"Cats’ shovel slave" has become a proud nickname for a large number of cat lovers. For many young artists, the elegance, charm and mystery of cats provide endless comfort and warmth for their lives. In history, cats, a mysterious creature, have also experienced the fate of being respected or slaughtered.

　　　　　　　　According to a study in Science in 2007, there is almost no difference in gene arrangement between the subspecies of modern domestic cats and the wild cats in the Middle East, which proves that domestic cats really originated from the Middle East alone. Archaeologists once found a wild cat buried in a man’s cemetery about 9500 years ago in Cyprus, which provided some evidence for the early relationship between human beings and cats. In the ruins of Quanhu Village in China (Yangshao and Longshan Cultural Sites in Neolithic Age), eight bones of two cats dating back to 5,300 years have also been found. According to the collagen isotope analysis of their bones, the food of these two cats is mainly meat and millet, which proves that these cats are probably fed by humans.

　　　　　　　　In the medieval and early modern history of Europe, there have been many large-scale massacres against cats, and they are often associated with witch hunting. Why did Christian culture in the late Middle Ages have such a strong hatred for cats?

　　　　　　　　This story begins with the ancient Egyptian civilization in the Middle East, the birthplace of domestic cats.

The Best God of Ancient Egypt: the Golden Age of Cats

　　　　　　　　Among ancient civilizations, the worship of cats by Egyptians was the most striking. In Egyptian mythology, the sun god Dora once turned into a cat, defeating the python Apophis, which prevented the sun from rising and setting in the west, so people regarded the cat as the incarnation of the god. As early as the second dynasty (2890 BC), the worship of the cat god Best appeared in Lower Egypt and the Nile Delta. In Upper Egypt, Sekhmet, the god of war and healing, mainly appeared as a lion-faced woman. After the unification of upper and lower Egypt, around the first Millennium BC, the God Best and the God Sehmet gradually merged and appeared as a cat-faced woman. Especially after the 18th dynasty of ancient Egypt moved its capital to Thebes, the image of the cat god Best became more fixed.

Cat god best

　　　　　　　　With the popularity of domestic cats in Egypt, the image of their gods has gradually changed from the god of war to the god who guards their homes, but it still has the symbolic significance of Pharaoh defenders. For example, in the Middle Kingdom period, the statue of Best depicted a cat face, but it often attached a lion face mask to show its original wildness and strength.

　　　　　　　　Herodotus, a Greek historian, visited babs in Egypt in 450 BC, leaving us a precious record of cat worship. He wrote that in this place, if you deliberately kill a cat, you will be sentenced to death; For manslaughter, a considerable amount of money should be compensated according to the requirements of the priestess. If the domestic cat dies (mostly due to food poisoning or being bitten by other wild animals), the whole family should shave their eyebrows to express their condolences, otherwise the best god will suffer.

　　　　　　　　The dead cat will be sent to the temple to be mummified and buried. At the end of 19th century, a cat graveyard was found in Egypt, in which about 300,000 cats were buried. These cats were all painted with spices and mummified, and even there were mice and thread balls for cats to play in the tomb. In addition, in the event of a fire, if the ancient Egyptians saw a cat walking through the fire, they would hold a grand mourning ceremony, because it represented that the cat god was alleviating the disaster for others.

Cat Mummies in Ancient Egypt

　　　　　　　　Domestic cats in ancient Egypt mainly prevented mice from stealing food. In addition, cats can also fight snakes, thus giving them a noble and mysterious power, which is also in line with the legend of pulling gods and fighting python in Egyptian mythology. In addition to catching mice, domestic cats often go hunting with their owners. In the British Museum, there is a picture of "Cats Hunting" in ancient Egypt.

　　　　　　　　During the new dynasty, many women who want to have children will also wear amulets painted with the cat god Best, and the number of kittens depicted on the amulets represents the number of children they wish to have. By Ptolemy’s time, Egypt was gradually influenced by Hellenism, and Best, the cat god representing the moon, was also interpreted by the Greeks as a variant of Al themis. When the Romans occupied Egypt, especially the rise of Christianity, this pagan worship gradually disappeared.

