After reading "Taoist Tower"

After reading a famous book, you must have a lot of insights in your heart. At this time, you need to seriously think about how to write your feelings after reading it. Are you at a loss for what you think after reading it? The following is my review of "Taoist Tower" (selected 11 articles). You are welcome to share it. Thoughts after reading "Taoist Tower" 1

"Taoist Tower" is a short essay by Yu Qiuyu. It tells the story of a Taoist priest in Dunhuang who was once unknown to anyone, but the things he did made people start to pay attention. he. He is recorded in an obscure corner of history. His name is Wang Yuanzhuan.

He was originally a farmer who could be seen everywhere. He fled famine in Gansu and became a Taoist priest. Unfortunately, he became the home of Mogao Grottoes. As everyone must know, the Mogao Grottoes are an important gathering place of splendid murals, sculptures and grotto culture in ancient China. Let's see how a farmer would manage it.

Taoist Wang likes to visit the grottoes every day, but the paintings there do not appeal to him. He cannot understand or appreciate the graceful flying sky and the majestic King Kong. In front of the murals from thousands of years ago, he was like a blind man, unable to see the brilliant light of culture. He used lime to brush off several stone walls in front of him, admiring the whiteness of the snow in front of him.

One day, he accidentally discovered a cave full of treasures. At this moment, archaeologists and scholars from Europe and the United States came from thousands of miles away. They were prepared for the danger of being buried in the desert and came here to sleep in the open air. But the strict security they imagined did not appear. In front of them, there was only a Taoist priest in shabby and dirty clothes. This was a disappointment to them - it was extremely ironic. As a result, batches of cultural relics were transported out by their group and shipped abroad. The great cultural treasure left by our ancestors was exchanged for a little silver.

What did Taoist Wang’s deeds leave behind for today’s archaeologists and Dunhuang scholars? What he left behind were empty caves, broken stone statues and pale rock walls. As a result, later Dunhuang scholars could only study photos taken abroad and find complete parts from dilapidated grottoes. You must know that these precious cultural heritages originally belonged to our country and our nation! Facing the pale and empty wall, Mr. Yu Qiuyu wrote: "I even wanted to kneel down to him and beg him in a low voice: 'Please wait, wait a minute...' But what are you waiting for? In my mind It's still pale."

Taoist Wang's body is full of ignorance. As a farmer in the old era, he is extremely numb. He doesn't know what beauty is, let alone what inheritance is. He didn't know that the things in the cave were priceless treasures, precious wealth that no amount of gold or silver could exchange, and a thick spiritual wealth. However, everything has passed, and now the archaeologists' cries of pain, no matter how sharp, harsh, and heartbreaking, cannot stop the shipment of boxes of cultural relics back then.

Look now. At certain times, Chinese people still have a more or less similar aura to Taoist Wang. Attractions can be seen everywhere, and many of them are "so-and-so came here for a visit" and so on. The treasures left by the ancients have been trampled by countless people. In contrast, sometimes foreigners know how to cherish, and they are more interested in our Chinese cultural relics than the Chinese. It is ironic to say that when we treat our own cultural relics, we should really learn from others and learn to cherish, revere and preserve our cultural treasures more.

“In such a huge China, there are not even a few volumes of scriptures left!” For a nation, there is nothing more terrifying than numbness. However, there is still a long way to go to eliminate this evil nature. Walk. Thoughts after reading "Taoist Tower" 2

"Taoist Tower" is Mr. Yu Qiuyu's first article in "Cultural Journey". The beginning of the chronology in the article is 1900. A Taoist priest who lacked cultural background was the abbot of the "Mogao Grottoes" in Dunhuang and accidentally discovered the Buddhist Scripture Cave.

In 1900, no one knew what happened in China at this time. The huge Qing Dynasty was so vulnerable to an attack of 30,000 people that it surrendered the capital to the invaders and was robbed and had to pay compensation and cede territory. The tragedy, humiliation and pain are beyond words.

