Qianjiang Evening News • Hourly News Correspondent Li Pan
If you are in your twilight years and your hair is gray, what are the things that will make you feel unforgettable for a lifetime, or even unable to let go?
Chie, a Japanese woman, said, "I will never forget the taste of Longjing tea for the rest of my life." This line has been mentioned many times in the recently released movie "Longjing". Every time it appears on the screen, it hits the soft heart of many viewers like a bullet. Why does an old man with a broken candle have such a deep obsession?
The movie "Longjing" tells the transnational love story of three generations of Chinese and Japanese.
In the 1970s, Qianye came to Hangzhou in search of the story behind the tang dynasty antique tea, and met A Liu, a tea master in Longjing Village, and the two secretly had a relationship. Forced by family pressure, Chie eventually returned to Japan with a jar of Ryuji tea stir-fried by Ah Roku himself. Before her death, she asked her granddaughter Ayano to take the teapot to Longjing Village to find the deceased. Ayano came to Longjing Village and received enthusiastic help from Liang Long, a young boy from Longjing Village...
On the surface, what Qianye always remembers is the taste of Longjing tea. In fact, what makes her unforgettable is a love that she met in Hangzhou when she was young, and this relationship is as mellow and timeless as the taste of Longjing tea, and it has not been forgotten for a lifetime. The story behind the tea brought her to Hangzhou, and the simplicity and kindness of Ah Liu, the roasted tea master in Longjing Village, made her feel the kindness in a foreign land. She asked her granddaughter Ayano to return to Hangzhou because she wanted to use the past to tell her granddaughter a truth - to bravely pursue the love of her life.
Yes, as endless as Longjing tea, perhaps only the deepest emotions in the human heart such as love and thoughts. When Su Shi was tasting tea at the Shousheng Temple at the foot of Shifeng Mountain in Hangzhou, he wrote such a poem praising the Longjing tea in the West Lake, "The two flags under baiyun peak are new, and the green is long and fresh valley rain spring." ”
For thousands of years, West Lake Longjing tea has become nameless to famous, from Hangzhou to the world, witnessing the blossoming and falling of flowers, cirrus clouds, sending away the ebb and flow of the tide and the comings and goings. With the passage of time, West Lake Longjing has always been the best in the world, and it is unique among many teas.
In fact, the taste of Longjing tea is always the same - Longjing villagers have a great love for Longjing tea and unremitting adherence to the skill of stir-frying tea. Most of the villagers in Longjing Village have lived there for generations and make a living from tea.
Although he could already rely on machines to stir-fry tea, Ah Liu had been keen to stir-fry Longjing tea by hand all his life, and he also passed on this craft to Liang Long. It is the generations of people who have injected unlimited emotions into Longjing tea and paid too much effort for Longjing tea, so that Longjing tea can continue to be passed down. Its unique brilliance and quality have lasted for thousands of years.
Ordinary people drink West Lake Longjing tea, the most intuitive feeling is its color, aroma and taste. However, the movie "Longjing" presents the history and story of Longjing tea to the world in an artistic way. Audiences who have seen this movie, drinkIng Longjing tea in the future, will probably not only taste the "light and far" and "fragrant and clear" of the tea, but also the reflection on history and the perception of love - do not have to wait until the two sideburns are white and murmur, take advantage of the young to do what they like, to retain the people they like, which is the positive value conveyed by this movie to the audience.
The movie "Longjing" also leaves us with a lot of thoughts about creation. Nowadays, we often say that we must tell the story of Zhejiang and China well, but where should we start? And how to say? Talking about empty concepts and grand topics will make many people suddenly interested. Excavate the details with your heart, base yourself on reality, especially pay attention to individuals and their true feelings, and tell one vivid little story after another, in order to win the recognition of the audience, will there be the power to imperceptibly and become a weathered person. In this regard, the movie "Longjing" has made a very good example.
As we all know, Chinese tea culture has a long history and is broad and profound. The movie "Longjing" only selects three love clips due to tea, from Ayano to Hangzhou after looking for the deceased with the help of Liang Long and starting to cut in.
With the continuous search of the two, the first two love stories gradually surfaced, and the feelings between the two slowly deepened. Clean pictures, pure scenery, young faces, sincere feelings, let the audience enjoy an audiovisual feast, all touched, strong resonance, leaving a deep impression.
Looking down at the mountains and rivers, this land that has experienced thousands of years of ups and downs has a splendid history and culture everywhere. However, history and culture are not impenetrable, but are impregnated with the love and pursuit of generations, intertwined with the struggle and dedication of countless individuals, and are hot and fiery; the public is not an abstract symbol, but a concrete person, with flesh and blood, love and hate, dreams, and inner conflicts and struggles.
When we tell stories, focus more on individuals, more expression of true feelings, the story will be more infectious, spreading and influential, and our film and television works will be more successful. I look forward to more Zhejiang filmmakers, based on Zhejiang to absorb the source of creation and tell the story of Zhejiang.
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