"The Right Bank of the Ergula River" as the 7th Mao Dun Literature Award, itself is an honor, because of Dong Yuhui's recommendation, it is all the rage, Dong Yuhui described the book and said: reindeer roost on moss, shamans dance in the moonlight, people meet in the forest, but also separate in the forest, gain in nature, but also lost in nature. can't help but make people want to ** after all, and go to uncover its mystery in person.
In "The Right Bank of the Ergula River", a woman in her 90s and the last chief of the Evenki people tells the story of several generations of this nation, so that the life picture and habits of the Evenki people are clearly displayed in front of us, so simple and calm. They live in the mountains, far away from us, but they have too many uniquenesses of their own: 1. Their houses are like umbrella-like pillars. Peel the fallen leaves and send the rod to the tip, so that the pointed end is facing the sky, and gather together to form a large circle, and the outer fence on the tomato to block the wind and cold, the Xileng pillar is built.
2. There is no woman who doesn't like to eat squirrels, and likes to devour the eyes of squirrels, and the old people say that it will bring them good luck.
3. There is a god in the fire, so they can't spit or sprinkle water into it, and they can't throw something unclean into it.
4. The gods are collectively called "Maru", and they are enshrined in a round leather pouch directly opposite the entrance of the Sileng Pillar. Adults often have to kowtow in front of the idol before going out hunting.
5. At that time, the people who died were all buried by the wind.
6. If you can't talk when you walk at night, you will be alarmed by the mountain gods.
7. They will build a "relying on old treasure" to store things in the mountains. In the forest, four pine trees of equal thickness and moderate spacing are selected, with the trunk as a pillar, and then a base paved with pine poles and four rectangular frames, on which birch bark is studded, and an opening is left in the place to serve as a way to send things in and out, and it is high above the ladder to climb.
8. Their shamans are dressed in divine clothes, holding divine drums and dancing gods, and have magical powers, which can make bleeding wounds heal immediately, bring critically ill people back to life, and make the sky without dark clouds immediately rain ......; When someone leaves, they sing a song for them.
9. They took advantage of the habit of the stag to roar and invented a deer whistle, called the deer tube, to lure the wild deer, so that they could use a shotgun to shoot the wild deer.
10. Every time you move, every time you walk a section, you will cut a gap in a big tree with an axe as a sign of moving forward, no matter how far you go, you can let those who need to find them find them.
If "unique" is the most important label for the Evenks, then "faith" is where their soul lies.
1. As long as I live in the mountains, even if I am the last one, I will not feel lonely.
2. The reindeer must be given by God, without them, there would be no Evenks, and they would not be able to see the eyes of the reindeer, just as they could not see the sun during the day and the stars at night, which would make people sigh in their hearts.
3. Reverence to the god of fire, the fire in the camp has never been extinguished, they put the fire in the birch bark barrel buried with thick ash, no matter how difficult the road is, light and warmth accompany them.
4. When moving, it must be the white King Malu at the front, dragged by a special reindeer, followed by the reindeer carrying the fire, and then the reindeer carrying the belongings.
5. Being able to live to the age of 90 in good health in this life proves that you did not choose the wrong doctor, and the doctor is the breeze and the moon, the sun, the moon and the stars.
6. They worship the bear, so when they eat it, they have to cry like a crow for a moment, so that the spirit of the bear knows that it is not a man who wants to eat its meat, but a crow.
7. Those people of various tribes who settled in Rapids Township Sure enough, because of the reindeer, they returned to the mountains one after another like returning migratory birds. It seems that the old life is still spring.
Their beliefs, for nature and life, are in awe and truth, perseverance and love. A people, big or small, deserves to exist.