The cultural treasures in the Sutra Cave were deceived or robbed, which is also regrettable beyond words! From this, I thought about what happened to my family...

A simple calculation showed that my father was born in 1911, the year when China's feudal imperial dynasty overthrew. The eldest aunt is the eldest of her father's generation, 4 years older than her father, and was born in 1907. In 1900, my grandfather, whom I had never met, was probably still a teenager. Thinking about it, my grandfather was just an ordinary and illiterate farmer. He didn't know about Dunhuang, let alone the Mogao Grottoes, including my great-grandfather who fled with his family.

I don’t mean to belittle myself when I say this, because no one has written about my family history in the past, and there has never been a single word left in writing. It can be seen that no one in my ancestors has ever been an official or educated person. people.

Among the brothers (including cousins) from my father’s generation, only my father attended a private school for three years, and that was funded by several grandfathers. Therefore, the "family tree" I have seen is only the "Three Generations of Clan" tree handwritten by my father. The highest person listed above is my great-grandfather, my great-great-grandfather. If this is considered a family tree, then my great-grandfather is the recorded supreme commander of my family, quite a bit like an emperor.

It was this "overlord" of my family who, during the war and chaos in the late Qing Dynasty, took his whole family and fled north from Jianping, Chengde (today's Liaoning), and finally ended up in Beilin, Heilongjiang (today's Suihua) He settled in Sifangtai, and then moved to Helen to take root.

On the way to escape the famine, because there was no food, I had no choice but to sell one of my sons and then my aunt to someone else’s family as a child bride. After that, they lost contact with their families.

In 1975, my aunt’s grandson went to school in Helen. I was entrusted by my grandma to go to my hometown to look for relatives and found my cousin's house. At that time, my grandfather Zhang Fulin (the youngest among the grandfathers) had passed away, and his cousin was not at home, so it was his aunt who received him. The child said: His grandmother is over 70 years old. She was very young when she was sold to run away from home, and because she is uneducated, she doesn’t remember the names of her family members. She only remembers the nickname of one younger brother. After being separated from his relatives, he missed his relatives more and more as he grew older, so he ordered his children and grandchildren to look for relatives everywhere. After years of inquiries, I finally got information about my grandfather, and used this information to find my cousin’s home. Unfortunately, the answer given by the cousin was disappointing. She said that the old Zhang family had never lost anyone in the past, and they must have found the wrong person. As a result, the child was not only rejected, but even left without a meal. From then on, there was no news about my aunt.

Telling this short piece of family history does not completely represent that period of Chinese history, but it is a microcosm, a lens, and a close-up of China's situation at that time.

The thousand-year-old cultural treasures of the Mogao Grottoes were allowed to be plundered, which was the tragedy of the backwardness and weakness of the country in that era; my family was uprooted from home, and my relatives were separated, which was also forced by life's inability to plan. This does not prove from one aspect: the country is broken, the mountains and rivers are broken, the family is poor and it is difficult to survive; tigers and wolves eat weak meat, and lambs are cooked at will! How can culture escape the fate of suffering disaster? Thoughts after reading "Taoist Tower" 3

The compass of history is rotating rapidly. Looking at the flying yellow sand, I stand in the center with too much grief, anger and helplessness in my heart. But, there is no going back.

——Inscription

I deeply remember my resentment towards foreigners when I was studying ancient Chinese history. I hated their bandit-like behavior and hated them for looting China’s art treasure house. I hate it!

But now, I am confused.

Is it the foreign "robbers" who destroyed our country's Dunhuang culture or ourselves?

The scale in my heart is gradually tilting towards myself...

Yes, it’s us! We figured it all out ourselves!

I can’t imagine how those bureaucrats looked like they were using shabby mats when they were receiving salaries, living in royal palaces, living a life of fine clothes and enjoying themselves everywhere. , hemp ropes tied up pieces of cultural wealth, and the naturalness of fishing for oil and water along the way, so "inadvertently" put them into their bags; I can't imagine that when they knew that these were priceless treasures, they didn't talk about how to protect and protect them. I really can't imagine the flattery of using this money to bribe high-ranking officials to continue the culture, and I find it even more disgusting!