"Cats Hunting Map" in British Museum

Cats in Jewish culture

　　　　　　　　Some people think that the negative Christian view of cats comes from the fact that there is no record of this animal in the Bible. However, on closer examination, this explanation is far-fetched.

　　　　　　　　Although there are no cats in the Bible, there have been many other big cats, especially lions and leopards. For example, in Genesis, Jacob, the Jewish ancestor, blessed his son Judas and said, "Judas is a lion cub; My son, you come up after hunting food, prostrate yourself like a lion and a lioness. Who dares to disturb you? "

　　　　　　　　Some people think that cats are not recorded in the Bible because Egyptians worship cat gods, while Jews regard them as idolatry and do not record them. However, other animal gods worshipped by Egyptians are often recorded in the Bible. Some later generations explained that although Jews were imprisoned in Egypt for 400 years, they probably did not know the existence of domestic cats. Because the Egyptians regarded cats as gods, they were not easily contacted by Jews who were slaves. In addition, there were almost no cats in the early Greek and Roman civilization, and they didn’t know about the existence of domestic cats until they conquered Egypt.

Cats catching birds in Roman mosaic paintings

　　　　　　　　It is worth noting that there is indeed a description of cats in the Talmud. One of them said, "If God had not promulgated the Torah for us, we would have learned humility from cats." (Eruvin, 100b) A 9th-century rabbi’s exegesis book records that cats’ modesty is mainly reflected in the fact that they often cover their faces. Moreover, cats have the habit of burying excrement and cleaning their bodies, which also makes Jews who like cleanliness regard them as virtue teachers in life.

　　　　　　　　There are also negative records about cats in the Talmud. A rabbi’s student asked him why dogs know their owners, but cats can’t. The rabbi replied that because cats eat mice, their memory declines; The more mice cats eat, the worse their memory. However, in Jewish customs, there is no taboo about cats, especially black cats, in Christianity later.

Chapter "Ode to Domestic and Wild Animals" in Ode to the Universe

　　　　　　　　Perek Shirah, a Jewish religious reading about the 10th century, depicts various scenes in which creatures praise the creator. Among them, the eulogy sung by cats comes from a famous sentence in the Psalms: "I pursued my enemies and captured them until they were wiped out and never returned." Obviously, the image of cats as hunters is still highly praised in Jewish culture.

　　　　　　　　In the Middle Ages, Jews living in Gedu also kept cats, mainly to prevent mice from eating the Bible and stealing food. During the Black Death, the existence of domestic cats in Jewish communities also largely resisted the spread of plague. Of course, some studies have pointed out that Jews’ eating habits and living environment may protect them to a greater extent. Because in the late Middle Ages and early modern times, many people at the bottom of western Europe ate rat meat, which also provided more opportunities for fleas who spread plague, while Jews were often spared because of the clean diet law. However, these in turn strengthened the hatred of Jews and cats in Western Europe, believing that it was they who secretly spread the Black Death.

Cats in monasteries and manuscripts

　　　　　　　　The Christian world was not hostile to cats from the beginning. In medieval monasteries, cats have always existed, and their figures have been preserved through medieval manuscripts. In addition to the collection of animal fables, the image of cats appears in the margins of medieval manuscripts, which is quite entertaining. According to the research of St. isidore, the origin of the Latin name (catus) of cats means "catching". Although this is not the case in etymology, it also shows that in the eyes of medieval people, the main function of cats is to catch mice, and they are endowed with the image of hunters.

　　　　　　　　Rats have always been the natural enemies of books, and the traces of these small animals have survived for thousands of years through manuscripts.

A manuscript of the Comfort of Philosophy by Boethius bitten by a mouse Corpus Christi College Cambridge, MS 214, Fol. 122r.　 　 　 　　

　　　　　　　　The most unacceptable thing for people is that rats will chew the candles in the church and even steal the Eucharist (unleavened bread) placed in the Eucharist niche. This is a great blasphemy! In a collection of animal fables in the mid-13th century, it was described that big cats caught mice that ate the Eucharist.

The mouse steals the Eucharist, the cat catches the mouse, and at the bottom there is a cat who is playing an instrument, Harley MS 4751, F.30V.　 　 　 　　

