Chapter 10 native

--------------- native --------------- Yemen, Spring 1998 dust to dust Because if you want to see this ten-story "mansion" made of clay slabs, you will travel thousands of miles here, in the desert under the scorching sun and high temperature, and you will still say: It's worth it!worth! I still remember seeing these eye-catching buildings in the films of the Italian director Pasolini at first. I never even thought about this kind of architectural form, so those who flaunt exotic and unqualified can only step aside. Station, these building materials have not changed for thousands of years, using local mud and straw mixed with lime to make mud, then paved and cut like making cakes, and then exposed to the hot sun for several weeks, it is hard and formed, and the clay board is It can be transported to the construction site to start building.

In this way, we only use clay boards to stack them, without any method of fixing them with reinforced concrete. Under the surprise and curiosity of outsiders like me, we challenge the so-called modernization in a graceful and unhurried manner.There is really no doubt about the power of remote ancient civilizations.I heard that the clay panels are stacked up all the time, and there is no need to paste the mud with boiling water, just wait for the annual rainy season, the rainwater will naturally seep in, slowly melt the joints of the clay panels, and it is natural, maybe this is what it means.

I always feel that I want to learn some skills wherever I want to go, so I choose this huge off-campus course at the Desert Campus.It is 100% native-born, especially sitting in a jeep and driving across the desert to see the winding mountains in the distance. After thousands of years of wind and rain, the dust is turned into sand and mud, and then it is artificially transformed into clay board building materials. It has been built for generations. Temporarily living in the building.Perhaps one day everything in front of us will collapse one after another, and the mud and sand may be recycled to become building materials for the next generation. They are endless, and they have a kind of energy and wisdom that makes people feel at ease.

Therefore, I not only believe that being born and bred is something to be proud of, but also that I am guaranteed to be born and bred.