Can't make people worry the West Hill (the Beijing past PostScript) flood candle
Originally in Beijing city, it seems that as long as standing on a slightly on tiptoe, you can see the Western hills in the distance. Yang Dongping depicted in the book of the town of monsoon: "this is a level of city. Jing Shan and the White Tower, walls and towers form the urban horizon outline. Each of them is in the city, open horizons corridor from East to West, Western hills of the picturesque panoramic view. "Walking in the downtown area, hand awning, narrowed his eyes (does not require a telescope or something), UPS and downs of Xishan will emerge--like a wood pattern on the screen this is true or false? today we certainly do not believe it will have the palate. Yes, changes in Beijing can use "vicissitudes" term to describe the door see mountain scene as illusory as a mirage, and exercised by the head of the artificial construction of reinforced concrete. Yang Dongping has to admit of idyllic scenes represent short: "the extent of the ancient landscape disappears in Beijing and is proportional to the speed of construction in Beijing. When urban horizon contour has finally been replaced by buildings and chimneys, seriously challenge the harmonious city and the natural environment. ”
Jingshan, White Tower or something and then not glance commanding point and now has several times higher than the hotel shopping (such as Chao Yang men Wai Jing Guang Centre). As for the endless walls and towers, already razed, belonging to the truncated content. Then we can see what? in addition to Tower is tall. Too many modern high-rises, Xishan of classical western hills to cut off--I also see you. How to break out of sight of the public are unable to return to nature, so to raise one ' s head to head, green pool of artificially propagated � better than nothing.
But in the era of the past, Western hills of Beijing people did not labor on a hike to see. Chongwenmen outside the original one was built in the Jin dynasty of the FA Zang Temple towers, 7, 10 feet high, eight side Windows, are residents of the South of chongyang heights north of resident General to better separation-of-climb Fuchengmen Zhenjue Temple five diamond throne Tower. South-East of the city on the pagoda, looking to the Northwest, most far "visible Xishan undulating hills, between lying across the blue sky and white clouds" (Chen Deguang). This is a major diagonal! let the eyes across the whole city of Beijing, was also outside the country of Xishan joined. Alone see it, think about it all felt blessed. Just now, this is something that makes you think about it, I can't imagine.
50 in the last century, Liang Sicheng's way into action against demolition of pailou, specially written to Premier Zhou Enlai, an emperor Temple pailou prospect Tak Street, for example, details on sunset, West mountain ridges and peaks through Fuchengmen and ornamental Archway towers by amalgamation of wonderful good times. At that time, go below the pailou, not out of the gate is able to look to the Western hills of vision. Now, not only ornamental Archway, Tower has gone, in the view of distant hills are gone. Of course, Xishan do not disappear, but looked farther. And unrelated to our urban life.
Western hills of Beijing in the past dynasties has great affection. In my eyes, is dreaming of Beijing's western hills of fluffy pillows. An ancient head of Xishan do the dreams of thousands of years. Is Lin Yu-Tang said it well: "a city even if not yet the best is yet to be, people still like it, also missed its next hills, River. Even though people rarely visit, old story on those resorts also makes the whole city is full of vitality. From the Western hills of Beijing in the 10 to 15, more to the more distant Western Hills high and steep, there are hundreds of years old temple, clear streams of outflow from the gurgle spring has been flowing into the city of taiyechi. Xiangshan hunting park covers an area of vast, which built many of the rich family villa. Now here, from xizhimen just half an hour by car. White Tower built in white marble on yuquan Hill, dazzling in the Sun. Longevity Hill in the Summer Palace is always yaoyaoxiangdui, can still be seen. Beijing city streams originate in the Western mountains of sth "listen to him have said, Xishan and plump breasts, sweet juice feeding the city and residents at the foot of the mountain.
However we are far from Western hills as if more and more. Temporary window railing, and heroic scenes of can not see the sun sets down behind the mountains in the West. Only to enjoy the sunset and Crescent between buildings. Xishan can't make people unhappy.
