The scattered whispers are engraved with the annual rings of life
Overview of Essay Writing in 2023.
Author: Wang Zhaosheng.
Prose is like the wind, like a sail, sending the same or different information every year.
On the surface, prose is a marginal genre, like a loose whisper, but it is engraved with the rings of life. The prose creation in 2023 is worth recalling in the midst of the chaos, leaving heart-warming nicks and making people remember.
Era. The prose creation in 2023 highlights the sense of the times, enhances social awareness, breaks through the small tone of prose, and allows readers to see the trajectory and potential of social development.
Han Xiaohui's "The Great "Abundance" Rises - Symphony on the South Central Axis of Beijing" is written in Fengtai, Beijing. The author started with the word "abundance", so that there are beautiful meanings such as harvest, abundance, abundance, and abundance, and it also connects all kinds of amazing changes on the south central axis of Beijing. For example, Lize Paradise Street has become a new business district in Beijing, and will be built into one of the four major international consumption experience areas in Beijing, and the newly built Fengtai Railway Station has a spacious and bright waiting hall ......This is a microcosm of the urban development of Beijing and even the whole country, and it is also a beautiful scenery of the new era outlined with poetry and idealism.
Zhuo Ran's "Rural Eight Music Club" promotes rural culture in the new era and writes the story of a retired teacher who returns to his hometown to open a music club. The eight tones will condense the sound of heaven and earth, the sound of mountains and rivers, the sound of grains, and the sound of dragons and phoenixes, which are the roots of the countryside and have the imprint of the soul. When the eight-tone meeting is at its most intense, "large gongs, small gongs, cymbals, a pair of drumsticks, and a pair of bangs are thrown into the air together, churning, spinning, and flashing with golden light, like thousands of golden dragons flying through the clouds." After a moment of silence, the various musical instruments became soft, warm, and melodious, "like boys and girls walking in the sunshine, walking in the spring breeze, calling, laughing; Like a stream winding under the green grass, above the sand and gravel, between the rocks". This is a poetic rural ** culture, like a beautiful dream.
Liu Yudong's "Writers and Hometowns" thinks about the relationship between writers and their hometowns in the new era. When the countryside fades away and the city becomes increasingly noisy, how do writers keep the roots of culture? The author argues: "A sense of disagreement with one's hometown, and the alienation between family and relatives, are not good things. From the perspective of social development, it is necessary to step up the cultural construction of urban streets and communities. "It's a deep apprehension and a new expectation.
Wang Yuepeng's "Old Wharf" writes about the closure of illegal sand and gravel wharves on the Yangtze River, the restoration of wetland ecology, and the "ten-year ban on fishing", focusing on ecology and ecological culture. "This is the world of man, and it is the world of all things. I held the two stones in the palm of my hand, as if holding the whole world, the water of the Yangtze River surging from afar, with infinite affection. Such words are full of the writer's deep affection for heaven and earth. Yang Wenfeng's "Coral Shrouded in the Sunset" warns: "Coral is a metaphor for all the extinct species in the global village, and it is also a mirror image of human beings in the sea." "Focus on corals and advocate ecological awareness. Wang Xiaoli's "Portrait of a Stranger" depicts a girl selling detergent and a man playing with a monkey, and satirizes the current uncivilized phenomenon with a sharp tone. A Weimu Yiluo's "Middle-aged Woman No. 2" wrote, "Time swims like a python, I am already a middle-aged woman, and almost all the streets are filled with a group of people like me", portraying the interweaving of such a group of people's appearance, heart and spirit, "After experiencing a lot of life, it is the most confused and proud". In the slightly trance-like narrative, there is sobriety, sensibility and reflection.
City and country, life and culture, human and all things ......The prose creation of 2023 can be described as broad-minded in terms of realistic concerns. However, there are still few essays that pay attention to and reflect the new changes of the times, especially the development of urban and rural culture and its existing problems, and even fewer excellent works. It is hoped that there will be progress and breakthroughs in this regard in the future.
History. Historical and cultural prose writing was all the rage. One of the problems with prose creation in this field is that writing is easily alienated into a list of certain knowledge, so that the reader is overwhelmed by the heavy knowledge. The historical and cultural essays in 2023 have been strengthened ideologically, and some of the works are remarkable.
