Author's brief introduction Ye Lingfeng (1905— 1975), formerly known as Ye Yunpu and pen names Ye, Lin Feng, Ya Ling, Qin, Zuo, Yu, Nan Cun, Ren Ke, Feng Xuan, Yan Lou, etc. People from Nanjing, Jiangsu. I lived in Jiujiang and Zhenjiang as a teenager. Graduated from Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts. 1925, joined the creative society and edited the flood for half a month. 1926 co-organized Neverland with Pan Hannian. 1928, Neverland was banned and changed to Gobi. It was banned at the end of the year and changed to modern novels. 1929 Creation Society was blocked and was once arrested. War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression broke out 1937, joined Wang Jiu Daily, and then went to Guangzhou with Wang Jiu Daily. 1938 Guangzhou fell to Hong Kong. He lived in Hong Kong from then on until 1975 died. For more than 30 years, before the Pacific War, he edited the supplement of Lin Yan Li Bao and the supplement of Sing Tao Daily Constellation, and actively participated in anti-Japanese propaganda activities. During the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong, they were once arrested. Later, he edited magazines, wrote articles such as "The 300th Anniversary of Shen Jiajie Festival" and "Su Wu Swallow", and cooperated with the underground workers of the Kuomintang to collect information about the enemy needed for the Anti-Japanese War. After War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression's victory, he was still compiling the constellation supplement of Sing Tao Daily until his retirement in his later years. He has been writing for Ta Kung Pao, New Evening News, Century of Literature and Art, and Ocean Literature and Art for a long time. During the period, he was invited to return to Beijing for many times to watch the ceremony, attend cocktail parties and travel around the country. His last words were presented to the country by Qing Jiaqing's rare book "Xin 'an County Records" (he refused to be bought by outsiders before his death), and after his death, his family sent it to Guangzhou Zhongshan Library according to his last wishes. The rest of the books are dedicated to the Chinese University of Hong Kong (he is one of the famous bibliophiles in Hong Kong). His works include: Lady Agatha, Nu Wa's Last Wish, A Green Pigeon, Dream of the Virgin, Red Angel, My Life, Sad Autobiography, Girl of the Times, Permanent Woman, Unfinished Confessions and Lecture on Beauty. Essays, essays, Tianzhu, Bai Ye's Poems, A Girl Without Sorrow, Reading Essays, Literary Essays, Yi Xian's Poems, Reading Records in the North Window, Talking about Flowers, Trees, Insects and Fish, Talking about World Customs and other works related to Hong Kong, such as Hong Kong Local Records and Zhang Baozai's. Translate Russian new novels, Brix and Lucy by romain rolland, montague by Xianke Wei Zhi, Bouquet of Stories, Rose in September and Ji Bolun's prose.
First of all, we need to know the title, Hong Kong Local Records. As we all know, starting from the second half of 1997, Hong Kong will become a special administrative region of China. Unlike Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Shantou and even Hainan, it is only a special economic zone. By the year 2000, Hong Kong, like Macao, will be a special political region. As for square things, it doesn't mean they are too beautiful. Although Hong Kong is beautiful, it has long been known as the "Pearl of the Orient", but what is said here is only the local products of Hong Kong. Square things are local products. Local chronicles, like people's chronicles and artistic chronicles, record beautiful or noteworthy things produced in Hong Kong. In the picture attached to the book, there is a book shadow of Volume III of Xin 'an County Records, which illustrates this point.
