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Good evening everyone, I'm Meiya~
Today, I want to share with you the aesthetic masterpiece of Nobel Prize winner Yasunari Kawabata - "Snow Country".
Author: Ten Points Shallow
Perhaps, you will ask me where the beauty of "Snow Country" is embodied?
Someone once commented on it: the beauty of nothingness, the beauty of cleanliness and the beauty of sorrow depicted in the novel reach the extreme.
Indeed, the beauty of "Snow Country" is reflected in the nothingness it expresses, the beauty lies in the cleanliness of people and scenes, and the beauty lies in the faint sorrow revealed by the story.
In the book, the author Yasunari Kawabata depicts such a world for us:
"The night sky is white, studded with stars in the Milky Way, shining brightly, bright clouds, like grains of silver sand, very clear."
That's right, this is the Snow Country, a clean world of unparalleled beauty.
Here, a dream-like illusory, and sad love story like autumn rain slowly unfolds...
Perhaps, after you read this love story, you will feel its beauty, and you will be as excited and sad as I am.
The first sight in the snow of Mengxia
In early summer, with the snow still on the mountain and the greenery, Shimamura walks into a hot spring inn in the snow country.
The moment he stepped in, he was destined to have two people with completely different life trajectories, and from then on there was an intersection.
One is Shimamura, a dance art researcher born in downtown Jingdong.
He is a middle-aged man with a wife and children, and a rich second generation. He relied on his family's ancestral property to spend his days in the mountains and rivers, occasionally writing meaningless articles by reading the prints of Western dances, and became a concoction of life.
One is komako, an apprentice of a family of dancers who grew up in the snow country.
The 19-year-old Komako was sold to Tokyo as a maiko, and after being ransomed, she followed her master back to snow country.
In Snow Country, Komako is not a geisha, but she is sometimes called to attend some large banquets.
What kind of emotional story will a debauched man, a woman hovering on the edge of the wind and moon field, collide?
As soon as Shimamura arrived at the hot spring baths, he sent a maid to find a geisha.
But that day coincided with the completion of the new railway, and more than a dozen geisha in the village went to the scene, and the maid had to call the colt to meet the scene.
This may be the fateful encounter, and the people who will meet will eventually meet.
When Shimamura first saw Komako, she was surprisingly clean, even reminiscent of her toes.
Komako looked pure and beautiful, her delicate and straight nose bridge and small soft lips embedded in the white porcelain round face.
Shimamura is overwhelmed by Komako and feels that she is too innocent to be desecrated.
They began to chat, talking about the anecdotes and artistic styles of the actors, and they talked very happily, which made Shimamura unconsciously regard Komako as a friend.
Komagata, on the other hand, is impressed by the respect given by Shimamura.
Perhaps at that moment, she fell in love with this tourist from Tokyo.
Love comes wonderfully, sometimes just for a glance, sometimes just for a word.
The next day, after experiencing an episode in which Shimamura entrusts Komagiko to find a geisha, different emotions develop between them, and Shimamura confesses in his heart that what he really wants to find is Komako.
That same night, the drunken Komako came to Shimamura's residence, and she called out Shimamura's name affectionately and couldn't help but throw herself into Shimamura's arms.
After experiencing entanglement, Komako obeyed Shimamura, and they lingered all night.
In the early morning, Komako reluctantly left the hotel, and Shimamura returned to Tokyo on the same day.
Shimamura is a tourist in the Snow Country, which is destined to be a passer-by in Komako's life.
When a person falls in love with a passer-by in life, the only thing she can do is to watch him go, and then quietly wait for his next arrival, the desolation and suffering in her heart only she understands.
Reunion in a cold winter blizzard
The three most beautiful words in the world are just "false alarm", "lost and recovered", and "long-term reunion".
For the waiting Komagata, the reunion with Shimamura is the most beautiful thing in the world, but the reunion that Komako forgets means another parting.
After 199 days, Shimamura once again embarked on a train to Snow Country.
On the train, Shimamura could not remember the appearance of Komako, the woman who remembered by the touch of his fingers, and was destined not to enter his heart.
Just when he was bored, he slid his fingers casually on the glass window of the train, and the shadow of a young girl appeared in the mirror.
The girl's eyes shone with light, so beautiful that Shimamura's heart trembled, and Shimamura secretly looked at her through the mirror for a long time.
When he heard the girl's beautiful and almost mournful voice, Shimamura became intrigued by her.
It wasn't until later that Shimamura learned that this dream-like and charming girl was named Ye Zi, who was komako's fiancé Yuo's lover, and that she was accompanying Yuko to Tokyo to see a doctor.
A woman who remembers by the touch of his fingers, a girl who makes his heart flutter, Shimamura's heart has a different wave.
Perhaps, every man has the same longing for delicate red roses and pure white moonlight.
It was night when Komako saw Shimamura again, and outside the window was a cold night view, as if she could hear the sound of ice cracks in the depths of the entire frozen snow crust.
