Many times, a person is described as exquisite and refined, and is called "not eating human fireworks", but Wang Lao's "Human Taste" completely subverts this cognition, and I deeply feel that eating human fireworks is the most touching and refined.
Mr. Wang's prose had some contact before, and he also learned an article "Eating Duck Eggs at Dragon Boat Festival" in middle school textbooks, but this time, the narrator read the article together and chose Mr. Wang's "Human Taste". At first, he was surprised. He thinks that articles like this will appear in textbooks so that students can read these products. Is it really necessary to study them carefully? What can you get from such a description of eating and drinking?
But when I searched and bought books online, I was attracted by the cover of this book at first sight! Simple and elegant bare spine binding, the illustrations in the exhibition and introduction include not only Mr. Wang's own works, but also the works of famous painters Shi Tao, Xu Gu, Qi Baishi and others. Although I can't see whose handwriting it is, I just appreciate its binding, which is very beautiful. My doubts suddenly disappeared, and I ordered three other equally pleasing books without hesitation: Xiao Nuan on Earth, Vegetation on Earth and Interesting Life. Unexpectedly, even buying books depends on the face value.
I was even more excited when I got four books. It's really beautiful. Even the bookmarks I sent are elegant and fresh, and I can't help basking in happiness!
After reading it, I found that I was deeply impressed! The book consists of four episodes, two before and after. The first two episodes focus on food, which can be said to have aroused readers' appetite and stirred their taste buds. The aroma of delicious snacks in the streets is very strong between the lines. China on the tip of the tongue, delicious on the tip of the tongue! I suspect that Mr. Wang is a senior spokesman for Yunnan cuisine. Due to the past experience in Yunnan, whenever we find the delicious food we have tasted in the local area, we can't help but get excited. A trip that we didn't care much about, because it coincided with some words written by my husband, became very meaningful. Whenever I read the description of a delicious food, I can't help asking my son to enjoy it. Young people will read it with great interest, and feel that if they read this book before going to Yunnan, they will definitely eat all over Yunnan as stated in the book! For these delicious foods, you must go again! Well, if Wang Lao knew that his words had such a great advertising effect, would it be a pleasant surprise?
Looking up the information, we can see that Wang Lao has experienced numerous hardships and setbacks in his life and has been treated unfairly. Nevertheless, he always maintained a calm and broad-minded attitude and created a positive, optimistic and poetic literary life. Jia Pingwa once commented on Wang Zengqi: "He is a fox, and he has been trained into an old man." This "essence" is a spirit and delicacy. What impressed us most about the book "A Taste of the World" was the word exquisite. You see, when introducing crossing the bridge rice noodles and steamed chicken, it says that this family is famous for its good soup and exquisite slicing materials, which makes you admire: as long as it is done to the extreme, everything in the world can be moved. Steamed chicken is "pure, pure and smells like chicken." Unlike others, mixed feelings. It seems that the purity of food is the best place to eat. If you focus on it, everything can be exquisite, everything can be exquisite and touching.
The last two series mainly focus on family, friendship, nostalgia and deep memories. Indifferent, quiet, free and easy, relieved mood through the paper back, straight to people's hearts! In many cases, the customs and feelings of hometown can never be separated, and the love for hometown food has actually been saturated with an emotion, which is full of taste, affection and righteousness. In fact, the so-called food culture is inseparable from homesickness culture, local culture and homesickness culture, as the saying goes, "one side of the soil and water raises one side." Food anywhere will have a deep regional brand. China cuisine is the product of the formation of regional culture, which is the root of local cuisine. Therefore, food is also a taste of the people. As Wang Lao said: "A person's tastes should be broader and more diverse, and' sweet in the south, salty in the north, spicy in the east and sour in the west' should be tasted."
Mr. Wang's writing has a plain beauty, an elegant beauty of flowing water, and a quiet, leisurely and leisurely beauty of fireworks.
It can be said that "All Taste in the World" is a collection of essays describing the true feelings of food. A tea, a meal, a soup, a scene and a thing are full of interest. Days are full of flavor in Mr. Wang's words, and there is always a warmth between the lines.
Wang Lao is knowledgeable, has a wide range of interests, loves painting and calligraphy, is willing to talk about medical ethics, and has in-depth research on drama and folk literature and art. Wang Lao's prose has no painstaking efforts in structure and never pursues abstruse themes, but is plain and simple, as plain as words. He created "aesthetics of daily life" with personal trivial themes. He once said: "I am not pursuing profundity, but harmony." "I wrote about beautiful and healthy human nature. Beauty is needed at all times. " "I like light styles, and I don't like complicated and heavy styles, whether it's painting or literature." "I once joked that I was a' lyrical humanitarian in China', and that was roughly the case." "I attach great importance to language. Maybe I pushed the importance of language to the extreme. I think language is not only a form, but also a kind of content. " "We have all kinds of injuries, but we should be happy today."
Read Smell on Earth. What a lovely old man you meet! On the surface, there are obviously lost time and feelings in eating, drinking and having fun, and there is also a calm inside.
After reading "A hundred flavors in the world", I read out the delicacy and touching of one thing, and also read out Wang Lao's love for food and hometown. With such love, how can a feeling not be touching?
Perhaps the most touching thing is the fireworks in the book. Just like someone said, "Without fireworks, life is a lonely journey." Indeed, "the old vine is faint, and the small bridge is flowing." Isn't it because travelers at the end of the world are lonely that they can't get close to the smoke that can comfort lonely souls?
"Life is like giving someone away, and you can live up to good tea, good soup and good weather."