畢業(yè)論文試論邊城中翠翠的純情定稿

1、 2014 屆 甘肅廣播電視大學“人才培養(yǎng)模式改革和開放教育” 漢語言文學 專業(yè)（本、專科）畢 業(yè) 論 文（設計）論文（設計）題目： 試論邊城中翠翠的純情學生姓名： 學號： 電大分校： 甘肅電大蘭州分校 工作站（教學點）： 蘭州電大 學生所在單位： 蘭州新區(qū)山字墩小學 申請學位（是、否）： 是 論文指導教師： 楊進龍 目 錄目錄 1內容摘要 4 一、仿佛天然至純的精靈 5二、恰似委婉真實的湖水 6 三、宛若無獨有偶的鴛鴦 8四、結語9注釋 10參考文獻10內容提要： 邊城是沈從文最具影響力的作品。“邊城最有價值的,是寫翠翠作為少女的成長過程,寫她怎樣長大的”。1而對這個長大過程的敘寫,是通過寫

2、翠翠情愛的歷程來展示的。沈從文以其特有的詩意筆觸,捕捉并描摹出了一個山野少女靈動微妙的情思流露,展示了她從少年走向成熟的人生畫卷,輕靈而細微,因而翠翠的情愛便成為邊城中最迷人的樂章,有著極高的審美價值。已有的研究中,一些文章對此亦有涉及,但往往呈零星狀,且淹沒在大段的分析之中。翠翠的情愛是邊城中最迷人的樂章。在生命的早期,翠翠在大自然的懷抱中自由自在地成長著;在愛情來臨時,她自然本真得如山野間的小花;而當愛情遇挫時,她是茫然無措地等待和無可奈何地守望。探析翠翠的成長歷程,可以清楚地看到邊城少女的成長完全是生命自然自在的成長。鑒于此和對翠翠獨特的感情,擬寫本文。關鍵詞： 沈從文 翠翠 天然至純

3、委婉真實 恬然恬靜 試論邊城中翠翠的純情 一、仿佛天然至純的精靈 翠翠是作品中天然至純的一個夢幻。在她身上,融注了中國遙遠鄉(xiāng)村對于情愛、自然、人性及生命最本真的內涵,可以說翠翠就是森林中的一只乖巧的小精靈,她屬于自然。她的生命是以一種自然自在的方式呈現(xiàn)出來的。翠翠“仿佛生活在歷史、政治、文化、知識、學問之外”。“翠翠的成長是生命的自然成長”。2翠翠生活在“城”里,但是這個“城”有別于尋常意義上的城市,它只是依山傍水自然形成的小鎮(zhèn)或大村落,所以稱為“邊城”再恰當不過。它還沒有被現(xiàn)代文明所浸染,山是青山,水是碧水,生活在其間的人們如同流淌的溪水一樣安祥、清明,他們與大自然和諧相處。傍城有一小溪緩緩

4、流淌,“寬約二十丈,河床是大片石頭做成。靜靜的河水即或深到一篙不能落底,卻依然清澈透明,河中游魚來去都可以計數(shù)”。3青山碧水白塔相映成趣,青山碧水之外還有春天的桃杏花、近水的人家和草長蟲鳴鳥叫。還有那溪邊蘆葦、楊柳,菜園中菜蔬,莫不繁榮滋茂,帶著一分野性的生氣。草叢里有綠色蚱蜢各處飛著,枝頭新蟬鳴叫著,竹篁中有黃鳥與竹雀、杜鵑交遞鳴唱著。自然美麗而充滿生機。這里有夢有期待,但更多的是順其自然。在這個美麗、祥和、自然、單純的環(huán)境和氛圍中,翠翠自然自在地生活著、成長著。沒有受任何“現(xiàn)代文明”污染,更沒有接受正規(guī)學校教育,是個體的人之初。小時候完全是在爺爺?shù)谋幼o下成長著;長大了一點,至多是為爺爺和自

