Who is Puyi?

Adelle 2022-04-23 07:02:07

I originally wanted to finish this short review, but there were too many words, so I wrote a film review in a proper manner. Speaking of my fate with modern history, I have to start from the beginning of last semester, when I opened "Jinghua Yanyun" (another day I will seriously write a post-reading article). Then, on a whim, I went to Beijing to see Shichahai and Wangfu Garden. So I went, and I didn't find the legendary Wangfu Garden, and Shichahai was not the Shichahai at that time. When I went to the Forbidden City, I always remembered that the commentary talked about the Hall of Supreme Harmony, the largest of the three halls, where the last emperor of China's enthronement ceremony was held in this house. At that time, Puyi, who was only three years old, saw the ancient bell deafening, the pilgrimage of ten thousand ministers, and was so frightened that he cried loudly while sitting on the dragon chair. Puyi's father patted him on the shoulder to comfort him and said: It's over, it's almost over. Unexpectedly, the Qing Dynasty came to an end with thousands of years of feudal monarchy. Slightly speaking, it is nothing more than a hundred years ago, what happened here. Many people pin their curiosity about what happened in the past on time-travel novels in literature, but they are always fake, let alone remake TV series. The ancients were also human, and they were not necessarily so different from us today. Chinese people love scenes and pay attention to etiquette. It can be seen from the National Day military parade that it is not uncommon to prepare a grand ceremony with heart. This kind of historical reality is rarely photographed by Chinese people, but it was photographed by a foreigner 30 years ago. Although there is no extravagance, the so-called aesthetics of a sea of ​​people, but through the description of a few details, the atmosphere of the family is not angry and self-proclaimed. Didn't Puyi escape to Tianjin later? I also happened to go to Tianjin again shortly after my trip to Beijing. It is not difficult to imagine Puyi in the movie saying that he became a playboy in his twenties. Although he left the Forbidden City, I guess the place where he lived was the best place to live at that time. It has a single building, a small garden, and a functional room. Many appliances and decorations are Western-style. In the era of war and chaos, he can be at peace in one corner. I don't know whether to say he is lucky or not aware of it... Jingyuan said that Wenxiu left because of Wanrong's exclusion, but this scene in the movie is very poetic. Wenxiu rushed out of the gate, and the servant came out to deliver the umbrella. Wenxiu held the umbrella and took two steps. Suddenly, she seemed to realize something. She dropped the umbrella and took off her hat. : I don't need it, I don't need it! Wanrong Wanrong, speaking of Wanrong, I didn't even recognize it was played by Chen Chong at first. In Jingyuan, Wanrong is said to be vain and modern. In the movie, it is said that she hated the Japanese, and finally became crazy because of the Japanese. No matter what version it is, it is embarrassing for a beauty like Wanrong to have a bad life. In addition, I think that Chen Chong has dedicated her best acting skills and most beautiful years, and portrayed a melancholy last queen vividly. It's really beautiful... After writing so much, there are actually some things I wanted to say a long time ago. What impressed me the most about these two trips was that those figures in history were all real. Before the Jingyuan was protected, it was inhabited by several ordinary families. Historians were very distressed by their lack of cherishing of ancient cultural relics. But I think this is what time is originally, it itself will not change, for Puyi, for that ordinary family, living in the same house is actually the same. It's just that people often feel that those life experiences that can represent the process of human history are more precious than ordinary people who have been like a routine for tens of millions of years. But in my opinion, it would be equally wonderful to describe the life of any person in the same era. For other people, in the new China situation with such a one-month-one-year development rate, everyone will be at a loss, some are completely ignorant, and some are determined to do something for themselves. The authorities are naturally bewildered, and we bystanders will inevitably make some judgments from our own times when we return to the market. So time rolls like a snowball, wrapped in layers of new historical ice, advancing unquestionably. Therefore, it is better to travel ten thousand miles than to read ten thousand volumes of books. What you read in the book must be seen with your own eyes. The description of an individual's life is actually equally wonderful. For other people, in the new China situation with such a one-month-one-year development rate, everyone will be at a loss, some are completely ignorant, and some are determined to do something for themselves. The authorities are naturally bewildered, and we bystanders will inevitably make some judgments from our own times when we return to the market. So time rolls like a snowball, wrapped in layers of new historical ice, advancing unquestionably. Therefore, it is better to travel ten thousand miles than to read ten thousand volumes of books. What you read in the book must be seen with your own eyes. The description of an individual's life is actually equally wonderful. For other people, in the new China situation with such a one-month-one-year development rate, everyone will be at a loss, some are completely ignorant, and some are determined to do something for themselves. The authorities are naturally bewildered, and we bystanders will inevitably make some judgments from our own times when we return to the market. So time rolls like a snowball, wrapped in layers of new historical ice, advancing unquestionably. Therefore, it is better to travel ten thousand miles than to read ten thousand volumes of books. What you read in the book must be seen with your own eyes.

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  • Pu Yi, at 15: Is it true, Mr. Johnston, that many people out there have had their heads cut off?

    Reginald Fleming 'R.J.' Johnston: It is true, your majesty. Many heads have been chopped off. It does stop them thinking.

  • Reginald Fleming 'R.J.' Johnston: The Emperor has been a prisoner in his own palace since the day that he was crowned, and has remained a prisoner since he abdicated. But now he's growing up, he may wonder why he's the only person in China who may not walk out of his own front door. I think the Emperor is the loneliest boy on Earth.