Wang Jianbing's "On the River" uses colored pens to write about the Bianhe River, that is, the historical style of the Bianliang River in Kaifeng, Northern Song Dynasty. Here, the river carries the city, and the city contains history, and history contains people and people's hearts. This was painted by the painter Zhang Zeduan into the "Qingming Riverside Map", so "the Qingming Riverside seems to have become a life idiom, living in people's hearts" and "The Qingming Riverside Picture" hangs in the highest place in the distance, highlighting the glory and pride of an era. Yes, it is not only the splendor and pride of a world-class oriental metropolis, but also the splendor and pride of ancient Chinese painting art." Such historical words are like a tide, rising clouds and dust, scattered in the world.
Mu Tao's "When Telling the Truth Requires Stating Motives" mainly writes about the ancient sage Dongfang Shuo. The author focuses on analyzing the complexity of Dongfang Shuo's personality, especially the "truth" under his "role" and "mask", and his ability to tell the truth at critical moments in history. The author said: "The stars each shine, and the gods have different faces. In fact, there is no set path to the realm of righteousness to be followed. ”
Yang Xianping's "Desert Intruder" records the people and events in the desert in the past years. In all kinds of **, human affection, love, and mood flow with the wind, drifting away like snowflakes, leaving only memories. It is the traces of the times, and it also contains warmth in the ruthlessness, with the sorrow and sorrow of a lonely and desolate life.
The writing of historical and cultural prose is inseparable from thought, but it is also necessary to have wisdom, which requires the recording of the soul and the infiltration of emotions, so as to produce a long-term artistic appeal just like the pen and ink dissolving on rice paper.
Emotion. Emotions are paramount in prose. In addition to the expression of true feelings, it is also inseparable from the expression of art, especially the internalization of emotions and their tension. Many of the essays in 2023 show a strong clash of emotions and inner feelings.
Peng Cheng's "Dear Jojo" was written for his deceased daughter Jojo. Qiaoqiao, who has been studying abroad for many years, suddenly withered like a flower. The author focuses on the "pick-up" and "send-off" at the airport, as well as those bright and lively youthful shadows, in which the love and longing are deeply rooted in the bone marrow. In the soothing, melancholy, and sad narrative, there is a true understanding of the impermanence of life, which hits the soul of people. The work says: "Your physical body has disappeared, and there is no longer a concrete and palpable form, and we can only hold you tightly in our imagination until one day we lose the ability to imagine." This kind of nostalgia is heart-wrenching.
Su Cangsang's "Lichun Dream Horse" writes about the mother's hard work day and night and love for her children. In order to shoulder the family's livelihood, her mother used a sewing machine to make clothes for others, and she had to work day and night to make the people who made the clothes new clothes for the Chinese New Year. "I" dreamed of the running of the "horse" in the sound of the pedals of the sewing machine, imagining a strange and straight to the truth of the heart. The work describes: "A river is covered with glittering flowing water and rushes to the sea, like a huge paintbrush winding on the earth, where the pen falls, the majestic spring picture scroll slowly unfolds, at the junction of the sea and the sky, the glow opens hundreds of millions of golden gates, welcoming the return of the geese." Here, emotions are spiritualized and artistic, transformed into a rhythmic lyric poem.
Jiang Xin's "A Pair of Warm Eyes" is a biography for scholars. In his eyes, Mr. Zhu's "temperature in his eyes, like a fission nucleus, will give life a lot of strength". The author said: "Those eyes were round and bright. "Gentle and resolute, blazing and spiritual, flowing with kindness and magnetic strength. In particular, he could feel "the light of love in the eyes of his father and his dear teachers." When Mr. Zhu passed away, the author said emotionally: "If I am a stone or a handful of mud, then, in the depths of my soul, in my bones and blood, there are already firmly imprinted marks and temperatures that he has cared for, carved and influenced, as well as the care and irradiation of the stubborn, clear, resolute and benevolent eyes hidden in the book." Such a spiritual resonance between teachers and students is so precious today.
Liu Yunfeng's "Sun Li, Small Folio and Me" was written through Sun Li's small folio book, and his love for Sun Li and his works. The article is affectionate, interspersed with discussions, and has a lot of experience. Zhang Li's "Fresh Scenery and the Mountains and Rivers of the Old People" writes about Sun Li's revolutionary feelings and flexible aesthetics in a plain and elegant way, including the scenery, women, sounds, and tonality of Sun Li's pen, all of which have a kind of wind and spirit.