5、己做點飯,幫助爺爺撐一下渡船。她的生活有基本的保障。在不舍晝夜的川流上,她和爺爺還有那條頗具靈性的黃狗守著渡船,日復一日地,年復一年地生活著。白塔守護著渡頭,守護著翠翠一家,守護著翠翠的夢。這種封閉式的生活與環(huán)境似乎把一切“污染”都拒之門外了?！白匀患乳L養(yǎng)她且教育她”,美麗聰慧、天真活潑、從不發(fā)愁、從不想到殘忍事情,翠翠是大自然的女兒。任由自然天性,翠翠就成長為純潔無瑕、快樂無憂的大自然的“精靈”。她沒有受過任何教育,似乎完全置身于歷史、文化之外,但是大自然賦予她的自然生命遠比任何文化熏陶出來的生靈更為完美,更為純潔。她天真、純潔而又纖弱、孤單,有著令人心動的美麗。她感覺敏銳而又富于聯(lián)想和想象

6、,在思維方式上重直覺性?！捌綍r在渡船上遇陌生人對她注意時,便把光光的眼睛瞅著那陌生人,做成隨時皆可舉步逃入深山的神氣,但明白了人無機心后,就又從從容容的在水邊玩耍了”。4她憑直覺來判斷人的善惡,以保護自己。有時川東過來小牛、羊群在此過渡,翠翠必跟著走,送隊伍上山,然后“獨自低低的學小羊叫著,學母牛叫著”。人與動物親密共處,靈性相通,神秘互滲。翠翠學小羊、母牛叫是一種純真情感的自然流露,是人性善良的光輝。翠翠對乘坐渡船的新娘子也發(fā)生了興趣,主動幫助祖父擺弄渡船;并且下了渡船翠翠“必跟著走,站到小山頭,目送這些東西走去很遠,方回轉船上”,“或采一把野花縛在頭上,獨自裝扮新娘子”。少女翠翠的行為,已

7、經表現(xiàn)出女性早期的心理及行為趨向。主人公翠翠是個帶著童稚氣的純情少女，她對愛的渴望不是表現(xiàn)為強烈的追求，而是表現(xiàn)為少女特有的朦朧向往，表現(xiàn)為山村少女的害羞矜持，但卻又始終不渝，堅貞不屈。翠翠與外祖父老船工相依為命，也傳承了熱情、勤勞、善良、堅韌的美德。 翠翠的這種純樸和至真至性正好與當時文明都市的那些時代女性形成了強烈的反差。小說通過翠翠這一形象，渲染了一種強烈的人情美和人性美。潛意識中,翠翠幾乎本能地對愛情、婚姻產生向往。她沉默多于言語,而思想的火花卻在一舉一動中閃耀,可以想得很遠很遠,也可以什么也不想,完全是大自然賦予她的本能。這是一個自然人的自然表現(xiàn),以精靈般的原始狀態(tài)生存和成長著,單純

8、質樸不急不躁而又著。翠翠不是作為“人”的社會性而有意識地存在,而是作為自然的一部分自為自在地存在,她的生命和湘西構成一個密不可分的和諧整體。二、恰似委婉真實的湖水與城市女人相比,“邊城”中的女性,她們最大的長處是活得真實,活得自然自在,體現(xiàn)出一種古樸的原始生命力,她們只是一步一個腳印地向前走。這是一種自然本真的生命狀態(tài)與本能地改變自己生活命運的生存方式,也是一種蘊存著人性能量與積極意義的世俗人生。翠翠是恬靜溫柔的，“觸目為青山綠水，一對眸子清明為水晶”，人又乖，從不想到殘忍的事情，這點在翠翠的愛情中也有很好的表現(xiàn)。翠翠是一個情竇初開、渴望愛情的少女。她不滿意爺爺相中的“走車路”的天保，可靦腆的

