Looking at clouds in Yunnan

Look at the clouds in Yunnan. This article was written by Shen Congwen. I extracted it. Let's have a look at your works.

Yunnan is named after the clouds. However, after a year and a half in Yunnan, mainlanders will certainly be similar to the locals. For Yunnan's clouds, except for a little knowledge of sunny and rainy changes, they will never simply appreciate its beauty. After seeing Mr. Lu Xilin's photography, many people will wake up again and realize that they were born or lived in Yunnan. One of the characteristics of Yunnan is that the clouds in the sky have changed surprisingly. Especially in the evening, the color, shape and demeanor of the clouds are really touching. The war has given many people an education about life. They have walked many roads, crossed many bridges and slept many beds. In addition, they must have suffered a lot of unimaginable hardships. What is really instructive, however, may be that many places have their own weather, and different weather affects a little personnel. Clouds are local: the clouds in the north of China are thick, and so are people. The clouds in the south are lively, so are people. The clouds on the seashore are fantastic, and the clouds on the Bohai Sea and the South Sea are different, just as the people on the two seashores have different temperaments. The clouds in Henan are yellow, and it seems that they can be used as a corn-corn. The clouds are thick and fine, and people are thick and fine. The clouds in Hunan are gray, hanging in the sky for many years, and there is no character at all. However, oranges and chili pepper are produced in large quantities in this place, and they mature in this weather, but they have increased the development and enterprising spirit of Hunan people. Although the clouds in Sichuan are similar to those in Hunan, they are not the same. The Emei peak in Wuxia divides and thickens the clouds, and the clouds have life, and people also have life.

In terms of rich colors, the clouds in Qingdao should be second to none. Sometimes the five colors are different and ever-changing, and the sky is like a tapestry. Sometimes it is pure and pure, and the sky is only a piece of green jade, and there is nothing else. It seems to make people feel light pleasure, tenderness, music and lust. For most of the year, the sky is a magical picture, with the breath of youth, which stirs up people's fantasies and dreams. Mirages appear in this kind of sky. Mirages are not always in people's eyes, but they will always be in people's hearts. It is not unreasonable that the career of Qin Huang Hanwu also ended in a dream of eternal youth. The cloud in Yunnan gives people a very different impression. Its characteristic is simplicity, and it should also be sincere and simple when it affects people's temperament. The clouds in Yunnan seem to be made of snow and ice from Tibetan mountains and long-term hot air from the South China Sea through a magical procedure. Their colors are surprisingly simple, but their simplicity shows greatness. Especially around dusk in Enigmatic, the scenery is very moving. It is completely ink painting, and the style is detached and bold. Sometimes the corner of the sky is as black as a piece of paint. Although its color is unusually black, it feels very light. Everywhere, "dark clouds cover the sky" is a heavy and terrible symbol as usual. Only the dark clouds in Yunnan in the evening, the darker it is, the less it will get in the way, and it means that the weather will be fine the next day. A few years ago, when China antiquities were transported to London for exhibition, there was a paper written by Zhao Songxue, named "Qiu Jiang Dieyi", which was smeared with thick ink on the paper of Chengxin Hall, which was as clean as jade, but it gave people a very beautiful impression. The clouds in Yunnan are just the same, and it seems that they only feel black and beautiful.

? However, if we go to a hill outside the suburbs around dusk, or take a boat in Dianchi Lake, when we see this cloud, we will bow our heads and sigh gently. Specifically, there will be a feeling of "great rivers and mountains", and abstractly, there will be a feeling of "the deceased is like this". I must feel some pain in my heart, suffering from a quiet black cloud hanging in the sky. Because this thing gives us a kind of silent teaching, which is much more brilliant, profound and beautiful than the articles of political commentators, speeches of propagandists and satirical articles of miscellaneous artists at present. Maybe that's why I feel pain. Such a beautiful cloud has given birth to people who make a living in this world. What are they? Is it a profound and broad life thought? Or is it a simple and beautiful poetic feeling? If you compare it with what you see, hear and all on the ground, it really makes people feel miserable!

in this beautiful sky, in terms of personnel, what we can see every day is nothing but empty papers, unreasonable speeches and small miscellaneous feelings, and it seems that we only encounter "legal money" everywhere. Businessmen and bankers are directly busy with legal tender. The saddest phenomenon is that there is no business school that is too big. When registering for classes, the number of people will be the largest as usual. These people study economics and accounting, which can be said that they have no noble ideal for life, and their purpose is only to work in the bank after graduation. "Bustling, all for the benefit, all for the benefit, all for the benefit, where the benefit lies, if the cluster is maggots." An expert from the Institute of Social Studies ran to the bank as soon as the opportunity came. Those who study library, archaeology and foreign literature all squeeze into banks or similar financial institutions as clerks because of the opportunities of relatives, friends and fellow villagers. Most excellent brains are confused by real fiat money and abstract fiat money, losing their due sensitivity and flexibility, and having a higher understanding of "life". What the rest of the ignorant brains are going to do all day can be imagined. Even if the clouds in Yunnan are more beautiful, it seems meaningless to most people.

