John muir (john muir 1838- 19 14), the most famous American environmentalist, was originally from Scotland. 1869, after spending a pleasant summer with shepherds in the Sierra Nevada, he wrote a diary: Crossing the mountains in summer-the summer diary of the father of American national parks. As he wrote in his book, Scottish shepherds are different from California shepherds. The former is romantic and leisurely, which is life itself, while the latter is the work of life, which is "for life". He is a wilderness explorer, climbing the Alaska Glacier in California alone and traveling around the world. All this, even if it doesn't work in words, is enough to make me feel good. However, in 1869, after spending a pleasant summer with shepherds in the Sierra Nevada, he also wrote a diary with sketches and illustrations, which became a temptation. I don't want to say that the diary is poetic, when "poetry" is used up.

"He is the founder of the mountain environmental protection club. He once showed Teddy Roosevelt around Yosemite Forest Park. The Scotsman often quarreled fiercely with others because of his idea of protecting the ecology. He strongly opposed the construction of a reservoir in the beautiful Hirsch Valley of Yosemite. Of course, john muir failed, but his voice is still warning every wanton destruction of nature. "

This passage is taken from A Brief Introduction to Muir. Speaking of Muir's failure, I think of the efforts made by Liang Sicheng and his wife to preserve the ancient city wall of Beijing, and I think of Muir's "Don Quixote" written in his diary. The teacher said that Liang Sicheng and his wife are architects, but as poets, some urban planning is too idealistic and conflicts with reality. Although society can not adopt their ideas, it needs some people who praise their ideals, especially when these ideals make people feel good.

I don't want to use smart and meaningful to describe "Crossing the Mountain in Summer", because when you read it carefully, you will find that such words are like falling flowers floating on a stream, beautiful and sad, but not the water itself, but the water itself is a kind of wisdom for leisurely life. You Gangui said in her reading notes:

"I can't forget Muir's words:' You should let the sun shine on your heart instead of your body, and the stream passes through your body instead of passing by.' "

Such sentences are everywhere in the diary, constantly shining in front of readers. But I prefer this description: Muir helped the shepherd find a small flock of sheep that had escaped, and found them huddled in the bushes, rustling, so he lamented that they broke free for freedom, but they were a little afraid of their freedom, so they returned to the bondage that they had escaped.

Writing here, I suddenly found that the tone of writing is no longer the joy of reading "Walking in the Mountains in Summer" in the morning. So, I don't know how to start reading, just on that sunny morning. Later, these dignified feelings were naturally read in the middle of the night for the next two days. After all kinds of troubles during the day, I envy Muir's wisdom. For a moment, I deeply felt that maybe life is a process of healing alone, and scars should not be the reason to escape from life, but the entrance to life.

So "Walking through the Mountains in Summer" is not just a travel book.

Muir's midsummer began in July 1, 1869. He said, midsummer is here. On this day, he described the squirrel in the first battalion in detail. California gray squirrel and Douglas squirrel, red squirrel. Moore said that Douglas squirrels are the cleverest animals. Their glaring at passers-by is in stark contrast to their ridiculous body shapes. Their desperate expressions of defending their homes are so vivid that people can't help but feel their tall little heads. I have always had a soft spot for squirrels. My friend in Houston will call me when he is driving alone on an empty plain road and say that he is lonely on the road. I said, if I like such roads and grasslands, it will be too late. How can I get tired of them? My friend said that he likes to be lively. He often drives for a long time without touching anyone, but he always sees little squirrels. Squirrels here are not afraid of people They walk freely on the road and sometimes stare at me. While reading my diary, I thought and thought, and saw Muir talking about Texas.

In the hot summer, Muir said that every tree here is a harp, and the wind and sunshine are playing touching music.

When the little squirrel jumped out of Muir's fence, I felt Muir's inner happiness. His happiness is more obvious on the grass where lilies are in full bloom. What he wrote is a Washington lily in the bush, which is quite similar to the snow lotus on the top of the mountain written by China literati. However, Muir's feelings are not pure detachment. Secular love flows in his works, and happiness is born in this love. He wrote about the grass covered with lilies, clumsy bears rolling around, deer foraging, and imagined the bears rolling their fat bodies among lilies in the bright sunshine in the mountains without hurting them. How lovely it was.

So the happy Muir began to be humorous as soon as he talked about his companion. He said that Billy the shepherd was not a naturalist, but he was so shabby that his trousers were covered with "incomplete specimens" of various plants. "He is richer than he thought." The shepherd who can find a place to sleep on the floor doesn't know. Muir is looking at his learned pants with a wry smile. This is just a collection of jokes. Muir pays more attention to nature. Muir loves lilies as much as he loves a beloved girl;

"The quieter we are, the less lonely we will feel and the closer we will be to our friends. After eating bread and tea, I lay on the bed in the fir shop, said good night to Carol, looked at the little lilies in the night sky, and then fell asleep, motionless until the dawn of another Sierra Nevada. " (Sanlian, version 1999)

Carlo is a dog that Moore met a hunter before he set out.

"Good night, Carol," said Moore, a happy and unrestrained Scottish shepherd.

Muir, who is accompanied by nature, is happy, but no matter how happy he is, he will be lonely. So, when he felt that his friend had come to the Sierra Nevada, at the foot of his mountain, Moore and Carol flew down the mountain. After staying with his friend for two days, his friend wanted to leave and politely refused the invitation to the top of the mountain where he lived. Moore laughed at himself and said, It seems that I am not great enough to make the busy world miss me. So, after his friend left, Muir took Carlo back to the camp on the top of the mountain alone. Muir said, it doesn't matter. His beloved Scottish poet Burns said, "A new day is coming, and these will become brothers."

From June 3 to September 22, during the three months of mountain life, there were storms that landed at any time, attacks by bears, separation of sheep and shortage of bread. You will find that you are not completely free in essence, and Muir will also say, if you can get rid of bread, if you can't …, if you can be free.

Think about it, it will be interesting if you can get along with Muir on the same frequency day after day, but it only takes three days or even three hours for three Harle to finish a book.

Start reading in the morning and stay up late at night.

So Walking in Shan Ye in Summer is a travel book, because it reminds me of what my teacher likes to say, wandering eyes and wandering heart.

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