I received a formal traditional education when I was a child. 1939 was admitted to the China literature department of the national The National SouthWest Associated University, and 1940 began to write novels, studying under Shen Congwen, a professor of Chinese literature at that time. 1943 After graduation, he taught in middle schools in Kunming, Shanghai and other places, and published a collection of novels, Encounter. 1948 went to Beiping and worked in the History Museum. Soon after, he joined the China People's Liberation Army (PLA) South Group in the Four Fields. He went to Wuhan and stayed to take over the cultural and educational units. /kloc-transferred back to Beijing in 0/950 to work in literary groups and literary publications. 1956, Peking Opera script "Fan Jinzhong Drama" was published. 1958 was classified as the right wing and decentralized to Zhangjiakou Agricultural Research Institute. 1962 transferred to Beijing Peking Opera Troupe as a screenwriter. 1963 published a collection of children's novels, Night in the Sheep House. Participated in the finalization of Shajiabang, a model opera during the Cultural Revolution. 1979 to start writing again. After the 1980s, he wrote many novels describing the customs of the Republic of China, which were well received. He has published a collection of novels, a collection of flowers, a selection of Wang Zengqi's short stories and a collection of essays, Evening Tan. The chronicle of the uproar won the 198 1 National Excellent Short Story Award. Other influential works include Empress Dowager Cixi and Different Ice. Most of the novels written are about childhood and hometown, and the people and things in memory are simple and natural. Show harmonious taste in relaxed euphemism. He tried to be indifferent, get rid of the noise and interference from the outside world, and carefully constructed his own artistic world. Consciously absorbing traditional culture, it has a strong local flavor and shows the inheritance of Shen Congwen. In the aspect of novel prose culture, it is the first to open up the atmosphere.
What makes Wang Zengqi different is that he has received a formal higher education in The National SouthWest Associated University and is a well-trained person. Although he also likes to study, unlike those great scholars, he is mostly addicted to "primary schools" such as textual research of speeches and chapters, and does subtle work. He loved Shi Shuo Xin Yu and the notes of Song Dynasty, inherited the prose traditions of Ming and Qing Dynasties and May 4th Movement, and fell in love with Zhang Dai, a prose master in the late Ming Dynasty, which was also closely related to the literary proposition that the public security school in the late Ming Dynasty "expressed its will without convention". Wang Zengqi, who is well versed in China's traditional culture, has worked as a screenwriter for Peking Opera, and is well versed in the ancient oriental motto "Gorgeous is simple" and the modern western Brecht's "estrangement effect" theory. Coupled with the vicissitudes of personal life, he does not pursue the strongest voice reflecting the spirit of the times, but strives to construct the profound cultural connotation and eternal aesthetic value of his works in a subtle, ethereal and distant style. He grew up in Jiangnan and settled in Beijing. Looking through his works, there are many beautiful scenery in the south of the Yangtze River, small bridges and flowing water, and a small courtyard house and hutong in the capital. Rarely do you see the spectacular scene of thunder roaring and huge momentum. With his unique insight and aesthetic discovery of things, Wang Zengqi cut in from a small perspective, wrote trivial things, remembered pastoral customs, talked about flowers, birds, insects and fish, tested allusions, told stories off the cuff, and inadvertently set a vivid and wonderful pen, which made the classics and peaks of contemporary essays.
Wang Zengqi is knowledgeable, has a wide range of interests, likes painting and calligraphy, likes to talk about medical ethics, has in-depth research on drama and folk literature and art, and has experienced many vigorous events such as enlightenment to save the country, seizure of political power, anti-rightist struggle, "Cultural Revolution" and reform and opening up all his life. However, he deeply felt the noise and tension of modern social life, which made readers form a psychological set of yearning for tranquility, leisure and tranquility, and pursuing spiritual pleasure, purification and sublimation. People have this experience: the beauty of roaring waterfalls is respectable and awe-inspiring, but isn't it pleasant to watch fish and shrimp and listen to running water by the clear stream? Wang Zengqi defined his prose as a sketch of trivial matters, which was adapted to the adjustment of China readers' cultural mentality and expectation horizon.
In today's society, the virtual illusion of "great culture", "great discourse" and "great narrative" caused by replication technology no longer has aesthetic characteristics that can be experienced because of its illusion and rigidity. What really has the characteristics of experiencing beauty is only the ever-present "small culture", "small discourse" and "small narrative" in the real individual existence. Wang Zengqi's contribution to China's contemporary literary world lies in his deconstruction of "great culture", "great discourse" and "great narrative", in his declaration and call for the true realm of individual existence, and in his help in discovering the beauty of "trivial matters" around him. Beauty is around, and beauty is in duty. The reason why the spiritual temperament and artistic charm of Wang Zengqi's prose have a strong charm for readers lies in his examination of "trivial matters", which can belittle his own smallness and see the big from the small, rather than being arrogant and flattering his own smallness.
