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In the late 1920s, a six-year-old girl named Lin lived in a small alley in the south of Beijing. Xiuzhen, a "crazy" woman who often stands in the alley looking for her daughter, is Eiko's friend. Xiuzhen once fell in love with a college student, Si Kang. Later, Si Kang went back to his hometown and never came back. Xiuzhen's daughter, Xiao Guizi, was sent to the foot of the city wall by her family and disappeared. Eiko was very sympathetic to her, so she promised to help Xiuzhen find Xiaoguizi. Eiko inadvertently found that the girl's life is very similar to that of the little devil, found the scar on the back of her neck, and quickly took her to Xiuzhen. After Xiuzhen recognized her daughter who had been separated for six years, she immediately took her to her father. But in the end, both mother and daughter died under the train while catching it. Eiko had a high fever and was in a coma for ten days, almost losing her life. Later, Eiko's family moved to Lan Xin Hutong. Eiko met a young man with thick lips in a nearby desert garden. In order to pay for his brother's education, he had to steal. Eiko thinks she is kind, but she can't tell whether she is a good person or a bad person. Soon, Eiko found a small bronze Buddha on the grass, which was found by plainclothes police. They took the young man away with patrol police. This made Eiko sad because he lost a friend. Later, Aunt Lan came to Eiko's house. Eiko found that his father's attitude towards Aunt Lan was wrong. Eiko thought of a way to introduce Aunt Lan to Uncle Dexian. Later, they fell in love, and finally they left together in a carriage. When Eiko was nine years old, her nanny Ma Song's husband came to the Lins' home. Eiko was very sad when she learned that Ma Song's son drowned two years ago and her daughter was given to a childless three-wheeled couple by her husband. She couldn't understand why Ma Song left her children to wait on others. Later, Ma Song was picked up by her husband with a little donkey. Finally, Eiko's father died of lung disease. Eiko realized her responsibility because of her father's departure and felt that she had grown up.
theme
"Old Things in the South of the City" describes the life of an ordinary family in a quadrangle in the south of Beijing in the late 1920s. Through the childish eyes of the little girl Eiko, we can see all kinds of people and things in Beijing at that time. The characters in the article all left Eiko at last, expressing their feelings of farewell to childhood. Showed the joys and sorrows of the adult world to the world. There is an indescribable innocence, but it tells the complicated feelings in the world. Through the seemingly narrow description, it reflects the whole historical face of Beijing at that time and has strong social significance. Lead people to relive the life shrouded in gloom.
Creation background
"Old Things in the South of the City" was written by Lin in the background of his life from the age of 7 to 13. During the Japanese imperialist occupation of Taiwan Province, the Lins refused to live under the iron heel of the Japanese invaders and moved to Beijing where Xiaoying grew up. Seeing the camel team coming in winter and hearing the slow and sweet bell, childhood returned to the author's mind. Summer passed, autumn passed, winter came again, camel team came again, but childhood never came back. Because the author misses the scenery and people when he lived in the south of Beijing as a child, he wrote it down, so that the actual childhood passed and the childhood of the soul will last forever. This is the original intention of Lin in writing this novel.
Main character
Eiko
Eiko, the hero, is a kind, smart and bold 5-or 6-year-old girl. Living in Beijing Hutong, she observes the world with childlike eyes and pays attention to all kinds of people around her. Finally, at the primary school graduation ceremony, her father died of illness, and Eiko realized that she had grown up.
Hideyoshi
Xiuzhen, a crazy woman in Hui 'an Pavilion, became friends with Eiko. With Eiko's help, the crazy woman found her long-lost daughter. However, fate makes people think that Xiuzhen's mother and daughter knew each other and died tragically under the train wheels at night.
Aunt LAN
Parents' friends are kind-hearted and dare to pursue love Dad likes Aunt Lan for a long time. Xiaoying arranged for Uncle Dean and Aunt Lan to live at home, and they agreed to leave after the job was done.
Ma Song
Eiko's wet nurse is a simple countryman. A few years ago, Ma Song left her children to wait on Eiko, but she received bad news. Her son drowned and her daughter was sold to someone else. Ma Song left with tears in her eyes.
dad
I fell in love with Aunt Lan and eventually died of illness.
