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Reading 袁红冰, and my concurrent thoughts last 3 months
BY 博弈 于 2006-04-04 09:17:41
如果一个文化不能用当代的语言创造当代的诗,那是很悲哀的。
读 中国新诗的困境-袁红冰 感。
Recently I studied more of China. I come to realize one simple fact I should have known. Confucius doctrine was not taught much in China. It forms the basic cultural ingredient of Chinese History, if not as the most important one. A friend told me her brother married a 26 year old Chinese woman and before long, the lying and tricks were beyond imagination. She described her experience with this girl from China as: cruel, material and selfish, worst of all, no way to communicate. Of course, one example does not represent all, but it is very common by many's experiences. My friend is a highly moral, traditional girl working as a teacher in Taiwan. She said, in Taiwan, schools still value tradition Chinese virtues. Philosophy forms the basic belief of life and ways for comprehension of things around entities. I told her, what she saw was consequences of an education of different Chinese land governed by communism and post Cultural Revolution generations. This generation is self-centric in mind process, for they have not seen other ways, the ones studying abroad are starting to expose to different life styles now. They are not at fault; Mao is at fault as the root, for he destroyed Chinese Culture for political cause.
For her story, I wrote a sarcastic verse;
Love-Made in China
Like many things
Counterfeit with
No Replacement
(PS. Some company wanted to get patent of the name "Not made in China". That's a strong signal!)
Looking at Singapore, Korea and Japan, or Chinese in States, if not Taiwan, these places are more cordial and respectful simply because these countries or people still keep some tradition culture and mix it well with modern wisdom and philosophy. They still carry some Confucius doctrine in family value or social orders. It is also easier for people of the similar culture to understand each other. Lots of misunderstanding and miscommunication are incurred between Mainland Chinese and citizens in these countries due to the basic difference of inheritance of cultural heritage. The new China is really a different species in terms of culture.
While staying in Beijing, one may think it is very ‘cultural,’ look deeper you will see all the cultural things one admires are from the past, the new Chinese adopted them for economic incentives, money is the key, as long as it makes money or foreigners buy it, they will put on new make-up and present them as a cultural package. Do they understand or believe in it? You will be shocked to find out.
I began to believe more and more, sooner or later, Chinese in Mainland China would start to re-examine the culture essence issue and conflicts with the past changes.
My definition of China is a cultural one, not a political one. Management can change and changes every 200 years of so in Chinese history; culture is the thread and the root differentiates Chinese from the world, if you cut it or throw it away, it is no longer China or Chinese.
I still enjoy the leftover and aftermath of Cultural Revolution (what a brave name) in mainland, however I need to dig deeper to appreciate the essence. I hope people there start to look for good old virtues from the long history. As long as it is good, keep it, don’t throw it away simply because it is old or for revolution causes. Teach your children well so they win respect! Citizens are like sheep, the governor is like a shepherd; lead them to the right way. People mess is the most valuable asset of China; the management used them to attract foreign investments, boasting the concept of capitalistic scale of economy. A society needs independent thinkers, brainwashing slows civil evolution. Revolution is not the right way; evolution is, when it comes to culture. A regime, a different story then.
Right now, from high rank government officials to street vendors, when sun comes up, they wake up with the same thought: how to make more money in the shortest way! I hope to find some with independent thinking, liberated thinking, from within China.
To Mao and current China, I wrote in my diary;
China
The ghost of Mao lingers
Walking with Marxism in my vast land
He grins in the clouds
People brain-washed, blindly loyal to motherland where
The ways things are, ha, not the ways things were
Never think it is traditional because of its name
China
Newer generations shrug nonsense that they are selfish
The world owes them, every behavior is justified
Who is the teacher behind this grand plot to alter Chinese genes?
The humanity cut off from the roots
Missing links never explained as the old deceased, however;
The genes remain the same to deceive the other Chinese sheeps
Where do I find decent Chinese these days?
Anywhere but in China, excuse my honesty
Yet they are suffered in subtle pains
Bearing the side effect of mainland Chinese
The burden of a brand name is on every one’s forehead
Until one shows personality of a kind to distinguish
Borrow the Chinese characters
Breed a different species
Tell them this is the New China
But my father told me: NO, not!
Can a more culture centered China exist?
Never equate the system with Chinese because of its name
China