#上海｜You must love something, just like the love that plants have for time｜

2023.12.7-2023.12.10 (Suzhou, Shanghai, China) “You must love something, just like the love that plants and trees have for time.” - Wang Zengqi, “Plants and Trees in the World” If you ask me about my impression of Shanghai, it is Zhang Ailing's books, Jin Yucheng's Flowers, Lou Ye's Suzhou River and Guo Jingming's Tiny Times. Shanghai is a city full of passion, prosperous yet lonely. Some people feel sad about autumn, but I am fascinated by it. Plane trees run through the eight streets and nine alleys of Shanghai. After being baptized by the four seasons, the grass and trees turn yellow and the ground is covered with golden yellow. This is a beautiful scenery unique to Shanghai. While strolling, you may accidentally step into the criss-crossing alleys. The alleys seem to be filtered through a layer of old times and full of the smell of fireworks. All the places that lead to the end are a period of light and hope. At first glance, it seems incompatible with the modern Shanghai, but it does not seem out of place at all. Having said that, if I really stayed in Shanghai for a few years, I definitely wouldn't be able to love it as much as Eileen Chang. It's too magical. Someone like me who loves wandering may be more suitable for wandering to the ends of the earth. I remember seeing someone say online a few days ago that traveling means going to other cities when you get bored of your own city. Hmm... come to think of it, it is true. To me, Suzhou is a world of poetry and songs. Walking in this city always gives me the illusion of meeting Su Shi around a corner. Just for the words "Spring is not late", I went to the south of the Yangtze River. With stone bridges, small boats, misty apricot blossoms, Suzhou is truly a place suitable for dreaming. The most recent book I read was Wang Zengqi's Four Volumes of the Human World, so when I was in Suzhou I put the text on a small postcard, hoping to receive a letter from someone across thousands of miles. #China #Shanghai #Suzhou