After reading Mr. 1' s essay Millennium, we can trace the mystery of cultural formation and feel the rise and fall of cultural history, which not only pays sincere tribute to the founders of culture, but also pays deep attention to the fate of cultural people.
In the new century, after inspecting Chinese civilization, Yu took the Millennium tour and European tour of Hong Kong Phoenix TV as an opportunity to extend his cultural exploration and spiritual roaming to the Middle East and Europe, and completed his in-depth exploration of Christian civilization.
"A sigh in a thousand years" is just like the lyrics: "Once in a thousand years, the mountains are high, the wheels are rolling, and the dust is flying. My ancestors invited me to visit. I am the cloud of Kunlun, the wave of the Yellow River, and the phoenix reborn from nirvana. " Drinking Qu Yuan's dreams and Li Bai's songs, exploring the glory of ancient civilizations in the Middle East, soothing the pain of ancient cultures in West Asia and feeling the joys and sorrows of South Asian history. Gently stroking the dust left over by time, stroking the skin of history, carefully peeling off the tough shell wrapped in the past, telling the story of Greek mythology, Egyptian pyramids, Jerusalem conflict, the value of Hussein's mausoleum, code of hammurabi and the sacred beauty of the Taj Mahal, guiding us to step into that past time and space, enjoying and savoring happiness, while bearing the shock of the decline of these brilliant civilizations to varying degrees, and reflecting on the ups and downs of our Chinese civilization after 5,000 years. Here, the memory and tracing of history is only a vast place to convey the feelings of the soul, and the so-called cultural spirit, traditional charm and various meanings related to life, destiny and human existence are naturally reflected through such a place.
Ruins, the sea, wandering, history often begins here; Forests, hills and castles, where history is often hidden; Lively, exquisite and flamboyant, history often turns here; Desolate, lonely and persistent, history often freezes here. Michelangelo, Galileo, Shakespeare, Dante, Goethe, Hegel, shining masters in history, all face you here; Famous buildings such as the ancient city of Pompeii, the ruins of Rome, Notre Dame de Paris, Hilong Cathedral, etc., let you be there-the invitation of nostalgia, the sigh of rise and fall! Adhering to the style of "One Sigh for a Thousand Years", we should examine European civilization and reflect on Chinese civilization-let people get closer to nature, let individuals stretch more happily in the vast fields, let more young people explore the world before encountering difficulties in life, let more elderly people say goodbye to the world by cruising without borders, let different cultural communities blend in their footsteps, and let historical grievances be reconciled in mutual visits.
The macro-grasp of vertical and horizontal harmony and the micro-understanding of deep regret overflow the gloom and femininity of historical poetry and publicize the modern take-off. It is quiet, but it has a shriveled heart, and it is choppy but arrogant. It shuttles through infinite time and space, but when you look back, it shows the true colors of life.
In the twilight, all the noise returned to calm. Nothing is better than reading in a quiet night. A solitary lamp, a cup of strong tea, taste autumn rain prose. After reading it, I covered the book, meditated and felt infinite charm.
After reading A Thousand Years' Sigh, I accidentally read Yu's A Thousand Years' Sigh. From then on, I fell in love with this book out of control, and I still can't put it down. This book shows us a broad vision, shows a world in various forms, and at the same time brings us deeper thinking about history and civilization, with many feelings, sometimes alert and sometimes shocking.
This is a diary, which records Yu's experience of trekking 40,000 kilometers with the "Millennium Tour" team of Hong Kong Phoenix Satellite TV at the turn of the Millennium. The road is hard and difficult, but they are willing to face all this in the danger of no protection mechanism, and are willing to take physical and spiritual risks. Fear is covered by shock and replaced by doubt. They are more willing to take off their gloves to touch human civilization and think hard about the answer to avoid the collapse of ancient civilization.
This book introduces us to the splendid ancient civilizations of Greece, Egypt, Israel, Palestine, Iraq and other countries in the form of travel notes. I followed Yu's footsteps and started my journey of civilization, exploring world-famous cultural relics and feeling the charm of the times. At the same time, there are also sighs about ancient civilization, its long history, its amazing creativity and its silent entry into history. They experienced from glory to weakness and then to decline, but why can they avoid the collapse of the whole and maintain the continuity of historical development? In China, we can write words with thousands of years of history, we can communicate in languages that have been circulated for thousands of years, we can visit the footprints left by the ancients thousands of years ago, and we can maintain the humility of civilization.
Man is the creator and destroyer of civilization. In today's highly developed world, we can't avoid customs, and the battle continues. The bloody war is accompanied by the destruction of civilization, and mankind is repeating the same mistakes. Peace is what we need, war is what we should give up, human, know yourself!