　　　　　　　　In addition to eating manuscripts and stealing the Eucharist from the church, mice also ate the cheese of monks, which was quite expensive food in Europe at that time. In a medieval manuscript about the late 11th century, it depicts a mouse climbing onto the dining table and stealing Hildebert’s cheese. Hildebert holds a stone for killing. At the table, a big cat depicted as a lion is majestically guarding the manuscript copied by its owner. The most interesting thing is that when I carefully observed the manuscript spread out in front of Hildebert, I found that it was actually a curse on the mouse: "The meanest mouse, you often annoy me." Let God destroy you! " （Pessime mus, sepius me provocas ad iram; ut te deus perdat）

Hildebert and the cat and mouse, Prague, capitular library, codex a 21/1, fol.153r.　 　 　　

　　　　　　　　An Irish monk in the 9th century once wrote a touching poem for his cat. In his works, the kitten’s hunting life is integrated with his own academic exploration. The little white cat in the famous animated film The Secret of Kells comes from this poem called Pangur Bán (excerpt):

　　　　　　　　Me and my little white cat Pangu,

　　　　　　　　Engaged in similar affairs.

　　　　　　　　Its fun is catching mice,

　　　　　　　　I chased the words all night.

　　　　　　　　

　　　　　　　　The praise of the world,

　　　　　　　　Far less than sitting alone with books and pens.

　　　　　　　　……

　　　　　　　　How sweet this job is to us,

　　　　　　　　How fascinated we are with this job.

　　　　　　　　……

　　　　　　　　We find our own peace in our work,

　　　　　　　　I have mine, my cat Pangu has its own, joy.

　　　　　　　　In our respective arts, we find our own ecstasy,

　　　　　　　　I have mine, it has its own.

　　　　　　　　

　　　　　　　　I’m practicing my skills day and night,

　　　　　　　　Pangu is also perfecting its skills.

　　　　　　　　My wisdom is growing day and night,

　　　　　　　　Turn the long night into endless light.　 　 　 　　

　　　　　　　　However, not all cats are so unpopular. A 1445 manuscript left a cat paw print, and the owner of the manuscript must have been very upset at that time. However, this is not the most distressing thing. A manuscript written in about 1420 records the curse on cats, because the scribe found that cats peed in the manuscript he copied. Therefore, the scribe had to stop copying on this half page, and explained the reason and the warning to future generations: "There is nothing missing here, but a cat spilled urine on it one night." I’m going to curse the cat that peed on my book here in Fintel one night, and curse other cats because of it. Be careful not to leave the book open where the cat may sneak in. "

A medieval Italian manuscript with cat paw prints.

A page of manuscript destroyed by cat urine, Cologne, Historisches Archiv, G.B. Quarto, 249, Fol. 68R.

　 　 　 　　

　　　　　　　　In addition, in the depiction of the Middle Ages, cats were often associated with string players, which may be due to the similarity of their beards and strings. For example, in an early 14th century Book of Hours, several kittens were elegantly playing three-stringed instruments.

Cats playing musical instruments 1

Cats who play musical instruments 2

　　　　　　　　

[Global Network Science and Technology Reporter Lin Di]A few days ago, regarding the "renaming" reported by the media, today’s headline response indicated that the company was not renamed, but had always been called "ByteDance", with its information flow products today’s headline, short video products Tik Tok, Volcano, question and answer products Wukong Q&A and so on. In the future, "ByteDance" will replace "Today’s Headlines" as its overall brand name.

According to industry and commerce information, ByteDance is the corporate company where today’s headlines are located, but this name has not been widely mentioned in public activities before. On April 24th, at the first Digital China Construction Summit, Zhang Yiming attended as CEO of ByteDance for the first time.

According to media reports, ByteDance Company issued a notice saying, "After comprehensive opinions, we finally decided to use the existing company name" ByteDance ". In the future, please use the brand of "ByteDance" in the scenes referring to the company as a whole. "

From now on, Today’s Headline will only exist as an information flow reading product of ByteDance Company, and it has the same roles as Watermelon Video, Tik Tok, Volcano Video and Wukong Question and Answer.

According to insiders, this means that in the future, "ByteDance" will replace today’s headlines as the name of the company’s overall brand. Moreover, the organizational structure of these products hatched and acquired by headlines today will be readjusted, and the financial relationship and personnel appointment and dismissal will also usher in changes.