There are 1 12 short articles from Hong Kong Xiang to New Year's Eve chop suey, which constitute this innovative local chronicle. "Why is Hong Kong called Hong Kong? There are many different explanations. Some people say that once upon a time there was a female pirate named Gu Xiang. She used this small island as a base, so it was later called Hong Kong. Some people say that there used to be a big waterfall with sweet water near Aberdeen today (formerly called Shipai Bay), and ships sailing here always got fresh water. Because of the good water quality, this waterfall is called Hong Kong. These are all foreigners' explanations. On the surface, it seems that everyone has a point. In fact, everyone has neglected the most important point: that is, the name Hong Kong has existed for a long time. Because there is a small village near Shipai Bay called Gangcun (now also called Xiaogang or Gangwei). The Hong Kong village existed long before the British set foot on the island. Therefore, the origin of Hong Kong Island is not because of Gu Xiang, nor because of the water fragrance of waterfalls, but because there is already a small village called Hong Kong on the island. But why is this small village called Hong Kong instead of smelly port? Where is the incense? ..... Because this place used to be an export port for transporting spices ... "This spice is not produced on the island itself, but shipped from all parts of Dongguan (Hong Kong Island and all parts of Kowloon used to belong to Dongguan County, and later Anxian County of A Xin was separated from Dongguan, and Hong Kong and other places were placed under Xin 'an. Xin 'an was later renamed Bao 'an), concentrated in Shipai Bay, and then exported to other places ... "After telling us the real source of" Hong Kong ",the author went on to explain what" Xiang "was like. Or a solid condensed from the sap of fragrant wood, such as rosin, or a broken dead tree root, such as sandalwood. The price of the best incense is better than gold. The ancients burned incense and sat quietly. This is the fragrance. Actually, it's not burning, it's frying. There is a Boshan furnace with a plate under it, filled with hot soup, which evaporates the delicious aroma and slowly comes out. At that time, Dongguan produced the best and most famous incense in southern China, which was called "Vientiane". The fragrant wood is called the ancient honey fragrant tree. This kind of tree is most suitable for planting in sandy Shan Ye, called Xiangshan. Most of the work of digging incense roots is done by women. They often cut off the best parts of fragrant wood, hide them and sell them to fragrant vendors at high prices. This is the famous "Dongguan Daughter Fragrance" ... It looks very fragrant, but there is a tragic story. Although Guan Xiang is famous, there are not many top grades. It takes more than ten years for fragrant trees to produce fragrance, and the output is very small. During the Yongzheng period of the Qing Dynasty, the court sent special officials to Dongguan to sit and search, and the staff killed many people and scared away more people. Shannon cut down all the fragrant trees before he fled. Since then, the output of Wanxiang has declined and even become extinct. Since Kowloon once belonged to Dongguan, Sha Lo Wan in Tai Po, New Territories and Liyuan Village in Sha Tin are both famous incense producing areas this year. Xiangfenliao near Chengmen River in Sha Tin and Ji Chuan Longcun at the foot of Tai Mo Mountain are places where fragrant wood is ground into powder by water mill and water hammer. Hong Kong, no, more precisely Kowloon, stopped producing incense today, but it was a place that produced incense in history. Xiangmu was once a square object in Hong Kong.
A short essay of more than 1000 words told me a lot about Xiang and Hong Kong, which was both historical and natural, educational and interesting. Almost all the articles in the book have such characteristics.
Plants, insects, fish and diving plants have all been written into the local history of Hong Kong. Such as wild flowers in January, wild flowers in March, trees in March, flowers and birds in April, the most beautiful wild birds in Hong Kong-blue magpie, wild birds in Hong Kong, butterflies in Hong Kong, azaleas in Hong Kong, wild orchids in Hong Kong, seafood in Hong Kong and phoenix in Hong Kong. This essay says, "Today, the sea surface in Tai Po, New Territories used to be called Tai Po Sea, also known as Mei Chuan Ferry. There are pearl mussels in the pond, called Meizhuchi, which is a famous place to collect pearls in ancient times. " It has a long history, from the prosperous Tang Dynasty to the early Ming Dynasty. At its peak, there were 3,000 pearl pickers in Nanhanwang in the Five Dynasties. Every year, many people were drowned by the wind and waves because of pearl picking, which became a tyranny at that time. There were still 700 boat people in the Yuan Dynasty. It took five months in the Ming Dynasty to collect half a catty of pearls. I thought I had collected pearls, so I stopped collecting them. It can be said that Hong Kong is called the "Pearl of the Orient" today, and it is a historical pearl. When it comes to Hong Kong, many people immediately think of tall buildings such as forests, cars like water and gold and silver like air all over the island and peninsula, but they don't know that it has many other lovely things, some of which are really beautiful. It's a little surprising to read Hong Kong Local Records. In a small place, its butterfly species can overwhelm Britain and dwarf it.
