After watching the movie "The Green Knight":
The visual picture of the movie "The Green Knight" is very charming, like entering a magical world. This is the release of perceptual aesthetics. With the assistance of the soundtrack, it is more like a journey to another world, as if returning to the period of the European Renaissance. . Visual art is also a way of expression in movies. Like Hu Jinquan's old movie "Empty Mountain and Spiritual Rain", it feels like a landscape painting, like a fairyland isolated from the world, allowing the audience to have a panoramic view. The movie "The Green Knight" is an adaptation of "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight". The original book is a collection of poems. It is said that one Christmas, at the banquet in King Arthur's palace, a green knight suddenly came to King Arthur's side. The Knights of the Round Table raised a challenge. The rules of the challenge were whoever cut off the head of the green knight, and after a year, the green knight should return him with an axe and cut off the opponent's head. Gawain accepted such a challenge and cut off the head of the green knight, only to see that the opponent's body did not fall to the ground, but picked up his own head, mounted his horse, and galloped away miraculously, returning to his own. Green Church. A year later, Gawain was also ready to go, fulfilled his promise, went to the Green Church at the agreed location, and accepted the green knight's reply.
The knights of the round table in the movie did not dare to accept the challenge of the green knight, but Gawain accepted it on a whim. Gawain in the movie is not like a knight. , to be treated like aristocrats. Gawain's mother was also a witch, and he was very worried about his son's malaise, so he brought a letter to the green knight, and the green knight appeared at the king's banquet and challenged the game of beheading. Gawain had always been despised by the king. This time, in order to prove that he was also worthy of being a knight, he mustered up the courage to accept the challenge, which surprised the king, but since Gawain had already spoken, he could only accept this reality. The mother gave the son a belt and told him that he could turn a bad luck into a lucky one. . A fox followed on the road, it walked with Gawain, and finally tried to take away Gawain's belt. Gawain jumped into the river bottom for the Holy Maiden and picked up her head, a skull. In the castle, he saw that his wife and his girlfriend looked very similar, and he couldn't control each other's frequent hooking up.
Gawain finally saw the green knight on Christmas Day on the agreed day, but the fear of death kept him from accepting the beheading and dodged. The green knight was also very patient. When Gawain was meditating, he seemed to see his future, broke his promise, fled back from the green church, then inherited the throne, and finally abandoned his girlfriend to find a new love. Gawain seems to have been inspired, these future misfortunes are all because of his own perfidy, lack of integrity, lack of grace, lack of compassion, without which he will never become a true knight in his life. After Gawain realized his own inadequacy, he tore off his belt and gladly accepted the green knight's beheading. The green knight also saw the true honor of the knight from Gawain's death-like expression, and the axe did not cut down in the end. Because these games are all the training of Gawain by his mother, in order to make him mature, he can take on great responsibilities in the future.
The real chivalry is to help the king to make contributions, to ensure the safety of one party's water and soil, and to maintain the honor and dignity of the king. These are also the honor and mission of knights. In addition to these forces, chivalry is also reflected in the aspects of life, such as courage, quality, and self-cultivation. If they don't believe what they say, or if they are despicable and shameless, confuse right and wrong, help the tyrants, and show timidity in the face of serious accidents, such people cannot become real knights. Without these trainings, Gawain would not have the final consciousness. He is different from Don Quixote. Don Quixote is the descendant of the fallen knight. At least he has some chivalry spirit. Find fertile ground and opportunities for knights. Gawain started out as a cripple who eats and drinks, but relies on his relationship with the king, belongs to the royal family, does not have any knightly talent, doesn't know how to be a man, and doesn't know any skills in horse riding, archery, or sword drawing. . The spirit of chivalry in the West is very similar to the spirit of Chinese Confucian scholars. They both attach importance to the world and the country. Confucianism teaches that the Qi family governs the country and the world. The pre-Qin scholars are also very persistent. The era of slaying and not humiliating. The ancient Chinese also respected those who were virtuous, and Confucian culture has always advocated benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and trustworthiness. For example, in terms of integrity, there is a saying that "getting a hundred gold is worse than getting a promise." The ancient knight civilization in Europe has declined, and our Confucian culture The same is also in decline, with more perishing than the West.
Don Quixote seems to be a joke, similar to Yukio Mishima, at least they want to revive a primitive faith and honor, which is also a responsibility and mission. Many of us now only care about the quality of our own food and clothing, and are very indifferent to spiritual and moral things, and have always sneered at or even dismissed ancient civilizations. Without the nurturing and exploration of ancient culture, how could we have what we are now, just like a person without parents, how can you be born? The people of today are really not as good as the ancients in terms of life, and they are generally intriguing. Japan and South Korea have brought the Chinese civilization into full play. Many Chinese people don’t take it for granted, but they don’t admit that they are lacking in culture. Imagine the nobility and superiority of these people. If Kong Yiji was born in the Western Han Dynasty, he would be regarded as a Confucian sect of the Han family if he was born in the Western Han Dynasty. If Li Qingzhao was born now, there are many nobles who want to play unspoken rules on her. If Li Bai was born today, Many people will think that his brain is abnormal. The Western Renaissance succeeded because they accepted their own civilization and accepted all the skeptical and critical spirits. The reason why our Renaissance failed, or has never been revived at all, is because we have not yet dared to accept our own civilization. (August 2021)
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