Human emotions are extremely complex, including family affection, friendship, teacher-student relationship, and the love of strangers. Lyrical prose is eternal, and good lyrical prose is a rare treasure. It is extremely difficult to write the truth and the hearts of the people in the world in a unique way, and there are many gains here in 2023.
Everything. Reverence and compassion are essential to writing. The prose of 2023 is not only about people, but also about things, and it is unforgettable with inner touching and kindness.
Xin Qian's "Life, Spectacular as Promise" describes Qinghai Lake and writes about the naked carp in the lake. With awe and holy beauty, the author allows the sun to illuminate the surface of Qinghai Lake, and also reflects the heart, rippling in the unpolluted beauty of nature. The work reads: "The sun has just risen above the lake, the cold air is fresh and compelling, and all the naked carp are compelling, calm and calm, and strive to jump out of the bottomless lake, rushing together to the freshness, light, and warmth, and running to every river that pours into the lake." "As night fell, the stars twinkled and the swans whispered enthusiastically. Beneath the surface of the lake, naked carp with empty bellies still walk through the cracks in the rocks. Alternating joys and tribulations nurture all living beings, the fusion of passion and instinct to look forward to life, which is the simplest, most primitive, and purest way of existence, and the most beautiful, natural, and simple life. Such words are peaceful, harmonious, and elegant.
Wang Zijun's "Magpies Come to Knock on My Window" starts from the magpies in the North Park of the Olympic Forest Park in Beijing, and writes about their interaction with "me", bosom friends and friendship. Because "I" often go to the magpie's place to walk, talk to the magpie, and also point and invite the magpie to the house (pointing to the building, telling the building number, floor, and the balcony of the flower pots and potted plants). As a result, when "I" don't go for a walk or come back from a business trip, there are real magpies who use their beaks to knock on the window lattice of "my" house. Once, "I" went for a walk in the park, "I" walked forward, and the magpie flew forward. That joy and joy infected everything around us. We don't know to what extent magpies can understand human speech, understand people's hearts, and know people's will, but the equality, friendship, and heart-to-heart communication between humans and birds are the beauty of this article.
Li Hanrong's "Light Years, Tears and Others" writes about a small tree, a green leaf, and so on. The article is full of compassion and heartbeat, and there are wonderful ideas. For example, if you climb a mountain and grab a small tree, the author really feels sorry for it, and replants it and apologizes repeatedly, "After walking a long way, I turned around and saw the doll pine gently shaking its little arms in the breeze, and I also waved to it." The author washed the vegetables and found a small green dot on a green leaf, which was a small insect, "I picked up the vegetable leaf, hurriedly went downstairs, put this quiet insect, and put it in the garden of the community, praying that God would have mercy on the living beings and that the insect would die a good death." From this, the author enlightened: "There are big difficulties, and small things are good." God asked it to be a worm and arranged to give it a green leaf, which is also a good match and compassion, and God is full of compassion for a worm. This leaf is its dining room, bedroom, zen room and study. "When the heart becomes so soft and compassionate, the pen will give birth to spiritual light.
In addition, Ding Fan's "Scenery Walking Through the "Four Stacks", Wang Yun's "A Curtain of Waves and a Layer of Clouds", Pang Jingjun's "Night Fishing" and other works all have metaphysical understanding. Ding Fan said that he never believed that only high-level primates had thoughts, so could it be that the white crane standing on the riverbank like a sculpture is not a philosophical idea close to nature? A white crane hovers and bows its head in contemplation, and is also a thinker, pondering the question of human existence. Wang Yun said: "This paper has undergone a thousand tempers in the world, although it is as thin as a cicada's wings, but it is soft and tenacious, it can be dyed in five colors, ink absorption marks, Zhu Zhang, and text, resisting the power of time trickle through stones, beyond the narrow or vast limit of space, conveying ideas, connecting thoughts, and connecting thousands of veins." Pang Jingjun said: "The underground world and the underwater world are so mysterious, the hidden power is in a trance, but it is not completely unreachable and unknowable, the difference is that one is that they come out to harm here, and the other is that we go to harm there." Looking at it upside down, are we also 'fish' fished by some mysterious thing? Here, philosophy and benevolence elevate prose to a new spiritual level.
The author is the deputy editor-in-chief of Chinese Literary Criticism).
*:Liberate**.