9、性格、少女的羞澀又讓她難以直白對儺送的衷情，她神往為愛情而性格強硬的母親，幻想著能像她一樣出走爭取自己的幸福，但善良的心地又使她難以付諸行動。對相依為命的外祖父的無限深沉的依戀使她不能只顧自己的幸福而棄之于不顧。于是，她只能在對美好愛情的期盼與對美好親情的依戀中“無故尋愁覓恨”。這也是一個聰明伶俐、善解人意、乖巧甚至有點狡黠的女孩子。她正當婚姻，面對爺爺不失時機的委婉引導，她“不能忘記”；面對爺爺旁敲側擊地詢問，她會閃爍其辭的表明態(tài)度。她會把夜晚聽到的為她而唱的愛情，當作夢境講給爺爺；她會把自己未來幸福的擔憂融合在對爺爺?shù)囊缿僦兄v給他聽總之，這是一個聰慧溫婉、靦腆多情、伶俐乖巧的花季少女，在她

10、身上，對外祖父深沉的依戀和對愛情的真摯期盼，外表的溫婉靦腆和內心的熾熱乖巧，異乎尋常地融合為一體。翠翠是一個光輝的極富審美意義的少女形象 。 翠翠的愛情在很大程度上是自在的而不是自覺的,她對異性的情愛意識是極其朦朧模糊的,既不自主也不自覺。追溯翠翠成長的歷程,可以清楚看到這點。翠翠是大自然的精靈,翠翠的愛情也便如同自然萬物在春天萌生、覺醒。作品中最著名的第十三節(jié)寫翠翠情竇初開,寫到黃昏的夕陽,熱氣烘熏的傍晚,叫個不停的杜鵑,草木、泥土、甲蟲相混雜的氣味,渡口雜亂的聲音。在這里沒有人為“教唆”,沒有文化的影響。只是此時的情感指向尚不明確。換個說法就是,她的情愛歷程已經開始,只是不知道愛

11、誰。就是在這種對愛的期待中,儺送走進了她的情感世界。作品很好地表現(xiàn)了翠翠對儺送的愛從下意識的朦朧感受到明確體驗的過程。那年,她和爺爺去看賽龍舟,邂逅儺送。儺送的英俊、大度以及一言一行都給少女留下了刻骨銘心的印象,使得她為著“另外一件事,屬于不關祖父的,沉默了一個夜晚”,從此翠翠心中便種下了愛情的種子。兩年后的端午節(jié)翠翠又與爺爺進城看龍船，她人長大了，儺送一直在她心里隱現(xiàn)、鼓蕩。在擺渡送儺送時，見儺送正盯著自已看，她“便把臉背過去，不聲不響，抿著嘴兒，很自負地拉著那條橫纜”，鄉(xiāng)村女孩特有的那種靦腆、羞澀、矜持，以及戀愛期女孩的溫柔、嬌氣顯現(xiàn)得淋漓盡致。 換句話說,就是儺送走進了少女翠翠

12、的心里,她有了情感指向。于是她的內心開始微妙地變化起來。在作品中我們看到“翠翠一天比一天大了,無意中提到什么時會臉紅了”,“她歡喜看撲粉滿臉的新嫁娘,歡喜說到關于新嫁娘的故事,歡喜把野花戴到頭上去,還歡喜聽人唱歌。茶峒人的歌聲,纏綿處她已領略得出”。5兩年過去了,“為了不忘記那件事”,翠翠又和祖父到城邊河街去看熱鬧,但“總不如那個端午節(jié)所經過的事情甜美”。她的精神世界豐富細微起來,呈現(xiàn)出少女別有韻致的孤獨、羞澀、迷醉。她有時仿佛孤獨了一點,愛坐在巖石上,向天上一片云一顆星凝眸。祖父若問:“翠翠,你真在想什么?”她便帶著點兒害羞情緒,輕輕地說,“翠翠不想什么”。但在心里卻同時又自問:“翠翠,你真

13、在想什么?”同時自己也就在心里答著,“我想的很遠很多,可是我不知想些什么”。少女萌動的春心把她的思緒拉得很遠很遠。翠翠的確在想,但又茫茫然,自己也弄不明白在想些什么,這里把少女的童真、羞澀,及其內心細微的感情變化,十分傳神地寫出來了。朦朧的愛情已開始萌動,少女翠翠的心事開始復雜。她覺得自己感情上有了一種新的需要,但又不好意思說出來。隨著生命的“成熟”,翠翠對愛的渴求也越來越強烈,她那少女的純情便自然而然地流露了出來,她“看著天上的紅云,聽著渡口飄來生意人雜亂的聲音,心中有些兒薄薄的凄涼”,這種內心的躁動不安,讓她感到“這日子成為痛苦的東西了”。6以至在后來再見儺送的時候,她情不自禁地對爺爺說:

14、“那個人很好?！比欢S后在看劃船時,翠翠無意間聽到了別人議論儺送的婚事,一向沉穩(wěn)的心中便也亂作一團,甚至儺送和她說話也忘了應。這一切的情感,讓翠翠的心變得敏感、不定,又帶有些許的期待?！靶睦飬s當真愿意聽一個人來唱歌”,“她似乎為了等著這樣的歌聲,沉默了許久”。儺送的情歌讓翠翠的夢境變得“頂美頂甜”,媽媽凄美的愛情故事更是讓她心馳神往。翠翠人生經歷中的感情體驗、行為心理,真實展示了一個少女微妙的內心世界純潔而多情,朦朧又熱烈,給人以美的感受。當這樣的一種“愛”有所待而無所得時,翠翠難免會開始“胡思亂想”:隨著夜色的降臨,心底里那份焦躁、迷茫便愈加膨脹,自然也就倍覺“悲傷”?！叭沼兴?夜有所夢”

15、,翠翠的夢是詩意的,“夢中靈魂為一種美妙歌聲浮起來了,仿佛輕輕在各處飄著,上了白塔,下了菜園,到了船上,又飛過對懸崖半腰”。翠翠的夢也是真實的,“摘了一大把虎耳草”,欣慰、甜美,全部寄托在了那心形的物象上了一個少女纖塵不染的愛心可捧可掬。這正是青春期少女心理狀態(tài)的真實寫照。翠翠的愛,更多地表現(xiàn)了一種內心深處的“向往”。當她知曉了那纏繞在夢鄉(xiāng)里的歌聲,就是意中人所唱,欣喜之情立時溢于言表。到了夜晚,她站在“一派清光的露天”中癡癡等待,想象著“對溪若有人唱歌,隔溪應和,實在太美了”。翠翠喜歡聽人唱歌,在愛情的成長中,她表現(xiàn)了更大的熱情與期盼,對祖父講到的母親“性格強硬處”,“使翠翠聽了來神往傾心”

16、。母親的故事成了一個分量沉重的東西,但她“卻無從把那東西挪開”。對祖父的試探,翠翠說“有人唱歌我就聽下去,他唱多久我也聽多久”。對歌是個體生命意志的自由表達,充滿了原始生命的狂熱追求。翠翠癡迷陶醉在這種歌聲里,夢中靈魂被浮起,并于懸崖半腰摘虎耳草,這正是翠翠生命中熾熱、強烈、執(zhí)著的表現(xiàn)。她在想象的情愛中沉醉,流連忘返。此時的翠翠,生命依然呈現(xiàn)出原始本真的狀態(tài)。三、宛若無獨有偶的鴛鴦弗洛姆說:祈求與他人融為一體,這是人身上最有力的沖動、最深沉的激情。是它把人類緊密聯(lián)系,使家庭、民族、國家得以長存不衰沒有愛,人類甚至不可能存在一天。沈從文說:鄉(xiāng)下女孩子雖同一般社會疏遠,但在感情上,也與城里一些年輕

17、生命相似,全個身心為那點愛情所浸透,見寒作熱,忘了一切。況且,儺送是這樣一位出色的小伙子,眼眉秀拔出群,人聰明而又富有感情,結實如老虎卻又和氣親人,不矯惰,不浮華,不倚勢凌人。第一次見到翠翠就傾心于翠翠,他借給老船夫送酒的機會去看翠翠,他邀請翠翠,為了贏得翠翠的愛情,半夜里,他“遵照當?shù)氐牧晳T,很誠實與坦白地為一個初生之犢的黃花女唱歌”。當他面臨著渡船和碾房需要做出選擇時,他舍棄了碾房,愿為愛情而守一輩子渡船,他對父親表明自己的態(tài)度:“或許我命里只許我撐個渡船”,話語委婉卻體現(xiàn)了他愛得明確和堅決。當翠翠得知王鄉(xiāng)紳為女兒以一座碾房作陪嫁向二老求親時,她的胸腔中便充滿了一種說不分明的東西。她仿佛覺