But it is also a turning point for ByteDance. On the one hand, the public opinion crisis some time ago may be alleviated; On the other hand, avoiding putting different products in the "one basket" of today’s headlines is also a good strategy to resist risks.

According to the data, Beijing ByteDance Technology Co., Ltd. was established in 2012, and it is an information technology company in Beijing, China. ByteDance’s products are active all over the world. Its products include today’s headlines, watermelon videos, volcano videos, vibrato videos, musical.ly, TopBuzz and so on. By the end of 2017, the company mainly focused on major markets including China, Japan, South Korea, Brazil, the United States, Europe, Southeast Asia and India.

　　The education on studying and implementing the theme of Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought of the Supreme Leader in the New Era, which is being carried out in depth by the whole Party, emphasizes that we should be good at using Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought of the Supreme Leader in the New Era to promote Chinese modernization and make new progress and breakthrough. "We must persist in self-confidence and self-reliance" is an important embodiment of the standpoint and method of Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought of the Supreme Leader in the new era, and it is also the standpoint and method that we must adhere to in promoting and expanding Chinese modernization. In the new era and new journey, we should adhere to the guidance of Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought of the Supreme Leader in the new era, persist in self-confidence and self-reliance, and make Chinese-style modern China more distinctive, more prominent in advantages and brighter in prospects.

　　Show the image of the times of self-confidence and self-reliance. The General Secretary of the Supreme Leader pointed out: "There is no fixed model for the road to modernization. What suits you is the best, and you can’t cut your feet." Looking back on the development history of human society, it is not difficult to find that a country should not only follow the general law of modernization, but also conform to its own reality and have its own characteristics. Since the founding of New China, especially since the reform and opening-up, our Party has persisted in self-reliance, constantly promoted theoretical and practical innovations of Chinese modernization, united and led the people of China to complete the industrialization process that western developed countries have gone through for hundreds of years in decades, created miracles of rapid economic development and long-term social stability, and opened up broad prospects for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. It is an important theoretical innovation of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the latest significant achievement of scientific socialism to put forward and elaborate the Chinese modernization theory in general. Chinese-style modernization theory abandons the old ways of modernization centered on capital, polarized modernization, materialistic expansion and foreign expansion and plunder in the west, which transcends the western modernization theory, breaks the myth of "modernization = westernization" and shows the world the image of the Chinese nation as self-confident and self-reliant. At present, China’s development faces new strategic opportunities, new strategic tasks, new strategic stages, new strategic requirements and new strategic environment, which puts forward new requirements for promoting and expanding Chinese modernization. On the new journey, we should continue to deepen our understanding of the laws of modernization.Adhere to self-confidence, self-reliance, integrity and innovation, and contribute more China wisdom and Chinese programs to human exploration of modernization.

　　Highlight the theoretical character of self-confidence and self-reliance. The General Secretary of the Supreme Leader pointed out: "Taking our own path is the whole theoretical and practical foothold of the party, and it is also the historical conclusion drawn by the party’s struggle for a hundred years." In the 1950s, our Party adhered to independence and self-reliance, and gradually formed a development strategy of "four modernizations" in industry, agriculture, national defense and science and technology, which set specific and clear strategic objectives for promoting national construction and social development. In the new era of reform, opening up and socialist modernization, our party scientifically judges the characteristics of the times and the international situation, and puts forward "stepping out of a Chinese-style modernization road." Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the CPC Central Committee with the Supreme Leader as the core has grasped the overall situation of the great rejuvenation strategy of the Chinese nation and the unprecedented changes in the world in the past century, further deepened the understanding of the connotation and essence of Chinese-style modernization, summarized the China characteristics, essential requirements and major principles of Chinese-style modernization, and initially constructed the theoretical system of Chinese-style modernization, making it clearer, more scientific and more feasible. The process of our party’s success in stepping out of the road of Chinese modernization is a process of courageously promoting theoretical innovation in combination with new practice and being good at guiding new practice with new theories. On the new journey, we should inherit and carry forward the Communist Party of China (CPC)’s theoretical character of self-confidence and self-reliance, and persist in using the "arrow" of Marxism to shoot the "right" of China in the new era.Self-confidence and self-reliance create a beautiful picture of building a strong country and national rejuvenation.

