Loach drill tofu style "alive": Fugui
Although the title of the film is called "Alive", but throughout the film are the deaths one after another. First, Fugui's father died, and when he was arrested and went to the battlefield, he came back and learned that his mother had passed away. He lost his son, his daughter died in the "Cultural Revolution", and at the end of the original book, his only grandson was choked to death by eating beans. Death connects Fugui's entire life and becomes one node after another on the timeline of his life. As written in the original book: people have died one by one in this story called living. After countless roller-coaster-like ups and downs, Fugui finally survived. He was not mentally ill, he did not seek death, and he did not complain about others. Nothing ever happened. Some people say that he is a kind of detachment, a kind of relief after suffering from human suffering; some people say that this is a kind of strength beyond ordinary people, fearless after seeing the vicissitudes of the world. In my opinion, this is just a kind of numbness after the extreme pain: a kind of numbness after being swallowed alive and cut by thousands of swords, he has felt too much pain, he has experienced a life full of hope in society After the collapse, he felt the rupture of the beautiful illusion of communism, and he suffered the shattering of the ideal after the hard work of the family, all of which extinguished the faint beating flames in his heart one by one, and the last remaining, only Darkness.
Throughout Fugui's life, there was a tragedy that made me think of a famous dish in my country: loach and tofu. Put the loach and the whole tofu in cold water and bring to a boil. As the water gradually heated up, the loach was so anxious that it had nowhere to hide in the hot soup, and burrowed into the cold tofu, but it still could not escape the fate of being cooked. Having lost everything in gambling, the desperate rich and noble were like a loach. He felt anxious, tormented, and painful in the hot water, and he didn't want to fall down like this. Abandoning the arrogance of the rich young master in the past, behind Long Er's seemingly "giving a man a fish is worse than teaching a man to fish", in fact, Long Er is the person in charge of this big dish, throwing Fugui into the pot. In this way, Fugui picked up the shadow puppet, thinking about relying on his own craftsmanship to support the whole family. He was looking forward to a brand new life, and the days that gradually improved were like the white and cold tofu in the pot. Fugui tried his best to drill. Go in, and after feeling a moment of comfort, you can't escape the real fight in the end. For Fugui, life is like a piece of tofu. It looks like a safe shelter, but in fact it is just a feast full of temptation.
Recalling what Fugui said to Chunsheng while standing outside the door in the film, "A human being is better than anything else when he is alive. We all climbed out of the pile of dead people. You can't seek death!". Indeed, Fugui practiced and spent his entire life to prove what he once said: a person is better than anything when he is alive. Yes, Fugui survived, but what's the point of his life? Some people say that the deepest reason is the traditional cultural character. Fugui endures suffering, and then resolves the suffering, and lives beyond the suffering. The life attitude of life will reveal the historical root of Fugui's life and the source of spiritual strength. Maybe it's because I don't have such a detached and noble soul, and I can't raise the life of this little person to such a high point of view. In my opinion, Fugui's immortality is just the tragic effect of the author's cruel layers of stories. If Fugui dies, the whole tragedy will be tragic, but at least it will come to an end; but Fugui is still alive, this tragedy will never end, after a comma is followed by a series of ellipsis, in a chapter The cruel reality of , another chapter is followed by unexpected blood and tears. If Fugui's life is a small poem, it can use various gorgeous words to describe the sufferings he has endured in his life, but in the writings of the original author Yu Hua, he is stunned to present a person's life in chapters. After suffering, there is still suffering. The existence of Fugui is the author's storytelling skills and the material for the director to make movies, but putting it in the context of the times is undoubtedly the deep sadness of the people at the bottom of China.
Drunk shrimp style "alive": Fengxia
If Fugui's tragic life can be blamed on his own self-inflicted guilt when he was young, then what did Fugui's daughter Fengxia do wrong? After many years away from home, the rich and noble returned home at night. In the darkness where there was no hope, he vaguely saw the little figure of his daughter Fengxia changing the thermos. Fugui ran over, "Fengxia! Fengxia! It's dad! Dad is back! Dad is back!" Fengxia recognized that it was her father, but she could only use her purest smile to give her the most sincere one In response, because of a high fever, she could no longer call out the word "Daddy". Fengxia in the film smiled very sweetly, but I couldn't help laughing at such a beautiful girl. In this smile, what I saw was the sadness and difficulty of a young girl. In that era of turmoil, the film did not focus on how much Fengxia suffered and suffered with her mother orphans and widows, but I could feel it completely from her thin figure. Witnessed that the family business was ruined by his father, forced to follow his mother back to his parents' home, bullied by other children, and then suffered a huge blow from the disease. Fengxia's pain is indescribable. She couldn't shout hoarsely, she couldn't complain bitterly, she could only smash the injustice of life into pieces and swallow it in her stomach. On the night when her father came back, the pure Fengxia was probably still looking forward to a gradual improvement in the future, just like an ordinary child. However, everything is beautiful. Fengxia's favorite younger brother died tragically in an accident. The film shows Fugui's heart-breaking, Jiazhen's ten thousand arrows piercing the heart, parents lost their children at an early age, and the white-haired person gave the black-haired one. People's pain is understandable, of course, but isn't Fengxia, the elder sister, uncomfortable? The film does not focus on the bad news of Fengxia losing her younger brother. This may be to echo Fengxia's own physical defects: deaf and mute, unable to speak, Fengxia's sadness is the pain of wanting to complain but unable to speak.
