Chapter 353: Beautiful Consumption
The pale moonlight shone on the surface of the lake, emitting a brilliant white light, and this white light reflected on the crystal building, becoming a very bright reflection.
The buildings on this island are all made of crystal, so the water-based buildings glow in the moonlight and complement the many reflections on the surface of the lake.
Runzhi looked at the crystal clear lake, only to see that there were many ripples on the surface of the lake, which spread out and slowly spread towards the shore, and looked carefully at the starry sky, and then said slowly:
In fact, many things are originally popular, and it is on the basis of popularity that all these most splendid beauty in the world can be produced. In fact, there is a foundation for many of these numbers, that is, there must be a foundation as a foreshadowing in order to produce a more brilliant and brilliant superstructure. For example, as an ordinary person, he first needs to meet the basic food, clothing, shelter and transportation, and then he can create history on the basis of such a basic life. Because life itself is a very beautiful picture, and on this basis, a glorious chapter of human history can be constructed. It is on the basis of many of the most basic numbers, through people's wisdom and diligence, that a beautiful picture, like "Qingming Riverside Picture", is full of classical charm, but also seems ordinary historical poems. If there is anything in the history of mankind that deserves a special legend, it is these most ordinary things, because it is only on the basis of these most ordinary things that we can produce some amazing things that make people marvel. Since ancient times, people have known that in the Tang Dynasty, material culture can be said to have reached its peak, but even in such a period, it can only be produced under the condition that the most basic material production is sufficient. In fact, the more ancient and mysterious things are, the more closely related to the most basic and basic life, that is to say, all culture and history are inseparable from people's daily life, and the actual situation should be the most worthy of consideration, but also the most magical time, in fact, it is also the most worthy of people to study and explore in depth. ”
Leading to the center of the lake is a very quaint and small bridge.
Perhaps because the surface of the lake is very meandering, when building the bridge, full consideration was given to the shore of this very tortuous lake, forming a scene of mutual harmony. Therefore, when building bridges, this bridge was deliberately built into an arch bridge, which appeared on the surface of the lake like Zhaozhou Bridge, which was simple and full of a unique charm.
Runzhi looked at this very delicate and scientific bridge, and then continued:
"In fact, like this bridge, this bridge is actually unique from all previous bridges, and its design, ornamentation or structure is incompatible with some of the older bridges in history. It is this kind of bridge that makes it easier to attract people's interest. People often have a psychology of pursuing novelty, and the more novel things are, the easier it is to attract attention, just like this very innovatively designed bridge. The things that are most suitable for people are often those that surpass the ancients in terms of structure or material or pattern, or in their overall structure, or are unique in some aspects. In fact, such bridges, or similar innovative things of this kind, are based on many existing images, through various synthesis or a combination of different things, so as to change the original things and create new things. In fact, to change the original things, or to combine different things to form a new thing, this is naturally innovation, but such innovation is often called second-hand innovation. This kind of innovation, compared with first-hand innovation, is a completely new thing born on the basis of the original completely absent field or the complete absence of such similar things, which we call first-hand things. Compared to such things, it can often only be called second-hand innovation. In fact, most new things, like this bridge, are generally second-hand innovations, because such bridges have actually existed before, that is to say, designers just learn from some research results of predecessors, and then on the basis of such research results, and then carry out some creative play. For example, adding some new elements or subtracting some new features, or combining the advantages of different innovations, it becomes a completely new innovation. But such innovation can only be called second-hand innovation, but compared with no innovation, second-hand innovation is still very valuable. ”
A clear sky is always different from a rainy day.
In this clear night sky, there are often stars covering the sky and the moon and glowing brightly.
Nature is always indispensable in this beautiful night, and the existence of all kinds of exotic flowers and plants is indispensable.
The more splendid and glorious the period, the more adequate people's material life is.
The more people consume, the more prosperous they are.
People are more inclined to some enjoyment-oriented consumption and development-oriented consumption, and are no longer satisfied with only subsistence consumption, which is probably the main difference between the brilliant period and the period at the trough. Beautiful
Qing'er listened to the many very profound truths about all kinds of things, as if she didn't understand it, and then she seemed to feel a little confused, so she asked:
"It sounds like these things are very profound, but in real life, we must not be able to touch these kinds of things, so what is the value of these things in our ordinary life?"
"This question is actually quite level. In fact, these things seem to be far away from us, but they are closely related to us. Not to mention that this bridge is almost all over the land of China, and there are many things, which are actually the results of innovation. An innovative atmosphere is very important for the development of society, so in ordinary social life, an innovative atmosphere should be formed, so as to better promote the development of new things. In fact, whether it is the production of material culture or the production of spiritual products, it is actually closely related to the overall atmosphere of innovation, that is, in a prosperous society, it should be a society that advocates innovation very much. Because human beings have had a primitive psychology of pursuing novelty since ancient times, in fact, it is precisely under the impetus of this psychology that so many colorful and brilliant historical and cultural products can be produced, or some very mysterious or meaningful humanistic products. In fact, in a society, it should be a model that advocates innovation very much, because innovation is of great value to the development of a society or the prosperity of a nation. Because the more innovative the atmosphere, the more it can encourage the emergence of many new things, and people need to be open enough and tolerant of these things of interest. ”
When Qing'er heard this, she seemed to be thoughtful, and then she seemed to have some thoughts of her own, so she only heard her ask:
"That being said, but should we be tolerant enough, or open enough, about what we should be?"