18、得自己是在生一個人的氣。是的,她正在愛著儺送,開始近乎本能地為要奪走她的愛人的事而煩悶生氣了?！靶履敕俊笔莾秃痛浯鋹矍榈淖韪?它的突兀出現(xiàn)使翠翠的命運蒙上了不幸的陰影。翠翠這個鄉(xiāng)村女子,對生活的要求本來就不高,只希望“每一只船要有個碼頭,每一只鳥兒總得有個窩”,她應該把自己交給那個適宜于照顧她的人。但現(xiàn)實對她卻是那樣冷酷,父母當年為了追求愛情的自由,付出了生命的代價,如今,她似乎又在重演著一場類似的悲劇。令人們欣慰的是翠翠與儺送沒有像母親與軍人那樣雙雙殉情而死，儺送也沒有放棄這份愛情，“爸爸，你以為這事為你，家中多座碾坊多個人，你可以快活，你就答應了。若果為的是我，我要好好想一想，過些日子再

19、說吧。我尚不知道我應當?shù)米敕唬€是應當?shù)靡恢欢纱?；因為我命里或只許我撐個渡船。”為了愛情，儺送堅決地抵御著物質的誘惑。再看翠翠她遠比絕望的母親更勇敢更堅強，她懷著希望與自己坎坷的命運作持久的抗爭。接受種種磨難而等待儺送的歸來，勇敢接受不幸命運的挑戰(zhàn)。在愛情挫折中翠翠的性格因此展現(xiàn)出了柔中有剛的美。就像盛開在山野間的花,散發(fā)著大自然賦予的馨香,自然真切而又震憾人心。翠翠的愛情是屬于一見鐘情式的,這種一見鐘情的背后是那種飄忽難言卻又真實可信的自然性情,翠翠與儺送雙方從頭至尾沒有說過幾句話,更不必談心靈的交流,他們的愛情就是建筑在這種自然性情之上,他們無法自覺地面對自己的愛情,而只能任由自然性情的

20、推動。因此“翠翠與儺送的愛情的本質特征不是精神性的,而是自然性的。他們基于自然性情之上的愛指向的不是個性,而是由自然生命在成長過程中漸漸壯大的生理欲望所決定的。正是由于這種自然性的基質,翠翠的愛根本不能把她的生命引向另一個更高的層次”。 翠翠顯得比較弱小，反抗的力量還不夠，似乎還缺少著對美好愛情的大膽追求。她只有堅貞地等待，勇敢地接受，沒能大膽地走出去，但她展現(xiàn)了她自己的“人生形式”，“一種優(yōu)美，自然，又不悖乎人性的人生形式?！贝浯浜瓦@些上層人物相比，是這般的清純與美麗，天真與善良。同樣的,在翠翠、天保、儺送之間發(fā)生的凄婉的愛情故事依然散發(fā)著執(zhí)著和自然質樸的神韻。天保喜歡翠翠,便托媒走車路,翠

21、翠喜歡儺送,儺送也暗戀翠翠,不想要碾坊卻想娶翠翠。天保知道“走馬路”不敵弟弟,主動退出,成全弟弟。這些都是湘西古拙純樸的風俗民情熏染的自然結果,是遵從古禮的淳厚人性使然。他們彼此按照自己的標準選擇了對方,一切都那么自然。在這里,沈從文肯定的是“優(yōu)美、健康而又不悖乎人性的人生形式”,是以本能欲望為前提的自然淳樸的愛。這種愛是人與自然融合后的生命體現(xiàn)?！懊蕾F自然”,沈從文正是通過三個人之間的愛情故事找回了這份“自然”之美。而翠翠翠翠呢？始終堅貞專一、倔強地在內心中的情絲。儺送遠走他鄉(xiāng)、爺爺溘然長逝使她在一夜之間"長成大人"。她痛苦悲傷但沒有倒下，她謝絕船總讓她住進他家的好意，她

