This is Ronaldinho's first time going to the cinema after the Spring Festival. Yesterday afternoon, I found the elevator in the mall alone in a wheelchair. After the Spring Festival, this should be the highest quality domestic film.

This is Ronaldinho's first time going to the cinema after the Spring Festival.

Yesterday afternoon, I was sitting alone in a wheelchair and found the elevator of the shopping mall.

As usual, I asked the passerby by the elevator:

"Can you press the button for the 4th floor for me?"

The passerby was a girl who was stylishly dressed but had a quiet temperament.

"Okay, I'll go to the 4th floor too."

"You're also going to watch " Major Events in Life "?"

"Yes."

... After

took me into the elevator, she started humming songs without rhythm. , showing an unnatural tension.

Because I am in a wheelchair and have no strength, her nervousness is unlikely to be due to fear.

I guess she might know me or be a fan of mine.

but I didn't ask.

After walking out of the elevator and waiting for the ticket check, I noticed that she always looked back at me.

Whenever I focus on her, she always quickly lowers her head to check her phone.

turned over and over several times, and finally for a moment, she and I looked at each other and smiled.

But I didn’t approach her, nor did I ask for her WeChat ID.

With the sound of "start checking in," I hurriedly entered the theater.

after the movie opens.

Watching the plot in the film, I always feel a little regretful.

Why?

Because I realized that I might have missed one thing -

"Life Events"

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After the Spring Festival release, this should be the highest quality domestic movie.

Although the quality is high, its subject matter is not very pleasing-

Funeral.

The male protagonist's third sister (played by Zhu Yilong ) was born in a funeral family, and he has practiced the art of sending people to heaven since he was a child.

However, like Sun Wukong, he is unwilling to engage in the great career that has been arranged, and only wants to rebel.

Until Sanmei met Sister Wen (played by Yang Enyou).

Sister Wen is a more rebellious evildoer than the third sister.

The following content contains minor spoilers

The movie opens with the third sister receiving a mission to send a deceased old woman to heaven.

However, Sister Wen stepped on the Hot Wheels, held the fire-pointed spear , and stabbed Sanmei directly in the vagina.

Why is Sister Wen like this?

She didn’t want her grandma to leave her.

Before the third sister arrived, she had been guarding her grandmother's body for several hours.

After the third sister arrived, she used all her strength to resist everyone who wanted to send her grandma away.

But in the end, grandma was sent away.

So, she followed the license plate number and came to Sanmei's Huaguo Mountain.

Did you find it?

Facing a corpse, there is no fear;

Facing power, there is no timidity.

Sister Wen is just like Nezha.

is not afraid of the sky or the earth.

Dare to ask the Dragon King for corn.

By some mistake, Sister Wen was temporarily placed in a funeral parlor.

lived together with Sanmei's "Go to Heaven" team.

What kind of experience is that?

Go to the hospital in the morning and pick up the body at noon;

Hold the ceremony in the afternoon and look up at the ashes in the evening.

But Sister Wen is not only not afraid.

also turned the funeral into a stage play.

Not found.

faces death.

faces the funeral.

Most of us either keep it secret or avoid it out of fear.

But Sister Wen didn’t care about all this.

Why?

Because Sister Wen is young?

Because she is not sensible yet?

is wrong.

Because her heart is purer and freer.

Because of her thinking and cognition, she has not been implanted with cultural dross and has not been blinded by feudal ideas.

If you have a certain understanding of the history and humanities of the world, you will find one thing -

Death is only regarded as a taboo and something "disgusting" in East Asian cultural circles. .

Japanese movie " The Encoffiant "

Reason?

Thousands of years ago, Confucius said:

"If you don't know life, how can you know death."

"If you fail to serve people, how can you serve ghosts."

"The duty of serving the people is to respect ghosts and gods and keep them away."

What mean?

The first two sentences are telling the people that death is not something you should worry about. Don't think about it or ask about it.

The last sentence is telling the ruler that the essence of managing the territory is to let the peoplerespect ghosts and gods and stay away from them.

Why?

Because once people start to worry about ghosts and gods, think about or even believe in the world after death and the meaning of death.

Then, the power of the ruler will be weakened, and the people will be disobedient or stop working hard to farm the land.