Yuan Mei's "Suiyuan Food List" also has a dish "drunk shrimp", which is called: "Pick up the shrimp with their shells in yellow wine, add clear sauce and rice vinegar to simmer them, and simmer them with a bowl. The shell is crispy.". Even Mr. Lu Xun was deeply impressed by it, and there are traces of "drunk shrimp" in "The Diary of Immediate Branch" and "Mr. Answer You Heng" - a plate of drunken shrimp is "alive" on the banquet, "Shrimp Yue Yue" The fresher it is, the happier the person who eats it will be.” I was surprised, isn't this little shrimp with no power to restrain the chicken exactly the Fengxia in the film? At the end of the film, Fengxia, who had been tricked by fate, met the honest and honest Erxi, and the two tied the knot. This huge turning point, which seems to have finally come to an end, is actually nothing more than immersing Fengxia, a small shrimp, in the alcohol. Fengxia is indulged in the beautiful illusion of alcohol. Fengxia's whole family, even the moviegoers, thought that the family's miserable fate had finally begun to develop in a good direction. Who knew that this little shrimp was destined to be the meal of fate. Fengxia, who was lying on the hospital bed at that time, was the shrimp paralyzed by alcohol. She saw infinite hope for the future: warm and harmonious old parents, considerate and honest husband, healthy and lovely children. Gradually, Fengxia didn't have time to struggle and flutter in the wine, her movements gradually became weak, and she died in a beautiful dream. The blood gushing out from the picture and Fengxia's terrified big eyes were frozen forever. Fengxia's life was buried in a pot of wine called despair, and she was gone forever.
Fried silkworm chrysalis-style "alive": Jiazhen
Home treasure, a family of thousands of gold, a rare treasure. This rich lady, who was born with good hopes, became a huge irony in this tragedy called "living": what a rare treasure, but a humble woman in the old society. For those who have seen the movie, some people feel sorry for Fengxia's poor life, some people feel sorry for Fugui's loss of her son at an early age, and some people feel worthless for Chunsheng's fragility, but few people will think of the heroine Jiazhen in the film. As an accessory of a man, this woman's ego is no longer important in that era. Three obedience and four virtues, husband and wife are the meaning of life given to this woman by the times. However, I saw another kind of beauty in her. After her husband's family situation was defeated, she chose not to leave, put away the squeamishness of the rich lady in the past, took up the housework, and took on the heavy burden of the family. After learning that Chunsheng's fault killed her son, she could still firmly say to the unthinkable Chunsheng, "Chunsheng, remember, you still owe our family a life! Yours is a good life!" How much pain, just imagine that only mothers who have really endured the pain of losing a child can experience it firsthand.
Jiazhen's life is very much like a traditional snack, fried silkworm chrysalis. Fried silkworm chrysalis has high nutritional value, and the method is simple but cruel: take the cocoon, cut it along the cocoon wall with scissors, take out the silkworm chrysalis, then put the wriggling silkworm chrysalis into the oil pan, fry until golden brown, and then eat.
This forbearance and strong woman has dedicated her great years and her whole life. The meaning of her life is not for herself. From beginning to end, she lives for her husband, for her children, and for this family. She spent most of her life spitting out all the silk threads all over her body. She didn't seek glory or wealth. What she wanted was to live a good life in peace and stability. her home, but fate raised a pair of bright scissors and stabbed at her safe haven. The chrysalis that broke out of the silkworm cocoon squirmed hard, just like a hoarse family treasure, she roared and shouted, why did she take away my happiness! But no one could hear her, she was just a woman, she was too humble. Jiazhen could vaguely hear a surging sound, it became louder and louder, and finally began to boil. The oil pan kept bubbling, and after it had fully contacted the air, it groaned. Jiazhen didn't have time to resist, She was thrown in. At that moment, countless pictures flashed in Jiazhen's eyes. She saw You Qing lying motionless in a pool of blood, and Feng Xia lying on the hospital bed with a pale face, calling weakly, "Help me." I", seeing myself begging for fullness and persuading my husband to quit gambling... With the sound of a thorn, everything turned into smoke. Jiazhen was originally the precious life of a young lady, but after seeing all the suffering in the world, she lost her beautiful face, and her slender figure has long been replaced by a pair of rough hands. Jiazhen was lying on the dining table, and before she could fly out to see the beautiful world she should have, she was blown away by the cruel reality. The shell of this fried silkworm chrysalis is crisp and golden, and the juice is overflowing when you bite into it. When you taste it carefully, it has a bitter taste, which is the bitterness of Jiazhen.
Under the background of the film "Alive", everyone is the meal of fate. People's simple and simple lives are mixed with all kinds of suffering. People living at the bottom of society can only be slaughtered. No matter how intense the sadness will fade over time, no matter how heavy the emotion will be numb with repeated cycles. Born as a human being, this may be the sadness of "Alive", and it is also the sadness of living.
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