Greece, the early cradle of ancient civilization, has too many memories. The ancient Spartans, who were belligerent and politically conservative, dragged down the prosperous and progressive Athenian civilization and promoted the manual civilization by war, which was not worth the loss, making Mycenae, once powerful, look so cramped and monotonous and become a dry and tasteless tragedy. Modern Greeks who advocate idleness have gradually become tired and lazy, and have been left behind by modern civilization instead of keeping pace with the modern world. Olympia brought the concept of health into Greek civilization and was generally accepted by all mankind. This is the place we have been looking forward to. Their complete ideal about people is to bring intellectual health and physical health to the extreme and then get together. Now we still think with their basic ideas and regard their human sculptures as unreachable specimens. Olympics is an eternal world coordinate.
After reading a sigh for a thousand years, the book "A sigh for a thousand years" is exactly a diary. It records the author Yu's experience of hiking 40,000 kilometers with Hong Kong Phoenix TV's "Millennium Tour" off-road vehicle team at the turn of the year before last.
Yu is an excellent writer. His Yu Garden is very refined, and it is fluent and elegant to read, but it is close to life and has novel thinking. He can express new ideas in the simplest sentences and is always accepted by people. He once said, "The biggest difficulty in writing a book is not the courage to argue, the pain of trekking, or the trouble of textual research, but the release of the deep and rugged feeling of thinking about Ada's easy-to-do and profound position to a larger crowd. This is equivalent to crushing stones with your palm and melting hard ice with your body temperature. Every sentence is hard to say. " No wonder his writing is so subtle. It turned out that he had already felt this way. I said, Yu can also be regarded as an explorer, because in this "Millennium trip", they encountered many thrilling things that threatened their lives at any time. Many short-circuit weeds are blurred, ditches are densely covered, and bandits are everywhere, especially in some countries in the Middle East. I don't know what will happen in the next second, but they only know a series of true stories: religious extremists killed dozens of patriotic tourists in the gale, and more than 30 policemen were just killed by drug trafficking groups. ...
The purpose of the "Millennium Tour" is actually to travel around the world in an ancient civilization, appreciate the essence of human civilization and feel the customs of foreign countries. So they chose Greece as the first stop of their trip. In addition to China's three ancient civilizations, Egyptian, Indian and Babylonian.
When they arrived in Greece, all they saw was narrow, old, crowded roads and idle people. Only from the weather-beaten ancient ruins can we see the shadow of an ancient civilization. In my opinion, the sublimation model of idleness in Greece has many shortcomings. Society has lost its vitality, and some idleness has become spiritual poverty. It can be seen that the declining ancient civilization is difficult to combine with modern civilization, and finally it can only be left behind by modern civilization. Pathetic.
When it comes to Egypt, you can't help but mention the Ganges. However, the beautiful clear water of the Ganges has long since disappeared, leaving only the "lively" scene of muddy banks. Take a bath before you die, brush your teeth and drink water downstream. Indians believe that the water of Ganges River is raw water. A sip can not only cure the disease, but also preserve one's health. It is good to soak any infectious skin disease in water. So people with psoriasis and nettle disease bathe in Ganges. Some old people knew that they were dying, so they asked their families to carry them to the bank of the Henghe River, spread mats and lie on the ground waiting for ascension. They said, "even if you die, you will die by the river!" " After those people die, there will be special people to pile up the wooden stakes, arrange the bodies and cremate them in batches, and people will become a wisp of smoke.
The next site is the site of Babylon, one of the four ancient civilizations. Cuba is not necessarily the most mysterious of the four ancient civilizations. People can only imagine the prosperity of cities and streets by listening to the stories of hanging gardens. Because the physical sites left behind have been destroyed by ruthless years and greedy "black hands" and have lost their former scenery. Looking at that broken "wall", I can't help feeling a little sad.
I believe that when it comes to the nationalization of India, everyone's first reaction will make the crowded people on narrow streets and Indians lack the concept of time. India is the country with the lowest population density in the world, and uncontrolled birth and rising sublimation are the reasons for the soaring population. In addition, most people in India do not have watches, because watches are of little use to them. After talking on the phone for more than ten minutes, I turned into the cafe on the corner for coffee and joking. Even for a government official, it is not unusual for me to spend three hours. It's unbelievable!
What do you think now after reading Ancient Civilization? Yes, they were brilliant, but only in the past, but while their "companions" declined, we in China miraculously survived and kept our civilization relatively intact. The reason for their present situation is that they did not take good measures in time when ancient civilization collided with modern civilization. However, China was centuries earlier, kept up with the modern rhythm, and well integrated into the international community. But there are still many people who look down on China. What I want to say is that it is their business to look down on them. Our motherland has a long history and profound cultural heritage. It is precisely because "when our peers can't stand the tempering of years, our ancestors are still strong" that I can proudly say that "the Chinese nation is a very great nation"! Who said that the ancient civilization can't become a world power today!