Wen 丨 Ma Ke
A leaf fell on the rain-soaked ground in Hangzhou's West Lake Broken Bridge scenic spot
When young men and women compete in the circle of friends to dry the "first cup of milk tea this autumn", the weather gradually begins to change from hot and unpleasant to refreshing and pleasant.
The season is already white dew, get up early in the morning and push open the window, the morning breeze is no longer as enthusiastic as in the past, and it is obviously cool. Autumn, really coming.
Colorful autumn
Autumn is the season with rich connotations among the four seasons, which not only makes people calm and relaxed, but also brings people rich colors and spiritual happiness. Female writer Zhang Ailing's "Sunny, breezy breeze, quiet months" is the most beautiful description of autumn.
Every autumn solstice, I like to set up tables, chairs and tea sets on a balcony with direct autumn light, find my favorite books, sit in the warm autumn sun thrown in from the window ledge and drink tea and read, or on rainy holidays to enjoy the ethereal sound of Bandery's music quietly listening to the rain and thinking about some long-ago things. In this calm and peaceful state of mind, all the tiredness and troubles are completely dissipated, and what remains in the heart is a good feeling.
Jogging in the autumn morning light is the way I have been exercising for many years. The kind of situation that breathes oxygen-filled air while observing the beautiful scenery in front of you gives people a powerful energy field and a positive spirit. Learning from the japanese writer Haruki Murakami's dedication and persistence in the autumn morning run, I once signed up for the Autumn Ring Marathon held in the city. Although it was only an amateur "half horse" (21 km) event, it did not achieve any ranking, but it was very gratifying.
When the increasingly cool autumn wind cuts through the turquoise carpet and a faint yellow gradually appears on the ground, it is also a pleasant thing to drive to the wild on autumn night to listen to the sound of insects. All kinds of insects compete to make sounds, and the sound of insects chirping one after another in the moonlight is connected far and near, intertwined into the rhythm of an autumn night. The cockroach is our childhood favorite autumn worm, often caught from corners or rubble and raised in transparent glass bottles, using its aggressive nature for fun. Fighting is not only a pleasure for children, but also adults come together in pairs to watch. Listening to grandpa, when he was young, after every autumn harvest, the local government also held a large-scale fighting cockroach competition, and the lovers of the ten miles and eight townships gathered together and brought their own clams to fight, and the scene was quite spectacular.
Warm autumn
For me, autumn is a warm and memorable time. Many major life events, such as stepping into college, going to work, publishing their debut novels, going abroad for the first time, switching from print media to television, and the birth of their daughters, all happen in the fall.
Especially in the mid-autumn of the year when her daughter was three years old, in order to instill a filial piety culture in her and guide her to inherit and carry forward the traditional virtues of respecting the elderly and loving the elderly, she specially bought gifts to take her into the nursing home to spend the festival with her grandparents, which made her deeply infected and educated. Since then, every Mid-Autumn Festival, which symbolizes family reunion, her daughter has taken the initiative to ask to visit the elderly in the nursing home.
Later, I took her to the elderly apartment to accompany the elderly on the Chongyang Festival, and insisted on sowing the seeds of love in her young soul in the way of words and deeds. Until the end of primary school, bringing gifts to accompany grandparents who can't go home for the Mid-Autumn Festival or Chongyang Festival has become our routine action for several years.
As my daughter grew older, the content of the visits changed year by year. From the initial nail clipping and back beating, to folding quilts to sweep the floor, to making holiday greeting cards for the elderly and singing and dancing performances, it has been warm and warm all the way.
The deepest impression is the Chongyang Festival before the graduation of primary school, the daughter made a good calculation early, took out her own pressure money and pocket money saved on weekdays, placed an order through the network platform, purchased a small gift for each elderly person, and personally made more than 20 holiday greeting cards to give to the elderly on the day of chongyang Festival, which was praised by grandparents and staff.
During the primary school period, my daughter was awarded honorary titles such as "Filial Piety Teenager" and "Grateful Star" by the school for her filial piety to the elderly, respect for teachers and help students, which became my warmest life memory in autumn.
Culinary autumn
Mr. Wang Zengqi is one of my most respected writers, and he said in an interview before his death that he loved autumn the most of the year. Turning over Wang Lao's works, you can see many articles related to Qiu. The essays "Faint Autumn Light" and "Fruits and Vegetables in Autumn" not only make people feel the beauty of autumn, but also arouse the fascination of foodies for autumn food.
Living in the countryside as a child, after autumn, the various fruits that ripen in the mountains become the biggest temptation for children. One year and my brother went with her mother to the school where she taught, and the hill behind the school was covered with tall chestnut trees, and in autumn, the mature chestnuts hung on the branches, and the thorny hairballs were yellowed in green, which was extremely attractive. After school, we often went under the trees to look for fruit falling from the exploded balls of thorns, and soon the brown-red chestnuts were able to fill both trouser pockets. In the evening, we step on the thin sunset, and as we walk, we bite open the sweet and full chestnut and chew slowly, and joy and happiness are born.
I also remember the memories of boiling sugar with wild fruit golden cherry blossoms (we locally call it prickly pear). Soak up the autumn sun, put thick gloves on a cluster of thorny curved branches to pick the thumb-sized red prickly pears, rub the small thorns on the grass with your feet and put them into the bamboo basket, go home to wash and mash them in a tightly sealed cloth bag, put them in a pot and boil them over low heat, you can boil the slimy sugar juice. Add two scoops of boiling water to give it a sweet taste throughout the fall.
Festive autumn
China is a big agricultural country, and peasant friends account for the largest proportion of our population. After the reform and opening up, especially since the Eighteenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China, China's agricultural output value has grown steadily, peasants' incomes have increased year by year, and the autumn harvest has become the happy season that peasants are most looking forward to.
With the approval of the Party Central Committee, since 2018, the annual autumn equinox day will be set up as the "Chinese Farmers' Harvest Festival", and thousands of farmers and friends will gather together under the organization of relevant departments to express their willingness to celebrate the harvest, promote culture and revitalize the countryside through a series of activities such as fruit display, food appreciation, picking experience, song and dance performance, which can be described as a Chinese agricultural carnival festival.
Long before the establishment of the Chinese Farmers' Harvest Festival, various ethnic groups had various forms of autumn harvest customs. The annual autumn rush is the most solemn festival for Miao compatriots. One is to celebrate the harvest, and the other is to create opportunities for young men and women to meet and love each other. On the day of the event, men, women and children put on festive costumes and gathered together in groups to perform folk performances such as going up the knife mountain, going down to the sea of fire, playing swings, blowing reeds and singing songs. At the end of the event, two prestigious people were selected by the crowd to dress up as "Autumn Old Man" and send them the blessings of a bumper harvest. I once participated in a Miao Autumn Festival in Xiangxi Autonomous Prefecture, which was rich and colorful, the scene was grand and spectacular, and the festive atmosphere was rich and warm, and it was very happy.
Autumn is a season full of emotions and stories, both like a poem and a song, bringing people infinite beauty and reverie in the cycle of the sun and the moon.
Source: Xinhua News Agency