"Young Travels one inch of love": To the eternal jianghu teenager

Author: Wang Yuxuan

In June this year, "Youth Tour One Inch Acacia" (hereinafter referred to as "Youth Tour") was launched, and it received a rating of 8.1 in Douban, which is a fairly excellent score in recent years of domestic martial arts dramas. The natural performance, the exquisite and appropriate obedience to the plot, the excellent picture composition and camera texture, the sincere and touching lines, coupled with the very colorful character shaping, all together ensure the success of this work.

Of course, "Youth Tour" is not without shortcomings, the logic of the story line is not so rigorous, especially when the complex court struggle is involved in the later stage, the design of the power plot is too simple and ideal, the structure is too large, so that the story is slightly conceptual, and there are some delays in the plot rhythm. But the characterization is really good, especially worth mentioning. The core intention of the play is that teenagers, although they are in the double whirlpool of rivers and lakes and court, they still maintain courage, gentleness, purity and beauty. A group of teenage protagonists in the story, each with unforgettable charm.

Poster of the TV series "Boy Swim One Inch Acacia"

The male protagonist Zuo Qingci, before the age of 12, was the only son of Jing'an Hou, the young marshal of the Jingbei Army, who was poisoned by Huang Quan at the age of 12, and has since become the lord of Fangwai Valley. His greatest wish is to take his beloved girl Su Yunluo and his little apprentice Bai Mo to the mountains and rivers, practice medicine in all directions, and hang pots to save the world, and only collect ten yuan for the consultation fee. However, seeing that the powerful ministers were in charge, the royal family was weakening, and the country would not be a country, Zuo Qingci could only sacrifice his life to save the world. He does not know martial arts, nor does he have the power, he can only plan and calculate, toss and turn, and then suppress everything, and gamble on people's hearts and human nature again and again.

This handsome and handsome young man dressed in coarse cloth and white clothes personally triggered the poison of huangquan in his body, the medicine stone was untreated, the sick bones were fragmented, and he used the last bit of strength to seek a world peace. His life was obviously so short and he had nothing, but he was always saving others and saving the world. No one ever forced him to do this, he just chose it himself. But Zuo Qingci was not a perfect saint, and he would also be afraid and resentful. He pushed the cloud drop away again and again, not only because he did not want to involve the cloud fall into danger, but also because as long as the cloud fell around, he would be afraid of death and would be soft on himself.

After Jing'an Hou was arrested, Zuo Qingci once asked Yunluo: "The Jingbei Army is in danger, the Guzi army is oppressive, and it seems that there will be war and chaos, why are those who walk on the street still so happy and so carefree?" When he said these words, there was probably a moment in his heart that he hated this bustling and noisy human world that would have nothing to do with him in the end. Such fear and resentment made Zuo Qingci more like an ordinary person with fresh flesh and blood. When he carries these fears, sorrows, and nostalgia for the world, he walks without hesitation to the path of his chosen death, which is even more lamentable and admirable.

Yin Changge, who was born in zhengyang palace, has good qualities such as innocence, integrity, purity, tolerance, and honesty. He is clear about right and wrong, but he is not extreme and stubborn, and he does not have the slightest Taoist temperament. Facing Zhu Wei, who was born from the Blood Wing Divine Sect (Demon Sect), he did not have the slightest prejudice. If Zuo Qingci is more likely to see the desires and obsessions in human nature, then Yin Changge is the person who can find beauty and light the most. As Zhu Wei said, Yin Changge is the sun, and as long as he is around him, he can't feel the darkness.

Shen Manqing, who was also from the Zhengyang Palace, had many similarities with Yin Changge. She grew up in the martial arts sect, and her master was the leader of the Wu League. The rivers and lakes under the rule of the Wu League are peaceful and orderly, and there are also masters in the Zhengyang Palace who protect and love them. They grew up in a happy era when all the bloody storms were sealed, and they grew up in a fairytale-like gentle world, just like Shen Manqing said, she once thought that the life and death in the rivers and lakes were all made up in the words to deceive people. They really believe in justice and chivalry, and believe in sacrificing their lives for righteousness and that evil does not prevail over righteousness. They are simple but not cowardly, gentle and strong.

Until one day, they suddenly discovered that the order of the martial arts was based on countless conspiracies, massacres and deceptions, and that their beloved master was an executioner in a blood debt. The original fairy tale collapsed overnight, but they are still young people with no regrets, who will not be swayed by hatred and can always make the right choice. They firmly stand on the side of the innocent, the wronged, the weak, and the dead, and do not forget their grace and righteousness, and do not waste their youth.

The female characters in "Youth Tour", such as Shen Manqing, Su Yunluo, Xie Jiang'er, and Mu Pi, are all crisp and neat jianghu heroines, who carry their own responsibilities and want to fight for themselves, and with their favorite people will ask him "I like you, do you marry me." As women, they are not an appendage of anyone; as chivalrous guests, they have the courage to lose no one. This is also the very outstanding place of "Youth Tour", young heroines are no longer just the object of male admiration and protection, they have their own radiance.

If tragedy is to destroy the most beautiful things for people to see, then "Youth Tour" is undoubtedly a tragedy, the best teenagers will always stay in their double decade, only Shen Manqing and Wen Siyuan survived, carrying the future of wulin on their backs. But "Youth Tour" is not a complete tragedy, because whether it is life or death, the original teenagers are still the same as they were, they are always pure as a child, brilliant as the sun, and people can't help but believe that the once dark and bloody world will eventually become full of hope because of their existence.

Xie Jiang'er wrote in his suicide note: Although this life is short, it is no regret to see mountains and rivers, to know close friends, and to love.

Sincerely, to the eternal jianghu youth.

(The author is an assistant researcher at the China Academy of Arts)

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