Let’s use some analogies -

If you believe that after death, there will be heaven and hell.

Then, you may not worship the emperor, and you may not feel that only the emperor’s grace can save you.

If you believe that your death will have an impact on future generations, and even rewrite the world structure.

Then you may pick up the dynamite bag and do whatever you think is right.

And what if you believe in nothing and believe that there is nothing after death?

Then, you may move towards nihilism and question all values ​​in the world.

You may no longer pursue fame and wealth, because you will not be able to take a leaf with you after your death;

You may no longer cater to moral rules, because you will not hear any gossip after your death.

therefore.

If you want to stabilize the king's business, you must stop people from philosophizing about death.

This is Confucianism, which is respected as the "Holy King's Way" and advocates avoiding talking about the cause of death.

This is why, radiated by Confucian culture , people throughout East Asia generally feel that death is dirty.

in my opinion.

Many morticians are engaged in the funeral industry not just because of the high wages.

But because their thoughts are relatively free and not enslaved by secular prejudices.

However, many creators who shoot funerals have an idealism that desires to break prejudices.

How can we break prejudice? If you want to break

, you need to create it first.

and are not implanted with cultural dregs. Unlike Sister Wen who is pure and free in heart -

is an adult third sister who has always wanted to get rid of her identity as an embalmer and is unwilling to "eat the dead" anymore.

Until, Sanmei used her skills to send away Sister Wen’s grandmother.

Until, he felt sympathy and compassion for Sister Wen's crying.

He suddenly realized -

It turns out that the essence of the funeral industry is not to deal with cold corpses.

It is about one person's life and another person's only loved one.

He told Sister Wen: Grandma did not disappear, but was sent up into the sky by the chimney and turned into a star.

Sister Wen believed it.

At this moment, he philosophized about death and began to think about the meaning of his job.

Confucius said, if you don’t know life, how can you know death.

"Major Events in Life" attempts to express five words in two hours:

Knowing death and then living .

In the first half of the movie, when death is still unknown, the life of the third sister is full of confusion.

When it comes to career, he doesn't know why, and he just wants to do whatever is wrong and sell his ancestral property; when

treats love, he is irresponsible and only does things based on wishful thinking and emotions.

After having a father-daughter relationship with Sister Wen, the third sister gradually regained her composure and became serious about life and relationships.

However, when Sister Wen's biological mother came back, he still violated his true self and chose to separate from Sister Wen.

Why?

He believes that blood relationships and social rules are the most important things in the world and should not be broken.

To put it bluntly, he is still bound by a certain concept and has not truly emancipated his mind and gained freedom.

Until Sanmei’s father passed away.

Until, 's father, who has witnessed countless funerals in his life, left this will:

"After I die, everything will be simple."

"Just put my ashes in this milk powder can, and you can use the saved money to rub it." A meal."

This is to say that the value of life does not lie in how many false reputations you get or how many secular rules you follow.

But it lies in whether you have eaten well and whether you have truly felt every moment of your life.

In the will, the father told the third sister:

"What to do with my ashes in the end is a question left for you."

After much thought, the third sister finally found the answer to this question.

You ask, how did you find it?

Since it involves key plot points, I won’t spoil it for you.

I can only say -

When she took away her father's ashes and ran from the funeral home to the river, the third sister completely got rid of the shackles of her thoughts.

At that moment, Sanmei violated the secular rules but gained true freedom.

He finally understood -

The most important thing in life is not being looked up to by anyone, nor is it about face, form or the cognition that has been instilled.

But true and sincere love, and the courage to get rid of all external noise and have no hesitation.

because.

The most painful thing in the world is not the farewell that you can't control no matter what.

But there is a chance to be together and it is possible to spend many beautiful days together.

But the thoughts instilled in you by the outside world suppressed the courage to pursue, and chose to live and leave.

The core lines and slogans of "Life's Great Events" are "There are no great events in life except death."

However, looking at the whole film, I read eight other words from the blank space of the work:

"Everything in life, including death, is a major event."

Eat in a restaurant and play a game of cards;

Have a funeral, fix a cell phone.

As long as it is for the one you love, every little thing you do has great meaning.