I went to the Republic of China (Xianren Shuhua)
I don’t know why, but I have always longed for the Republic of China. Maybe he is really old. In fact, I can’t say that I yearn for it very much, nor can I say that I have any feelings or anything like that, but at least I am very interested in that not-too-distant era.
In fact, I am not the only one who is interested in the Republic of China. It can be said that there are many people. Why does the Republic of China era have such great charm and make so many people nostalgic and nostalgic? I really can’t tell clearly.
Enter the word "Republic of China" on Baidu and do a random search. There are countless characters, customs, stories, etc. during the Republic of China period. As a result, various books about the Republic of China came into being, and they have always been very popular, such as "The Republic of China", "Literati of the Republic of China", "Past Events of the Republic of China", and even "The Romantic History of the Republic of China", etc. etc. Among them, the most popular ones may be those about talented people and beautiful women. Zhang Ailing, Su Qing, Lin Huiyin, Xu Zhimo and Lu Xiaoman have become popular again.
Although I claim to be interested in the Republic of China, I have almost never read books by talented people and beautiful women. I have bought some collected works by Zhang Ailing, but they are still lying in the bookcase and I have not read them seriously. The love story between Lu Xiaoman and Xu Zhimo doesn’t seem to have any appeal to me. Those who read a lot should be prose essays and other works by some old-school literati of the Republic of China, such as Fan Yanqiao, Bao Tianxiao, Zhou Shoujuan, Shi Zhecun, Zhou Zuoren, etc., but almost no or very few novels. Of course, to say that I have read more is because, relatively speaking, I have read less new works by contemporary writers. Even if I look at some, such as Sun Li, Zhang Zhongxing, Huang Shang, Zhou Youguang, Wang Zengqi, Dong Qiao, Zhong Shuhe, etc., in my eyes, I still regard them as old-school literati.
During this period of time, I have always wanted to write something about Fan Yanqiao for two reasons. First, Fan Yanqiao is one of the Four Elders in Suzhou, an authentic literati of the old school of the Republic of China. Although he has not yet He is included in the "Five Tiger Generals" of the Mandarin Duck and Butterfly School, but he is undoubtedly one of the important writers; secondly, he is a sage of Wujiang and a member of the Nanshe Society. Although the reputation of the Mandarin Duck and Butterfly School has never been good, he He is very well-known in Suzhou and Wujiang and is a Suzhou cultural celebrity. But I wanted to think about it, but I never started writing. There are reasons for not writing. The main reason is that there is not enough information. It seems that I am familiar with Fan Yanqiao, but in fact I know very little.
Fan Yanqiao’s status in the Mandarin Duck and Butterfly School is certainly not as good as that of Zhang Henshui, Zhou Shojuan, Xu Zhenya, Bao Tianxiao, Wang Dugen, etc. Although he has also written some novels, his influence is not great. Fan Yanqiao has published very few books. Tea and Smoke Break, which was published decades ago, is now hard to buy. Only a few works are sometimes included in some Mandarin Duck and Butterfly School collections. A year or two ago, Dolphin Publishing House printed a small volume of "Essays on the Yishi Room", which was selected and edited by Mr. Zhao Guozhong. It is a rare and good book.
First collect some information. "Research Materials of the Mandarin Duck and Butterfly School" and "Research Materials of the Mandarin Duck and Butterfly School" are essential references. Zheng Yimei's "Nanshe Miscellanies" and some other books have Fan Yanqiao's content. , two days ago, I placed an order for "Mandarin Ducks and Butterflies? Selected Works of the Saturday School" and "Bridging the Gap between Refined and Popular" (a self-selected collection of Fan Boqun's academic works). Yesterday, I bought three more books on JD.com: "Shanghai Tabloid in the Late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China", "Miscellaneous Stories from the Art Garden", and "Zhi of Shenghu". The first two books are related to the Republic of China, and the latter one is Sheng Ze's old chronicle. I originally wanted to buy two series of books, "Jinjin Famous Journals of the Republic of China" and "Collections of National Journals of the Republic of China", as well as "Thirty Lectures on Modern Chinese Popular Culture and Popular Literature", "Republic of China Movies", etc., but these books are not on JD.com I ship it myself, and I don’t support cash on delivery. I don’t know how to pay online, so there’s nothing I can do about it. "Glimpses of the Book Clothes of the Republic of China" is also quite good.
The day before yesterday, I had dinner with a few teachers and literary friends, and after drinking some wine, we accidentally chatted with some literati from the Republic of China. When it came to buying books, Mr. Zhang Fanglan was particularly excited. He spent more than a thousand Yuan bought a set of "The Complete Works of Jiang Liangfu" with more than ten volumes. Jiang Liangfu is a former professor of Zhejiang Normal University and a master of Chinese studies. His wife Tao Qiuying is originally from Lili, Wujiang. Her works are included in the collection. Tao Qiuying is the eldest daughter of Tao Shenzhou, a member of Nanshe Society. She is a famous scholar. Her books include "Chinese Women and Literature", "Research on the History of Han Fu", "Selected Essays on Song, Jin and Yuan Dynasties", "Dunhuang Broken Gold", "Zheng He II" "Western", "Buddhist and Taoist Thoughts in "Dream of Red Mansions"", etc. Teacher Jiang Kunwu, the daughter of the two gentlemen, once said in an interview with reporters, "It is a typical free love, and it is a teacher-student love."