The reason, it is estimated that there are two. Mainly because the city's tall, fat, lying like a fat, sight is bloated belly to blocked, this is similar to shut their eyes not Tarzan's sadness. Urban horizon contours become complex and therefore suppressed. In airless concrete jungle, in the final analysis we are frog. Director of old Peking specified in Lao She's had the advantage of time, you can make free gasping: "not many beautiful buildings, and around the building there is a free place, making them the beautiful scenery. The first tower, the first ornamental Archway, are available on the way to see. Beishan and Xishan, conditions can still be seen in the streets! " Unfortunately now Beijing has rarely youkonger, crowded. There is also a reason must not ignore: environmental pollution caused by poor air quality, increase of suspended particles, carbon dioxide concentrations exceeding sth Only according to the results of the last century 80 's, 60 days of the year-long smoke from 50 up to 150 days. Mention the growing rate of dust storm--the most powerful time Visual only hundreds of meters. So go on, poor capital-in. Beijing's skies and lack of transparency, of Tongren City gradually becomes cloudy, covered with cloud Nebula, so Western hills of city people not only see, many of the more intimate scenes seem fuzzy.
Lin Yu-Tang said people of the year stood at Xishan sleeping Buddha Temple or Temple of Pik, bird's eye view of a brilliant City: five long heavily plastered wall visible on sunny days, the gate tower in the distance look like gray blotch, amazing large green rendered in flashes of Golden Ridge--that is the distance between the Temple of taiyechi (Beihai and Zhongnanhai) sth Some days ago I went out to climb the Xiangshan "sorrowful to a ghost" (peaks), overlooking the city-just like put a plate of dumplings steamed in the drawers, clouded by thick smoke. I almost suspect-the mist have dumplings yet? in my vision, Beijing city also becomes myth.
In town, Xishan out of sight. In the fragrant hills, also see the Beijing.
Lin Yu-tang in the Jinghua smoke praise in Beijing that the sky as the passing of the finest judgment: "sth Yuquan campus, outside the city surrounds the clear River, Xishan stands in a cloud of purple in the distance. Color of the sky is no small merit. If it were not so crystal clear deep blue of the sky, jade is not so clear green water of the River, Xishan mountainside there would have been the Imperial purple. "Unfortunately, this is going to be out of admiration. One day we will understand: protection of sky, nature, and heritage are equally important. After all, we protect our own eyes and mind. Are the glasses full of dust mask down good rub rub--in order to be able to see much more clearer.
Of course, some scenes were never seen again, and not only was blocked (as the Western hills in the distance). In Xishan, Lin Yu-tang's side, for example, bird's eye view of heavy grey walls, it has become too fantasy border. Even higher, or standing close, could see the old city wall and city gates of Beijing--this has nothing to do with our vision.
Beijing originally had three walls: Central is Miyagi (forbidden city), the second layer is the Imperial City, the third layer is the capital--divided into inner city and outer city (the South). As to the far wall surrounding, can only be supernumerary triple door--other than the "outer city". Operate both inside and outside of three walls, now left all alone and the forbidden city. Two other road has been removed. Although the outer city was disappear after the liberation, middle of the road to imperial city who died much earlier. Almost can is with with 20th century of arrived p and sounded has first remember death knell: 1900, DongAn door in Cao Kun of "hydrogen azelate child incident" in the was burned; left residential door and Yu 1912 collapse; 1917 demolition has Dongan door South paragraph imperial city walls, and West Imperial City root spirit upright officials area imperial city walls; 1923 years Hou and split apart from except Zhongnanhai South Bank by Tiananmen to imperial ancestral temple yiwai of remaining East, and West, and North three surface imperial city walls sth sth From then on, the imperial city was largely exists in name only. Imperial City of Beijing often reading about root, really only "root". Or, rather, Beijing only by virtue of memory to "root", look for the shovel broken roots.
