Chapter 100 Butterfly · Squirrel · Battery

A friend told me that he had two heart shocks, both caused by small things. Once, when visiting the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River by boat, tourists were watching the scenery on the deck, and suddenly a pair of butterflies the size of a fist flew above the deck.At this time, many Chinese tourists, old and young, men and women, instinctively went to catch the pair of butterflies, and there was a mess, or it could be described as thunderous cheers.He also has the action of reaching out to fish.At this time, there happened to be a couple from England next to him. They just stood there quietly looking at the butterflies. Maybe it was because those who caught the butterflies frightened the butterflies. They didn't know how to escape and landed there in panic. Then someone yelled at her husband: "Hey, why don't you grab it quickly?" Of course the husband didn't catch it, and the butterfly flew to the river amidst the noise.When the voices of the people died down, the British man who could speak Chinese said to my friend next to me: "Don't you call them Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai?" .

The other time was when he visited relatives in the United States to see his daughter's family.It was the first time he went back to a western country, the first time he walked into the garden of the single-building "House", and the first time he saw squirrels running nonchalantly on the trees and lawns in the garden, he joked instinctively to his daughter and son-in-law: "Ha, you don't need to spend money to eat squirrel meat!" At that time, his daughter stared blankly at him, which still makes him palpitate when he thinks about it.The daughter didn't say anything to refute him, but just blushed like a cherry.The son-in-law is American and doesn't know much Chinese, so he asked his daughter what his father said, and the daughter hurriedly told him in English that it was nothing.

My friend confessed to me that in his cultural psychology, there is a very bad "instinctive consciousness", that is, when he sees a living thing, he wants to capture it, possess it, and even eat it.Whether this is a psychological defect that many Chinese people have, he can't say for sure, but he is willing to start with himself and practice "mental hygiene" from time to time.From this, the attitude towards cultural relics is often ignorant of the pleasure of aesthetics. For example, owning a piece of calligraphy and painting by famous masters, a piece of ancient porcelain, or a set of special stamps many years ago rarely gets rid of its "valuable amount" Consciousness, it is rare to do pure artistic appreciation on it calmly, and what we are keen on is only the discussion of "what price has been appreciated to".Then, if he presides over the affairs of a place, and that place happens to have a scenic spot included in the list of world cultural and natural heritage, he will definitely be full of joy of possession, and then "eat it with relish" ".It's not that I take all the economic benefits for myself, but I will definitely hand over the inheritance to the merchant with the highest bid for contracting, and then plunder the "economic achievements of my term" in a short, flat, and fast way. ".He said that fortunately, this is just a hypothetical. If he, who has not overcome and eliminated his despicable cultural psychology, is allowed to manage cultural and natural heritage, the consequences will be disastrous.

When my friends talked about these two things, they were suspected of beautifying foreigners and foreign culture.But I think there is indeed something worthy of our comparison and reflection.I appreciate his sense of self-confession.Many Chinese people are still unable to have this kind of conscious repentance consciousness. In the face of an incident, they immediately shirk their responsibility before others say anything, or they always feel that the responsibility is greater than themselves, and the direct and specific person has not yet repented, but they themselves have not repented. Wouldn't it be a disadvantage if you repent first, wouldn't you be a "stupid B"?Even those who believe that "the public is not punished for crimes" will participate in it knowing that it is wrong, and then they will not know what repentance means.

Of course, they are not Chinese people who are not conscious and clear. I know a man of my age whose son and a group of friends drove back from a trip to a place in the suburbs listed on the World Natural Heritage List, and told him about the joy of picnics.Under his questioning, his son said that they did not take the leftovers out of the scenic spot and put them into the trash can, but just let them scatter in the grass.He was very sad, and not only severely criticized his son, but also took a taxi to the place after his son went to work the next day, and went deep into the picnic area, regardless of whether it was his son or other garbage left by other tourists, I picked it up, took it to a place with a trash can, and put it in.Although I was tired enough, I felt comfortable in my heart.He also deliberately brought home two AA batteries that had been abandoned there. After seeing his son, he handed the two batteries to his son and ordered him to throw the used batteries into a special collection facility in a nearby department store. The son did so, and told his friends about it. These young people regretted it all, and never polluted the environment again.