?It turns out that when Mr. Jiang Liangfu was a professor in the Chinese Department of Shanghai Chizhi University, Tao Qiuying was his student. In Zhuang Peiyao's blog, I saw some love poems written by Tao Qiuying, such as "Ying the Moon and Send the Brightness": "Bing Xin Liu's plain colors shine everywhere." The green field pities the silkworm woman, and the colorful palace dances with feathers.
How can the light be obscured? The brightness has been forgotten. It only combines with Qingbo Yong, and the sky is clear and clear. ?Express the author’s longing for his relatives.
Zhongming could buy books online on his mobile phone, so I asked him to buy "History of Modern Chinese Popular Literature" and "General History of Suzhou Literature". Mr. Fan Boqun participated in both of these books. Mr. Fan Boqun has been engaged in research on Chinese popular literature in recent years and has put forward some new viewpoints, believing that modern popular literature needs to be re-evaluated. He said: From the perspective of the diverse needs of modern Chinese readers, we believe that reference and innovation are necessary. These writers should strive to add color to our national literature; inheritance and improvement are also necessary. A group of writers should inherit and carry forward the tradition of national classical novels, thereby recording the pace of modern society in urban folk life to satisfy the spirit of middle- and lower-class readers. Consumption is also an unshirkable duty of literature. The demand for literature in modern Chinese society is multifaceted and multi-level. It not only needs to produce the spiritual food that the intellectual elite craves, but also needs to provide the daily spiritual consumer goods that the public needs. ?Mr. Fan Boqun believes that the historical debate between new literature and popular literature should move from one-sided to comprehensive, from subjective to objective, from contempt in the past to serious consideration today. This is the correct attitude towards popular literature. It should be said that this is also a more scientific attitude.
Before eating, Zhongming asked me to read an online article about Luxu, an ancient town in the south of the Yangtze River. It was accompanied by many pictures. I guessed that the author might be a tourist from other places. Walking into Luxu was completely It was by chance. He was very excited when he saw this simple and authentic water town. The article mentioned a place called Fenhu 318. It is said that a Shanghainese bought the old grain depot house and transformed it into a leisure and entertainment place after careful design by twelve designers in Shanghai. A place integrating entertainment and accommodation has now begun to take shape. According to the article, this unique idea won the International Gold Award last year.
We went to Niu Tongue Bay because of its reputation. When we saw it, Fenhu 318 was indeed very nice. The rooms inside were all different. The brick walls, furniture, etc. were all very simple and simple, without any painting. , painted, almost no trace of decoration. The tables and chairs are old, as is the suitcase on the floor, which is reminiscent of the kind of suitcases often seen in films about old Shanghai in the 1930s and 1940s. There is a copy of "Collected Works of Zhang Ailing" on the table, as if the guest had just been reading and gone out for a while.
Fenhu 318 has not yet been fully completed, and it is estimated that it will take some time. Greening, environment, etc. may be further improved.
I imagine that we might as well put an old-fashioned gramophone in the room and play some old songs sung by Zhou Xuan. You can put some old black and white photos or old movie posters on the wall. Outside, one or two small huts, one or two small wooden bridges, etc. can be built in suitable places. You can set up a bookstore in a certain house and put on some Suzhou Pingtan performances.
Walking into a relatively spacious house, there were some old books randomly placed in it, which may have been moved by the owner from home. After flipping through them, I saw a copy of "Taking a Bath" by Yang Jiang and A "Selected Poems of Famous Writers of the Tang and Song Dynasties" edited by Long Yusheng. There are many photos posted on the wall, mainly of water town scenery, but also of people in ancient towns. Among them is a set of black-and-white photos taken by the owner before renovation. Several old houses in disrepair are covered in heavy snow. Next to the photo are two paragraphs written by the Shanghainese. He wrote: In January 2011, on a snowy evening, I drove 70 kilometers to the first stop of National Highway 318. When I arrived at Luxu Old Town, I was deeply moved by the undeveloped simplicity of the old town. What I felt was a real tranquility. ?Reading these words and looking at these photos, my feelings cannot be expressed in words.
Mr. Zhang Fanglan introduced that these houses were the property of Lu Yingcheng in the past. Lu is the richest man in Luxu and is known as "Lu Ban Town". He was not only wealthy, but also talented. He wrote good poems, and one hundred poems about Fenhu Zhuzhi have been handed down to this day. The old people in the town can tell some stories related to Lu Yingcheng.
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Over the past sixty years, the old house of the Lu family has changed its name. But what kind of person is this Shanghainese who bought this land? A character that few people seem to know. No one even knows what his last name is.