Muxinwu town

I wanted to go to Wuzhen a long time ago, but I never made it. Because I read Mu Xin, I came here, the core landmark-Wuzhen.

Wuzhen is beautiful, and Wuzhen with a wooden heart is more beautiful and profound!

Wuzhen is a typical ancient town in the south of the Yangtze River, known as the land of abundance and the house of silk. I went to Wuzhen and booked a hotel in advance. The proprietress was hospitable and contacted the station to meet me in advance. When I found out that she was a beautiful figure of Aqingsao style, her room was neat and warm, close to Dongzha and Tashi. She entered the Dongzha scenic spot within 500 meters of going out. She told me that it was after 7 pm in Dongzha. So I followed her to Dongzha for a walk.

There are not many tourists because of the epidemic. Many shops closed early and the lights didn't turn on. They wound their way through many quiet and empty bluestone roads. If Cathy didn't lead the way, I would really get lost. Because I have passed through several ancient towns and time is limited, I decided not to swim in the east gate, but only to enter the west gate the next day.

The next day, she personally sent me to the gate of Zhaxi Scenic Area and gave me directions. There is still a long way from the gate to the entrance of the scenic spot. The reception hall in Tashi Scenic Area is particularly different from other places. Like a five-star hotel, it is resplendent and dazzling everywhere. After entering, I found that the bathroom was decorated much more luxuriously than ordinary people. No wonder the fare is expensive! The biggest feature of Tashi is the modern atmosphere everywhere in the ancient town.

However, the advantage of being expensive is that the scenic spot is well maintained, which is obviously more open and clean than other ancient towns. Not far from the scenic spot, there is the famous Wuzhen Grand Theatre, which stands quietly by the Yuanbao Lake with advanced equipment and ranks among the first-class theaters in the world. It is said that the design of Wuzhen Grand Theatre originated from the creativity of love between the two places, two ellipses, one virtual and one real, cleverly combined. From the air, it looks like a blooming ice lotus floating on the water, but from the side, it has no such effect. Instead, it looks like an open giant folding fan with ice cracks painted, which reminds people of the Bird's Nest.

After crossing a stone bridge, we can't go far. Turn right and you will find the Mu Xin Art Museum, which is my dream. Soft and elegant colors, simple and noble appearance, standing by the water, facing the Grand Theatre across the water, one side is round, the other side is shallow, and the other side is deep, which set each other off and complement each other.

This gallery was designed and supervised by Mu Xin's good friend I.M. Pei's disciples, Okamoto Bo and Bing Lin of new york OLI Office, and lasted for four years. The design and exhibition in the museum was hosted by OLI designer Fabian, and officially opened on 20 15 1 1, with Mr. Mu Xin's student and famous artist Chen Danqing as the curator. The slender and modern shape of the art museum is highly in line with the simple aesthetics advocated by Mr. Mu Xin. When Mu Xin was in bed, he saw the design drawings and described them in poetic language as "wind, water and bridge".

Mr. Mu Xin devoted his life to the artistic practice of integrating eastern and western cultures and aesthetics, and the metaphor of "a bridge" became an excellent portrayal of his communication between eastern and western cultures.

Although Mr. Mu Xin has profound attainments in both eastern and western cultures and was born in the East, I would rather believe that he is more western at heart. His ideological system, aesthetic tendency, lifestyle, and even his tall and handsome sunny appearance are closer to the west, without the twists and turns of the East, which is probably the reason why he was particularly bumpy in the catastrophe.

In the bright sunshine, I looked at the art gallery closely with the feeling of standing on the top of the mountain. I finally stood in front of it, just as I finally stood in front of Mr. Mu Xin.

I think of his poem: I can't help crying when I want to meet you. I am sad and happy to see you today.

There are five permanent galleries in the Art Museum, which are composed of a painting gallery, a literature gallery, a prison manuscript gallery and an image gallery, and display Mu Xin's works for a long time. Every year, the two special exhibition halls will launch an annual special exhibition of world artists who have an important influence on Mu Xin.

In turn, the first exhibition hall shows some books and poetry manuscripts of Mu Xin. Because the manuscript is not allowed to take photos, some of them have been seen in books before, and most of them have never been published. His neat and meticulous fine print made me want to take pictures, but I resolutely gave up the idea of taking pictures out of respect.

All the works are accompanied by explanations and English translations in white on a black background, and the whole design has a high sense of international style, which is definitely not comparable to the pastoral style that can be seen everywhere. Small Wuzhen, because of its wooden heart, has a pioneering, international and simple artistic aesthetic.

I saw his manuscript in prison. On the manuscript paper where he wrote confession materials, words the size of small ants were written neatly and densely. Through the glass window, he couldn't see what was written on it at all. However, it is not surprising that an old-school gentleman, who is rigorous and elegant, wrote such a page-by-page manuscript with meticulous writing on paper, came out in high spirits after 18 months in prison.

The third exhibition hall is Mr. Mu Xin's paintings, which are simple and pure in color and varied in depth. They are exactly the same as China's ink paintings, and have a sense of modernity and design, just like Mr. Mu Xin's people, combining Chinese and Western!

It is Mr. Mu Xin's skill to concentrate all kinds of contradictions on himself and be consistent. This skill is not only reflected in his words, his life, but also in his paintings. He is meticulous and calm, incisive and unrestrained, and at the same time, there is no contradiction in his paintings.

