Dahe Daily Yu video reporter Zhang Jingjing
Returning to his hometown of Henan, Liang Hong once again talked about the significance of his hometown and writing.
Liang Hong said that people are particularly prone to a sense of wandering, but hometown will give people a sense of stability, which is an innate desire of people, which will make up for the lack of emotion in the moment.
"Through the footprints of a single person, how he came from the countryside to the city, or how he returned from the city to the countryside, to a certain extent, we will have a perceptual and general understanding of this era. ”
After the publication of "China in Liangzhuang" and "The Story of Liangzhuang", Liang Hong's name became more and more familiar. Set in her hometown of Liangzhuang, she writes about the current situation of rural China and peasants, making her a representative writer in the field of non-fiction.
On April 21, Liang Hong and writer Li Qingyuan visited Zhengzhou Zhongyuan Book Building, and shared their reading experiences with Yang Li, vice president of Henan Literature and Art Publishing House, and many readers.
Don't be superstitious about book lists, don't be superstitious about "everyone"
Writer Li Qingyuan's writing was once commented by Liang Hong as "the language peak is sharp and sharp, but he has a deep understanding of the world's tolerance, and has an extremely accurate grasp of human nature in social changes and historical situations."
He observes the phenomenon of "buying books" and "reading" among readers today:
"The doctor sees a patient and feels that the judgment is very accurate, and the medication is accurate, but after a while, the patient calls you and says that the doctor's medicine is useless. You ask him, how did you eat it? He said I didn't eat it. A lot of people are like this, I bought the medicine back, even if I took it. I buy books and put them at home, even if I read them."
Medicine is similar to books, of course, medicine cannot be eaten indiscriminately, and books cannot be read indiscriminately.
Li Qingyuan believes that everyone says that reading makes people wise. There is also a saying that it is better to believe in books than to have no books at all, and many books will not only not make you wise, but may also make people stupid.
Qian Zhongshu once said that when people are illiterate, they will be in the hands of people, and when they are literate, they will be in the hands of publications. With so many books in front of us, reading books becomes a stroke of luck. If you're lucky enough to find a good list, you've read a batch of good books that make you richer, and if you're unlucky, you'll probably fall into the pit. ”
In terms of reading, Li Qingyuan laughed and said that he was a "mean" person, "I am more picky in reading, this is a bad problem, easy to find faults, especially common sense mistakes." I couldn't stand reading the book and suddenly a very low-level common sense mistake appeared. "Books by some famous writers have similar mistakes, which makes it difficult for him to understand and accept.
"How to read and how to read effectively is a proposition worth discussing. Li Qingyuan said, do not be superstitious about everyone, do not be superstitious about experts, and do not be superstitious about lists. Reading is to establish a way of thinking through thinking, and to have the ability to discern, in order to enlighten oneself.
Li Qingyuan
"The meaning of writing is more about completing the individual"
In the vast sea of books, Liang Hong occasionally feels tired of being a professional writer:
"There are so many books in ancient and modern times, Chinese and foreign, you can never finish reading, not inferior to you, but what is the meaning of what you write? In addition to earning manuscript fees. ”
"Of course, it is very important to earn manuscript fees, and if we want to survive, manuscript fees are a huge driving force. ”
But on the other hand, Liang Hong believes that the meaning of writing is more about "completing the individual". There is not so much lofty social significance, she is more in the fulfillment of personal spiritual needs, "I especially want to write, if I don't write Liangzhuang, I feel that I can't get by in those years, I will write."
And now, there are always publishers to urge, and she just happens to have themes to write, "I originally wanted to be lazy and didn't want to write, but then the publisher felt that the writing seemed to be quite good, and I was quite satisfied." ”
Therefore, being able to express something that you want to express is also the reason for writing down.
"—but don't make garbage. We really need to make a little less garbage. ”
How can you tell if it's garbage?
"I can only say that for myself, as an adult with a little intellectual education, I did not fool myself in the first place, and I was worthy of my conscience. If it's foolish, publishes a book for the sake of publishing a book, publishes a book for the sake of winning an award, publishes a book for the sake of earning some manuscript fees, writes to cater to something, and doesn't have a little mental drive, then it's definitely rubbish. Even if you win a prize, it's rubbish. ”
Li Qingyuan added that in addition to being worthy of oneself and expressing one's own perception of the world and understanding of people, one should be more worthy of readers.
"Write it out, print it out, put it on the market, others see it, don't make people feel like a waste of money and time. ”
Liang Hong believes that "not making garbage" requires the joint efforts of the whole society, the author must write a good book, the publishing house must publish a good book, and the publicity work must be responsible for the book.
Liang Hong
Reading is an ability that needs to be cultivated over a long period of time
At the dialogue scene, some readers wanted Liang Hong to share his book list.
She said that there are so many good books that she feels that her book list is not easy to share. "Because my book list is not necessarily your book list. But no matter what, the classics that have been sifted through history and time will never waste time. ”
"You can't ask readers to discern whether a book is good or bad before they buy it. With all the hype, sometimes buying a book is actually an adventure. ”
She believes that if you have limited time, you can still choose classic books, whether it is history, sociology, anthropology, or literature.
Reading is an ability, and it needs to be cultivated over a long period of time. "It's not that it's okay to be recommended and fed to you, and that's never good to read. After a long period of systematic reading, you will know that there are good books on literature, history, and aesthetics, and finally you will have the basic ability to distinguish them. ”
"It's like often eating a finely cooked dish, and then seeing a coarse dish, I naturally feel that the dish is not delicious. ”
Liang Hong believes that reading is great on a daily basis, and its premise is to really train reading, and reading takes time, and there is no shortcut. "Without long-term reading, it is impossible to have the ability to appreciate complex language and aesthetic ability, and it is impossible to receive complex information."
Regarding the dispute between e-books and paper books, Liang Hong believes that there is no high or low reading.
"A lot of young people like e-reading more than my age, and that's normal because they grew up with electronics, and e-books are more closely related to them. Maybe for me as an old man, when I hold a book, I feel closer to the author's mental space, and it allows me to think more, because my experience as a child was reading books. Each has its own love, and there is no superiority or inferiority. ”
According to reports, the event was hosted by Zhongyuan Publishing and Media Group and Zhongyuan Dadi Media Co., Ltd., and undertaken by Henan Literature and Art Publishing House and Henan Xinhua Bookstore. In the "Most Beautiful April Day" reading season, Xinhua Bookstore has carried out a series of activities to promote the widespread participation of the whole society in reading, forming a strong atmosphere of loving reading, reading good books, and being good at reading.
Source: Dahe Daily Yu Video Editor: Liu Huijie