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heat, the steam rising from the Ebro River spread over the vines on the vast plain Plants, a few people with sticks and sticks trudged through the vineyards with large bags on their backs, and the occasional breeze inspired these ascetics, while the huge iron plate of the bull on the distant mountains remained motionless.
They have to stick to the 30-kilometer daily hiking target. In northern Spain in June, even as the guide book said, "Wildflowers are all over the ground, and the endless crops have turned from green to golden", but in my eyes, this scene is actually quite boring, flattening the green of the vines, the sky The blue of the twilight, the golden yellow watered at dusk, in the dry season of nowhere to escape, are but hypnotic colors.
On the facade of the Logroño Church of Santiago, stands the 17th-century sculpture "Santiago the Moorish Killer", and the infantry below it is cutting down the mountains in front of it. What the sculpture reflects is a 10th-century legend about the resurrection of "Santiago on a white horse, commanding the Christian army to march south", which indeed played a huge role as a psychostimulant in the Spanish movement to regain lost territories. Backpackers who took Logrono as a stop on the pilgrimage route stood in line, waiting for the relevant personnel in the church to stamp their special "pilgrimage passport".
Logrono is just an ordinary stop in the most famous "French Road" in the "Santiago Pilgrimage Route". As a heartless and unbelieving traveler, I am here because I want to taste the local area. Wines with different terroirs. And the saint James the Greater that the pilgrims are looking for is just a famous person to me, a big person like God and Jesus. It would be nice to get to know him someday, even if we don’t meet in this life, it doesn’t matter. Even for the pilgrims with their 70-liter backpacks, the church was more of a place to rest, and I didn't notice anyone seriously admiring the painting on the wall about Jacob's dispute with the evil wizard Ermogenes. Perhaps, they are all juvenile pi, with the tiger of faith, Richard Parker, hidden in their hearts, but at this moment, they are not tired enough, not thrilling enough, not close enough to the end, so for the time being, they can only rely on science Development concept, step by step according to the strategy to reasonably arrange physical strength and work and rest.
"Buen camino! (Pilgrimage to the wind)", after stepping out of the church, those who continued on the road and those who stayed to rest greeted each other, the most frequently heard and warmest greetings on the road to Santiago.
Europe was born on the pilgrimage route
They are just like me, but backpackers that you can easily meet anywhere in the world but do not know well, but their upcoming destination - Santiago de Compostela The cathedral, and any road leading to this destination, has become the most famous pilgrimage route in the world due to the thousands of years of trekking from believers to hiking enthusiasts. Goethe even believed that "Europe is leading was born on the pilgrimage to Santiago".
The fisherman Jacob, the legendary first disciple of Jesus, was beheaded by King Herod after returning to Jerusalem from the Iberian Peninsula in AD 44. Followers ventured to transport his body to Santiago de Compostela (Santiago for short, also the Spanish pronunciation of St. James), where he once preached. In 813 AD, the hermit Pelayo used starlight and angel voices to find him. Back to this almost forgotten Eucharist. In the era of the Crusades, not many people could make pilgrimages to Jerusalem and Rome, so the Pope and the various countries decided to open up Santiago as a new pilgrimage destination. During the centuries of fierce battles between Spain and the Moors on the peninsula, Catholicism kept Santiago and its surrounding territory, and further stimulated the development of the Restoration Movement. During the Reformation and the decline of the Spanish Empire, the pilgrimage route was gradually forgotten until 1987, when the Spanish government, especially the government of Galicia, decided to re-open the route to Santiago.
You can make a pilgrimage from Portugal, from the UK, from Madrid, from Rome via different water or land routes, but the most well-built tour with the largest number of walking people is only the 800-kilometer “Road to France”. Whether walking on country dirt roads, secondary roads, or occasionally on sidewalks, you can see prominent yellow road signs along the way, as well as scallop and pole markings left by predecessors.
In the church in the small town of Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port on the French side of the border, pilgrims will receive a "pilgrimage passport", after which, whether you flee after a day's walk, or slow down through a few months After walking slowly, every time I passed a town church or a board and lodging place on the way, an official stamp could be stamped on my passport. But cheating for the last "Certificate of Completion" (Compostela), if you get a pilgrimage passport from France, you want to fly to Santiago de Compostela and successfully "complete", That is absolutely impossible. No matter what, you have to count down from the end point to Sarria, which is at least 100 kilometers away (about 5 days), and make sure that there are stamps every day on the way, in order to finally go to the pilgrimage office of Santiago de Compostela to exchange for a certificate of completion.
