I always think consciously or unconsciously that there are three women in Taiwan who can represent Taiwan in the 1970s and 1980s: one is Teresa Teng, one is Lin Qingxia, and the other is Sanmao, Teresa Teng crossed the strait with song, Lin Qingxia used beauty to red all over Southeast Asia, and Sanmao infected generations of people with words. Some people say that Qiong Yao's works are more popular than Sanmao, and Zhu Gege is popular throughout Asia, but Qiong Yao's novels are twisty and bizarre, and some of them are no longer in line with the current values, which shows that his works have certain limitations. And Sanmao wrote his own footprints, sincere feelings, but also let me feel that I can represent Taiwan.
The three women have been wandering all their lives, traveling all over the world, Teresa Teng and Sanmao, who left early, only Lin Qingxia is still traveling in this world. They were all angels in heaven, and perhaps heaven remembered their songs and words before they were recalled early.
I have heard of Sanmao for a long time, and I have read several of her books on the shelves of my home before, one is "Walking Through Thousands of Rivers and Mountains", one is "The Story of the Sahara", and the other can't remember anything. At that time, it was only a cursory look, but the real reading of Sanmao was the time of the freshman year, and I accidentally got a copy of "The Story of the Sahara", which immediately made me fall in love with it, and I was ashamed to say that I had read this book for three years and had not finished reading it. Every time I watched a few stories, I put it on hold. After a long time, I read it again, and forgot the previous plot, so I read it from the beginning, so repeatedly, I didn't realize that the time of nearly three years had quietly passed. Every time I flip through it, I will find new details, and this reading makes me feel touched by Sanmao's sincere feelings hidden behind the words.
Sanmao is a woman with a strong personality, and her decision to live in the Sahara is enough to illustrate this point; Secondly, Sanmao is generous and never stingy. When living in the Sahara, they often gave their belongings to the local residents free of charge, and although the local residents took Sanmao's gift for grant, Sanmao was still willing to help them; Sanmao loves peace and is full of love. When she heard that the wars and killings that had taken place were filled with compassion and sympathy; Sanmao helps others for fun and helps the weak. She is upset about the suffering of the black slave, does her best to help him, blames herself for not being able to change his fate, and carries passengers in the desert for free; Sanmao loves life and knows how to appreciate. Sanmao decorated the dilapidated old house like a fairyland, and found such amazing works of art as stone carvings in the hands of the old man, which shows that Sanmao has all the good qualities of the Oriental: brave and wise, sincere to others, and know how to refuse to Chinese the beauty in the barren land of the Sahara with a glimmer of human brilliance in the dead air.
I think Sanmao is extremely happy in the days when Jose accompanies him, although there is some material poverty, but it can not hide Sanmao's spiritual happiness, this period is also a lively and flexible period of Sanmao's works, I don't know much about Sanmao, and I don't have the opportunity to meet this beautiful and elegant woman in person, but I can communicate with her from the words and lines.
Sanmao is like a strange flower in the desert, using love and kindness to exert the beauty of humanity in the desert to the extreme.