Handwritten letters are the ultimate romance of this era.

20 17 participated in a charity activity called "Blue Envelope", aiming at giving more companionship and attention to left-behind children by writing letters.

Inspired by this activity, I did a project called "Xin" in the basic course of innovation and entrepreneurship in the last semester of my freshman year. On the letter platform, users can find their pen pals, take photos and upload them, and even send letters.

Because I didn't learn the basic theory of design at that time, the products I made were rough and the functional architecture was not clear. The final display video is even composed of pictures. But today, I still think that project is very meaningful.

The significance lies not in how innovative I think this project is or how much commercial value it can gain, but in the letter itself.

All along, I cherish what I write on paper. Although there are many patterns and ways of confession and confession in this era, I always feel that handwritten letters can best reflect the eternity of time and the ultimate romance.

News records are easily lost silently in virtual space-time. Face-to-face expression can be clear and firm, but it takes courage. Writing a letter is subtle and tactful, but it is the most touching.

Two.

I have a special box for putting small notes and cards, birthday cards sent by my classmates, small notes secretly passed in class, and even dear John letters written by friends. When I tidy my room, I sometimes take it out to have a look. Those days are far away, but the traces left on the paper will not deceive people. Sketches and folds on the paper tell the story and mood of the writer and the receiver.

Paper and ink are tangible things. They must be well preserved and can outlive people's lives.

The writer can organize what he wants to say into paragraphs and scrutinize them repeatedly; You can think, you can say things you can't say.

On March 29th, 20021year, when I was tidying up my desk at home, I flipped through the diary I had written before. With emotion, I wrote the following sentence in the space:

I like to keep my old words, probably because I can't find my mood and friends after so many years, but I can still find clues to get along with them.

Three.

Although romantic, writing letters is still a luxury. It takes time and energy to test people's writing and patience. This is a minority romance.

In the blue envelope project, although both parties wrote letters out of their own will, the letters I received were always short, and as a result, the letters I wrote became shorter and shorter. It may be an example, but it can also reflect some problems. Writing letters sounds novel and interesting, but it is much more difficult to do.

In the digital and information age, words and pictures stored on paper have a faster and more convenient storage medium, and printing photos and handwritten letters have become an "advanced way" for some people to express their feelings occasionally.

There are too many ways to express our feelings instead of us, a bunch of flowers and a gift, but we seem to be less and less good at expressing our feelings. Many times, flowers are romantic, the transfer of money is sincere, "I love you" seems to be a thousand words, things express love instead of us, and our own love becomes too direct and simple.

I will never forget the sentence in the high school textbook, "My family has a loquat tree, which was planted in her hand when my wife died, and now it is graceful." I don't mention missing, but every word is missing.

Four.

Speaking of the final report of that course, I don't remember what I stammered on the stage, but I will always remember my opening remarks: "I used to love only one person in my life."

In that course report, our group got the highest score. I think maybe this romantic and extravagant thing should be more valuable than I expected in this era.

Before graduation, I wrote a letter to my good friends one by one. Those who didn't have time to write also sent their own cards. Coincidentally, a roommate also wrote a letter as a farewell souvenir. In the letter, my roommate mentioned a sentence I once said. She said it had a great influence on her, but I actually don't remember it. If she hadn't said it, I probably wouldn't have known. What I accidentally said helped her.

While writing this article, I am also asking myself, what am I writing, just saying that handwriting is romantic? In the previous version of the manuscript, I even compared the letter writing with the current social software, but later found that there is no comparability between the two, and they are just products of the times.

In the process of writing, I found that it is not that writing letters is romantic, but that letters carry the most romantic heart. No matter how it is preserved, flowers will fade, but handwritten letters will last forever in time and space.

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