meaning of aurora

Chapter 51 Practical cultural relics
"Seeing this painting appearing in my place, you only thought of signing it?" Nie Guangyi felt a little unbelievable.

Meng Xinzhi was taken aback by the question, and suddenly said: "Of course, thank you for helping me preserve this painting until now."

"What else?" Nie Guangyi was even more surprised.

"What else?" Meng Xinzhi really couldn't think of it.

"Don't you think that this painting of yours is somehow related to the conceptual building I designed?"

"Of course not."

"Ah?" Nie Guangyi was surprised: "Why?"

"This is the first picture I drew. At that time, I was still young. First of all, I couldn't draw, and then I was not sure what the modern building in my dream would look like."

"You're not even sure?"

"Yes, in my dream, this building is a process from fuzzy to clear." Meng Xinzhi explained: "If you pick up the latter, I'll have to think about it."

"Do you really think so?"

"That's right. Who can understand what this kind of children's graffiti is? My parents couldn't understand it after reading it for several years."

"Then what if I say I can understand?"

"That only shows that the meaning of the aurora in your mind is clearer than mine. When you picked it up, did you already have the original design? Could it be that I saw your design before it appeared in my dream?" A building like that."

Meng Xinzhi also wants to find the source of the dream.

Nie Guangyi once again sighed in his heart-【Why does this girl always make people feel comfortable when she speaks? 】

When the topic comes here, it has once again entered an unsolvable cycle.

The girl didn't care, but Nie Guangyi himself had no choice but to feel at ease.

[What should I say to the girl? 】

[What can I do for the girl? 】

Without realizing it, some subtle changes took place in the psychology of the generalized young and old.

……

"When Datou was young, he often went to Changqiao Village."

Professor Nie and Nie Guangyi chatted on the phone: "Dad has never been there."

"Why don't you go? Is it because Grandpa Nie and Grandma Nie don't let me?"

"No, it was your Grandpa Qiu and Grandma Qiu who refused to let me go. When your Grandpa Nie and Grandma Nie were still around, they didn't recognize me as a young son. But they didn't really think that Dad was in bad luck, that is, you knew Dad's Meaning..."

"Understood."

"My son said that he understands a little bit, and that is the concept of ordinary people taking a test of [-] points."

"What's the full score?" Nie Guangyi asked.

"Out of one hundred."

"That's okay, even if Professor Nie still has a relatively basic understanding of your son." Nie Guangyi changed the subject: "Does Professor Nie want to talk to your son about Wan'an Bridge? I won't wait until I have time to go back. I don’t even know where to start.”

Wan'an Bridge was originally an insurmountable "natural moat" in the hearts of father and son, but now it has become the best bridge of communication.

Unknowingly, Nie Guangyi's entire aura changed.

To Meng Xinzhi, to Professor Nie, and even to every employee of the firm.

"What do you want to hear? Inscription or skill?" Nie Tianqin asked.

"I want to hear it. I'm fine right now, and the employees are still asleep."

"Sleeping in the company?"

"Yes, there is a special place for them to sleep."

"Then you are acting like a capitalist!"

"Professor Nie Tianqin, what are you talking about? The place where they sleep is better than my own?"

"Really? Then I haven't seen it and I have no right to speak." Nie Tianqin wanted to come over.

Between him and his son, the lack of companionship for 14 years is definitely an irreparable regret for Nie Tianqin, an old man born in 1952.

Who is not spoiled by the old man?

But he forced his son away with his own hands, or by directly destroying his son's dream.

Nie Tianqin has been retired for many years.

Because there are no successors for the traditional construction skills of wooden arch bridges, and because I am too lonely after being too idle, I accepted the re-employment of the school and have been working until now.

He had already figured it out.

As long as Nie Guangyi's understanding can be obtained, from now on, wherever his son is, he will be there.

He used to be very concerned about his reputation, and he didn't want his academic resume to have any blemishes.

Even if others don't feel it, he can't pass his own test.

This point was completely passed down to Nie Guangyi.

This is a moment.

Nie Tianqin regretted it after tampering with his son's wish.

Up to now, a full 14 years.

He regrets what he did then every day.

He wanted to come out to accompany Nie Guangyi immediately, and wanted to make up for it as much as possible.

Unexpectedly, his son would turn around and say that he wanted to go back to accompany him.

This feeling of lost and found makes Nie Tianqin feel unreal every day.

I always feel that the stone hanging in my heart must be in a place that can be seen and touched.

