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Have you imagined what a strange world would be like behind a deep, cold tunnel in front of you?
Is it as idyllic and joyful as the peach blossom garden written by the poet Tao Yuanming, or as dreamy and vivid as the fairyland where the young girl Alice sleepwalks?
In the Japanese animated film Spirited Away, Chihiro Ogino, a ten-year-old girl, shows us another possibility.
After crossing that long dark tunnel, what awaits us may be the greed of human nature, the cruel growth, and the lost and regained self.
This fairy tale adventure of the young girl Chihiro originated from a lost way.
On the way to move, the Chihiro family crossed a deep tunnel to a strange town.
In this town, there are flowery houses and a variety of delicacies, chihiro's parents can't resist the temptation of food, and after a delicious feast, they turn into two ugly pigs.
In order to save her parents, Chihiro, with the help of Hakuryu, Grandpa Boiler and the female worker Xiaoling, comes to the room of the owner of the soup house, the witch Tang Mother-in-law, to seek a job.
Grandma Tang is the master of this strange world, she is in charge of the fate of all people, and has the absolute right to speak.
At Chihiro's insistence, Grandma Tang gave her a job, but when she signed the contract, she took her name off. Since then, Chihiro Hagino has become Chihiro Kochi.
In that strange world, Chihiro almost really forgot her original name, it was The White Dragon who secretly gave her clothes in the real world,
She found a card given to her by her classmates in her clothes, and on that card, her real name was written on it, Chihiro.
The witch Tang Po controlled others by taking away her name, and if she forgot her name in this world, she would never find her way home again.
Chihiro takes her name deeply into her heart, doing the dirtiest and most tiring work in a soup house full of desire and greed, and overnight, she changes from a girl who likes to spoil herself to a brave and tough girl.
She cares for the lonely faceless man, bathes the tainted river god, and helps the white dragon escape the evil magic control.
In a person's goodwill, there is the greatest blessing in the world.
It is precisely because Chihiro has always maintained the original innocence and kindness of human nature, so she finally rescued her parents and harvested the purest love.
In the movie, Xiao Qian is a shadow of being troubled by the world, and Chihiro is the real self.
Each of us has actually faced such a choice, to be Xiaoqian or to be Chihiro. To be Xiao Qian, you have to live with the tide, and to be Chihiro, it is inevitable to bear the pain of waking up.
And a person's most precious qualities are to maintain the greatest goodwill in the face of adversity, to keep the original innocence, and to live out the most authentic self.
In the world of Yuya, Hakuryu is the best guardian of the maiden Chihiro.
Bai Long had long forgotten his true identity, he didn't know his name, he didn't know where he came from, he didn't even know what kind of life he wanted.
He had already signed a contract with the witch Tang Baobao, she taught him magic, and he was driven by her.
In order to learn magic, Bai Long did many bad things, including secretly stealing the magic seal of Grandma Tang's twin sister, Grandma Qian.
However, he retained fervent kindness to Chihiro from beginning to end, because he felt that he had known her very early.
He secretly teaches her how to work with the domineering Tang mother-in-law, takes her to see her parents who have been turned into pigs, and comforts her in the flower field and cries with her.
With his help, Chihiro gradually changes from a squeamish little girl to a girl who dares to take responsibility.
Hakuryu is seriously injured while stealing the magic seal, but Chihiro saves him with kami maruko, destroys his magic contract with Grandma Tang, and personally takes a tram to apologize to Grandma Qian, which makes Hakuro forgive.
At the end of the film, when Chihiro is flying in the air on the back of the white dragon, she suddenly remembers the events of many years ago.
Chihiro was still very young, and once fell into a river called Amber River to pick up his shoes, but the river god of Amber River saved him, and The White Dragon was the kind river god.
The White Dragon also remembered his name, Lord Amber.
After a thousand turns, he finally remembered the way home.
The best relationship in the world is mutual achievement.
Chihiro and Hakuryu, who have achieved and redeemed each other with the most sincere emotions, have finally gained a new life in the cruel and strange world.
The White Dragon is actually like most people in this world.
We have been confused and depressed for the desires in our hearts, and even lost ourselves, but there are many people around us who love us and who love us deeply, and they have never given up on us.
After experiencing struggle and pain, we still remember what it was like.
In the movie, there is also a faceless man who always follows Chihiro.
The faceless man was dressed in a black robe, he could not speak without expression, and he was a silent and dispensable person. His lonely figure seemed to tell that no one in this world had ever given him warmth and kindness.
So when chihiro, who was enthusiastic and sincere, opened a door for him on a rainy night because he was afraid of catching a cold, the door of his heart also collapsed in an instant.
He quietly followed Chihiro all the way, carefully currying favor with her.
He found that in this cruel and strange world, everyone liked gold, so he used magic to conjure up countless golden beans, which attracted the courtesy and flattery of the entire soup house.
They put on their costumes and sang and danced for him, scrambling to offer the food, and served him with all their hearts in order to share a golden bean.
The faceless man uses gold to please Chihiro, but the innocent Chihiro only wants to save his friend.
The faceless man became angry and began a frenzied cannibalistic revenge, making the soup house a mess. Chihiro, the girl who dared to take responsibility, stepped forward and saved Yuya.
The soup house is like a castle with magic, which will turn the simple and pure soul into greed, and after leaving the strange soup house, the faceless man finally returns to his original peace and goodwill.
He followed Chihiro to Grandma Qian's simple but warm cabin, where he spun threads, weaves, and does handicraft work like a decent, which makes people feel quiet and beautiful.
Perhaps, this is the best fate of the faceless man, and it is also the best state he pursues.
In the soup house, he was not happy despite all his hospitality, while in the cabin he was at ease and at peace, and found his true self.
Everyone is looking for flowers and cooking oil, but the brilliance of the flowers and the redness of the flames sometimes inevitably burn a person's original simplicity and kindness.
Perhaps after washing the lead, we can understand that the original peace of mind will make the body comfortable.
The faceless man is actually a mirror, and he reflects the distance between the world and the ideal.
In the midst of worldly distractions, we rejoice and be lonely, and under the candlelight of ideals, we are weaving a sweater called the initial heart. This sweater is the best thing to resist the wind and rain in the world.
In fact, at the end of the movie, everyone finds the most authentic self and hears the deepest voice in their hearts, which is the power of human nature.
Grandpa Boiler will find that the original horrible appearance cannot hide his original kindness;
Chihiro's good friend Xiaoling will find that she is actually a good girl with a knife mouth and a tofu heart;
The fierce witch Tang Grandma finally understood that the child was her biggest weakness at the moment when the baby disappeared;
And her fat baby is also surprised to know that the outside world is really wonderful, and he can also bravely come out.
"Spirited Away" is actually a film about growth, about human nature, about finding oneself, it is not only a fairy tale for children, but also a gift for adults.
All our lives, we are looking for the truest version of ourselves.
Through the dark tunnel that is deep and windy, and we can hear the wind and rain whimpering, the scenery we most want to encounter is actually the innocent and kind self.
Because that's the best thing we can look like in our life.
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Qingqing, columnist, ten-point reading contract author. Author of the new book "Live a wonderful person, and then fall in love with the world", Weibo @ craftsman Jing Pi Qingqing, public number: Qingqing de Sun Island (ID: qqdtyd). This article was first published at Ten Point Reading (ID: duhaoshu), a national reading number subscribed by more than 29 million people, reprinted, please reply to "reprint" in the background.
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