Entering the simple and warm world - reading Gu Wanhua's "Over the Valley"
(Text/Xie Yanping, Contracted Writers of Youth Writers Network)
Today is December 11, 2021, Saturday, a sunny day, I received Gu Wanhua's new book "Over the Valley", and I was very excited.
Sit back quietly and carefully study the book "Over the Valley". Light and elegant flowers, flexible leaves, feel the cover design elegant and soft, very feminine.
I know that this is one of the "Dream Tree Literature Series" edited by Mr. Wang Jiahong, editor-in-chief of the Young Writers Network (4). Editor-in-chief Wang is a young and highly socially responsible network editor-in-chief. Editor-in-chief Wang has created a number of novels, film and television scripts, served as a film and television producer, and also planned and edited a number of anthologies, contributing to the dissemination of Chinese culture.
In the lower left corner of the cover of "Over the Valley" is a poem vertically arranged by Teacher Gu Wanhua: "We want eternal life and eternal dependence, we want eternal life and eternal life, in that golden brilliant light, in that bright and feminine spring." I thought to myself, what kind of female writer is Teacher Gu?
I couldn't wait to turn the page and see an intellectual, elegant woman, facing the clear waters of the lake, gazing into the distance, thoughtful. She was looking at the scenery by the lake, and I was looking at her in the painting. It's beautiful! "Over the Valley" turned out to be Teacher Gu's pen name! The words are like his people, Teacher Gu's writing is very beautiful, "that mountain and that valley that piece of love, writing things to write scenes to write life", which is not only a gift to me, but also a guide to this book. I think That Teacher Gu should be a very hard-working and motivated woman. She has been teaching and educating people in Anhui for 36 years, and she is definitely full of peach and plum. Usually busy at work, it is really not easy to squeeze out time to write books. I admire.
Teacher Gu Wanhua's "Over the Valley" is divided into three chapters:
The first chapter is Poetry, which consists of three poems.
"Song of the Four Seasons of Life" is divided into four parts: spring, summer, autumn and winter, from plant writing to animals, from children to the elderly, from seasons to life, Teacher Gu's language is simple and fresh, from "the growth of spring" to "the love of summer", from "the fullness of autumn" to "the warmth of winter", it is very picturesque, and the meaning of life is felt in the "change of the four seasons".
"Dear Baby" should be written specifically for her intimate baby, her daughter. From "the excitement of pregnancy" to "the birth, start-up, learning, and growth of a daughter", I saw the image of a mother full of affection, "mother-daughter debate", knowing and cherishing each other, and I felt Mr. Gu's democratic and scientific concept of education. The whole text is full of emotion and authenticity, expressing the feelings of the mother.
The poem "Thoughts" is relatively long, forty-eight lines. The comparative sentence form is used. The whole text boldly uses the sentence pattern that is constantly repeated, describes "thoughts", talks about abstract emotions and pins on clear imagery, and expresses the feelings of women's thoughts. Missing is originally bitter, but the teacher's thoughts are sweet, and I feel that the teacher is enjoying the thoughts. There is no sophisticated design, it is really flat and straightforward, but I am still touched by this simple and unpretentious emotion.
The second chapter is Essays, which contains nine essays. "Old Zhou" recounts a cheerful and kind, warm and diligent, happy and helpful "family". Although it is a tragedy, Teacher Gu also wrote the warmth of time and the warmth of personnel, giving me infinite touch and emotion.
The third chapter is The Novel, which contains seven novels. "That Month of That Year - To Those Green Years and Happy Hours That Will Forever Be Cherished in Our Hearts" records the emotional journey of a woman Xiaoqing. From the green girl - love deceived - willing to marry naked - have children - husband and wife quarrel - big root disease - Xiaoqing epiphany, I see the special love of the special era. Marriage is a family of the opposite sex who grew up in two different families, and there will definitely be contradictions and conflicts when they get along day and night. Teacher Gu does not have a profound theory, does not shape a great figure of great achievements, but sees the big from a small point of view, from the perspective of an ordinary housewife to reveal the true meaning of marriage, which is the precious point of Teacher Gu's concern for society and the public, and gives readers extremely profound enlightenment.
Congratulations to Teacher Gu Wanhua on the publication of "Over the Valley"!
About author:Xiang Qian, real name Xie Yanping, a native of Liuyang City, Hunan Province. "Young Writers Network" contracted writers, "China Poetry Network" Blue V poets, Guangdong Province Yunfu Writers Association members, Guangdong Province "Zhuxi Poetry Group" members. He has published many works in national, provincial and municipal paper journals. On September 29, 2021, "Encounter" won the first prize in the poetry category of the "Third China Young Writers Cup National Essay Competition"; in November, a total of 4 new poems were published in Hunan Poets and New Era Bay Area Literature. He currently lives in Yunfu City, Guangdong Province.