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Never learned to write travel notes. After living in Kunming for two and a half months, I still haven't learned to write travel notes. It is better not to write. However, my friend asked me to send a short article entitled Yunnan Tour. Friendship is hard to break; Write whatever comes to mind. Create another style, then how dare I say? Quite like it, I am ashamed!
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Arrived in Kunming at 7: 30 am on August 26th. My colleague is Mr. Luo Shentian. He was my childhood classmate, and now he has become a famous phonologist in China. Old friends meet again after a long separation and talk about childhood, so happy that they are about to cry.
He lives in Indigo Lane, Qingyun Street, Kunming, so I'm going to live there.
Also living in Indigo Lane are Mr. Zheng Yisheng, Mr. Tang Lao, Mr. Yuan Jiahua, Mr. Xu and Mr. Yu Tairan.
Mr. Yisheng is a historian, and I dare not talk about history with him. I can only tell some jokes. Mr. Tang is a philosopher and proficient in Buddhism. I secretly read his History of Buddhism in Wei, Jin and Six Dynasties, but I couldn't understand it, so I didn't dare to ask his old man for advice. Mr. Jia Hua teaches English literature at National Southwest Associated University and studies all day. I dare not disturb him more. Only when he was making tea, he was called in for a bowl and excused himself quickly. His wife, Ms. Qian Jinhua, often comes to see me. Speaking of eating, people often go to the cheapest restaurant to eat. Mr. BMW is a statistician, young, thin and extremely intelligent. I am the worst at arithmetic. He draws equations all day. After he graduated from studying in England, he stayed in school to teach. I think his equation must be well drawn! If he knows nothing but statistics, I'll have to keep my mouth shut and do nothing. However, he can also sing more than 300 Kunqu songs.
In Kunqu opera, he is the "teacher" of Mr. Luo Shentian and Ms. Qian Jinhua. When Mr. Luo was studying Kunqu Opera, he wanted to see the relationship between composing music and composing music, whether it was a phonetic symbol or a certain notation. Although the tone is changeable, it is not difficult to find the principle of composition. Ms. Qian studies Kunqu Opera because she is a musician. I learned a few words of Kunqu opera and want to learn more here. However, somehow, day after day, I talked about making music every day, but I didn't beat the beat every day. I had to make an appointment with xu teacher: after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, I would go back to Peiping to study together, not only to learn, but also to sing! Mr. Yu Can Cook has many other skills. When he is free, he cooks one or two side dishes, sells wine from four cities and buys me two cups. In this way, the literati life in Indigo Lane will not be lonely. When they study hard, I hide in a small corner like a mouse to read or take a nap; When they leave the books, I will follow the initiative.
In addition, I also got to know Yang, Wen Yiduo, Shen Congwen, Bian, Chen, Zhu Ziqing, Luo, Wei, Dao ... All the literary veterans present here seem to be in the "home of literature and art". Let me tell you about these gentlemen.
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Indigo Lane is a narrow and dirty alley with only two or three families. However, the elegance of the lane name makes people want to forget its ugliness.
Most street names in Kunming are elegant. Needless to say, golden horse, blue chicken, etc. , that is, the Jade Dragon Pile and the Fairy Slope near Indigo Lane are also pleasing.
There is a green lake near Indigo Lane, which is not as big and rich as the Three Seas in Beiping, but, in my opinion, it is better than Shichahai. There are lotus seeds in the lake; There are bamboo forests on the shore, which is quite handsome. The most distinctive is auricularia auricula, which blooms in pieces. This mosaic is very thick, a bit like a pig's ear. In Beiping, we call Eichhornia crassipes, which looks like flowers. There are black spots on the petals, like eyes. The leaves are green, thick and shiny; Flowers are pink-blue, bright and beautiful in the sunshine and moonlight.
Yunnan University and China-France University are both near Indigo Lane, so there are always many young men and women on the lake, either reading, walking or boating. Kunming is very quiet, and it is the quietest here. On the evening of the moon, no one seems to want to make noise here.
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The buildings in Kunming are most like Peiping. Although there are more buildings than Beiping, the rafters with thick walls are carved like "Beijing School".
Flowers and trees are far superior to Peiping. Peiping pays attention to planting flowers, but the sun is too strong in summer and the snow is very cold in winter. It is not easy to grow flowers well. Kunming has four seasons like spring. Even without careful cultivation, there are still flowers everywhere. There are many trees in Beiping, but if it doesn't rain for a long time, the leaves will become gloomy and unpleasant. There are many green trees in Kunming, and squirrels jump from time to time! Dark green eyes make people feel calm. I always stand upstairs and look far away. I always think Kunming is beautiful and gratifying. In fact, there are no fewer cars and horses on the street than in other places.
As for the mountains and rivers, Beiping has to be ashamed. It is surrounded by mountains on all sides, and Dianchi Lake is 500 miles-how small Kunming Lake in Peiping is! The mountain soil is red, the vegetation is dark green, and a few pieces of red are exposed where the green can't cover it, showing some profound power and teaching people everywhere outside Kunming to feel a powerful and quiet beauty.
Surrounded by mountains, flat dams and vast rice fields. Between the sea and the field, there are many roads on the fairly wide river bank, all of which are dozens of miles long and covered with trees. Wanqing rice, with dark green lines in the middle, has no obvious characteristics, but it is not always looking at pictures.
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He gave four lectures at National Southwest Associated University.
Mr Wen Yiduo is the chairman for the first time. He said modestly: universities always do research work, and it is not easy to produce living literature ... I replied: in the four years since the Anti-Japanese War, literary writers have discovered many literary problems and discussed them sincerely. However, the second step of discussion must be research, otherwise it is not easy to have results; When a writer is busy writing, it is difficult to sit down quietly and do research; Therefore, we should do research work in universities to help writers solve problems.
The research is not to respect the past and despise the present, but to provide useful reference for new literature and art and make it more solid. For example, in the past two years, everyone has been discussing the issue of ethnic forms, but most of the discussions are about what ethnic forms are and their sources; As for the subtleties, we must not be eager to reveal them, but must study them carefully one by one. In the past five years, Mr. Luo Shentian pointed out that the development of lively and free rhyme and thirteen rhymes of folk poetry has become a small volume based on One Hundred Northern Folk Songs. Although this pamphlet only talks about one problem in the form of a country, it is not empty talk to describe it truthfully and in detail. After reading this booklet, at least we will understand how thirteen poems have a long history and replaced the official rhyme. At least we can see how lively and bold the rhyme of folk literature and art is-which increases our courage in writing. Mr. Luo is a phonologist, but his research results can directly contribute to literary and artistic creation. I hope that such examples will increase day by day.
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It's the rainy season, so it's impossible to travel. After the speech, I went to the countryside with Kanda-Longquan Village. The village is in the northern suburb, about 20 miles away from the urban area, and Peking University College of Literature is here. Professors such as Feng Zhisheng, Luo, Qian Duansheng, Wang He and Chen all live in the village. Professors have to walk twenty miles to attend classes.
All of them are more than a dozen graduate students, and their life is very hard and their work is very hard. There is no meat for three meals, only scrambled eggs as a dish. I admire their spirit of studying hard and worry about their health. God suffers from a vicious pendulum, and it is rare for several students to wait on him all day, and to have an ancient respect for teachers.
Kanda was ill, so I wrote a script.