Lead:
"The world is changing, and everyone's happiness is different, so I want to find more meaningful things"
—— "Grandpa's Kerosene Lamp"
"Grandpa's Kerosene Lamp" tells the story of a young man named Minosuke who brought kerosene lamps from the town to bring light to the village, and because he was afraid of the arrival of the electric age and hindered his business, he tried to prevent electric lights from entering the small village.
Minosuke is not a perfect person, but a real person.
His practices and ideas can make us think of many people and things that we think of today, and this sense of resonance is also something that Japanese literary and artistic works particularly value and pursue.
Of course, Minosuke is not a person who will be easily knocked down, and he finally realizes that the times are progressing, and the new things must eventually eliminate the old things.
He adopted a special ritual to bid farewell to his kerosene lamp era - hanging kerosene lamps on trees along the river, and then breaking them one by one, "dingdang, dangdang", just like the last sound of the old times.
At that moment, the tears in his eyes shone brightly with a little pulsating fire, like the sparkling eyes of the kerosene lamp for the first time when he was young. The picture is so poignant, it is like the cherry blossoms withering at the most beautiful moment, which makes people feel mixed feelings.
As Minosuke said, "The world is changing, and everyone's happiness is different, so I want to find more meaningful things."
The world is always changing in ways beyond our imagination, and the progress of science and technology and civilization has brought a non-negligible impact on our lives and thoughts. We may miss the old way of life, but no one can prevent the arrival of a new era.
Only by opening your heart and embracing the future can you keep pastoral songs in your heart.