I blame Wang Yuanzhuan, but I don’t hate him, because he is just ignorant, because he is just an ordinary person who wants to write something, and uses his own values ????to sell cultural relics that he thinks are valuable. This debt was too heavy for him to bear. It was too heavy. I was angry at Stein and the others for using despicable deception in exchange for carts of scriptures from a Taoist priest who knew nothing of the world, but I had no choice but to do so. Just like a group of hungry people who saw a room filled with delicacies from the mountains and seas, They originally wanted to trade their biggest prey, but unexpectedly there was not even a gatekeeper. The door of the house opened as if to welcome them. Who wouldn't be ecstatic? And those bureaucrats who seem to have the least to do with it are what I hate. I hate that they never had that awareness, that they never had that heartfelt loyalty, that they never thought about the motherland, that they never realized that this is a cultural wealth, and that they never felt guilty for burying a gorgeous and glorious culture! But I can’t imagine how these things would be wasted by us if the foreigners didn’t take these cultural relics back, didn’t see their value clearly and put them in museums for careful collection. Maybe we don’t even have the film of the document anymore?

Taoist Wang, he is just an implicated figure in this tragedy. Those foreigners are just sporadic sparks. What is truly terrifying is the psychology and thinking of those bureaucrats. This is This is the real fuse!

Looking up at the sky, people on the other side of the ocean, I sincerely and solemnly thank you for helping China preserve this piece of culture, but in the end it is just a loan, the soul of Dunhuang has always been lingering around This ancient country has a splendid civilization.

However, at that time, we were lost in the desert, waving our hands hard to clear away the fog, but in the end, we did not catch a glimpse of the oasis... After reading "Taoist Tower" 4

In Chinese class, the teacher read "Taoist Tower" by Yu Qiuyu to us.

"Taoist Tower" is the first chapter of "Cultural Journey". This book records the scenic spots and historic sites Yu Qiuyu saw during his journey and his feelings.

When you read this article, you will feel your heart ache and bleed, because as a descendant of the Yan and Huang Dynasties, when you see the ignorance left by your ancestors because of the ignorance of Wang Taoist priests and those officials, When our heritage - the Dunhuang cultural relics in the Dunhuang Grottoes are bought by foreigners for a little money, I believe you will also feel very sad.

If, if Wang Taoist or one of those officials could pay attention to those cultural relics, maybe these cultural relics would not be in foreign museums now, but in our country’s museums; maybe, our country’s scientists would now There is no need to spend a lot of money to buy film for photographing Dunhuang cultural relics, and Chinese scientists can use the real objects for research. Unfortunately, all this is just if.

Why? Why don’t those people pay attention to Dunhuang cultural relics? Why? Why are they so ignorant? Although foreign scholars bought Dunhuang cultural relics, they were able to protect them well, but Taoist Wang whitewashed the walls full of exquisite murals with lime, smashed the exquisite sculptures, and made crude Celestial Masters and Lingguan Bodhisattvas.

The article said: "When foreigners transport box after box and cart after cart of Dunhuang cultural relics, an ancient nation is bleeding." Yes, that shocked the world Cultural relics should belong to us! But now, it has been taken away by those foreigners and brought them to the attention of the world.

Dunhuang cultural relics, do you know that we miss you very much? I hope you can return to the embrace of your motherland as soon as possible and let us have a glimpse of your style. After reading "Taoist Tower" 5

"Taoist Tower" describes the rolling yellow sand like a sea, obliterating the traces of history. In the bloody setting sun, the Mogao Grottoes are like a bleeding wound, standing among the surrounding mountains. Between the yellow sand.