　　Show the struggle background of self-confidence and self-reliance General Secretary of the Supreme Leader pointed out: "Realizing modernization is the dream that China people have been striving for since modern times." After the Opium War, China gradually became a semi-colonial and semi-feudal society. The people of China are indomitable, making all kinds of attempts and struggling to find the road to modernization in China. For more than a hundred years, our party has United and led the people of all ethnic groups in the country to unite and struggle, creating great achievements in the new-democratic revolution and creating fundamental social conditions for realizing modernization; Created great achievements in socialist revolution and construction, and laid a fundamental political premise, valuable experience, theoretical preparation and material foundation for modernization; It has created great achievements in reform, opening up and socialist modernization, and provided a new and energetic institutional guarantee and material conditions for rapid development for Chinese modernization. In the new era, under the strong leadership of the CPC Central Committee with the Supreme Leader as the core and under the scientific guidance of the Supreme Leader’s Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought in the new era, the whole party and the people of all ethnic groups throughout the country have made concerted efforts to promote historic achievements and changes in the cause of the party and the country, especially to eliminate the problem of absolute poverty and build a well-off society in an all-round way, which has provided a more perfect institutional guarantee, a more solid material foundation and a more active spiritual force for Chinese modernization. Chinese-style modernization theory is an important theoretical innovation based on China’s national conditions and China’s reality. It is an important part of the Supreme Leader’s Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought in the new era, and it is a guide to promote and expand Chinese-style modernization. On the new journey,We should always adhere to self-confidence and self-reliance, and usher in a brighter future of Chinese modernization with United struggle.

　　(Author: China University of Political Science and Law)

Rene Liu (left) as Chen? Assistant debut, mentoring strong feelings.

Chen Guofu is currently the artistic director of Huayi Brothers Film Industry in the Mainland.

　　Ambiguous love

　　A few days ago, the reporter witnessed milk tea leaving Mucha’s residence alone. She wore a striped blouse and trousers to dress up casually, and went out with black-rimmed glasses. After staying in a building on Zhongxiao East Road in Taipei for nearly 2 hours, she took a taxi to the East District to pick up the "Glasses Man" and got on the bus. Two people went to a Japanese restaurant in Dunhua South Road Lane for dinner. Two hours later, they went out for a walk together. The reporter found that "Glasses Man" was the director Chen Guofu who had been having an affair with milk tea for more than 10 years. Later, the milk tea stopped the taxi, and two people went directly back to the milk tea residence. The boy got off the station at the roadside, and the milk tea paid the fare. Until 1 am, the reporter did not see Chen Guofu leave.

　　Liu said that he visited the studio.

　　On June 1 ST, milk tea took part in the "512 Caring Action in Performing Arts" in Hong Kong on her birthday, and the reporter finally got in touch with her. When Chen Guofu came into her house late at night, she generously said, "I rarely met the director after the performance of" Double Eyes ".I invited him out for dinner that day. He heard that I had spent a lot of time on the music studio, so I came to see it, not my home."

　　Enlightenment instructors have a close friendship.

　　As for not seeing the director leave late at night, she said that the director took a taxi later. Is there any progress for two people at present? She bluntly didn’t want to respond to this question, but stressed: "He was my first film director, and he won several awards, such as Asia-Pacific Best Actress and Academy Award Supporting Actress. He was an enlightenment mentor, with Zhang Jie,? Brother (Chen? ) The same is a good friend! "

　　She hasn’t had a birthday for many years, and she said happily that the benefit performance in Hong Kong on June 1st was the most meaningful birthday, but there were about eight artists backstage asking her to pay attention to her weight, so it was time to lose weight.

　　Four years ago, it was reported that Chen Guofu suffered from a liver tumor, and he was too ill to finish filming the film Happy Brothers. At that time, Milk Tea said that he would find time to visit him, but two years ago, someone asked Chen Guofu about her health, and she said that she had "little contact with Chen Guofu". It is reported that Chen Guofu lived alone in Beijing in recent years and only returned to Taiwan for one day at the end of May, but he happened to be witnessed by reporters having dinner with milk tea and staying at home for most of the day.