The son probably felt it too, so he deliberately mentioned Wan'an Bridge to him whenever he called.

"It's not convenient for you to come out now." Nie Guangyi refused again.

"It's convenient. Dad's visa has been processed for many years, and he will renew it when it expires. I have renewed it several times."

"Now that you're going to come out now, it's not easy to buy air tickets, so don't worry about it. I'll go back right away when the things on my side come to an end."

Nie Guangyi was afraid that Professor Nie would insist again, so he simply changed the topic: "Tell me first, why did Wan'an Bridge pack up and apply for World Heritage in the first place?"

"This matter starts from the fact that the traditional wooden arch bridge construction technique was included in the first batch of "Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Protection" by UNESCO."

"Well, Professor Nie speaks slowly." Nie Guangyi stood up and said, "I'm going to make a cup of coffee and sit and listen to Professor Nie's lecture slowly."

"At that time, many places wanted to apply for this skill."

"Two provinces and seven counties, right?" Nie Guangyi asked.

"The big head has been paying attention?"

"No, I just watched the news about the collapse of the Wan'an Bridge that day, and it seemed to have been mentioned."

"Does Datou know which seven counties they are?" Apart from not being able to call students [Datou], Professor Nie interacted like this when he was in class.

"The news didn't say that much in detail, it just talked about northern Fujian and southern Zhejiang."

"Well, there are Shouning County, Pingnan County, and Zhouning County in Ningde in northern Fujian, and Zhenghe County in Nanping, and there are Taishun County in Wenzhou, Qingyuan County and Jingning County in Lishui in southern Zhejiang."

"There isn't a single place that stands out, so that's why we have to apply for World Heritage Sites, isn't it?" Nie Guangyi asked again.

"Not really. Wan'an Bridge was listed as a national key cultural relics protection unit in 2006, and it was packaged to allow more wooden arched bridges to be protected."

"That's right..." Nie Guangyi took a sip of coffee, and he was considered a good student who would actively interact with the teacher.

"You often walked on these wooden arch bridges when you were young, so you may not feel much. In fact, wooden arch bridges built with [woven beam] or [woven wood] structures, except for Fujian and Zhejiang, look at the whole country, even The whole world is gone. Do you know what the scariest thing is?"

"what?"

"For nearly half a century, roads have gradually replaced wooden arch bridges. Even in northern Fujian and southern Zhejiang, at that time, there were no carpenters who could build wooden arch bridges with braided beam structures."

"However, Professor Nie, is it really necessary to protect this kind of cultural relic that will be destroyed every fifty or 100 years? If I go back now, apply what I have learned, and rebuild the Wan'an Bridge, it will Is it still a cultural relic?"

"Of course."

"But the whole bridge collapsed and burned, and all the wood had to be replaced."

"The pier is still there!"

"Isn't that also a trick to sell dog meat?"

"How could this be trickery? Big head!"

"Don't get excited, Professor Nie, isn't this discussing with you?"

"Okay, then let's have a good discussion." Nie Tianqin also sat down.

"Let's just talk about this Wan'an Bridge. It has been rebuilt three times before this, right? Every time it was completely burned and rebuilt, right?" Nie Guangyi asked.

"Yes."

"Well, the bridge I saw when I was a child is at most a product of 1932, right? It can be called a cultural relic, and it is a brand new cultural relic. But what about going forward?"

"Going forward what?" Nie Tianqin asked.

"Are you sure that Wan'an Bridge was built with woven wooden structures from the very beginning? If not, why do we have to pass on this skill?"

"So, the big head still doesn't want to come back?"

"No, what I mean is, if I want to rebuild, why not just restore the Hongqiao in "Along the River During the Qingming Festival"? That can be regarded as using painting skills to leave historical materials similar to photos for future generations, right?"

Nie Guangyi was more or less poisoned by "Along the River During the Qingming Festival".

From the food in the painting, to the architecture in the painting.

"Big head, not only gorgeous buildings should be the object of our protection."

Professor Nie started the lecture:
"Hongqiao is the landmark building of "Along the River During the Qingming Festival". The area around Hongqiao, in modern terms, is the central CBD."

"The Northern Song Dynasty implemented a policy of strong stems and weak branches, and the capital Bianliang can be regarded as a somewhat bloated city."

"There is a record in "History of the Song Dynasty", [Tokyo has a canal of the Bianqu, and there are millions of dendrobiums in the rivers and Huai meters in the year, and 10 guards look up to it, and there are heavy soldiers in the money and Tibet]."