It must be pointed out that Wang Zengqi's essay Trivia contains his unique life experience, but its effect is not just to entertain himself. He emphasized that his works should complement the people of the world and be beneficial to social life, and never isolate individuals from society and oppose it. From time to time, his works reveal the carefree interest and self-sufficiency advocated by Taoism, but they are definitely different from the gossip and decadence of Wei and Jin literati. Essentially, his understanding and description of life is optimistic, and he believes that "there is hope for mankind and China will become better". Modern art, too exaggerated, too exciting, too uses sound and light. Wang Zengqi wants to establish an original "natural art" or "green art" from content to form, create a real realm, convey real feelings and lead people to the pure land of spiritual world.
The pace of modern life is getting faster and faster, and the "trivial things" around us are left behind in memory before they can fully present their meaning. From this point of view, people seem to have no other fun in life except being wrapped and squeezed by "busy" packages. Wang Zengqi's prose appeals to people: walk slowly and appreciate yourself!
Characteristics of Wang Zengqi's Prose
Wang Zengqi's prose does not care about the structure, nor does it pursue the profound theme, plain and simple, as homely as words. Wang Zengqi once said: "I think sentimentalism is the enemy of prose." Quite a big man, say something like a girl ... I hope to write my prose in a plain, natural and simple way. "So, reading Wang Zengqi's prose is like listening to a kind and knowledgeable old man talking. Words are ordinary, but interesting. Such as "Grape Moon Order"
Wang Zengqi's prose writes about customs, talks about culture, recalls old news, tells stories, sends homesickness, flowers, birds, fish, insects, melons and fruits. In Insects in Summer, he introduced the species, habits and children's catching of insects to readers. For example, he said, "Scorpions (commonly known as grasshoppers) are edible. It must have three tails and a big belly. Throw it into the fire of dead branches and it will be cooked soon. It tastes like shrimp. " It is said that children in Beijing will paint glue on bamboo poles to catch cicadas. The author used spider webs to catch cicadas when he was a child. Choose a strong long reed, fold one end into a triangle and tie it with a thread. When you see an Okumo net, you twist it and the triangle is covered with cobwebs. Look at a cicada, cover it gently and it will get stuck. When I read this, I couldn't help laughing, as if talking about my childhood.
As a person, Wang Zengqi's prose is plain and unpretentious, which stems from his indifference to the world. Even in adversity, his mood is relieved. In the days when he was sent to work for the Rightists, he was ordered to draw a map of potatoes. He thinks that drawing pictures at the potato research station is "the life of a fairy". After painting a whole potato, you have to cut it to draw the outline. After the painting, "the potato pieces were useless, so I buried them in the cow dung fire and baked them." I dare say that no two people in the country have eaten so many varieties of potatoes like me. "
Wang Zengqi's prose does not pay attention to indoctrination, but it is thought-provoking. For example, The Literature of Eating and Is Bitter Melon a Melon talked about the history of bitter gourd, people's likes and dislikes about bitter gourd, and Beijingers never accepted bitter gourd, and finally talked about the problem of literary creation: "Don't easily deny or exclude works that you are not used to." "A work can be regarded as realism or modernism, as long as it is really a work. A work is a work. Just like bitter gourd, it can be said that it is a melon or a gourd, as long as it can be eaten. "
Wang Zengqi's Personal Honor
Plants on Earth, Accidental Collection, Night in the Sheep House, Flower Collection at the Night Banquet, Selected Short Stories by Wang Zengqi, Late Tan, Notes on Making a scene, Being Commanded, Different Ice, etc.
Wang Zengqi's works
Mr. Shen Congwen is in The National SouthWest Associated University Qili Teahouse.
Revenge feather in early spring (five poems)
Miscellaneous notes on the hometown of Luopo during the journey (eight poems)
Imperial academy famous chickens and ducks feast flowers.
One-night bead lamp in sewer and children's sheep house
Miscellaneous Notes on Watching the Fisherman's Children in the Orchard
Grape Yue Ling Wangquanzhiye
Cui Huxin has been engaged in shortbread for 8,000 years.
Yu's Three Novels in Kunming
Sanchen, run to the hometown where the alarm is forbidden.
Three friends are in Tianshan Mountain on Sunday.
The death of swan, epiphyllum, crane and jack-o'-lantern.
Jellyfish, sunflowers, and hometown food, Jin Dongxin.
Tell and use two stories about old friends' past.
Fat Zhan is happy in the scorching sun in August.
At dusk, the bell of the hometown primary school king rang.
And a connoisseur of the house of the last three trees.
Three Novels on Duck Eggs at Dragon Boat Festival Bridge
Duck eggs in Dragon Boat Festival are the works of Wang Zengqi, selected from the fourth volume of Wang Zengqi's complete works.
Wang Zengqi, a native of Gaoyou, Jiangsu Province, is a writer.
