After wandering around the Forbidden City for a long time, I felt a little sore in my back, but my eyes were still very hungry.
So I found a bench and sat down, and when I was about to close my eyes and rest for a while, I looked up and saw the exquisite patterns on the ceiling. Although some of them had been peeled off and lost the gorgeous colors of the past, my
My heart was still hit hard.
Long before we knew where we were in the universe, our ancient painters could already paint detailed, delicate and lifelike flowers, birds, fish and insects, and craftsmen could already build domes that overlapped with grandeur and beauty.
The Forbidden City is a purely wooden building without the use of a single iron nail. Compared with the small reinforced concrete grids where modern people live, it is simply the creation of heaven and earth and the miraculous workmanship of nature.
In the Forbidden City, every step you take, you will feel overwhelmed by the cultural atmosphere. Touch its white marble railings, or pick up a new leaf fallen from an ancient tree, or step on it that has been
Countless feet have polished the floor tiles, or looking at the tender grass peeking out from the cracks in the stone slabs, one feels that the universe is boundless, time is endless, and the heavy vicissitudes of life are scattered all over the ground. In the afterglow of the setting sun, one is not aware of oneself, only
world……
I like it here, I like the feeling of being here, because I can calm down.
Buddhism emphasizes Zen practice, and its purpose is to allow practitioners to abandon everything and enter a still state, and then they can truly understand the Buddha's principles. In fact, we ordinary people also need to practice Zen. Our ordinary people's Zen practice is to calm ourselves down.
Then concentrate on doing or thinking about something.
Each of us needs this kind of Zen practice, because only in a quiet state can we be more rational and able to deal with all the problems we face. This is also a must for a person to succeed.
During the visit to the Forbidden City, I kept thinking about the design of our cultural street in Shangjiang City. I have seen our design many times, and I always feel that something is missing. Of course, I know it is impossible.
We will replicate the Forbidden City on our way to Shangjiang, but it must have the unique charm of ancient architecture.
Now I understand that our design does lack some charm. But now our design has been completed and construction has begun. The only thing that can be done now is to make some modifications to the building environment. Our ancient buildings in Jiangnan Province
The building must give people the feeling of a water town. The Jiangnan water town's architectural style should not be too heavy and flexible, and it should not be too heavy. Now it is necessary to use more green to fill in some regrets in the design.
So, I still gained a lot today. Of course, my initial purpose was not exactly like this. The fundamental reason why I came to the Forbidden City was because I had no other place to go, and I didn’t want to waste time sleeping in a hotel.
At noon, I went to a remote alley to eat mutton-boiled meat. It tasted good and the price was very cheap. Su Wen and the others would not arrive until evening, and I had already received a text message from them.
I returned to the hotel in the afternoon and was about to take a rest when Qu Jin called me. She asked me if I had arrived in Beijing, and I said yes.
She said: "Then I'll treat you to dinner tonight."
I hastily refused, "You are going to have a concert soon, and there must be a lot of things going on recently. Just be busy and leave me alone."
She said: "It's okay. I will have dinner with my band friends tonight, and there will be several well-known singers. They will come to cheer me up. Come and have dinner with us tonight, they are very fun."
I still refused, "Forget it, I am afraid of strangers and would be very uncomfortable in such a situation."
She immediately laughed, "I didn't expect our Mayor Feng to be afraid of life. Haha!"
I also laughed, "What I said is true. Just leave me alone."
She sighed and said: "Forget it, let's wait until I finish the concert. Zhuang Qing told me that you were here, and I was supposed to treat you to dinner and play with you. But I really can't spare the time recently.
I can only apologize to you."
In fact, I had already guessed that it was Zhuang Qing who told her that I had arrived in Beijing, because I had advanced my trip a day, and Qu Jin shouldn't know about it. At this time, I felt a little weird in my heart, because I always
I felt that Zhuang Qing had another meaning in telling Qu Jin this matter.
I said, "We are friends, why are you so polite?"
She smiled and said, "Okay, I won't say anymore. By the way, which hotel are you staying in? I can ask someone to bring you a ticket then."
I immediately told her the hotel and room number where I was staying.
I rested in the room for two hours in the afternoon and read a book since I got up. In the evening I felt hungry so I went out to eat something casually. To be honest, at this time I regretted not agreeing to Qu Jin’s invitation.
Because I suddenly felt an unspeakable loneliness.
I was watching TV when Su Wen and the others arrived, and I asked them to open the room by themselves. Su Wen showed me the things they brought, and I thought they were all pretty good, especially the square inkstone, which looked very simple.
, beautiful. I asked about its origin, and Su Wen told me that it was bought from an old cadre in Shangjiang City. It was his collection many years ago. Recently, he reluctantly sold it because he wanted to buy a house for his children.
Come out. This square inkstone is from the early Qing Dynasty and cost more than 80,000 yuan.
I think this thing is worth the money, but it is still too light a gift to give to someone like that. But now I have to do this, and we will look at it according to the situation.
I told them to rest early and have free time tomorrow morning. In the afternoon we will visit Director Hou together.
The next morning, I called Director Hou and told him that we had arrived in Beijing. I also expressed my intention to treat him to dinner in the evening. He smiled and said: "When we get to Beijing, you will be mine."
We are guests, how can we treat you? I will send a car to pick you up in the afternoon."
Director Hou's voice on the phone was very loud, and I could imagine the man's size and general appearance from his voice: he should be about 1.8 meters tall, burly, and energetic.
I didn't stop being polite, because being too polite under such circumstances would seem like I was being fake, and I could definitely feel his sincerity.
After four o'clock in the afternoon, the car sent by Director Hou arrived outside the hotel. We went outside the hotel with our gifts, and found that what came to pick us up was an off-road vehicle with armed police license plates, and it was a majestic Hummer.
.Of course I know the value of this car, and I thought this man is really extraordinary.
In addition to a driver in military uniform, there was also a division chief who came to pick us up. He was also wearing an armed police uniform and had the rank of colonel.
I secretly wondered: Why do these people from the Ministry of National Security wear armed police uniforms?
After getting on the bus, I couldn't help but ask the director this question. He smiled and told me that Director Hou's department was different. It had an armed police force. Because the function of this department is to protect national leaders.
Safety.
Only then did I understand what was going on. (To be continued)