"Once upon a Time Slow"
Contemporary Mu Xin
Original text:
I remember when we were young, everyone was sincere.
Say one sentence, just one sentence.
At the train station in the early morning, the long street was dark and empty of pedestrians.
The shop selling soy milk is steaming.
The sun has become slower in the past, and cars, horses, and mail are all slower.
There is only enough time to love one person in a lifetime.
The locks in the past also looked good, and the keys were exquisite and stylish.
If you lock it, people will understand.
Literary Appreciation:
Xia Lie, a literary critic and professor at Hangzhou Normal University, said that Mr. Mu Xin is best at small poems or Chinese haiku poems, and his language is soaked in the "May Fourth Movement" The taste of new literature, the imagery reveals the beauty of words and objects from the "old time", as well as wonderful metaphors. This poem "Once Upon a Time Slow" is the highlight of his poems.
"The first good thing about this song is the imagery, such as keys and locks, the color of the day, and carriages and mail; the second good thing is the meaning. Compared with the faster and faster feeling of the world, the previous Slowness directly transforms into a kind of beauty, a kind of goodness, a kind of simple delicacy, and a kind of philosophy of life."
As for why this little poem is particularly attractive to contemporary people, Xia Lie believes that Mu Xin summarizes our common feelings, that is, the yearning for a slow life in a fast pace, especially the slowness embedded in it. His human nature is simple, romantic, patient, and decisive, and he is understandable but deeply aware of the charm of literature.
"His poems can be adapted into songs, which is a good creative and communication method. It also opens up a new channel for us to understand Mu Xin, which will definitely make the hearts of literary men and women happy." Xia Lie Expectation allows literature to be "sung" and "read", becoming a "reading song".