Runzhi listened, so he continued to explain in detail with Yan Yuese:
This is naturally based on a certain basis, not that all open minds are reasonable or unreasonable, we need to maintain a high degree of openness and tolerance, and this naturally has a certain truth. Just like the Tang Dynasty, people's material production at that time was greatly enriched, and according to statistics, the production of food at that time could almost stop working for almost all people at the same time and eat it for three consecutive years. Therefore, at that time, because of the great abundance of grain production at that time, the consumption level at that time was greatly improved. Therefore, at that time, it was precisely because of the great increase in the consumption level, which is the so-called full and warm thought, so that time was actually a time when the production of many spiritual products was greatly enriched. In fact, during the Tang Dynasty, especially during the prosperous period of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, it can be said that the production of grain at that time reached an unprecedented situation in society. In fact, on the basis of such abundant food production, we can engage in some other very meaningful activities, of course, among these activities, the most important are consumption activities, that is, consumption is different from people's consumption that is only satisfied with survival, that is to say, only the consumption of food, clothing, shelter and transportation, this consumption extends to all levels of society, and even includes a large number of development-oriented consumption and enjoyment-oriented consumption. When we talk about developmental consumption, we mean that it is improved through education and training, etc., and it is necessary to improve the overall quality. This kind of consumption to moral cultivation is called developmental consumption, and we are enjoyment-oriented consumption. It mainly refers to the excess of food, clothing, housing and transportation, which are used for public use and enjoyment on top of these most basic consumption technologies? These scenes and services used for entertainment and satisfying people's spiritual life are called enjoyment-type consumption. It is precisely in the subsistence type of consumption, on the basis of these abundant food, on the basis of sufficient social material products of freedom, that people have more leeway and opportunity to pursue enjoyable consumption. Because there are a lot of social ones. For wine culture, tea culture also has, a large number of consumption of a class of erotic industry. At that time, people wantonly provided for a large number of idle people through their rich salaries, and the most of these people were the kind of singing and dancing prostitutes or some concubines. ”
Runzhi paused, and then. He continued to reply:
"It is on the basis of the abundance of people's material production that there is a rich and colorful superstructure. We are no longer satisfied with just food, clothing, housing and transportation, can we start to enjoy some spiritual enjoyment, to enjoy some special spiritual products, this is an inevitable trend of high social development. It is also based on the above factors that in the Tang Dynasty, many court officials or some wealthy merchant families were at that time. Often, they are not just engaged in illegal government-business associations. That is to say, some officials use the power in their hands to get involved in business and compete with the people for profit, so that these officials can harvest a large amount of illegal wealth, which is the huge profit they seek by combining power and some business, of course, their struggle at that time is very rich, and their anger can feed at least the wicked people in the city according to the statistics of a lunch light source. You don't have to do anything all day long, that kind of idle people, etc. It is precisely because the anger of these light sources is very rich and pursues the mechanism proposed by Bai Juyi to raise the integrity with abundance, but in fact, the effect is not ideal. For most of the Tang Dynasty. Although the anger of the officials is very rich, these officials are not satisfied with the abundant power they have, and these anger are more profitable by combining their power with business, and they have embezzled a large number of real estate and a large number of shops. Thus renting all these to others, you are making huge profits, for example, after these officials used their power to acquire these fields, and then sublease them to some landless peasants for ten times, or even twenty times higher. As a result, these officials could have fed two or three hundred people by anger. But now they are making more money through the power in their hands and some commercial collections, what did they use these people for in the Tang Dynasty? They are all used for highly enjoyable consumption, and mass consumption has produced such a high-open, open and tolerant social atmosphere. At that time, not to mention the scientific and technological culture and the success of renewal, it became a fashion, and at that time it was not only made. At that time, the light trace culture and the Qinglou culture were widely spread. Therefore, a large number of high-ranking officials have been raised in the homes of these high-ranking officials. Qinglou women, they are not ashamed, but proud of the social atmosphere at that time, coupled with the highly open consumer society at that time, the culture of the lake was in the Tang Dynasty to spread and expand.
At that time, women all took excellent women as examples, wore Hu clothes, spoke Hu language, and learned Hu songs and dances.
Although this has promoted the integration of ethnic groups to a certain extent, it can be seen as an open and tolerant attitude towards many other issues in the context of the rapid expansion of consumer culture.
The gentle moonlight shines through every corner of the island.
Because people are accustomed to the beauty of this charming and gentle moonlight, they are only accustomed to it, and do not feel a unique and rare beauty contained in it.