"The huge army, the surge in population, and the small merchants with dreams of Bianjing put a lot of pressure on the city."

"The ultimate water transportation system is needed to maintain the food supply in the capital."

"The Hongqiao built such a large arch to facilitate the passage of large water transport ships."

"This point is also clearly reflected in "Surfing the River During the Qingming Festival."

"The ship that looked like it was about to hit the Hongqiao before lowering its mast in time is the best evidence."

"The bridge in the Northern Song Dynasty is also a process of evolution."

"It is said in the "Continued Zizhi Tongjian Changbian" that in the fifth year of Dazhong Xiangfu, that is, in 1012, [please take a boat to Yibian Bridge in Dongxin, Beijing]."

"Does the big head know what this sentence means?" Professor Nie began to ask the only student at the moment.

"The fifth year of Dazhong Xiangfu is the fifth year that Song Zhenzong Zhao Heng, the third son of Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin's younger brother Song Taizong Zhao Jiong, came to the throne."

Nie Guangyi didn't answer the question.

Professor Nie has always been the most serious in teaching: "What I am asking is [please take the Weizhou in the east of the capital to Yibian Bridge]."

"Let me think about it." Nie Guangyi said with a bit of complaint: "It's been so many years, don't let me get away with it once."

"Okay, then Dad will continue." Nie Tianqin compromised.

"No need!" Nie Tiancai has always been unwilling to be outdone in his studies: "That sentence is about that at the time of Emperor Zhenzong of Song Dynasty, Bazuosi, who was in charge of repairs inside and outside the capital, thought of a way to connect two small boats together. Lay wooden boards on it as a pontoon bridge, and people and cars pass on the pontoon bridge on weekdays. When the tank boat arrives, the rope connecting the two pontoon boats is removed, and the boat is moved away to let the waterway pass, allowing the tank boat to pass. "

"The big head explained more detailed than my lesson plan!" Professor Nie sighed: "If you come to class, you must be the best student."

Speaking of this, Nie Tianqin froze.

They all knew why Nie Guangyi didn't take one of his classes in Tongji.

"That must be!" Nie Guangyi promptly resolved this silent embarrassment: "Can't I leave some space for your students? Even if I go to your class and get the first place, people will think it's a shady scene , Don’t you think so, Professor Nie.”

"That's true." Nie Tianqin said in relief, "Then dad will continue to talk to you!"

"The idea of ​​the pontoon bridge is very avant-garde and full of wisdom. It was indeed more practical during Song Zhenzong's time."

"But that practicality didn't last long."

"With the development of the economy in the Northern Song Dynasty, the disadvantages of this kind of pontoon bridge became apparent."

"If people pass first, tank boats will have to line up. Of course, when the waterway is blocked by a pontoon, small boats will also need to line up."

"If boats are given priority, that's the equivalent of no bridge at all."

"Floating bridges will soon no longer be able to provide people with the convenience of travel."

"So there is a need to build a large arch bridge on which people walk and ships pass below."

"At that time, all human and material resources were tilted towards Bianjing."

"It's not uncommon for the skilled craftsmen in Bianliang City to build bridges."

"It is said in "Tokyo Menghualu" that the Bian River [seven miles from the east water gate to the west water gate, there are thirteen bridges on the river]."

"There are thirteen bridges on the Bian River, but Hongqiao is the most spectacular."

"If you look carefully, you can find four bridges in "A Picture of Rising the River During the Qingming Festival."

"Except Hongqiao, the others are not so large bridges."

"It can be seen that practicality is still the main theme of bridge building in that era."

"The Hongqiao in "A Picture of Rising the River During the Qingming Festival" can be said to have been built by the efforts of skilled craftsmen from all over the country at that time."

"Then what about Wan'an Bridge?"

"First of all, it was built in the deep mountains and old forests, without the need for water boats, and there is no practical significance for making a big arch."

"Secondly, its span is not shorter than Hongqiao at all."

"What is the status of Bianjing City? What is the geographical location of Changqiao Village?"

"Just imagine."

"In the most difficult and dangerous environment, use the most limited cost to create the most practical bridge."

"Is it more difficult than building a Hongqiao over the Bian River?"

"Is this the crystallization of the life wisdom of the ancients?"

"Is this a miracle of architecture at the time?"

"Isn't this worth protecting at all?"

　Happy Singles' Day, my friends~
　　
　
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