Many customs of Dragon Boat Festival in my hometown are the same as those in other places. This is a baisuozi. The five-color silk thread is twisted into a small rope and tied to the wrist. The silk thread has faded, and my wrist will be red and green when I wash my face. Make incense sticks. Silk thread is wrapped into small zongzi, which contains delicious noodles, strung one by one and hung on the hook. Stick five poisons. Cut the red paper into five poisons and stick it on the threshold. The symbol of sticker is from the City God Temple. The old Taoist in the Chenghuang Temple is still my name michel platini. Every year, before the Dragon Boat Festival, he sends a small Taoist priest to send a symbol and two small paper fans. When the spell arrived, it was posted on the lintel of the first room. A foot-long yellow and blue note with some inexplicable strokes written on it can ward off evil spirits? Drink realgar wine. Draw a king on the child's forehead with wine and realgar. There are many places. There is a custom that I don't know if there is anywhere else: letting out yellow smoke. The yellow swallow is a firecracker the size of Mareizi in the north, but it is realgar instead of nitrate. It doesn't ring after lighting, but it will emit a yellow smoke, which can last for a while. Throw the lit yellow smoke under the cupboard and say it can smoke five poisons. Children light a yellow cigarette and often put one end of it on the blackboard to write tiger characters. Yellow smoke tiger pen can't be broken, so the children there will write "a tiger pen" in grass. There is also the custom of eating "Twelve Red" at the Dragon Boat Festival lunch, that is, twelve red dishes. I only remember the fried amaranth, fried shrimp and salted duck eggs in Twelve Red, but I don't remember anything else. Maybe twelve red is just a name, and it doesn't really add up to twelve. But all the lunch dishes were red, and I remember correctly. Besides, there must be amaranth, shrimp and duck eggs. These three things are not expensive in my hometown, and most people can afford them.
My hometown is a water town. Get out of the way Gaoyou duck is a famous duck species. There are many ducks and eggs. Gaoyou people are also good at pickling duck eggs. Gaoyou salted duck eggs are famous. When I was in southern Jiangsu and Zhejiang, whenever someone asked me where I came from, I would be awed by such an answer: "Oh! You have salted duck eggs there! " Salted duck eggs are also sold in salty shops in Shanghai, and they must be marked "Gaoyou Salted Eggs". Gaoyou also laid double yellow duck eggs. Duck eggs in other places are occasionally double yellow, but not as much as those in Gaoyou, so they can be exported in batches. The taste of double yellow duck eggs is actually nothing special. It's just that a duck egg is just cut and there are two round yellows inside, which is amazing. I am not happy to praise Gaoyou duck eggs to strangers, as if they were laid in our poor place! But Gaoyou's salted duck eggs are really good. I have been to many places and eaten a lot of duck eggs, but they are not as good as those in my hometown! It used to be difficult for the sea to touch water, and salted duck eggs in other places really looked down on me. Yuan Mei's "Garden Food Menu" has a "salted egg". I don't like Yuan Zicai. I am familiar with his cooking methods in the food list. He can't cook by himself. However, after reading the article "Preserved Eggs", I feel very cordial and "glorious". The article is not long, and the record is as follows:
Gaoyou's preserved eggs are the best, fine in color and oily, and Gao Wenduan likes them best. During the dinner, first take it to honor the guests and put it on a plate. Cutting the shell, yellow and white, is always desirable; Don't leave it yellow and turn white, so the taste is not complete and the oil is scattered. "
Gaoyou salted eggs are characterized by good quality and rich oil. Protein is very tender, unlike other places where the hair is dry and pink, and the mouth is like chewing lime. There is more oil here than anywhere else. The way to eat duck eggs, as Yuan Zicai said, is to cut them with shells and treat them to dinner. Usually, when eating, we usually break the "short" and dig with chopsticks to eat. When the chopstick head is dropped, the cheap red oil comes out. The yellow of Gaoyou salted egg is red. There is a famous dish in northern Jiangsu called "cinnabar tofu", which is tofu fried with Gaoyou duck yellow. I have eaten salted duck eggs in Beijing, and the yolk is pale yellow. What kind of salted duck egg is this? On the Dragon Boat Festival, children there hang "duck eggs". On the first day, my aunt or sister tied the collaterals with colored silk thread. In the early morning of Dragon Boat Festival, the duck eggs are cooked, and children can choose one by themselves. What are the options? Yes! First, choose a light green shell. There are two kinds of duck egg shells: white and light blue. Second, we must choose beautiful shapes. Don't say that duck eggs are all the same, but look closely and it will be different. Some look silly, others are exquisite. Pick it out, put it in collateral and hang it on the button of the big skirt. What is there to see? However, it is a child's favorite ornament. Duck eggs hung in collateral for more than half a day. Whenever the child is happy, take out the duck eggs in the collateral and eat them. The duck eggs of the Dragon Boat Festival, freshly salted, have only a little salty taste and are free to eat.
Children are very careful when eating duck eggs. Don't break the eggshell except breaking the short ones. After eating the egg yolk protein, wash the duck eggs with clear water, catch fireflies at night, put them in the eggshell, and put a thin layer on the empty place. Fireflies twinkle in duck egg shells. How beautiful!
When I was a child, I watched the story of fireflies reflecting snow. I felt that Che Yin in the Eastern Jin Dynasty used dozens of fireflies in a training bag. After reading it, it is better to pack fireflies in duck egg shells. But is it okay to study with fireflies and read all night until dawn? Che Yin read the big characters on a handwritten piece of paper. If he reads the new number five, he will probably fail.