22、像爺爺那樣守住擺渡的崗位，苦戀著并等待著儺送的歸來，這些充分表現(xiàn)了翠翠性格堅強的一面。謝絕船總的好意，是維護自己人格的尊嚴，也是對傳統(tǒng)婚姻觀念進行抗爭。準備接受種種磨難而等待儺送歸來，是勇敢接受不幸命運的挑戰(zhàn)，是對愛情的忠貞。在愛情挫折中翠翠的性格委婉保守中又展現(xiàn)出柔中有剛的美。顯然，翠翠形象的塑造流露著理想化的色彩。 四、結語翠翠的愛情是一支美麗的戀歌。在愛情中,她表現(xiàn)得自然、純凈、樸素、執(zhí)著,充滿了生命的原始神秘和自由生命的本真追求。然而翠翠愛情在美好的同時卻又充滿了深深的悲劇性。“在翠翠愛情的悲劇中,最能撼動人心的是翠翠愛情生命自然萌生和對自由生命的本真追求以及這種自然萌生與本

23、真追求被無端的阻隔及被動消解的悲劇性”。她的愛情沒有得到完美的宣泄和美麗的釋放,是一種毫無感知的、不自覺的自然萌生,是一種剛剛覺醒的愛情,這種出自自由生命本真的美好愛情幾乎剛剛才開始,便陷入到一種茫然無措的等待、無可奈何的孤獨守望的悲劇之中。正如沈從文所說的愛讓人軟弱,美讓人憂愁。翠翠的愛情悲劇在很大程度上說明,翠翠是自在的而不是自覺的,是被動而不是主動的,是途徑迷茫的而不是指向明確的。翠翠燭照著上流社會的腐朽生活，反襯著城里人的“庸俗小氣自私市儈”。沈從文也借此揭露都市“現(xiàn)代文明”培育的虛偽、自私、怯懦   總之，翠翠是一位清純可愛的鄉(xiāng)村女孩，是美的化身。她的愛

24、情故事是一首凄美的歌，她是作者鄉(xiāng)戀情感與懷舊思想孕育起來的一個血肉豐滿的人物形象，作者也通過翠翠這一藝術形象表現(xiàn)出了對“現(xiàn)代文明”的無情批判注釋：藍棣之. 現(xiàn)代文學經典:癥候式分析.人民文學出版社.2006年7月. 51藍棣之. 現(xiàn)代文學經典:癥候式分析.人民文學出版社.2006年7月. 58吳宏聰.中國現(xiàn)代文學作品選.華東師范大學出版社.109. 吳宏聰.中國現(xiàn)代文學作品選.華東師范大學出版社.110-111吳宏聰.中國現(xiàn)代文學作品選.華東師范大學出版社. 129吳宏聰.中國現(xiàn)代文學作品選.華東師范大學出版社. 151參考文獻：1愛的藝術；弗洛姆；廣西師范大學出版社； 2002 2翠翠:赤子

25、型自然人的愛與死重讀<邊城>；汪樹東； 2006 3湯顯祖與唐代文學；原載于華中師大學報；趙山林；1995年7月4湘西少女的愛情天籟之音；教學大參考； 馬冰；2006年 5論杜麗娘形象的文化屬性與女性屬性；固原師專學報；陳曉清；2003年第04期為你提供優(yōu)秀的畢業(yè)論文參考資料，請您刪除以下內容，O(_)O謝謝！2 Many people have the same mixed feelings when planning a trip during Golden Week. With heaps of time, the seven-day Chinese為你提供優(yōu)秀的畢業(yè)論文設計

26、參考資料，請您刪除一下內容，O(_)O謝謝！National Day holiday could be the best occasion to enjoy a destination. However, it can also be the easiest way to ruin how you feel about a place and you may become more fatigued after the holiday, due to battling the large crowds. During peak season, a dream about a place can

