Today, I saw the word "whale fall" for the first time, learned about the spectacular natural phenomenon of "a whale falls, all things are born", filled a knowledge gap, gave myself a popular science lesson, and deeply shocked myself in my soul.
Whale landing refers to the process of landing to the bottom of the sea after the whale dies. After the whale dies, it slowly settles from the surface of the sea to the bottom of the sea, and can nourish many organisms, especially the perched creatures at the bottom of the deep ocean.
This spectacular natural phenomenon contains a profound philosophy of life.
Seeing "a whale falls, all things are born", I can't help but think of a poem by the Qing Dynasty poet Gong Zizhen.
Miscellaneous poems The vastness is slanted away from the melancholy day, and the whip is the end of the world. Falling red is not a merciless thing, and it is more protective of flowers when turned into spring mud.
This poem writes about the poet's feelings about leaving Beijing, although it carries "vast detachment", but it still means that he still has to do his last part for the country and the people.
Although the poet wants to leave the capital where he has lived for many years and leave his old friends, he has also escaped from the shackles of the cage and can return to the outside world to show his grand plans.
The poet uses the falling flower as a metaphor to express his heart, "turning into spring mud and protecting flowers", the poet said and did this, he taught xingxue in Danyang Yunyang Academy in his later years until the end of his life.
The whale fall reminds us of the Tang Dynasty poet Li Shangyin's "Spring silkworm to the end of the dead silk, the wax torch into gray tears began to dry.". Spring silkworm persistence, steadfastness, silent dedication, silkworm has also become a sign of hard work, dedication, has been loved by many people. After the wax torch burned out, its tears had also dried up. This spirit of daring to sacrifice oneself to achieve others is selfless and great!
We often use this poem as a metaphor for the teacher, who imparts his lifelong wisdom to his students like a silkworm. The teacher is more like a wax torch, burning himself for the light of others, for the growth of children, always illuminating the direction of their progress, burning the last tears, shining the last bit of light.
When clever whales realize that their lives are coming to an end, they jump up and fall into the ocean, using death to create an ecosystem that can sustain hundreds of creatures for decades.
The big whale feeds on small fish, but when it dies, it is eaten by small fish, and the small fish begins to take on new life.
Perish, fall, fall, nourish all things. This is the last tenderness that the whale gives to the world, a thought of mountains and rivers, a thought of a hundred grasses.
"A whale falls, all things are born", it was born in the sea, grew up in the sea, died in the sea, reincarnated in a lifetime, and gave starlight and hope to the ocean to feed the beings of the dark world.
"Away from the grass on the plains, one year old and one withered away." Wildfires burn endlessly, and the spring wind blows and grows again", Bai Juyi also used his simplest verses to give us a clear understanding of nature's cycle of life, life is endless.
How mysterious, how terrifying, how natural, how deep the "whale fall" is!