? In the past two months, in the continuous alarm of this city, all the 2, citizens in the city went to the suburbs early and put a neck in the sky. Everyone has not seen a few floating clouds in the sky, looking up at the results, but it has only increased many people's worries about the gain and loss of wealth. "My fiat money has gone down", "My gasoline has gone up", "My career made a fortune of 5, this year" and "I earned 83, from the government", which are only mentioned by a dozen acquaintances. In addition, there may be a group of professors who have no other entertainment except playing cards all day long. They will think of winning or losing the sparrow card the night before and talk to themselves in a sarcastic way, "I don't care if I lose the card." Of course, this kind of professor is unreasonable. After the alarm is lifted, you might as well go to your old classmate's residence and play for eight more laps to prove what you lost. If a person is willing to climb underground, thinking that it is the best posture to survive, others will persuade him to stand up and walk, or expect him to stand up and be an individual, of course, there will be no result.

? In such a society and situation, Mr. Lu came to show his photos in Yunnan and told us what else there was besides Yunnan legal tender. That is to say, with the clouds in the sky, how handsome, elegant, gentle and noble the clouds with pure colors are! The large audience and good criticism just show that as long as someone can read the clouds, they will get a poetic interest and enthusiasm from the clouds, and it is expected that this noble feeling will be transferred to another person. In other words, even if the cloud in Yunnan can't directly educate people, it is expected that an artist's heart and hands will indirectly educate people. Mr. Lu's interest in photography seems to be to introduce this kind of beauty to most people, so the theme of clouds is handled particularly well in his works. Every cloud has a different temperament and flowing beauty. Not delicate, not artificial, not too embellished, natural, heart-to-heart and friendly. The success of the work is inevitable. But getting "praise" is not the ultimate goal of the artist, and it should have a deeper meaning. I mean, if a terrible realism is prevalent among all levels of organizations in this society, it will corrode the conscience and ideals of most of us, and at the same time make everyone tangible and intangible. What should we do as a nation when some of the outstanding elements in society dream and hope only to muddle along, without a higher emotion and lack the courage to pursue a beautiful and great moral principle with this emotion? The purpose of college students' reading is either to stand at the counter as a clerk or to sit in the official room as a clerk, without thinking or thinking. As long as there is a bowl of rice to eat, there is a way out. Even those who make political comments, give speeches, write poor satirical articles, study science and engineering, play literature as a cultural person, run a party, believe in religion, and ... their way out is just for the present. Of course, everyone has a way out in front of them. Is there any hope for the future of this country? If we can really wait and see the clouds and the beauty of clouds in the sky like Mr. Lu, maybe we will slowly edify, enlighten and transform us, so that you can get used to gazing at the future, not daring to fall, and not willing to fall. I thought this was the final goal of an artist. It is precisely because this nation is seeking development and survival that it has been at war for three years. Although the war was defeated, we were not discouraged. Although thousands of people died and countless wealth were sacrificed, we still persisted in the war of resistance, just because there was a solemn and great ideal behind this war, so that we could bear the hardships under any circumstances. The reason why we can stand it is not only that we want to develop, to survive, but also to think for the latecomers, so that they can live in this land, better and more like people! Our responsibility is so serious and difficult, so most intellectuals must have a relatively simple outlook on life, pull it up and push it forward, that is, they are in business, and they also need a little knowledge to put the development of enterprises and the development of the country on the same goal, go hand in hand, and reach the same goal by different routes!

? Let's take a simple example: our eyes have noticed the "way out" and "making money". If we can also estimate how many clogs are at the other end of the Yunnan-Vietnam railway, they will arrange all kinds of clever schemes with their eyes open, prepare to dump inferior goods to Kunming in places where force and weapons have no effect, and assign the responsibility of selling inferior goods. You must choose the location and the right angle to take photos, and you can expect to achieve better results. It's the same to be a man, knowing the difference, knowing the general idea, and "doing something wrong". Although there are many kinds of enemies, inferior goods can always be seen in the eyes of experienced merchants, and it is extremely easy to choose between them. If you only want to make a fortune, you will forget about profit and "do whatever you want", and Japanese goods will become domestic products, and it will only be a backhand thing! The promotion of inferior goods is just one of several tangible events. In addition, what the intellectuals at all levels have done is even worse than this.

? So I think Mr. Lu's photography is not only for people to see, but also for people to think deeply.

? In 1994, Kunming

(originally published in Ta Kung Pao on December 12, 194)