Speechless words

I took the opportunity to help my friends record a reading and sharing video, and introduced to you a book "Zi Buyu" by the cartoonist Xia Da that I have liked for a long time.

People's Daily Online commented that Xia Da's comics have a delicate style of painting and a strong classical style. At the same time, they also have humanistic care for emotions, the world and nature. They have an atmosphere and atmosphere that are rare among young girl cartoonists of the same period. Quiet.

This comic tells the story of Xiaoyu, the elementary school girl in the picture, who moved to an antique town because of her parents' job changes. I met new friends here, old and young, and inherited the mysterious power from my great-great-grandfather, which allows me to travel through the world of humans and monsters.

Although we talked about the "strange power and chaos" of "Zi Buyu", in fact, the strange world is around us. Maybe sometimes it will cause worry and surprise because of not understanding it, but in fact, there is warmth behind it. , interesting and powerful story.

For example, the third story "Shadow" in the first volume tells the story of Xiaoyu going swimming in the river with his friends. The companions were taken away by a whale-like monster. Later, with the help of the mysterious neighbor brother Next, the companions were released by the river god, and the adults also began to reflect on whether it was worth digging sand for a few dollars, causing a whirlpool in the river bed, and harming the children.

I think if you want to promote the concept of harmonious cooperation with nature, instead of using various preaching slogans, it would be more moving to use stories full of emotional connection like this.

And the charm of the story is that he does not say whether digging sand is good or not, whether river gods or ghosts are good, he just tells what happened.

In a story told from a child's perspective, there will be no standard safety education answer like "Don't go swimming in the river", because we are all children of nature, and it is natural to be close to her, and it is not the river that is wrong. Turmoil is about learning how to get along better.

There is also the story of the carpenter grandpa, a bad-tempered old man. The flowers, plants and trees carved by his hands seem to have spiritual energy in them. People who are serious, professional and focused are the most adorable. Although in the end, grandpa passed away, It's a bit like the sculptures absorbed Grandpa's life, but it's not like Grandpa's art was integrated with these excellences and continued in a different way.

From junior high school to now, this set of books has accompanied me from my teens to my twenties. It has always been placed on the bookshelf beside my bed. On the desk, there is also the Xiangyun that I copied in junior high school. I have wrinkles, but my love does not change with age. If I occasionally open it and look at it, it will become brighter every time because of this mysterious power.

It satisfies my curiosity about different worlds, but in fact, aren’t we always traveling in different worlds?

Going to different cities, meeting new friends, and experiencing all kinds of things are also beyond imagination. If you observe carefully, you will also see that people who work hard and love to play are actually around you. The troubled children are also around, as are the spirits hiding in the mountains, rivers, lakes and seas.

I like this kind of unconstrained style, it makes me feel like I have seen more than one world in the world. There is actually warmth hidden behind the evil spirits, ghosts are actually cute, and different things are not alien elements that need to be resisted. , can all become friends, as long as you can understand and communicate.

It suddenly occurred to me that the little protagonist in the book is named Xiaoyu, and he has the ability to communicate between two worlds. Is he talking about the power and charm of language and communication?

But her surname is Mo. Does Mo’s language mean not to speak, or is it silent? Some language communication is silent, and the sound can convey too little, at least from a visual perspective. It has a lot of intuitive formal beauty, so what I want to share in a reading sharing activity is a book without words.

In fact, as long as we are watching, listening, and thinking, we are all reading. I hope we can enjoy the fun of reading ourselves, others, and the world.

Additional explanation: The comic was serialized at the end of 2009 and stopped in 2010. It has not been updated. The author Xia Da also said that he does not know when he will be able to continue it.

However, this does not affect our reading of the stories that have been drawn. Each short story in it can be read individually. Every time you read it, your heart will be touched and you will have some new ideas.

I often wanted to urge updates before, but now I think about this heart-warming story that has never ended. Just as what you see is just one or two of the others, not the whole picture, you can see it, and you are moved. Fortunately, after reading the story, the most important thing is how you live your life.

I hope that the sincerity, kindness and beauty in the book can illuminate the way forward in our lives. I hope these stories can also take us through the darkness and weirdness of reality and see the unexpected surprises hidden in the night.