Outside the city walls were destroyed, also began in Liberation: 1915 to the zhengyang gate (that is, the front door) Barbican construction of a railway station on both sides, demolition of the magnificent Barbican; Later construction of the inner city city railway, also were dismantling the Chaoyang doors, Andingmen, deshengmen, dongzhimen, Xuanwumen of the Barbican and Chaoyang gate, Xuanwu Gate Tower, and uncover the many road "gap" to traffic. Of course, the Beijing city wall suffered a fatal blow, or in the last century the 560. Beijing city was completely "disarmed" be demobilized. Face of it seem a bit strange.
Wall does not know pain, knows pain is the human heart. Taiwan writers Lin Haiyin, can't face own of "City South my memories"--that has is a seat paper Shang of empty city: "I often laugh on here of relatives said, Peking even walls are no has, I back see what? as the my friend Hou Rongsheng (1990 so) ten years Qian returned to mainland visits, back wrote of article in the has a sentence words I remember most clearly, she said, I of walls does? just five a Word, I read has almost no cry out. "Crying what? if Meng jiangnu did cry down the great wall, are we crying--could make the walls stand up again? more worthy of a cry of not just the walls collapse, but certainly when removing walls have been cheering: also, they do! most sad should be spiritual loss and incomplete.
Our walls are? our conscience?
Another Taiwan woman writer, "tornado," said Lung Ying-tai, after a visit to Beijing in the last century 80 's quite melancholy: "new construction to my overall impression is of no individuality, character and sense of beauty, warm and traditional atmosphere of the ancient city of destruction, the old Beijing left. These monuments belong to the entire Chinese nation, but also to me. I have a feeling of being deprived. While seems to take me away, it was destroyed it. "Her with respect Jian, is in fact a more deep love--" why is water with tears in my eyes because I had deep love for this land. "(AI Qing's poems) are all Chinese hometown of Beijing.
Good medicine tastes bitter, good advice jars on the ear. In the process of rebuilding the city, we really should hear more critical opinions, even if it is already late for alarms. But it is never too late, better late than never. For old memory, must be more attentive to retain. It is said that one of the "foreigner" harsh also published a "slash": "foreign aggression, now Palace was in ruins. But the ancient city of Beijing, along with its walls, palaces, temples, parks these symbolic beefing up destruction of civilization, you are responsible by the Chinese themselves. Now Beijing is not so much a city, rather say that is the piling up of streets, buildings and open spaces, Along the road to a few hours, should not see a left by the first two centuries of ancient buildings, let alone has a striking architectural style. "(Quoted from the book urban monsoon) tell you the truth, listening to this, my face is a little red. I think, more important than the condemned, is introspective. Introspection to self-reliance, self to self-esteem.
Beijing's pride would tolerate hurt again. Beijing will not tolerate hurt. The how to soothe the broken old heart?
Executive Summary: the authors position sense specific to Beijing, with time as the horizontal axis, from the ancient bronze age to the modern revolutionary movements; to space for the longitudinal axis, the Ming tombs from the center of the forbidden city to the suburbs, layers of roll out, Vivian speaking. Works not just wallow in nostalgia in the past, but rather takes on a variety of interlaced picture of the city, reflected in the accumulation of years of sedimentation and history contains an unforgettable cultural forces. Comparison between the old and new, past and present in the collision, leading the reader in and between history and reality, contusion and laceration of their deep gloomy style were disseminated not only historical vicissitudes of this ancient city, Beijing and heavy, and permeated with author of realistic thinking and pursue.
About the author: flood candle, formerly Wang June, Nanjing people, currently serving in Beijing, China Federation press, Member of Chinese Writers Association. Has published the poetry of the Southern music, prose poetry of the you are an old photo, essays of the my soul wear straw sandals, the romance of the Knight and the sleepwalker's map, the touch of classical Chinese, the yellow rose of the Ice Dancing, novels such as the amphibious people. Some of their works in Japan, and Korea, and Singapore, China, Taiwan respectively, Japanese, Korean, English and traditional Chinese character Edition published.
Editors ' choice: aims to China the Beijing past city portrait, engraved the worthy people recall for readers and kept many of the city of memory, inherited the inner spirit of the city, for urban development guidelines for better orientation. Once discovered, journey of discovery of old Beijing. Game nostalgia, memories of old Beijing feast, a taste of old Beijing depth guide.
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