Every year on April 22, Earth Day is celebrated. This year marks the 55th Earth Day. The initiation of Earth Day originated in the 70s of the last century in the United States, and the people's destruction and impact of industrial pollution on the earth's environment and living environment prompted the United States to adopt a series of measures conducive to the control of environmental pollution. Since then, the environmental protection movement has risen around the world, and since the 90s, Earth Day has become a global environmental protection activity around the world.
In fact, since ancient times, China has pursued the harmonious coexistence of man and nature, the ancient cold food solar term, is the forest to stop logging and ban fire, the Qingming solar term tree planting customs, in late spring all kinds of mountains and rivers to go green, are to educate and guide people to cherish and cherish nature.
The theme of Earth Day is to protect the natural environment and the environment in which human beings live and live. Especially in the period of industrialization, people's excessive demand for natural resources, carbon emissions increased, white pollution was serious, and the earth's temperature rose, causing a series of irreversible environmental problems and extreme climates.
When it comes to the global environment, there is a word called "nature".
So what does "natural" mean?
This is not a foreign word, but a high-level summary of the human living environment that originated in China.
Nature is the meaning of natural change with all things as the main body. This all things contain all kinds of objective environments in the universe, as well as the mental and psychological states of human beings in a period of peace. It is spontaneous and flowing.
The earliest text about "nature" is in the pre-Qin "Lao Tzu": "Man is the law of the earth, the earth is the law of the sky, the heaven is the Tao, and the Tao is the nature." ”
Although there are many interpretations of this sentence, the simple explanation is that people cultivate all things in spring and harvest in autumn according to the law of the land, while the land relies on the law of the sun and weather to grow all things, and the stars and climate in the sky must also have its certain laws. And that law was formed spontaneously from the vast natural universe.
Therefore, in ancient times, the Chinese's concept of nature was very broad and profound, believing that everything is running, and running is a non-human natural way, and there will be laws in the middle, but it is necessary to conform to this law, rather than deliberately change.
In fact, the "nature" in the eyes of the ancient Chinese is deeper and more vast than the current "nature". It encompasses the present "nature".
"E'e Dongyue is high, and Xiuji rushes to the sky.
The void in the middle of the rock, lonely and secluded.
Non-workman, non-craftsman, cloud structure is natural.
What is the object, so I have moved repeatedly.
The deceased will be in the house, and he can live all his life. "Eastern Jin Dynasty · Xie Daoyun "Taishan Yin"
Xie Daoyun is the female genius of the Jin Dynasty who used catkins to describe snow.
She's not just delicate and feminine. Take a look at this poem about the ascent of Mount Tai, it is hard for you to imagine that it was written by a woman.
The majestic Dongyue Mountain, with steep peaks, is like spring bamboo shoots and beautiful trees, piercing into the blue sky.
In the rock, you can see a natural house-like cave, which has been there for thousands of years, quiet and mysterious.
This is not a building made by craftsmen, but a naturally formed structure.
The house-like cave caught my eye and made me climb over the mountains to get closer to it.
As I walked, I wondered how satisfying and happy I would be for the rest of my life if I lived in such a place.
The "nature" here refers to the magnificence and depth of the cave's natural formation.
Human beings come out of the forests, mountains and forests, and the mountains and clear waters awaken the sense of ancient life that exists in the genes.
This woman from the Jin Dynasty actually thought of retiring here.
And the whole poem is atmospheric but focused. Facing the majestic mountains, this woman completely forgot her subordinate identity to human society, and felt the shock and closeness of nature in the posture of a person.
"There is no vulgar rhyme, and sex loves hills and mountains.
fell into the dust net by mistake and went for thirty years.
There is no dust in the courtyard, and there is spare time in the empty room.
After being in the cage for a long time, you can return to nature. "Eastern Jin Dynasty · Excerpt from Tao Qian's "Returning to the Garden and Pastoral Residence Five Songs".
Tao Yuanming was a native of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and when he was young, he went out to study, worked as a staff member, and also served as a magistrate such as Peng Zeling. But when he was forty years old, he decided to return to his hometown to farm. At that time, being a farmer was quite hard and hard.
But he loves the land, loves the mountains and rivers, and everything here smooths him in the world, of course, there will never be a chance to be promoted here. But he went the other way around.
He said that since he was a child, he could not adapt to the life of dealing with people in the city, because it was full of strife and uncertainty.
And his nature is to love the mountains and forests.
But because of his young courage, he mistakenly chose to work hard, and this road took 30 years. But he wasn't happy.
And now, his home is at the foot of Nanshan, which is spotlessly clean, although he is poor, he has a leisurely mood and time.
I feel like a bird that has been trapped in a cage for a long time, and now it is only returning to my own nature and freedom.
Then the nature in this poem, to a large extent, is the natural environment of his hometown, and this nature gives him the freedom and relaxation of his soul.
Tao Yuanming's nature is by no means to return to the mountains and forests to be a savage, but to be close to nature and enjoy the natural life of a mountain village.
What is his contribution to posterity?
First, it has given many officials a way out, that is, being a peasant is not a shameful and humble thing.
The second is to use natural scenery to arouse people's enthusiasm for mountains and rivers.
Third, many later generations of officials followed his example, emphasizing agriculture and building agriculture and forestry in their positions, and after retiring, they also attached importance to nature and agriculture.
It can be said that Tao Yuanming has always played an invisible leading role in the environmental protection work of future generations.
"The secluded green trees are covered with flowers, and the deafening spring plays the jade qin.
There is no need to draw silk and bamboo, and the natural landscape has a clear sound. "Late Yuan and early Ming · Sun Wei "Seventy-four Songs of Secluded Miscellaneous Songs"
This is a folk house built on the edge of the mountain.
On the edge of the house, there are faint green trees, which are lush like a giant canopy umbrella.
And next to the house, there is a spring that makes a natural sound.
Here, you don't need to sit in front of the gorgeous hall like in the city, listening to the silk and bamboo orchestra, because the natural landscape here emits the most beautiful natural sounds, which makes people immersed and quiet.
The nature in this poem has the beauty of natural landscapes, as well as the natural sound of wind and springs.
Although music is also created by human spiritual activities, its source is still to imitate and refine the sounds of nature.
When people are tired of the hustle and bustle of the city and the song and dance, and the natural world is precisely the best soothing.
It's Earth Day again. At present, human beings have only such a suitable planet to live, and everything on it is the environment for human survival and development. Human beings have distinguished themselves from nature and become an excellent species, and they cannot and cannot do anything that destroys their homeland. Then it is more necessary to protect the natural ecology and environment while developing.
Lucid waters and lush mountains are the real long-term gold and silver mountains.
Low-carbon life, greening the environment, and opposing environmental pollution start from everyone.
Hatsui Katsuyuki interprets the love and beauty in the poems for you. #春日生活打卡季#