In the early 1990s, the pilgrimage was revived while also developing a system of accommodation that met the most basic needs for rest. Catalan woman Lourdes Lluch's road to Santiago has indeed brought her a comprehensive sublimation from heart to behavior, which will benefit future generations. She rented an abandoned house in the poorest village on the way. After simple restoration, it became a residence that can provide multiple bunk beds and hot showers. Since then, these temporary habitats, which are simpler than youth hostels, have begun to take shape. of the 800-kilometer road. Hand over 10 to 15 euros, the operator will stamp your pilgrimage passport, and you can come to your bed in the dark listening to loud or small snoring, tired and quickly fall asleep, and troubled when the sky is light. I woke up listening to the sound of packing luggage next door, this was just a regular night in dozens of days of hardship.
How does the film represent the pilgrimage?
Raiders about routes and encyclopedias about cultural relics are always boring to readers who are not on the pilgrimage road. Fortunately, clever Hollywood people offer a delicate "sensual introduction" to this line.
The grandson of veteran star Martin Sheen, Taylor, had gained love and family on this road, so the film family decided to use its own image narrative skills to introduce this pilgrimage road full of meaning and miracles. From the original documentary idea, to the subsequent spiritual exile story that was integrated into more universal emotions, finally in 2010, a simple and ambiguous name "The Way" (translated as "Pilgrimage Road" in Chinese) was born. . Martin Sheen himself played the male protagonist Tom, an ophthalmologist, and his director's son, Emilio Estevez, also played his part in the play, the son of "see the world" Daniel.
It is a pity that on the first day of Daniel's pilgrimage, he died in the Pyrenees where the weather suddenly changed. Old Tom, who was swinging at a golf course in California, flew to southern France to prepare for the funeral. It is conceivable that this will be a typical road movie about fulfilling one's wishes for a loved one and redeeming one's soul. Compared with other "travel feature films" that are irresistible and touch the water in various destinations, "The Pilgrimage" can be described as the most successful work in balancing the completeness of the story and the description of the background line. The French police in charge of disposing of the remains explained to Tom who never knew about the pilgrimage road and the audience outside the camera at the most suitable time what Santiago is like and why people are doing this road ascetic. "I have walked twice by myself. , and I am ready to do it again at the age of 70, if my body allows it."
This is an outdoor adventure that has nothing to do with athletic ability and physical fitness, that is to say, as long as there is enough perseverance, as long as the Pyrenees where Daniel is buried will no longer reveal very few With its hideous appearance, most of the pilgrims can complete this pilgrimage. For ALICE friends who often travel alone, the pilgrims in the movie have familiar faces and features, sleeping bags, moisture-proof pads, North Face jackets, smoking their own cigarettes and occasionally flying leaves. There are also a few people who have become friends.
Those who choose to make pilgrimages have different purposes, some want to lose weight before a special day, some use quitting smoking as an excuse to go on the road, some travel writers who can’t find inspiration for writing... In short, those who bear the cross and whip themselves The devout believers who went forward, those who should have been the protagonists of this journey, have instead become another scenery in the eyes of pilgrimage backpackers. And the cool guy who locked his heart the most was old Tom who walked with his son (ashes).
At the same time, the film faithfully restores the original appearance of the cities along the way. The 40-day low-budget live-action filming made it impossible for the crew to wait and deliberately arrange a label-oriented city festival. In fact, much of the pilgrimage, most of the scenery, is dull and boring, as the Dutch fat man in the film says: "Pamplona, when there's no running of the bulls, is a boring tourist. City.” The
same reality is reflected in the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, the end of the pilgrimage. Martin Sheen and his son should be grateful that the film was made in 2010. Only in this holy year of Catholicism, the famous 62kg oversized incense burner "Indulgent Smoker", which is usually placed in the museum, was hung on the top of the church, by four people. After the five clerics struggled to pull, they swung higher and higher like a swing. This big silver-encrusted guy can swing at a speed of 68 km/h, and when it reaches a maximum angle of 82°, it is only 51 centimeters away from hitting the vaults of the north and south wings of the church. Old Tom, who was born, looked at the miracle in the thick fairy mist, and the deceased only son Daniel, who also turned into a priest, loomed behind the mist, and it was time to say goodbye.
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