Ye Lingfeng was famous for his novels in his early years, but he wrote more essays in his later years, and novels almost disappeared from his works. His essays are mostly reading essays and the like. Beijing Sanlian Bookstore has published three volumes, but there are still many pearls. In addition, Zhonghua Book Company in Hong Kong has published three volumes of his Hong Kong Anecdotes, and there are some unpublished works, such as Hong Kong Myths and Legends, which were originally meaningful works from the perspective of folklore. With regard to Hong Kong's works, it is gratifying that there is also this new edition of Hong Kong Local Records (1958 first edition of Hong Kong Shanghai Bookstore, 1970 new edition of Hong Kong Zhonghua Bookstore). This is a love story. Affection refers to the things involved; Wen, naturally, refers to his charming words. Just look at January Wildflowers: "Hong Kong's nature is beautiful, especially the lush flowers and trees. There are many towering trees, you never know they will bloom, but when the season comes, they will suddenly bloom. This situation can even be seen in trees on the roadside, so the flowers in Hong Kong are almost unchanged at four o'clock. February, March, April and May are the most blooming seasons in Hong Kong every year, but January in the solar calendar is the loneliest month to enjoy flowers and trees. " ... although there are few flowers in January, they are naturally busy preparing. The buds of most flowers and trees began to put on furry coats, and even the old banyan trees took off their old clothes, so after the Lunar New Year, most flowers and trees were rubbing their eyes and laughing ... "
After reading these, will you also smile and appreciate this poetic text?
There are prose writers in Hong Kong who say that reading the article "Frost Cliff Old Man" (Ye Lingfeng used Frost Cliff's pen name the most in his later years, and wrote a large number of essays published in newspapers and magazines, many of which have not yet been compiled into books) is plain and meaningful, and often reminds people of "Knowing the Old Man". Actually, you can think more. What we can think of is the Natural History of Selpan by the Englishman Wilder. This is a book that Ye Lingfeng likes very much and often recommends to others.
He said: "Serpan is a small parish five miles southwest of London, and the author is a local assistant priest." He loves nature and likes to observe biological dynamics. Because of his leisurely and stable life, he used his spare time to engage in this beloved nature observation work. He wrote down his observations in detail, from the changes of climate and scenery to the singing of an unusual bird and the life of a snail. He communicated with two experts who studied biology in the distance at any time, reported his observations to them and asked them for advice. Serpin's natural history is such a collection of letters. " This little book was published in 1789. It has been more than 50 years since/kloc-0, but it still maintains its freshness and beauty. It occupies a glorious position in English literature and continues to be loved by men, women and children. "Why is this possible? Ye Lingfeng thinks, firstly, because Wilder is not interested in writing books, he is just telling his beloved things to distant places with his good friends, so writing is naturally kind and lovely. Secondly, he never regarded those birds, animals, insects and fish as dead, but regarded them as neighbors or friends or passers-by (a migratory bird that flew by by chance) to observe, so he was full of kindness, sympathy and human touch, which transcended the limitations of time and space and has been loved so far. These words make people feel that he is like a philosopher, talking about his feelings and self-satisfaction in writing local history of Hong Kong, although this article on Serpan's natural history may have been written before the local history of Hong Kong. Hong Kong local chronicles can also be said to be collections of essays, natural history, history and folk customs. Repeat Ye Lingfeng's words: "Hong Kong's nature is beautiful. "I will feel better after reading the local history of Hong Kong. Hong Kong's local history is also "fresh and beautiful", like the natural history of Serpen.