text: Guoshi Wushuang
pictures: from the Internet
Among all the four-hoofed animals, I like the horse the best. It was true when I was a kid, and it is true now. My first love for horses may have come from my love of reading short-form novels when I was a child, especially short-form novels on historical wars such as "Three Kingdoms", "Water Margin", "Yue Fei" and "The Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties", all of which contain horses. Moreover, the horse's simple drawing is really well done and lifelike. It feels like it not only depicts the horse's form, but also its demeanor, temper, and temperament. What I like the most is the rapid sound of horse hooves and the neighing of horses when they are running. Dede, kuala kuala kuala—oh, hehehehe—, it’s so cool. I have watched an early American movie - "Wild Horses", and I still have the image of the black horse galloping across the grassland towards the sea. When I was a child, I loved horses. This made me dream of having a horse. Every day, I could ride a horse to school, and then, as soon as school was over, I would get off the horse and run towards my home. At the door, wow, how handsome that must be! It's a pity that we don't have horses locally. The first time I saw a real horse was when I was in college. I went to Lishan Mountain for a field internship. I saw a team of horses in Lintong Mountain. The sound of hoofbeats was still nice, but they were not war horses after all. They looked exhausted. His appearance is completely unimaginable. Later, when I was visiting the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, I took a photo with the old "White Dragon Horse" in the scenic spot. Although "Old Bai" was very docile and quiet, I still felt a little anxious riding on "Old Bai". I think "Old Bai" is already dead now.
The reason for the breed is that Chinese horses, whether Ili horses , Sanhe horses , or Hequ horses, sweaty BMWs , are still small in size and far less fat and strong than Western horses. This makes me think about the legendary horses. Wuzui Horse , Red Rabbit Horse and other sacred horses are always doubted - is the "Tanxi Prancing Horse" real?
There is a character in Turgenev's "Hunter's Notes" who loves horses very much. As for his beloved horse being stolen and then going crazy and dying, his compassion for horses is comparable to that of Guan Gong, a Chinese entry .
I am an old man who has great ambitions. This is the pride that only a thousand-mile horse deserves, but I am not a thousand-mile horse, and I am not spared by time. I am already in the second half of my life, so I don’t have any ambitions or dreams of soaring to the sky. However, I occasionally watched Xu Beihong " Eight Horses Pictures ", and I felt a surge of energy in my heart.