While we blame Taoist Wang, we feel even more sad for China at that time. Just a few foreigners took away a large number of Chinese treasures. What is this humiliation? Reflecting on China's history, there has never been a moment as painful as this one. Ignorant Chinese people watch foreigners stealing national treasures without knowing it. This is a terrible thing.

Those foreigners simply exchanged very little money for the civilization records of the Mogao Grottoes, and brought the glory of China to their country. Their plundering not only took away a few volumes of scriptures, but also brought the glory of China to their country. A few paintings and a few statues have caused a nation to suffer humiliation, left a nation's soul riddled with holes, and left a nation today to buy back what should be its own from foreigners at a high price.

Whose fault is this tragedy, the foreigners or the humble Taoist Wang? Taoist Wang was too humble, too insignificant, too ignorant, and knew nothing, but he buried the tears of countless people alive because of his ignorance. He is just a ridiculous clown in this tragedy. Rather than being ruined by officials, these Dunhuang cultures can be preserved for a long time by being placed in the London Museum.

Apart from poetry, in that era of wars and wars, there was of course killing and sacrifice. How many soldiers' souls are buried under this vast and thick land? They have no names and no history to test. They can only sleep here silently and forever, turning into a pile of sand.

We have created a brilliant culture, but we have chosen to forget it in the long river of history and give it away in the passage of time. Fortunately, when Western envoys took away Chinese civilization and announced their achievements to the world, there were Chinese Dunhuang researchers who worked hard for more than ten years to wash away the humiliation of Dunhuang and prove to the world that the brilliance of Dunhuang exists in China. .

But I am afraid that in a thousand years, when the wind and smoke of history have become old traces, no one will remember this pain, and only a terrible indifference will be left. Thoughts after reading "Taoist Tower" 6

"The convoy has already driven far away, but he is still standing at the intersection. There are two deep ruts in the desert."

Yes, the wheels of the invader It has deeply touched the pulse of the Chinese nation, and it is also carving the shame and sorrow of history.

Taoist Wang! Are you ignorant or ignorant? How much splendor of Dunhuang is left in your hands. As you look at the "guests" going away, aren't you afraid that the whistling yellow sand will sweep away your sweet dreams?

These invaders who came all the way were prepared to give up their lives for this priceless scroll. We resent them and hate them, just like the young man facing the ashes of the Old Summer Palace: I hate it so much, I hate that I was not born a century earlier... I left the battle formation like clouds and decided to win or lose under the city.

"Where should the convoy I stopped go? It's difficult here and it's difficult there. I can only let it stop in the desert and cry. I hate it so much!"

Does the blocked convoy really have to stay in the desert? Let the strong wind rage?

Tears also flowed out of my eyes, so I will use my tears to temporarily solidify the loose yellow sand, and let these poor scriptures rest in peace for a while, waiting for us latecomers to keep them! Thoughts after reading "Taoist Tower" 7

Have you seen the sunset in the west? This is a bleeding wound of the ancients...

When there are only a few vehicles, dozens of boxes, When hundreds of volumes of cultural relics are shipped to other countries, who knows, that is the constant trauma that China has suffered.

The stupid Taoist priest thought he was very smart. When he painted the cave paintings to look beautiful to him, he did not know that he was destroying the cultural heritage of a country.

When he smashed those beautiful sculptures until he was satisfied, he didn't know that he had abandoned a country's cultural heritage; when he was greedy for small profits and gave away everything in the hole, he didn't know that he had become A sinner...

Should we criticize the stupidity of a Taoist priest who ruthlessly gave away our ancient civilization, or the short-sightedness of the rulers at that time? How can a priceless grotto be guarded by a Taoist priest? And those who The literati actually knew the value of these cultural relics, so why were they not willing to pay a little shipping fee at that time?

As the author said, "As long as you look at the luxurious living arrangements of these bureaucrats, you will know that they will never be too poor to raise money. This shipping fee. "How sad compared to those foreign scholars who risked their lives to collect!

