——Lu Chuan
's "Kekexili" is Lu Chuan's second film after "Looking for a Gun", such a film about life and faith, such a most respectable Chinese film in 2004, it is indeed a bit late to watch it now, but A good movie has nothing to do with time, just as a classic doesn't fade with time.
Hoh Xil means "beautiful green hills, beautiful girls" in Tibetan.
For it, I only knew that there were plateaus, herds of Tibetan antelopes, white Hada, and the simplicity and copper-colored faces of plateau people. I only knew that Tsangyang Gyatso was born there. The sixth Dalai Lama, who wrote "How can there be a double law in the world, does not fail the Tathagata and the emperor" is as sentimental as a poet.
But now I know that there are still the poachers' criminal gunshots, the tragic whine and convulsions of Tibetan antelopes, the blood of mountain patrol volunteers, and the pervasive perseverance and death of poverty.
Hoh Xil, as the last primitive wasteland in China and the last habitat of Tibetan antelope, with an average altitude of 4,700 meters, cold climate, thin air, and oxygen content only half of sea level, so it is called "a forbidden area for human existence"; Barren, desolate, cruel, stormy and snowy; here antelopes fly over the primitive wilderness, full of the sense of inaccessibility of ancient times; life here is like dust, who dies and who lives is just a momentary turning point; here as the oldest on earth Virgin land, barren plateau, far from civilization, but very close to death.
After 1985, poachers began to massacre Tibetan antelopes on a large scale to meet the demand for Tibetan antelope wool in the European and American markets. In a short period of time, Tibetan antelopes dropped sharply from one million to less than 10,000. In 1993, the local government organized an armed mountain patrol, and the story is happening with this armed voluntary mountain patrol.
The members of this armed voluntary mountain patrol team were originally taxi drivers, students of Qinghai Normal University, herdsmen, and soldiers, but they came together to protect the common ideal of Tibetan antelope. As a group of volunteers, they are not in the government's Within the establishment, there is no official funding and assistance, and there is no motivation for any interest. They just insist on stubbornly, almost pilgrimage-like dedication to give one year, two years, three years or more of their youth and life.
On the way of chasing poachers, their real enemies are not so much poachers, but the cruel environment of the sinister Hoh Xil, lack of oxygen, cold, hunger, quicksand, may devour one fresh life at any time .
Before going out for patrol, "come back alive" and "take care" are the simplest but also the most earnest and most simple expectations of family members for them. It seems that every patrol out of the mountain is a battle between life and death, and it is a life and death parting. . "Like running water, like running water, like running water, oh, grandma, no matter I go to the ends of the earth, I will come back, I will come back, please send a letter to the crystal white clouds in the sky, I miss you, miss you, I am in my heart "Pray for you" listening to them sitting around the bonfire with tears in their eyes, I am afraid that at this moment, only singing such a Tibetan song can explain their longing and reluctance for their family members, and at this moment they also hope With your own singing, it can be conveyed to the ears of relatives or sweet dreams with thoughts mixed with the wind.
"In Hoh Xil, every footprint you step on may be the first footprint left by human beings since the birth of the earth." The geologist who came from Beijing two years ago who said this disappeared in Hoh Xil because There are quicksands that eat people. Two years later, the tragedy happened again. Liu Dong, a mountain patrol member, used the money earned by his wife to accompany the wine to increase the supply of food, gasoline and other materials for the team. Men, too, were swallowed up by the cruel and ruthless quicksand. All struggles and fears were in vain. Facing death, facing the terrifying quicksand, all the desire to survive and all the efforts were in vain. People are so helpless and vulnerable here. However, death is so invincible and invincible, and human life is so insignificant and pale.
Nga Wang, a member of the mountain patrol team who has been stationed alone at the Budongquan Protection Station, has been guarding the Tibetan antelope silently and without complaint with his firm belief for three years. Endure loneliness, cut off all contact with the outside world, and are willing to risk their lives to compete with poachers one after another.
In Hoh Xil, in a wasteland with such a harsh environment, even the accomplices of the poachers, the people who skin the Tibetan antelope, are forced to do so out of the hardships of life. The urgent need in life can be solved. For example, Ma Zhanlin and his three sons in the film are also due to the desertification of the grasslands. All sheep, cattle and horses have lost their place of sacrifice for survival, and they rely on grazing for their livelihoods. They were born into a predicament because of this and were forced to engage in this sinful job.
In order to solve the problem of funding, for the survival of the team members, and to better protect the Hoh Xil, even though he knew that buying skins was illegal, Captain Ritai had to do this. Their faces and hands are dirty, but their hearts are very clean." With faith and perseverance in their hearts, even if the means are illegal, the purpose is legitimate and reasonable, like those who kowtow and crawl on the mountain road. For those who see; like those who turn mountains and rivers to turn stupas, not for the afterlife; like those who turn all prayer reels, not for transcendence, just for the belief in their hearts, that's all.
At the end of the film, Yang Jin, the daughter of Captain Ritai, this girl with eyes like water, wept uncontrollably at the body of her father who was about to be buried in the sky, as if to symbolize the sad sigh of the devastated Hoh Xil. She lost her father, Losing support, just like the trampled Hoh Xil because of poverty and desolation, is also helpless. Facing reality is the soul of art, and the so-called confronting reality is also facing the suffering of the world and the weakness in our hearts.
As Guo Jingming said in "Little Times 1.0 Origami Era": "In this world, which is developing almost at the speed of light, the spinning material desire and vigorous vitality have already turned the city into an underground labyrinth. In the era of sharp indifference, people's hearts were dug out one after another, and then buried in ticking bombs. The rapid division of wealth has torn people's souls in half."
Indeed, this world is not Not everyone can live comfortably and comfortably with only singing and dancing. In fact, many people, on our planet, struggle with the most determined perseverance in the forbidden area of life. They are companions of faith, relying on the unimaginable Will to survive, just like the volunteer mountain rangers in the film, although they all witness their missions and responsibilities at the cost of their lives, they believe that their souls have transcended death and will forever protect Hoh Xil and Tibetan antelopes , and Hoh Xil will always remember their names.
Fortunately, the Chinese government has finally established a national nature reserve in Hoh Xil and established a forest public security organ. Most countries have enacted legislation to prohibit the sale of Tibetan antelope cashmere, and the number of Tibetan antelopes in Hoh Xil has risen to more than 30,000.
The earth will rise slightly to welcome every step we take. I believe that protecting Hoh Xil and Tibetan antelope, as the common responsibility of all Chinese and even all mankind, will achieve greater progress and breakthroughs.
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