Zhao Lihong's novel "Tree Child": both beautiful childhood fantasy, real and cruel

A hundred -year -old poplar tree was unfortunately destroyed in the mountain fire. The remaining tree roots were born in a sculptor's hand, and they became art treasure "trees" that were carefully carved into children. Therefore, the "tree child" not only retains the innocent memory of the poplar tree before his birth, but also has spirituality because of condensing the sculptor's last talent and love, becoming a sensible life body. , Legendary Adventure Journey opened. Following its journey, small readers will gain a lot of unexpected discoveries, and to appreciate the many wisdom of growth in the eyes.

The book "Tree Child" is full of innocence and tenderness and cruel color. It has both idealist feelings and considering artistic truth. Although it is a fairy tale book written to the children, it also fully respects the children's aesthetics and understanding. At the same time, the author Zhao Lihong is also a poet. In "Tree Child", poetic and beautiful writing can be seen everywhere. Under such a writing style, a series of life appearing in the book is given a lifelike lively image. Under the theme of endlessness ", one by one leaping on the paper, making people forget it after reading.

This book is a children's novel of Zhao Lihong's 4th Minister, which can be said to be a "change" in the authors' children's literature series. The "Children's Trilogy" "Childhood River", "Fisherman", and "Black Wood" are based on the author's own childhood experience processing. From the perspective of children, it describes the warm and interesting earth stories, showing the true and good beauty of the people's hearts. And "Tree Child" is a turning breakthrough in children's literary creation. This is a masterpiece that is completely imagined by imagination. From the perspective of a plant that cannot speak with humans Seeing all the way, showing a strange world that is quite different from human beings. Not only is interesting, clever, full of imagination, but also logical rigorous, the plot is vivid, the artistic truth and reality are balanced, and even the philosophical meaning.

Unlike ordinary children's literary works, the wonderfulness of "Tree" is that the values ​​it expresses is not just one. "This world of all things, this endless earth, let us sing for life together." It can be said that the value cognition of "all things has spirit" is the source of inspiration created by the author. Before the mountain fire comes, the forest is beautiful Like a fairyland, the sika deer strolled in the forest and didn't know where he was going. It answered the poplars, "I don't know where to go. In this forest, there are everywhere. There are trees and grass everywhere." Animal lifestyle is so different. Faced with the thanks of "Tree Child", Da locust tree answered his own assistance to it: "What are you thanks? I didn't want to save you, I just happened to block you. Many things in the world happened. When you encounter it, everything will be changed in the future. "Lao Huai Tree also told the tree that many trees in the flood were uprooted, and those who stayed in place could only rely on luck, showing another opinion and insights and insights and insights of other creatures on the earth. wisdom.

"In this world, there are so many secrets. You can find it for a lifetime, and you can't understand it all." Similar expressions make the values ​​of fairy tales colorful, bringing more complicated value aspects, and the slightest slightest, and the slightest slightest There is no preaching in general fairy tales. This should also come from the wisdom formed by the writer's own rich life experience. As the author said, "Do not underestimate the children’s understanding and understanding, face them sincerely, tell them as friends, everything I feel and think of It will cause thinking. "

In addition, the novel "Tree Child" has a rare "real and cruel" in children's literary works, which constitutes a zero -degree narrative of "de -value judgment" in the text. In the novel, the "tree child" wandered all the way, and encountered various people, small animals and plants. It saw the love and sacrifice of the carved family and son, discovered the cuteness and wit of the mice, and saw the old grandmother who lost her grandson after the grandmother white -haired grandmother lost her grandson. The loneliness and thoughts, I know the jealousy and loyalty of the big yellow dog, talk about "light" with fireflies, and so on. These unusual experiences, the communication between nature and animals and plants make it think all the way to wake up all the way, and grow more spiritually. Inner heart. It can also perceive the sorrow and joy in the emotions of all things. From the perspective of animals and plants to the harm of human beings to nature creatures, they also see the cruel side of nature in the mountain fire and floods. The narrative pen has always been distance and restrictive. He neither criticized nor high -profile sensation, especially for the "original appearance" after the survival relationship and status of all things showing the value judgment.

Excellent children's literary works need imagination, and certain complexity and authenticity, so that the imagination can also land in the real logic after flying in the fictional world, and then open a more vast and real literary world, allowing children to see more Many, discover more wisdom and broaden their vision. At the end of the novel, the last blow of the "tree child" soul is the gray swan. The gray swan said to it, "Some things are natural and will not change. For example, we are migratory birds, and you should be a tree." By this time, the heart of the "tree child" was completely shocked, and his heart was echoing the philosophical words left by the gray swan for a long time. In the next spring, it is resurrected, and it grows thin and long, and it becomes what it looks like. At this point, readers will find that this novel is also a child growth novel. The "tree child" that temporarily end the journey finally wakes up in his heart to find his true self. Such a growth theme is very suitable for children's reading, which can bring new encouragement for their spiritual growth. "I have always paid respect for children's literature. Good children's literature works are a tone of childlike eyes, vivid and interesting stories, and calmly tell deep philosophy, which is a very high requirement for the writer." On the one hand, Zhao Lihong admits that she is not pretending to please the child in the text, but really becomes a child in the creation. It is the author's transformation of children and leaning down to start from the perspective of the child, respecting the children's aesthetics and intelligence, so that "Tree Child" brings us such a beautiful and multi -dimensional fairy tale world.

Content source: Literature and Art News August 15, 2022

WeChat editor: Lu Yimeng

- END -