the grass, at a winding corner." This is where the plane tree grows, and because it grows here, it "watches us all day and all night", which means that I have been with the plane tree for a long time, and I have read it for a long time. And "eye contact" is eye contact between people. In the author's mind, Wu Tong is already a familiar friend, so he looks at us all day and all night as if to tell us something.
Therefore, "looking at the trees outside the window in my spare time has become a part of my life." This phoenix tree is big and thick, "like a gentleman, reaching into the air" because it is tall and straight; "Like a reserved girl again" because its leaves are like long hair and its shawl covers its face. "It has walked leisurely through the storms of the years and has grown taller." It escaped the planned logging, was fearless in the baptism of the storm and survived with tenacious vitality.
So, how does this phoenix tree face the wind and rain in life? Please see below: Reading Indus at night. That night, "I woke up from a deep sleep and heard cold raindrops falling, like the original percussion." Suspected to be stormy, I looked out the window. "I was surprised to find that there were several cold stars blinking their sleepy eyes on the horizon!" It turned out that there was only wind and no rain. Facing the "cruel and abusive north wind", it "bears the desolation of the horizon" alone. Every branch of it is United, surrounded, trembling and calling. Indus like this is competing with the test of nature. This reminds me of his grandfather, because he is a "well-known local educator, clean-handed, devoted his life to Sang Zi's education and gave up several opportunities for foreign employment." This detached mind has an "unspeakable fit" with the silent phoenix tree at this time. They also "don't ask for a giant arm, but ask for the generosity of the sheltered side." However, such an educator who devoted himself to education and was loyal to the country was "unwilling to suffer inhuman torture in that unprecedented year (only the Cultural Revolution here) and commit suicide on a cold and rainy winter night". Sad!
The next day, it was sunny. After a night of wind and rain baptism, the phoenix tree was bald, old, and its branches were tall and straight. "In fact, it is an Oracle character, showing mountains and dew." However, all the branches and leaves of the tree have withered, but they still remain proud; The withered branches and leaves on the tree are also their fate in this life; The withered branches and leaves on the tree will usher in a new spring.
Indus! Indus! You are not lamenting the indifference of the passing of youth, nor are you lamenting the loneliness in the sea of people. You know the laws of nature, face the storm calmly, and bear the pain in life with tenacious will. A day, a year, a lifetime. Ups and downs without regrets, how lonely it is! If my grandfather can endure the pain for a while, and that generation will laugh off the ruthless banter in life, perhaps it will surely usher in today's sunny Wan Li.
However, history is history after all, and no one can rewrite it, but what has passed away is the best testimony of the new generation. Look! A girl in red jumped around happily, leaving a beautiful melody on every plane leaf and coming to us with the good expectations and blessings of our predecessors. At this time, "I" saw the hope in life.
The full text adopts the writing method of expressing one's will by supporting things, which is actually a metaphor for people. The author's calm attitude towards life conveyed by the phoenix tree. This paper compares the grandfather's submission to fate with the Chinese parasol's resistance to wind and rain, and explains to people the true meaning of life: adapting to nature and counteracting nature, understanding nature and confusing nature. Platanus acerifolia, a very common tree, has given us mysterious natural methods and ways to survive. Trees are like this, so are people. Face all kinds of challenges in life with a natural heart, and resist the storm and gloom! Spring blossoms, follow the fate! Stand proudly in the world and smile at the wind and rain.