暖冬cool夏
這裏一年四季溫暖如春，沒有酷暑沒有嚴寒......
The great famine in 1942 witnessed many catastrophic deaths in Henan, precipitating an exodus of those who struggled to survive. With meagre belongings on one side of a pole over the shoulder, and little kids in a basket on the other, people fled on foot to the destination almost five hundred miles away. In hunger, against frosty winter wind, they trudged on harrowingly. Among them was a Bai family, who stealthily left the village without taking the daughter along. The mom, who only valued boys, legitimized her act as having one less mouth to feed.
The girl was ten years old. Urged by her kind grandma, she ran desperately to catch up with the parents. She did, but that was not the end of her misery. The whole family, along with other immigrants, first holed up in caves in Xian, living from hand to mouth. When the hand was empty, they even had to beg on the street. By the time the girl was sixteen, she was sold at fifty dollars (大洋) to be wedded to a man twenty years older. But life went on, after all. She became a mom of five children, one died and one adopted. Years of hardship bonded them together, tiding them through thick and thin. In the ensuing decades, those who were uprooted from Henan finally took root in Xian. They prospered in the land they called it home.
The TV Series Take Root in Chang’an is a heart-wrenching drama revisiting the history of mid-twentieth century in China, chronicled all the important occurrences before and after New China – wars in Old China, land reform and societal class reclassification and asset redistributions in 1950s, Cultural Revolution in 1960s, stagnant economy and death of Mao in 1970s, economic revival and reform in 1980s, and the advent of a new century. Woven into the gripping stories were people’s optimism in the face of adversity and the inner strength that brought them out of the poverty. A family as ordinary as Bai’s is an epitome of our tribe’s resilience. As a viewer, who is familiar with the history and lived through part of it, I echoed in their love, sadness and joys. Tears swelled, so did the memories of the past as I watched one episode after another, till the end.
同祝你和AE聖誕快樂，平安健康! 讓我們一起迎接2022年的到來!
祝你和家人節日快樂！
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祝福你和家人聖誕快樂！
問好暖冬，女兒回來一定忙著烹製美味佳肴吧，快樂的忙著，祝暖冬及全家聖誕新年快樂！：））
周末愉快。
我現在上班看書都戴兩副眼鏡，一副近視一副老花，那些的所謂biofocal/progressive都不好用:) 我想《白鹿原》電視一定比小說精彩。《葉落長安》可以以1.25或1.5倍速度看。
人對土地的眷愛就像樹，因為最終我們又是from dust to dust.享受你的田園生活吧，昨天下了一場雨，據說下星期有更多的雨會下呢。地主周末快樂!
D主一個老土，真正的老土，隻讀中文書，且絕大部分是古書，一百五十年以前出版的線裝書。
但早期來美時見著中文書就買，巧了，其中就有《白鹿原》。還挺不錯的。
現在眼力不行了，看書隻能看大字的，銅錢大的字。這樣的書不多，隻好追劇了。
你出國早, 又太年輕, 這些題材不能有太多共鳴很能理解, 我從小就斷斷續續從父母,和鄉下的阿姨那裏聽到看到一些, 加上本身比較喜歡鄉土氣息的作品.你要是有時間有興趣的, 推薦你《白鹿原》和《山海情》, 小說《白鹿原》獲得1997年茅盾文學獎 (推薦看電視劇),看這樣的作品我想對你以後從事小說創作會有一些啟發.F4 和流星花園都是二十年前最流行, 你那時青春年少自然會喜歡.我那時女兒都好幾歲:)) Oncemm工作忙, 不用惦記我.還是要謝謝你的惦記. 祝你們分家順利, 周末愉快! (最近沒有好劇可追:))
看過《大江大河》的連續劇，很不錯！
年輕的時候讀過陳忠實先生的名著《白鹿原》，在全民追電視劇《白鹿原》的時候，我也開了個頭，但又放棄了。不過我曾利用每天來回開車的一個多小時，聽完了有聲小說《白鹿原》。
你和小小都很甜心，很認真的，時間真是太快了，我也是覺得沒做什麽事。謝謝秋水的不吝誇讚和閱讀，祝好!
謝謝小小的誇讚和不吝誇讚，我是實話實說，真是土，從裏到外都不講究的人。凡是陽春白雪的東西都不太有耐心享受，比如小提琴鋼琴之類的:)) 謝謝小小臨帖，下午有點事回複晚了。祝好!
也喜歡看暖冬的貼，真實真誠，給人溫暖和親切感：）暖冬周中愉快！
我也喜歡看真實的、帶著濃鬱鄉土氣息的作品，不過，這兩年沒太看了，好像時間不夠用啊，不敢看連續劇，怕看了停不下來。工作之餘，隻看一些短小的、輕鬆愉快的片子，腦子不夠用啊，完了：））
不過，喜歡看暖冬的貼，真實真誠，給人溫暖和親切感。
Right, without going through misery, we won't have been thankful. We are a lucky generation. But the old grandma's words "人隻有享不了的福, 沒有吃不了的苦" still rings true today.
Your comments in your own blog touched me deeply. I was about to reply again but then refrained myself from doing that, not to disturb you:))
"One needs a reader to be a writer."--When I first discovered your blog, a lot of posts were left 0/0, i.e., no reader no comment. But you just kept writing. I was in awe, not just because of your writing, but because of your passion. I actually noticed that you have some consistent readers now. If you pay attention to your overall hits, it increases daily by dozens. Though dozens may not mean much, but they are serious readers. You prove to me that 酒香不怕巷子深! Btw, you are the 千裏馬, and I am the 伯樂:)))
Also I noticed that you once lived in your old home for some time, after your dad passed away. I thought you might be in mourning. Whatsoever, life is short. Be happy and healthy! Thanks for your input and comments!
which is much shorter, of course, but seems to overlap in timeline. I think I
will love watching 白鹿原. To me, stories like these serve as a reminder that
I should be thankful.
As for human nature, I love these lines:
- But I believe that as a species human beings define their reality through
misery and suffering. -- Agent Smith, The Matrix
- Most people don't have to face the fact, but at the right time and right
place, they are capable of anything. -- Mr. Cross, Chinatown
both from the villians.
我也喜歡《白鹿原》，文學評論家白燁說得好：“《白鹿原》本身就是幾乎總括了新時期中國文學全部思考、全部收獲的史詩性作品。”。這部小說從清末到解放戰爭半個多世紀的故事跨度非常大，感覺風格有點像馬爾克斯的《百年孤獨》，事實上也確實有人說《白鹿原》正是‘土洋結合家野合壁’的產物，它有傳統現實主義的技巧，有黑色幽默的，特別引人注目的是它對拉丁美洲魔幻現實主義的大膽借鑒。”。
總之他們各有各的特色。：）
你說的《葉落長安》聽起來很不錯，希望過節的時候有時間可以去看看。另外的幾部劇都是目前中國電視劇裏麵的佳作。
暖冬很全麵的好文，在這裏總是可以學到很多的東西，你家的文學書評，影評沙龍是文學城一道靚麗的風景。：）