His literature is fireworks in a quiet sky. Whether you look at it or not, it is there, crackling and shining; Standing in front of his painting, a man walked into a lonely mountain and suddenly felt the feeling of heaven and earth. A narrow strip, many of which are only 1 cm wide, extends infinitely to both sides. Seeing the pages overflowing, I feel empty and lonely. Standing between the world of wood heart painting, I only feel boundless and helpless.

Abroad, Mu Xin appeared as a painter. In China, Mu Xin appeared as a writer. In the Mu Xin Art Museum, the writer Mu Xin and the painter Mu Xin finally merged into one, and they were completely presented.

Look forward to the museum, don't give up. Go to the coffee in the museum at noon and order a cup of coffee called Bing Xin Angel. It turned out that a cup of hot coffee the size of a wine lamp was poured on an ice cream ball, which was extremely playful. While eating ice cream with a small pocket spoon, I dozed off and looked at the wrought iron sculpture outside the window, spraying water mist from time to time, like a cloud in Shan Lan, as if I were in a fairyland.

Ask the young shop assistant to take my picture. She is not good at taking pictures. I just want to keep a souvenir. She was not satisfied with the photos she took, and asked me to take new photos again and again, which made me sit up and take notice.

After eating a guest of ice cream, I went out and turned into a special exhibition hall to watch a film called Xiu Mi& Xin Art Exhibition. Henri michaux, a French painter and poet, and Mu Xin have no intersection in time and space, but their temperaments and souls are highly similar, so they can be said to be soul mates across time and space. They are all poets and painters, and Mu Xin is a man who cherishes words like life. It is said that Xiu Mi is also a poet. Mu Xin loves to play word games, and it is said that so does Xiu Mi. They all like paper, monochrome, small size, ink, spontaneity and contingency. Their poems are also short, powerful, profound and lofty. Inafu is a westerner, but he is obsessed with oriental art. He came to China in 1933 to explore the art of ancient oriental countries. Mu Xin is an oriental, but he is deeply influenced by western art, and his aesthetics and style are biased towards the west. It can be said that their personality, temperament and art are the products of the combination of things.

This special exhibition shows 24 paintings by henri michaux, 65,438+05 paintings by Mu Xin, and their wonderful poems and short sentences. The whole exhibition can be said to be a comparison between two people: seeing different things, thinking differently, having differences in similarities and differences, and echoing styles.

Coming out of the art gallery, crossing the bridge and crossing the water, the beautiful scenery of Jiangnan water town can be seen everywhere, but it has already passed away. Thinking about Mu Xin's life and his works, I stopped and walked through a narrow and deep alley, which was completely dark. When I went out, I was suddenly enlightened. Two young girls walked away hand in hand, dressed in elegant Hanfu, looking at their backs, and were stopped by two young people to help them take a group photo. After filming, I asked them if they were satisfied. If they can't do it, they can retake the exam. One of them said it was very good. I think what he said is not bad, probably not bad, ready to go. He enthusiastically said that the scenery here is very good and he wanted to help me take pictures. I leaned against the railing of the bridge at will. They were at odds over how to shoot the scene, and they discussed the argument. After filming, he said that he was not good, so he took his mobile phone to shoot. I smiled. They are Shanghai white-collar workers on weekends. It's nice to see them arguing and adjusting in detail because of a photo, and then say goodbye to me. It seems that there is still a lifetime to waste!

Crossing the bridge to see the natural dyeing house of plants and trees, I have a special liking for traditional blue calico, and feel that it has a unique charm if used well. Turning a high wall, you can see bamboo poles, as if falling from the sky with various colors of blue printed cloth and red and yellow cloth. Some of them are blown by the wind like bulging sails, some fly in the air like huge hunting flags, and some hang cloth like sails to form a maze of patterns, which is a good place to play hide and seek. Unfortunately, there are too many people taking pictures, and no one has such a good escape.

I walked through the famous wind and rain corridor, saw Zhaoming Academy, Dragon Field and Yuelao Temple, and glanced at Mao Dun Memorial Hall in a hurry, but I was not interested in seeing it again. A writer who was exposed to midnight darkness when he was young could not write a word after dawn. There are two writers in Xiaowuzhen. One is Mao Dun, who was born in Tashi, and the other is Mu Xin, who was born in Dongzha. When he was a teenager, he read a lot of Mao Dun, but now he only likes Mu Xin. In the year when I was born, 44-year-old Mu Xin was imprisoned for the second time. It was in an ancient poem: I was born when you were born, and I was born when you were old. Unfortunately, Mu Xin became famous in China too late to meet him.

Then I went back, stayed late in the scenic spot, and saw the Mu Xin Art Museum and Wuzhen Grand Theatre in the evening. The brightly lit art galleries and grand theaters are reflected in the water, which adds a bit of hazy and magical effect, and it is less crowded during the day, gorgeous and calm. The night wind rises, cool and misty.

Out of the garden gate, straight to the brightly lit hall. Call the proprietress to pick me up. After Muxin visited Wuzhen, Muxin in Wuzhen has taken root in my heart like a symmetrical tree.

Note: The illustrations in this article are Mr. Mu Xin's paintings.