Bayu impression

Bayu impression, a story of a city, goes through ancient and modern times. In the cultural precipitation, there are stone carvings that integrate Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism, giving the soul an opportunity for cultural harmony. If we hadn't been exposed to Chinese studies in recent years, we might not know how to interpret the historical and cultural precipitation we saw in front of us these days. Cultural feast is the main course of travel, and eating is the side dish of walking in the rivers and lakes. Chongqing is a city I don't know.

When I first came to Chongqing, I had no special desire to reach the destination city before. This time, because I didn't know where to go, I followed my colleague's itinerary.

Because the plane was late (it seems common in China to delay taking off and fly so many international flights), we only came back from Berlin in 2005 and changed planes in Moscow, because it was a black Friday, few people canceled flights and the rest took off on time), and landed at Chongqing airport in the early morning. There was a feeling of landing in Frankfurt when I came out. The road sign is bright and familiar yellow. Very friendly for a traveler with high myopia, yellow is the most eye-catching color among so many. Suddenly feel very rustic. I used to think that foreign infrastructure was advanced, and our inland city construction was not inferior at all.

After getting on the taxi, the driver flew all the way over the viaducts and bridges at various checkpoints and arrived at the hotel at high speed. The humble hotel front desk reminds me of a homestay I once lived in Nuremberg, and I want to leave without the front desk. When I entered the room, I felt like I was in a humble homestay in Europe (the bed was in the suite in the lobby), and there was no poetic literary homestay in Shenzhen seaside. Having said that, it's not that I don't like living. I just want to say that it's a good thing to look around. This hotel is very safe, and I can accept it compared with before. Israeli Jews pay the most attention to hotel safety and stay in the best hotels, but eat casually. Going out, once in the Book of Changes, Ceng Gong also explained to us the importance of going out safely.

The next day, I walked in the street looking for breakfast and eating local snacks. For me, Chinese food is delicious, much better than bread and cold meat slices. It can be said that for eating, my taste buds require that as long as it is Chinese food. I took the light rail to the network celebrity Liziba light rail station. There is a house first, and then there is the special line of Line 2 of the light rail station. The reason why human beings are different from inorganic substances, organic substances, plants and animals in the universe is this sense of independent innovation. Here, human wisdom has been fully reflected. In the afternoon, I came to ciqikou ancient town. The wooden window grilles of the houses here have the style of southern France. Houses in Nice Street, a seaside town, all have such brown wooden window grilles. Here is a smell full of hot pot bottom material. Let's make up our minds that dinner is hot pot. Chongqing people always have a way to take root in steep mountains. A young man sat on a wooden shelf halfway up the mountain, singing with a guitar. Old people sit on the dam at the head of a tree (because there is almost no flat land in Chongqing, the locals even call a small flat land under the head of a tree "on the dam"), listening to songs and daydreaming. There is also an old lady who makes a box of dragon beard crisp and sells it now in 5 yuan; The loving lady opposite sells beautiful feather badminton,1one in 0 yuan. Find a teahouse at the top of the mountain and sit for an hour with a pot of tea. For friends who have studied tea art, they have been soaking for several rounds unconsciously. I feel that the fragrance of tea has disappeared. Get up and find a place to eat. In short, hot pot can't stop eating spicy appetizers until the stomach capacity gives a hint.

On the third day, Dazu stone carving was described in one word: shocking. It shocked not only the visual senses, but also the inner restlessness. At that moment, my mind was a mess. How did Buddhism introduced from the west, Confucius and Mencius in Chinese studies and Taoism of Laozi and Zhuangzi merge? How do they solve all the problems in our daily life? What is the relationship between your life and the recently learned western mental model? I never thought there would be a cultural gathering place where these things could be integrated. At this moment, my thinking has opened my mind, and I am sorting out the relationship between knowledge and life in the first half of my life. In this misplaced mind, there is no doubt that the Book of Changes, the head of wisdom, first appeared: Zhou Wenwang was written into 64 hexagrams about various stages of life in prison by Shang Zhouwang, which formed the mysterious Book of Changes and explained the way of harmonious coexistence between all things in the universe and people. In order to save lives and spread the wisdom of the Book of Changes, Zhou Wenwang put a mysterious divination veil on it, so that its mystery escaped the fire of Qin Dynasty. Many ordinary people don't understand the Book of Changes. Confucius interpreted the Book of Changes and wrote it into the Analects of Confucius, an easy-to-understand Confucian doctrine, forming a Confucian doctrine based on etiquette. If you have read the Book of Changes and The Analects of Confucius, you will find that there are many corresponding places in the hexagrams of the Book of Changes. Taoism, on the other hand, takes the law of nature as a clue and puts forward the idea of harmonious survival and development between man and nature, which is called "Yin and Yang". Buddhism advocates doing good deeds and accumulating virtue, which is also reflected in Dazu stone carving combined with local filial piety in China. Practicing in the way of the world is what I call lifelong learning and growth, practicing with knowledge and practice. Otherwise, we may become a confused life that knows everything but has a bad life. The western mental model determines your life. From another angle, let's think about China's golden mean since ancient times. No one has ever given an answer. Where is the appropriateness? It tells us that to solve this problem, we need to raise the perspective to a higher level. Looking back, we will find that the original question will be easier to find the answer when you think at a higher level, and it is no longer a question. So where is your higher level, height and pattern? Finally, I returned to the road of continuous practice and self-improvement. You will find that this is a cyclical life topic. The spiritual wealth in the inner world of life can be rich or poor, and a person's level determines his life state. Life is a Dojo, and every Dojo we meet is a practice. At this point, I finally cleared up my thoughts and was grateful for everything I encountered.

On the third day, take a walk, stroll around, sit on the Yangtze River cableway and ferry, and appreciate the posture of the mother river of the Yangtze River. The song "Rolling the Yangtze River to the East and Passing the Water" sung in Cantonese songs tells the story of heroes of all ages. Today, this is a vibrant city, and the direction of infrastructure and urban economic development is quite clear. Chongqing people seem to work hard and live a comfortable life, which is unambiguous. At night, neon lights and bustling pedestrian streets along the Yangtze River and Jialing River are not inferior to coastal cities at all, and even more prosperous and modern. Some people may want to say that this can be called the Bund in Chongqing, which is not too much.

On the fourth day, I walked around the old city, found a snack bar full of locals, a bowl of delicious kelp trotters stew, and preserved eggs baked with Chili, and tasted the life flavor of Chongqing people who pay attention to taste bud experience. Step on a Yangtze River Bridge with a cableway above it and the former site of Huguang Guild Hall under the bridge. The surrounding high-rise buildings are not in Pingchuan, but on rugged mountains. I want to say that the architectural planning talents here must be regarded as the darling of heaven.

Finally, I bid farewell to Chongqing and Bayu Mountain City. I started typing at the airport and finished this record in the air. When I finished writing the manuscript, I was surprised to find that the new book "Life is mine" that the previous passenger missed a while ago was in the back pocket of the front seat. I finished reading the physical book I have long wanted to read. I was born by myself, not by others.

# Recorded in 202 1.6.8TB air route #

Attached map (a flight distance, at the end of the high-speed reading plane landing and taxiing)