When I see our cultural relics being shipped to other countries, I feel more than just Not anger, but anger and hatred.

A Japanese scholar once said, "I want to correct a past statement. The results of the past few years have shown that Dunhuang is in China, and Dunhuang studies are also in China." Yes, Dunhuang is in China, and Dunhuang research is in China, but the cultural relics are not in China. When your things are in the hands of others, when studying your things needs to be recognized by others, and you need to use film to study, can this be summed up with sadness?

The wound will always heal. , but the scars cannot be erased... Thoughts after reading "Taoist Tower" 8

Taoist Tower, a Taoist tower that guards Dunhuang cultural monuments. Its owner turned out to be Wang Yuanlu. He sold all the cultural heritage left by his ancestors to foreigners. I really can’t understand: How could such an ignorant person take care of such a holy place?

Following this article, I learned about the beauty and splendor of Dunhuang culture. But this Wang Yuanlu sold these scriptures to foreigners at a cheap price. Those are the essence! I can't believe this is true. How is this any different from burning the Old Summer Palace? Isn’t it the same? Our Chinese national treasure has been robbed by foreigners. So: There were two major robberies in one day in our Chinese history. But now our expert archaeologists have to visit foreign countries to see and study our Chinese antiquities. Bring film and use an amplifier to study. What a humiliation this is! He cannot be blamed alone. Many people in China at that time were uneducated and ignorant. If it were anyone else, he might not be as good as Wang Yuanlu!

After reading his profile, I was even more puzzled. It was not that there were no ambitious people at that time. Why did the Qing court despise a cultural treasure house so much? He once wrote a letter to the Qing court, why couldn't those officials and scholars be protected? Even if you can't govern the country well, why can't you do even this trivial thing? How selfish!

After reading Taoist Tower, I felt both angry and sad. Angry at Wang Yuanlu's behavior and sad that our culture has been stolen. well! But things have happened. Today we can only work hard to build our motherland, make it truly prosperous and strong, and take back everything we have lost! Thoughts after reading "Taoist Tower" 9

The first thing that comes to mind is the ignorance of Taoist priests. You see, the loss of so many precious cultural relics is not due to the ignorance of Taoist priests? Imagine that if the Taoist priest knew the value of these cultural relics and their significance to the country, he would definitely sacrifice his life to protect them. But he didn't know anything. The exquisite murals turned into white walls under his hands, and the elegant sculptures turned into nothing under his hammer. Hate, hate his ignorance.

Taoist priests are not the only ones who are ignorant. Government officials are also ignorant. This reminds me of China's illiteracy. China's adult literacy rate and primary, secondary and higher education enrollment rates are lower than many developed countries. Just imagine, how can a country whose culture cannot be popularized and is full of illiterate people who cannot read a single Chinese character become strong? How can it compete with the outside world? Of course, it cannot retain priceless scriptures and paintings!

After reading it a few more times, I started to hate the government.

Indeed, Taoist Wang's negligence led to direct losses, but the Qing government had a greater responsibility!

When the Taoist priests had no choice but to exchange cultural relics for pitiful money because of their desperation, where was the government? Are you there? Come and see what good things the Qing government is doing

Cixi still cooks a hundred dishes a day, and still spends as much money as she can to celebrate her birthday every year; the Summer Palace is still being built in full swing, and this old woman is still happily corrupting!

It’s true that the emperor will live for ten thousand years, and the people will pay for it; his longevity will be boundless, and the people will suffer!

With so much spare money to enjoy feasts, celebrate birthdays, and repair gardens, you can’t even afford any shipping costs? What a joke!

The Qing government is hopelessly corrupt! Hate, hate the corruption of the Qing government!

Hate, what’s the use?

Can only do it Take this loss of cultural relics as a painful lesson and turn it into the motivation to study Dunhuang civilization today!

The Tower of Death of Taoist Wang stung the hearts of patriots. Thoughts after reading "Taoist Tower" 10

Have you ever thought about what we, as little people, would do if one day our country's cultural treasures were stolen by people from other countries?