　　Chen pointed out that many people went to her house.

　　Chen Guofu is currently the artistic director of Huayi Brothers Film Industry in the Mainland. He responded yesterday: "It’s no secret that I have dinner with her. See how you handle it, hehe." The reporter asked, "But then you went into her house …?" He replied, "There are more people going to her house." And said: "I live in Beijing now, and it is quite difficult for everyone to meet. It is normal to meet and have a meal." However, he also said that he is in good health and work now. Thank you for your concern.

　　Before going to Laojun Mountain in Luanchuan, I made a simple strategy. First of all, I’m curious about whether there are any other places called Laojun Mountain. After searching, there are a dozen Laojun Mountains all over the country. But on second thought, it is also reasonable. Either there are legends left behind, or because of reverence, in short, there are various reasons why so many mountains share this name, and the mountains have different names. This is the same road.

　　However, although there are so many Laojun Mountains, with my selfishness, even if I come to Laojun Mountain in Luanchuan for the first time, I will naturally feel the most cordial here. Why? This is Henan. I’m from Henan. There is also a very hard basis: the Tao Te Ching was written in Hanguguan. Of all the Laojun Mountains, there is nothing closer than Laojun Mountain in Luanchuan and Hanguguan. By the way, there is another thing to say: Laojun Mountain here is actually the main peak of Funiu Mountain, the remaining pulse of Qinling Mountains. It is well known that I ride a green cow. Isn’t this mountain in early spring like a huge green cow?

　　The mountain gate is very close to Luanchuan county, but it takes only ten minutes by car. Looking at the mountain at the foot of the mountain, the sky is gloomy and dark clouds are rolling. The tour guide brother said it might rain. Then it will rain. "and, after a night of mountain rain, from each summit come hundreds of silken cascades", you might as well enjoy Baizhong Spring in Laojun Mountain.

　　Take the cable car slowly up the hill. The wind is strong, but the cable car is smooth. With the elevation, the cableway has two levels. The first level is divided into two branches, one is called Zhongling cableway, which is the first cableway built by Laojun Mountain, starting from Lingguan Hall and reaching Zhongtianmen, so it is named Zhongling. One is the Yunjing cableway, which starts from Zhaigou and ends at Zhongtianmen. It’s longer than Zhongling cableway, and it has more pleasing scenery. Thanks for these great inventions. I am such a timid person, I will never try to fly with wings. If I want to have a bird’s-eye view, I can only rely on such an invention.

　　It’s really beautiful, this spring mountain. No matter whether the leaves are green or the flowers are beautiful, all colors are the original colors, which are extremely pure. Forsythia suspensa and Yingchun both have yellow flowers, but they are different, one is gorgeous and the other is calm. Magnolia is also divided into red magnolia and magnolia, and magnolia is more. Grandma’s name is Yulan, so Yulan is my favorite tree. It really hits it off, and people here seem to like Magnolia very much. Magnolia can be seen everywhere in the county seat, and most of the street trees are magnolia. Magnolia is also planted on both sides of the road up the mountain. But the magnolia on this mountain is different from that on the foot of the mountain. The flowers are smaller, and the small flowers are blossoming upwards, full and hard, as if each one is gathering light.

　　On the first level, I arrived at Zhongtianmen-there are Zhongtianmen in Taishan, and there are many places called Zhongtianmen, right? After getting off the cable car, we strolled to the observation deck and looked in the direction of Luanchuan County. We thought we would be obscured by clouds, but it was very clear. What comes into view is a vast plain, surrounded by miniature buildings, roads and ant-like vehicles. The outline of Yishui is faintly visible in the middle. It suddenly occurred to me that the Longmen Grottoes, more than 100 kilometers away, are also beside Yishui. Thinking of Lushena’s smile is like spring water. "Good if water. Water is good for all things without arguing, and it is evil for everyone, so it is a few words. " When the wise man wrote this, did he also think of Yishui?

　　Transfer to the peak forest cableway and continue to climb the mountain, and the mountain becomes steeper and steeper. Out of this higher cableway station, look into the mountains. At this moment, all the mountains are shrouded in clouds, and it really is "how can I tell, through all these clouds?". However, being in the fog and being close to it, there is no gloomy color, but the humidity is getting heavier.

