Chapter 7 If you don't see the Great Wall, you are not a hero

Since the Qing soldiers entered the customs, the Great Wall has only the following two functions (in sequence): first, it was demolished to make use of old bricks; second, it was rebuilt to promote tourism (including education) develop.The front and back are contradictory on the surface, but there is a high degree of consistency in essence: a major prerequisite for the realization of "demolition" and "construction" is the continued existence of the Great Wall and the "being seen" of this existence. If you don't reach the Great Wall, you are not a hero. There is only one kind of "hero", but "to" has two interpretations, one is the person's arrival, and the other is the eye's arrival.

.I personally agree with the latter.The architectural characteristics of the Great Wall are more suitable for "distance viewing". "Distance" can not only see more completely, but also can see its majestic momentum of thousands of miles.Recently, more and more experts tend to agree with me twenty years ago.According to Xinhuanet, in view of the increasingly rampant "obscene" activities on the Great Wall (including fake antiques, fake soldiers, game booths, etc.), the "dignity that the Great Wall should have as a city defense fortification" has been greatly diluted. Experts pointed out that, "You don't have to climb the Great Wall to visit the Great Wall. The Shixiaguan Remnant Great Wall in the Badaling Scenic Area maintains its original appearance and adopts auxiliary facilities so that visitors can watch from a distance but not play around. After blindly 'renovating' and 'reappearing in majesty' "In addition, it brings a fresh revelation, that is, to create conditions to guide tourists to appreciate the value of the Great Wall from the perspective of protecting cultural relics, to appreciate the vicissitudes of the Great Wall, and to better understand its cultural heritage even at a certain distance. "

No matter in terms of time or space, the Great Wall seems to be an example of "distance produces beauty".Therefore, for the protection of cultural relics and aesthetic ability, "If you don't reach the Great Wall, you are not a hero", it is not as good as "If you don't see the Great Wall, you are not a hero", it can keep pace with the times.It is gratifying that my way is not alone, and it is far more than experts and scholars who agree with this view. For example, BEYOND who can regard the Great Wall as a "scar" "left on the crust", except that it is not big or small or has bad intentions In addition, in terms of viewing distance and, obviously, it has already gone farther than us.Of course, there are many people who are more Beyond than BEYOND.For example, ever since the astronaut Yang Liwei said in front of the CCTV host in front of the people of the whole country, "The scenery of the earth (from space) is very beautiful, but I have not seen our Great Wall". Never stopped.The feelings of these skeptics may be simple or complicated, but what I always believe is that they believe that the Great Wall is better viewed from a distance as I do, and they also firmly believe that there is no such thing as an excellent viewing point for the Great Wall. is not on the earth, but should be far away in outer space.

From my personal perspective on this debate, "have you seen it" and "can you see it" are the focus of the two camps' fierce debate.Of course, what is more essential than "have you seen it" and "whether you can see it" is "should it be seen" and "should it be seen by foreigners" as a Chinese? should see".Obviously, this is not just a scientific and aesthetic issue, but has risen to a moral issue.Morality is a matter of the heart. Today, with the rapid advancement of space technology, the degree of confusion seems to be no longer comparable to the "starry sky" and other things in the sky.

So far, Yang Liwei is the only Chinese who has seen the earth from space. Regarding "have you seen our Great Wall from space?" , this time, brother, how can I say "I didn't see it".The ancient learned man was commonly known as "knowing half of the things in heaven and all the things on earth." The standard of today's learned and supportive people is probably "even though a person is on earth, he can know all the things on earth that he knows from heaven." matter".In fact, some people even doubt whether Yang Liwei has ever been in space.This kind of thing is not without precedent.Some Americans (including some Chinese) are still convinced that the fact that humans landed on the moon is a complete fiction. Let people on the earth know that the United States is the world's number one in technology.According to a report by the Fox Network in February 2001, "20% of Americans are unsure whether we have ever landed on the moon" (6% in a Gallup poll in 1999).The situation is so serious that NASA had to consider spending money on a public relations campaign last fall, hoping to convince the public that Americans really went to the moon.

Although Yang Liwei did not need to spend money on the "I didn't see it", the debate on the Internet is indeed inextricably linked. Compared with the difficulty of resolving this debate, sending people into space already makes people feel that it is still a matter. Relatively easy. Steve Mirsky painstakingly explained in the March 2003 issue of "Scientific American": "It's time to borrow Occam's razor. Which is more difficult: sending a man to the moon, or making people believe that there is a real world?" What? Actually, the powerful propulsion used to put a man on the moon is simple physics, and all you need is a slide rule and a computer. I know you can do it because we did." The result was , Attempted with a knife, finally with a fist: When a persistent skeptic once again vehemently accused Aldrin, the second astronaut to set foot on the moon, as "a thief, a liar, and a coward," 72 The 37-year-old Astros couldn't take it anymore and punched the 37-year-old skeptic in the face.

I still do not agree to use crude and simple means to resolve differences in ideological understanding.You know, as long as you don't see anything but have it in your heart, it's inevitable that you can't let it go.It seems that people's correct thinking is difficult to fall from the sky at any time and under any circumstances, including the space age.