27、 turn to nightmare without careful planning, especially if you travel with children and older people. As most Chinese people will take the holiday to visit domestic tourist destinations, crowds and busy traffic are inevitable at most places. Also to be expected are increasing transport and accommoda

28、tion prices, with the possibility that there will be no rooms available. It is also common that you' ll wait in the line for one hour to get a ticket, and another two hours at the site, to only see a tiny bit of the place due to the crowds. Last year, 428 million tourists traveled in C

29、hina over the week-long holiday in October. Traveling during this period is a matter that needs thorough preparation. If you are short on time to plan the upcoming "Golden Week" it may not be a bad idea to avoid some of the most crowded places for now. There is always a place so fascinatin

30、g that everyone yearns for. Arxan is a place like this. The beauty of Arxan is everlasting regardless of the changing of four seasons. Bestowed by nature, its spectacular seasonal landscape and mountains are just beyond word. Arxan is a crucial destination for the recommended travelling route, "

31、;China Inner Mongolia Arxan Hailar Manzhouli". It is also the joint of the four prairies across the Sino-Mongolian border, where people gravitate towards the exotic atmosphere mixed with Chinese, Russian, and Mongolia elements. As a historic site for the Yitian Battle, Arxan still embodies the

32、spirit of Genghis Khan. Walking into Arxan, you will be amazed by a kaleidoscope of gorgeous colors all the year round - the Spring azaleas blooming red in the snow, the Summer sea wavering blue in the breeze, the Autumn leaves painted in yellow covering volcanic traces, and the Winter woods shining

33、 white on the vast alpine snowscape. Hinggan League Arxan city is situated in the far eastern area of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Its full name "Haren Arxan" means "hot holy water" in the Mongolian language. Arxan is a tourism city in the northern frontier with a blend of l

34、arge forest, grand prairies, vast snowfield, heaven lake cluster, thermium, as well as volcanic cluster. It is a rare and unique ecotourism base filled with healthy sunshine, clean air and unspoiled green.  Nestled close to the country's largest virgin forest, and known for its spring and e

35、cological environment, Arxan is marveled at by many tourists as the purest land on earth.  You cannot miss out the Autumn of Arxan. It is definitely the best with brightly-colored scenery full of emotions.  Autumn in the northern part of the country comes earlier than the South. A Septembe

36、r rain followed by the footprints of Autumn brings more colors to the once emerald green mountain and blooming grassland.  Shutterbugs flock to see for themselves the marvel of splendid colors around the mountains and waters, many of whom have travel a long distance and even camp here only to c

37、apture a moment of the nature wonder.  The silver birch turns golden, while the larch is still proudly green. You will find yourself drowned in the intoxicating red of the wild fruits as well as the glamour of flowers in full blown. And your heart will be lingering on the woods as it's time

38、 for the wild fruits to ripe. The picturesque Arxan in Autumn is indeed a fairyland only exists in a dream that satisfies all your fantasies. If it rains heavily on Saturday night, some elderly Chinese will say it is because Zhinu, or the Weaving Maid, is crying on the day she met her husband N

39、iulang, or the Cowherd, on the Milky Way. Most Chinese remember being told this romantic tragedy when they were children on Qixi, or the Seventh Night Festival, which falls on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, which is usually in early August. This year it falls on Saturday, August 2. Folk

40、lore Story As the story goes, once there was a cowherd, Niulang, who lived with his elder brother and sister-in-law. But she disliked and abused him, and the boy was forced to leave home with only an old cow for company. The cow, however, was a former god who had violated imperial rules and was sent

41、 to earth in bovine form. One day the cow led Niulang to a lake where fairies took a bath on earth. Among them was Zhinu, the most beautiful fairy and a skilled seamstress. The two fell in love at first sight and were soon married. They had a son and daughter and their happy life was held up as an e

42、xample for hundreds of years in China. Yet in the eyes of the Jade Emperor, the Supreme Deity in Taoism, marriage between a mortal and fairy was strictly forbidden. He ordered the heaven troop to catch Zhinu back. Niulang grew desperate when he discovered Zhinu had been taken back to heaven. Driven