Brief introduction of the author
Lin (19 18 March 18 -200 1 February 1), formerly known as Lin, was nicknamed Eiko, a Taiwan Province writer. born
Osaka, Japan, originally from Toufen Town, Miaoli County, Taiwan. At the age of 3, he returned to Taiwan Province Province with his parents. Because Taiwan Province Province was controlled by the Japanese, his family moved to Beijing and had an unforgettable childhood. Twenty-five years later, Eiko and her husband, He Fan, supported their mother, carrying, carrying and holding their three children. From 65438 to 0948, his family moved to Taiwan Province Province. In Taiwan Province Province, he still concentrated on running newspapers, periodicals, writing and publishing. He contacted a large number of cultural figures in Taiwan Province Province, supported a large number of young writers in Taiwan Province Province, and published many famous literary works. Known as the "Grandma of Taiwan Province Literature", 1998 won the "Lifetime Achievement Award".
Lin's creation is rich. She has published 18 books. Prose collection window [with He Fan (Summer)], two places, visiting the United States, reading through the window at night, talking about the literary world in silhouette, the head of the family, living by the bookstore, essays and novels collection of holly, short stories collection of candle hearts, marriage stories, in addition to this, there are many literary comments and essays scattered in newspapers and periodicals in Taiwan Province Province.
Lin died of stroke, pneumonia and septicemia in Taipei Zhenxing Hospital at the age of 83.
Extended content: reading the past in the south of the city
Fill in the blanks
1. The book Old Things in the South of the City was written by ().
2, this book mainly wrote her story ().
3. In the chapter "Hui 'an Pavilion", my mother called it "Hui 'an Pavilion" (); Ma Song called "Huian Pavilion" is (); Dad's name is "Hui An Ting" ().
4, the protagonist Xiaoying likes to eat ().
5. Xiuzhen has a piece () on her back.
6. "Let's Go to the Sea" kicked off with ().
7. Xiuzhen's daughter is ().
8. The man that Eiko saw on the grass was ().
9. Xiuzhen's "Little Cassia" is ().
10, Lin has () brothers and sisters.
Second, multiple choice questions
1, the old things in the south of the city are dedicated to ()
A mother Huang Lin Aizhen, B Lin Hai Yin's father C Ma Song.
2. "China's daughter, China's wife and China's mother" means ().
Aunt Alan, lady, mother Lin, lady.
3. "Dad's flowers have fallen" implies that Dad is seriously ill and will die () (multiple choices)
I don't know when a few branches fell from the oleander next to me, which is very unseemly. B I seems afraid of catching up with something. C. Dad's flowers were trampled by the donkey.
4. In the article "My father's flowers have fallen", my father is a () person. (multiple choices) A father is strict on the surface, but actually full of love. Encourage children to persist,
Overcome difficulties. C is very emotional, vomiting blood because my brother was killed by the Japanese; D is very caring. The first thing he will do when he comes back from work is to water the flowers.
5. The genre of old things in the south of the city is ()
A, children's novels B, prose C, poetry
Third, the judgment question
1. The author of Dongyang Childhood Camel Team is Lin, formerly known as Lin and nicknamed Eiko. ( )
2. The crazy girl in Huian Pavilion is called Xiuzhen, and the girl is her own daughter. ( )
Let's go to the seaside is selected from Old Things in the South of the City. ( )
4. Aunt Lan in the book Old Things in the South of the City is young, smart and beautiful, and she is a rebellious figure awakened by the times. ( )
5. The novel Old Things in the South of the City consists of five short stories. From Xiaoying's perspective, this paper tells several stories that happened in old Beijing in the late 1930s. ( )
6. Lin is called a "grandmother figure" in Taiwan Province literature. ( )
7. The Old Story of the South of the City describes the scenery and people who lived in the south of Beiping as a child, which is a true portrayal of her childhood life. ( )
8. "Rolling on a donkey" is not a snack, but a donkey brought by Ma Song's husband. (error)
9. In the article "Daddy's Flowers Fall", Daddy is ill. Dad asked me to send the money to Uncle Chen who is studying in Japan. ( )
Ma Song works as a wet nurse in my home. One of her children was given away, and the other child accidentally fell into the river and drowned. ( )
1 1. The man I met on the open grass was a thief and was later caught. ( )
12, Aunt Lan ended up leaving with Uncle Dexian. ( )
13 "Old Things in the South of the City" is a story written by Eiko as an adult. ( )
14 "Old Things in the South of the City" won the Golden Eagle Award at the 2nd Manila International Film Festival. ( )
15, Aunt Lan can't smoke. ( )
Lin has four brothers and sisters. ( )
17, I sang a eulogy for five years. This "eulogy" means farewell song. ( )
18, Lin moved his new home to the new curtain alley, much like a spoon. ( )
19, Ma Song's husband is very hardworking. Every time he comes to my home, he always brings some special products from his hometown. ( )
20. Lin, the protagonist in "The Old Story of the South of the City", came to Beijing to live at the age of seven. ( )