They said there was a play called beginning of autumn in Jingjing Pavilion, and I didn't want to see it. When I found out it was about Shanxi merchants, I wanted to see it.
Shanxi merchants should be a group of magical people. When I was a child, I knew there was a Shanshan guild hall in Liaocheng, which was quite strange. Later, I read a book by Yu, which was written in Pingyao. There are some stories about Shanxi merchants and westward advancement, which I think are really not easy. Later, there were some movies and TV series, first "Qiao Family Courtyard", then "Going West", and another movie called "Silver Empire". It seems that I have been exposed to things about Shanxi merchants, which is probably so much.
As far as this play is concerned, it is hard to say that there is anything new. It tells the story of the surging tide of bank run, the closure of a century-old store in China, and the use of underground vaults to seek honesty. Everyone has heard these stories, but there are still some interesting and touching details.
There is a description of a woman embroidering a building in Shanxi compound, which is quite scary. It is said that Miss Ma has been waiting for the man she likes to marry her for six years in Xiulou. As a result, when her man came back, she brought another woman. I think she is going crazy. Even for a moment, she wants to stay in Xiulou for life. Miss Ma's mother told her that Bigfoot women travel all over the world. She secretly does not bind her feet. She also wants to go out and have a look, but she wants to wait for her man to come back first. What she is waiting for is a dream. Terrible dream, her man and the woman he brought back argued that it was free love, not arranged marriage. This girl named Wen Fei is really well informed. In front of her, Miss Ma felt like a frog in the well. But six years of waiting can really be erased in one sentence. Women in Shanxi Courtyard are really bitter. Miss Ma's grandmother has been waiting in Xiulou for five years. Miss Ma's mother is even more cruel. She waited in Xiulou for 8 years, but she was not the one she wanted to wait for. Finally, she had to marry a strange man. It's terrible.
The situation is turbulent and no one can control it. Therefore, the horse refused to accept it. He worked hard to keep the house and care about the world, but he could only watch a bank that had been inherited for 500 years. He refused to accept, and his brother even said no. Let's put the burden on the car and go west. 13 generations of family businesses collapsed instantly, so things are unpredictable and unpredictable. Ma Jiangtao told his sister that we are poor children of rich families, alas. I remember a saying in Lu Xun's article that it is better to be separated from others than to be a peaceful dog.
Speaking of foot binding, I suddenly remembered my grandmother. I still vaguely remember grandma's little feet, terrible feet, so small and so sharp. Many times we are talking about two worlds, the old and the new. Seemingly distant stories actually happen around us. Maybe the next generation really won't have a chance to see such a painful thing. The so-called cannibal society is not far away from us.
The success of Shanxi merchants can not be separated from their diligence, dedication, prudence and honesty, which is easier said than done. Especially in today's ambitious, it is even more difficult.
At the end of the story, grandpa and grandson are talking about the beginning of autumn. After beginning of autumn, it's the heat, then the dew, after the dew, after the autumnal equinox, then, then. . . The story seems to have an endless ending. The story behind is naturally a matter for future generations; However, there are still descendants, and behind the endless descendants is a kind of historical and cultural inheritance. Only later generations can truly appreciate the sufferings and tears of their ancestors, the hardships of starting a business and the difficulty of staying in business. Is it really easy to understand? So we all know the following story, but we don't. It doesn't matter if there is a story behind it.