There is no moon, the sky is full of stars, and the stars are shining.
Komako looked at Shimamura in the distance and wanted to give Shimamura a big smile, but she almost cried because she was so excited.
The days of separation are very common for Shimamura, but for Komako, it is the torment of looking forward to the return of love, and it is also the torment before the suffering of life - Komako became a geisha in order to make money to treat the yogo.
This is a woman who is forced by life, but she lives tenaciously and earnestly.
She cleaned up the house that was broken like a cardboard box;
She began writing diaries and taking reading notes at the age of sixteen;
She practiced the sansel in the face of the empty valley, played it as well as the actors on the stage, and even the shimamura was conquered.
Once, Komako was practicing at Shimamura's residence, and a song called "Persuasion into the Tent" gave Shimamura a taste of Komako's superb piano skills and understood Komako's love for him.
But Shimamura thought to himself: Oh, how sad this woman is obsessed with me.
Shimamura has always believed that life is absurd and nothing, and that survival itself is a futile effort, let alone love.
But Komako doesn't care, she still loves Shimamura passionately.
Shimamura is returning to Tokyo, and Komako goes to the station to see him off.
At this time, Yuko was critically ill, and Yezi came to the station and begged Komako to go back to see Yukio for the last time, but Komako did not agree, and she insisted on sending Shimamura to the train.
She said to Shimamura, "I don't know if you're coming. ”
But in the face of such an answer, Shimamura developed a kind of disgust.
Komako's love for Shimamura is straightforward and hot, but Shimamura does not refuse or respond, and their end is already predestined.
In the presence of someone who does not love you, any effort is futile, and all affection is in vain.
Zhang Xiaoxian once said: The biggest shortcoming of a person is not selfishness, amorousness, barbarism, and willfulness, but paranoid love for a person who does not love himself.
Don't love someone who won't love you, don't wait for someone who has no results. When love is betrayed, learn to take back your love!
Parting after late autumn and early snow
Shimamura's third visit to snow country was in the late autumn.
Komako, who had been waiting for him for two years, did not blame Shimamura for his non-appointment, but told him, "If you can come and see me, once a year, for a period of four years."
The deeper the colt's love, the more humble it becomes.
As Zhang Ailing said: "If you love someone, you will put yourself very low and low, low to the dust, and blossom in the dust." ”
In order to let her beloved see the most beautiful self, Komako changes into a new banquet dress every time she goes to see Shimamura, until she borrows clothes from her friends.
In order to meet Shimamura, Komako risks being scolded by the treasurer and sneaks out of the banquet;
He will also go to the residence of the island village alone in the dark of the mountain road.
Even if there are many banquets to go to, Komako will appear in front of Shimamura at 3 a.m. and 7 a.m.
Later, the people in the village learned about their relationship and affected Komako's work, but Komako said indifferently, "It doesn't matter, I can do it anywhere." ”
Komako loves to forget herself, but it becomes a burden in Shimamura.
Perhaps, Shimamura has always been obsessed only with Komako's body, and what he really loves is the soul of Yezi.
After experiencing several brief encounters with Leaf, Shimamura has a deeper love for this fan-like girl.
One night before Shimamura was about to leave the snow country, Shimamura and Yezi had a long conversation.
Leaf said to Shimamura, "Sister Komagata is a good person, please treat her well." ”
But Shimamura rejected Leaf very directly, saying, "I can't do anything for her."
However, Leaf then asks Shimamura to take her back to Tokyo, but Shimamura agrees.
Shimamura was overwhelmed by Komako's delicate face, but never thought about what he was going to do for Komako, he just watched her wither quietly.
Wrongly loving a man who is not responsible may be a woman's greatest misfortune.
The hotter Komako's love, the more Shimamura wants to escape.
Shimamura's heart has already returned, and he is determined not to come to the snow country again.
The story ends with Leaf dying in a fire, and Shimamura fails to take Leaf, but takes away all of Komako's hope and love.
Not all waiting is worth it, not all people are worth loving, loving the wrong person, love is a real futility.
A beautiful and tragic love story ends here.
It leaves us with the feeling of snowflakes flying in front of our eyes, and at the same time we are lost.
Perhaps this corresponds to what the Japanese scholar Honju Nobunaga said: "In all kinds of human feelings, only bitterness, sorrow, sorrow, that is, all unsatisfactory things are the most touching." ”
I have heard the saying: "The greatest consumption in this world is nothing more than day after day, tired in things you don't like, trapped in people who don't deserve it." ”
Deeply believed!
Life is too short, don't waste the best years for people who are not worthy, and lose the most expensive self.
I remember Lin Yilian once sang in a song: The unique innocence and gentle talent of women should be left to those who truly love you. No matter how difficult the future is, he will accompany you to complete it.
Indeed, good is reserved for those who love you, and hearts are to be reserved for those who deserve it.
May you meet the man who deserves it, who understands that your heart is bitter, that it hurts you to the bone, that your love can withstand the years, that you can cross the years.