If you like to watch Japanese animation, you must be familiar with Miyazaki Hayao . As a representative figure of Japanese animation on the world stage, Hayao Miyazaki and his Ghibli Animation Studio have created countless classic works for us, such as " Chihiro and Chihiro ", " Sky City ", " Totoro ", " Ghost Princess ", " Hal's Mobile Castle ", etc. Especially "Spirited Away", it also won the 75th Academy Award for Best Animation Feature Film.
Do you still remember the water train in "Spirited Away"?
In fact, this scene refers to the scene depicted by Kenji Miyazawa in "Night of the Galaxy Railway".
Who is Miyazawa Kenji?
He is a well-known poet and a master of children's literature in Japan. He is known as "a national writer representing Japan" .
Miyazawa Kenji
Miyazawa Kenji was born in 1896. His father runs the old clothing store business and is also the convener of the local Pure Land Buddhist group. Because he witnessed the miserable life of farmers since childhood, he always had infinite sympathy for the working people. In order to improve the rural appearance, Kenji Miyazawa personally went to the countryside to teach, guided farmers to farm scientifically, and insisted on living a poor life like ordinary farmers.
However, Kenji Miyazawa is not in good health. He has been weak and sick since childhood and cannot bear heavy labor. At the age of 37, Kenji Miyazawa suffered from lung disease due to overwork and nutritional disorders and unfortunately died prematurely.
Miyazawa Kenji's life was very similar to Van Gogh. They all had their own religious beliefs and were concerned about the working people at the bottom. They all died at the age of 37. More importantly, they were not recognized when they were alive and became famous only after they died.
Although Miyazawa Kenji's life was short, it left an extremely rich literary legacy to the world. It is no exaggeration to say that many modern Japanese artists grew up reading the fairy tales of Kenji Miyazawa. In addition to Hayao Miyazaki, modern fairy tale writer Aya Naoko also highly praised and influenced by Kenji Miyazawa.
The most representative fairy tale work of "Night of the Galaxy Railway", the first draft was written in 1924. After that, Miyazawa Kenji changed his draft several times, and he was still processing and polishing it until the last breath of his life.
Unfortunately, he passed away before the fourth draft was completed. Therefore, "Galaxy Railway Night" is an "forever unfinished work" .
"Galaxy Railway Night"
"Galaxy Railway Night" tells the story is not complicated. On the night of the Galaxy Festival, a little boy named Gorbani fell asleep on the hill. In the dream, he and his best friend Corbinella boarded a Galaxy Railway train heading to the Kingdom of Heaven. The
train was speeding through the Milky Way, and they also met several special passengers, bird catchers, lighthouse guards and young teachers with a pair of siblings, all of whom had their own destinations.
Finally, when the train passed by the coal bag nebula known as the "Cave of Heaven", Corbinella disappeared. The sad Giobani couldn't help crying loudly before realizing that he had a dream.
When he ran down the hill to go home, he learned incredible news by the river - Corbenela fell into the river and drowned.
For the first time I read this story, I was deeply attracted by the colorful galaxy world depicted by Kenji Miyazawa. Above the magnificent Milky Way, a train whistling by, full of people's pursuits and wishes, shuttled across the border between life and death, heading towards heaven.
However, under this magnificent scenery, there is a feeling of sorrow and loneliness. The protagonist of the story, Gio Benny, lives in a poor family. His father left home to fish for a long time and has not come back. In order to take care of his sick mother, he goes to the printing factory to work after school every day. Moreover, because my father had no news for a long time, the classmates in the class always made fun of him.
In Giobani's world, there is always a lonely color .
In real life, my mother was ill in bed, my father disappeared without any news, and was excluded and ridiculed by classmates in the class at school, and was also teased by workers when working in the printing factory. It seemed that my good friend Conebera was becoming increasingly alienated from her;
In my dream, Giobani was also lonely. On the Galaxy Train, only his ticket is different from others. No matter how magnificent the scenery he saw, his heart was always filled with loneliness.
"Ah, why is no one following me all the time?"
"Why can't I be happier in such a quiet place? Why is it that alone is so lonely?"
"Lonely" is probably the first theme that Kenji Miyazawa wants to express in the book.
Everyone who comes to this world is a lonely individual. Whether it is relatives or friends, they can only accompany themselves for a while. When people live, they have to learn to endure loneliness, which is a fate that no one can escape.
And above "lostness", Miyazawa Kenji gave us another touch of warm light, which is the second theme expressed in the book - "Happiness" .
When passing the Northern Cross, Corbinella suddenly said, " As long as my mother can get real happiness, then I can do whatever I want . But, what is the greatest happiness of my mother?"
Later, he said, " no matter who it is, as long as you do real good things, you will be the happiest. "
Corbinella's thinking on happiness inspired Giobani. He began to think about what true happiness is for the first time.
After meeting the bird catcher, Gorbani sympathized with him and further thought about the true meaning of happiness - In order to allow this bird catcher to achieve "real happiness", Gorbani would rather give him all the food and use of it, and even if he stood on the beach of the Milky Way for a hundred years, he would be willing to catch birds for him!
At Tianying Station, the young teacher took Axiang and his brothers on the train. After hearing their shipwreck experience, Giobani thought silently: "I really sympathize with that person and feel sorry for it. What can I do for that person's happiness? "
Lighthouse guard comforted him and said: "What is happiness, I don't know. No matter how painful it is, as long as it can move in the ideal direction, whether it is going up a mountain or down a steep slope, All can approach happiness step by step. ”
” In order to get true happiness, you must experience sorrow. This is God’s will. ”
At this time, Giobani’s thinking about happiness was still on “personal happiness”. Until after listening to the story of Scorpio Fire, Giobani’s perception of happiness changed, and he began to want more people to be happy.
He said to Corbenella: "I am like that Scorpio now. As long as it is to allow everyone to get real happiness, even if it is a hundred times, I will not refuse. "
" Even if it is such a huge black hole, I am not afraid. I must look for everyone's true happiness. "
At this point, Giobani finally found his belief, that is, "dedicate yourself and bring happiness to others" , which is also Giobani's happiness.
But, when here, Giobani will be separated from Corbinella. Corbinella has found his own home, he has fulfilled his dedication and stayed in the Milky Way forever.
, and Giobani has to return to real life and continue his life journey. At the end of the story, Giobani learned that his father was about to go home and wanted to bring the news to his mother as soon as possible, so he ran home with milk.
Although Giobani was still alone at this time, new hope began to arise in his heart.
Life continues, and on the road to pursuing happiness, we all have to rush forward.
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* Author: Tanya. Sometimes reading, sometimes exercising, sometimes traveling. In this life, I just want to read more books and see more scenery.
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