　　Follow the trail slowly. While listening to the tour guide’s little brother talking about the past, I can’t go without Laozi and the origin of Laozi and Laojunshan. It is said that Lao Tzu went here to practice in seclusion during the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. In the administrative territory, Laojunshan has been owned by Lushi for many years. It is recorded in Lushi County Records and Inscriptions that laojunmiao was built on the mountain in the Northern Wei Dynasty. In the 11th year of Zhenguan in Tang Dynasty —— AD 637 —— Li Shimin sent Wei Chijingde as the supervisor to rebuild laojunmiao. During the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, Lu’s county magistrate Gao Gao also wrote "Ode to Mount Jingshi"-Jingshi Mountain is another name of Laojun Mountain. In the preface, he wrote: "Yu to Lu’s, I heard that there are mountains in the world, and the customs are passed down as the residence of Laozi, that is, named after Laojun."

　　Like all places of interest, the incense on the mountain is also very prosperous. Even in this weather, there are many people going up the mountain, and most of them come for praying. It’s just that the way of praying now is also advancing with the times. Blessing signs are everywhere on the branches and railings. In early spring, the trees are swaying with fresh and tender green, and the dense red signs move with the wind, dancing like hearts. Some are grand, such as "I wish world peace". Some are specific, such as "get rich as soon as possible", "make a fortune", "succeed in postgraduate entrance examination" and "go ashore as soon as possible" Looking at it, I can’t help wondering who the well-wishers are. "I hope I can get to the right platform to shine as soon as possible and provide a better life for my family." I want to come to this person who just walked out of school. "I wish my daughter a lifetime with someone at the latest by the end of the year." I think this tone should be a mother. There are many emotional cards. "I wish the opposite sex a smooth relationship". Maybe this one has too many same-sex friends, so I have to emphasize the opposite sex? "I have always loved you. You should live well and let me love you." What kind of person is this? No matter what kind of person, just love.

　　Strolling to the "ten-mile painting screen", in the fog, the tour guide is very dutiful. It is said that clouds cover thousands of miles when the sea of clouds is mighty, that the autumn colors of maple trees dye thousands of peaks, that the white cuckoo is amazing, that the stars are seen on the top of the mountain in midsummer night, that the snow begins to fall, and that Chu Qing is after the snow, and the sunshine, the snow color and the gold on the top of the hall complement each other, which is beautiful. Pointing to the vast distance, I reported the names of scenic spots like a few treasures: Dragon patrolling the mountain, Guanyin enjoying music, Miaobu Lotus …

　　It’s just that the weather is not good today. I can’t see a lot of things. His tone is full of regret.

　　It’s good. I said.

　　If the weather is fine, you can see more and more.

　　I’ve seen enough. I’ve seen everything you said.

　　His expression was obviously incredulous, probably because he thought I was perfunctory. I don’t defend myself. How can a word explain my mood clearly? I know the beauty here, this side of the mountain is different from that side, and this slope is different from that one. Every day is different, every moment is different. Rain is different from snow, early spring and late autumn, midsummer and midwinter. But I can’t live here forever. I, limited, can only come to this mountain at this time. All kinds of limitations determine that I may not come many times in the future. Then concentrate on enjoying the beauty of this moment. As long as I enjoy the beauty of this moment intently, even if I come only once, it will be many times and countless times.

　　Just as there is only one life. Living a good life this time is actually equivalent to living many times.

　　This is my one. I want to keep my one.

　　So, really, everything you can see is good. I have actually seen what I can’t see. Take the heart as the purpose.

　　Tao gives birth to one, life to two, life to three, and life to all things. For a moment, I suddenly understood this sentence. Legend has it that after I wrote the Classic of Tao Te Ching, I bid farewell to Yin Xi, the official of Hangu Pass, and rode away on a green ox. Historical Records records: "I don’t know where it will end". In fact, there is no need to know this. He is on the road.

　　Looking towards the west, the mountains are boundless. I checked with my mobile phone, and it is 168.1 kilometers from Laojunshan to Hanguguan. Looking at this number with zero and integer, I laughed silently. This one, how good.

　　(This version of the picture comes from the network)

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