Hedong people tell Hedong anecdotes 丨 Yuncheng people listen to Yuncheng stories
Preface to The Old Tree Rhyme
The most beautiful sunset red in life
Author: Feng Jianguo
A book manuscript was on the desk, which moved me very much. What moved me was not only the content of the manuscript, but also the spirit of the author, the title of the book is called "The Old Tree YuYun", the author is Lei Xiandian, 82 years old this year. Speaking of Mr. Lei Lao, most people in Yuncheng know that he is called a teacher or principal, he is a well-known advanced educator, who has served as the vice principal and deputy secretary of Kangjie Middle School, and the secretary and principal of Renmin Road School in Yuncheng District. In 1989, he was rated as a national model teacher, and in 1998, he was rated as a model worker in Shanxi Province.
Man needs to have a spirit. This spirit is not only persistent, tenacious, and never stopped; it also maintains a strong revolutionary fighting spirit and a good mentality of serving the people, serving society, and serving the times. Only with this passion, this state, this spirit, can we be frank, happy, conscientious, diligent, do what we like to do, and do what we like to do, especially the elderly. From Teacher Lei Xiandian's body, we understand this mentality, this spirit, this kind of fun. The book "The Afterglow of the Old Tree" is a concrete description and reflection of this spirit, this mentality, and this pleasure.
From Mr. Lei Lao's book, we can experience such a situation, the sun will rise every day, and it will set again, and the morning and evening sunsets will have their own beauty. Life is also like this, teenagers, youth, prime-age, old age, each paragraph has a period of scenery, each paragraph has a period of understanding. Along the way, people are like the romance of the rising sun, like the splendor of the sun in the sky, and also like the tranquility of the sunset at dusk, and eventually they will return to the warm sunset red. If you see through the red dust of the mortal world, you will treat the years as flowing water, no matter what time node you are in, you will wait and watch the flowers blossom and fall in front of the hall, let the clouds outside the sky be comfortable, and your heart will be faintly calm and comfortable.
Mr. Lei Xiandian is following such a path of life, after bidding farewell to his job and unloading the burden on his shoulders, he dusts the dust on his sleeves, stomps on the dirt of his feet, and exhales a long breath. Then I was disarmed and returned to the field, returned to the small courtyard in the countryside after many years of absence, read and wrote, raised flowers and planted grass, and walked on a new life track, how comfortable and free. He condensed the past and common feelings into his writings, collected and published, and presented them to the world. The book is divided into seven parts, namely home and country feelings, emotional world, eco-tourism, folk culture, life insights, friends' messages, essays and essays. Through the title of each chapter in the book, we can glimpse mr. Lei Lao's mental journey and life interests.
For a person who has worked hard for many years, after decades of long-distance travel, wind and rain, he can finally be drunk at dusk and sunset, gentle and embracing the afterglow; idle and moderate, warm and calm, which is the comfort of life. Since then, it is so comfortable and relaxed for us to walk idly and sit down on our own. The richness of the chinese Chinese gives us unlimited imagination space, and people often compare the sunset to the good times of the elderly. For Mr. Lei Lao, the life in his later years is as sung by the lyrics of "The Most Beautiful But The Sunset Red": The sunset is the flower that blooms late, the sunset is the wine of aging; the sunset is the love that is late, and the sunset is the love that has not yet passed. With such a state of mind, and then go to see the sunset and the mountains and water, the sunset is soft and light between heaven and earth, the twilight smoke slowly flows around, the birds chirp and return home, you will feel that getting old is also a kind of beauty, a kind of beauty that returns to freedom and nature.
In the conversation with Mr. Lei Lao, I saw the generosity and open-mindedness of his inner world, the years and months, the comings and goings, the heat and enthusiasm, and the hustle and bustle, all of which would disappear to zero in the instant he left his job. For him, since then, there is less of an alarm to worry about, and there is also less of a constraint of responsibility. Whenever I see the dew of the window, I will faintly stop the water, sleep with hazy eyes and lie on the head of the bed, continue to smoke the spring sleep without knowing, and smell the afterglow of birds everywhere. Let the wind and rain come and go outside the window at night, and the flowers and leaves fall immensely, and there has not been a half-wisp of annoyance and bitterness. Intended or draped in a thin coat, holding half a cup of tea, spread out a few pages of idle books on the table, watching the red sunshine of the east window and the bamboo shadow of the west wall. Listen to the chanting of warblers and birds under the eaves, the cold cry of autumn cicadas on the branches, and only stroll around drinking tea in the idle garden library, and grasp the pen. Admire the orderly scenery of the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter, have a calm as water years and ethereal, and add a leisurely and lazy state of mind to yourself.
Getting old is a kind of scenery and appreciation, but also a kind of letting go and giving up, from the subtitle of the whole book article, we can feel the leisure of Mr. Lei. Such as small vegetable garden, spring dawn, red apricot, Ganlin, jiatian rain bamboo, looking at the starry sky, warm courtyard, etc., it can be imagined that Mr. Lei freely walked into the field, sat idly by the lake, watched the big white geese in the pond swim in the goose and goose, and the song left the sky. Admire the white hair floating green water, the red palm clears the waves and leaves a ripple that follows the waves. Let the leisure time stay between this square inch, reflect the life under the sunset into a picture of light ink landscape, easily and without worry in the sunset and tranquility, feel the light of life, and give people the calm and calm of the rest of their lives.
Entrusted by Teacher Lei Xiandian to write the preface to his new book, when I was sincerely afraid, looking at the old man's sincere and humble face, thinking about his fiery inner world, I could not refuse. Lala miscellaneous gossip, I am afraid it is difficult to touch the fur of the article, can only scratch the itch of the boot, there is really a heavy expectation. However, reading first is also a pleasure, from the old man's body and the book, we deeply feel that getting old is also an appreciation, indicating the beginning of a new kind of repair and itinerary. At this moment, let go of all baggage, walk into the vast sea of people, and taste the charm of the sunset. Just like a devout monk, he lit an incense stick in front of the Buddha statue, sang and whispered along the trajectory of his life, chased the morning and evening sun, felt the lyrical badge, and roamed the mountains and forests with dreams, making one book after another.
A good book is a guiding light that will illuminate our way forward. Mr. Lei's works are always full of positive energy, inspiring positive life with words. The text of the whole book is elegant and fresh, approachable, and it reads like a sweet spring and a stream, soaking the heart, as if there is a country breeze gently blowing, feeling cool and comfortable. Moving forward with the scrolls, it seems to see the surrounding smoke and lightness, leading the reader into the willow dark flowers and bright shadows, the scenery surrounded by twilight mountains, and the mysterious past is gently written into a volume, solidified into a cherished memory dream in the depths of the soul. So we realize that no matter when the sunset returns, the glory before sunset and the silence when it falls will make the world move instantly and become the most beautiful eternity in our lives.
Gossip, no margins, the right to knock on the door, is for the preamble.
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(Editor-in-charge of this issue: Tong Dan)
About the Author
Feng Jianguo, a member of the Chinese Writers Association, is fascinated by culture and loves his homeland. A fool who knows nothing but wants to do it, once did copywriting, and now a casual guest. He is a little lonely in his life, can scribble two sketches, and has more than twenty broken books, about 5 million colloquialisms. The most beloved one is "Millennium Hedong", and the most diligent one is "Walking All Over Hedong" (13 volumes). The most popular among readers is "The World of Ten Thousand People Is Extremely Guan Yunchang", and the most obstructed by the townspeople is "The Disaster Rises in the Great River East"... The road must still be moved forward, and may the reader have a good time.