43、by Niulang's misery, the cow told him to turn its hide into a pair of shoes after it died. The magic shoes whisked Niulang, who carried his two children in baskets strung from a shoulder pole, off on a chase after the empress. The pursuit enraged the empress, who took her hairpin and slashed it

44、across the sky creating the Milky Way which separated husband from wife. But all was not lost as magpies, moved by their love and devotion, formed a bridge across the Milky Way to reunite the family. Even the Jade Emperor was touched, and allowed Niulang and Zhinu to meet once a year on the seventh

45、night of the seventh month. This is how Qixi came to be. The festival can be traced back to the Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 220). Traditionally, people would look up at the sky and find a bright star in the constellation Aquila as well as the star Vega, which are identified as Niulang and Zhinu. The two

46、stars shine on opposite sides of the Milky Way. Customs In bygone days, Qixi was not only a special day for lovers, but also for girls. It is also known as the "Begging for Skills Festival" or "Daughters' Festival." In this day, girls will throw a sewing needle into a bowl fu

47、ll of water on the night of Qixi as a test of embroidery skills. If the needle floats on top of the water instead of sinking, it proves the girl is a skilled embroiders. Single women also pray for finding a good husband in the future. And the newly married women pray to become pregnant quickly. Trad

48、ition transformed The love story of Niulang and Zhinu, and the Qixi Festival have been handed down for generations. Yet these ancient traditions and customs are slowly dying out. Many modern Chinese, particularly youngsters, seem to know more about St Valentine's Day on February 14, characterize

49、d by bouquets of roses, chocolates and romantic candlelight dinners, than they do about their home-grown day for lovers. Even Qixi is nowadays referred to as the "Chinese Valentine's Day." More and more young Chinese people begin to celebrate this day in a very similar way as that in w

50、estern countries. Fewer people than ever will gaze at the heavens on Saturday to pick out the two stars shining bright on either side of the Milky Way, that is, if people even know on which day Qixi falls. There are ready reminders dotted about, in the form of big ads saying "Sales on Chinese V

51、alentine's Day!" in shops, hotels and restaurants. But few young women will mark the festival with their boyfriends, or take part in traditional activities to pray for cleverness. A large-scale of exhibition on the Silk Road opened to the public in the National Museum on Thursday. The exhib

52、ition displays more than 400 treasures from Shaanxi province, Gansu province and 14 other regions. It is largest scale exhibition that shows the history of the Silk Road in recent years. As APEC is going on in Beijing, the exhibit aims to show the world this brilliant section of history. T

53、he Silk Road is a series of trade and cultural transmission routes that were central to cultural interaction through regions of the Asian continent. It connected the West and East by linking traders, merchants, pilgrims, monks, soldiers, nomads, and urban dwellers from China and India to the Mediter

54、ranean Sea during various periods of time. I met my dear hubby in 2009 the second year I was in my school and it was the first year when he came here. We became colleagues. And there was nothing special happening during that year. He was just a kind and humble brother graduated from the same college

55、 as me. But we did not know each other till he became my colleague and his office desk was just in front of me. There was only a glass between us. So actually we could see each other when we both look up. But it is not the main reason that really draws us close. How we become close to each other was

56、 something seems quite natural. We went out to play badminton with other colleagues and we sometimes chatted for a while. He is a man of few words but somehow sometimes will say something really humorous. Then one day, to my great surprise, I found a pot of beautiful flower on my desk. It was just t

57、he flower I had talked about with my colleague the other day, and I thought it was her who put the flower there. But the truth is not. It was the humble guy sitting in front of me. He just simply said ,”well, I caught sight of this flower and thought that its beautiful and you may like it”. I wonder

58、 why I was moved because of these simple words and present. Maybe it is the sincerity and the true self that impress me. I thanked him and some colleagues walked past my desk would appreciate the beautiful flower and they noticed that something romance happened there. Then later on, there were some little surprises once in a while. Once, the