I think I am insignificant and don’t know how to protect them, but if a prose writer also makes the same thousand-year sigh and thinks of a way, but "it is difficult here, it is also difficult there." , I thought about it, but in the end I could only kneel down in the desert and cry. "Should we pay attention to the culture of the Mogao Grottoes thousands of years ago?"

Perhaps the essay writer’s conjecture at the end of the article brought him too much emotion and helplessness, making him “howl like a wounded wolf in the dark night.” But maybe at this moment, he might be wandering and confused in the biting wind. Then he shouted loudly in the desert paved with fine sand, shouting out the voice of the thousand-year-old Chinese civilization: Save us! Protect us, this is the mission of every Chinese descendant!

What a sad voice this is! Facing the thousand-year tragedy of Mogao Grottoes and the scars of Chinese civilization, both the Qing Dynasty literati at that time and the current prose master Mr. Yu Qiuyu, as well as us in this peaceful and prosperous age, are so helpless and helpless.

Perhaps we today have not watched our country’s treasures being stolen, resold, and transferred to museums in other countries, but when we travel abroad and appreciate them in museums in other countries, we sigh for ourselves. Is this a great irony when it comes to the country's glorious civilization?

"I think that the Tibetan Scripture Cave, like oracle bone inscriptions, can best reflect the cultural confidence of a nation." This is a passage in "Taoist Tower". My interpretation of it is that there are many elements in traditional Chinese culture. There is some dross, but the essence is something we should inherit and carry forward. But now these scriptures written thousands of years ago, the cultural treasures of our Chinese nation, are no longer in our own country. If we want to improve our own nation’s cultural self-confidence, we have no basis to rely on, and how can we take over it?

I haven’t finished reading "Cultural Journey" yet. Here I am just giving some ideas. I hope that more people will pay attention to and inherit our country’s cultural treasures! Thoughts after reading "Taoist Tower" 11

I have always believed that everything that has settled down in the long river of history is beautiful and full of the long-standing culture of the Chinese nation. But I never thought that history also has a dark side.

The Mogao Grottoes located in Dunhuang contain countless precious cultural relics. It releases the light of history and is enough to illuminate the entire China and even the entire East. However, at that dusk, as the carts of historical relics went away, I seemed to see through the book that the light of the Mogao Grottoes was getting fainter little by little. It was enough to illuminate the whole of China, and how much light did the entire east have? What about the ones that were extinguished along with the boxes of cultural relics that went away?

When I first read the article "Taoist Tower", I felt puzzled and angry.

I don’t understand why Jiang Xiaowan, knowing the value of those cultural relics, is willing to hand them over to the West; I’m angry that the essence of our Chinese culture that has existed for thousands of years has become the subject of research by others because of Wang Yuanlu’s ignorance. But more than anything, it’s helplessness. Because although I feel infinite regret in my heart, I have thought about it many times as the author described, stretching out my hands to stop them, even if I just call them to stop them. But all I can do is just stand by and watch. I can't help but feel a little confused, whose fault is this? Is it Stein who took away countless cultural relics? Maybe so. Or is it the ignorant Wang Yuanlu? Maybe. Or is it an incompetent dynasty? I no longer know the answer. But from the book, I can feel the author's pain and unwillingness, as well as the same deep helplessness as me.

Later, I read this article carefully again. One of them stands out in my memory. The batch of scriptures sent to the capital were taken by officials along the way without any scruples. Afterwards, they randomly took out a few long scrolls and tore them into short ones to make up the number. This situation and this scene all show that the imperial court is responsible for the loss of cultural relics. How much of the loss of cultural relics is their fault? Although history is dark, I hope that this will always be just history. I believe that China's future will be better and China will be stronger in the future.

I carefully read the last word of the article and looked up out the window. The sun was still shining brightly, but I seemed to vaguely see people coming and going in front of the Taoist Tower in the distance.