What did you think of the movie "Wolf Totem"?

In my impression, the word totem carries a unique and alluring mystery and worship. When it is combined with an animal like a wolf, it feels so natural. Totem places people's trust in it. The respect and admiration for gods is what the herdsmen call the flying wolf of Tengger. Those green eyes touched my heart.

In the film, Bilige’s father always said to Chen Zhen: You Han people, we Mongolians. At first, I saw the old man’s unfriendliness and disapproval of those Han people, but gradually through the film, I saw When I went to the Elun Grassland, I knew the difference between Mongolian herdsmen like the old people and these so-called advanced intellectuals Han Chinese - the herdsmen said that Tengri is the father and the grassland is the mother. The wolves kill all living creatures that harm the grassland. How can Tengger not protect the wolves? The old man even saw the natural law of survival behind this. The Han people who came from the east regarded wolves as a scourge and wanted to get rid of them.

After watching the film, I knew that Chen Zhen was grateful to his father, for teaching him how to recognize and understand wolves, and even for placing his hope in the only surviving wolf cub he raised. I am also grateful to him. Because I don’t understand, I will always have wrong perceptions. Yes, because you don’t understand many things, you will always have wrong perceptions. If you understood it, would you still think that wolves are a scourge? Probably not.

I was so shocked that I watched the wolves hunting the yellow sheep in the film. The photo was very exciting. The wolves scurrying in the tall grass were like dozens of torpedoes sneaking through the waves at high speed, carrying the sharpest and most piercing wolf fangs and wolf eyes towards the yellow sheep. Rush away. The old man said that it is impossible to fight without patience. The wolf that has been waiting all night will start to attack. Opportunities in the world are only given to patient people and animals. Only those who are patient can see the opportunities accurately. When it comes to fighting, wolves are smarter than humans. We Mongolians learned from wolves in hunting, siege, and fighting. If you Han people don't have a big wolf pack in your territory, you won't be able to fight a war. To fight a war, it is useless to just rely on a large territory and a large number of people. The winning or losing of the war all depends on whether you are a wolf or a sheep...

So it is not difficult to imagine why the nomadic peoples in ancient times were invincible in wars. We Why is China's farming culture so vulnerable? Perhaps the comfort determined by our own culture is deeply rooted in our bones, and we no longer have the bloodiness and ambition like wolves. It is said that wolves are ambitious. In fact, I think it cannot be said to be a derogatory term, but rather a complimentary term, because that is what real prairie wolves are. They are very ambitious, just like a small wolf pack chasing a large group of yellow sheep. But they succeeded, and they have the ability to complete and realize such ambitions. Some people may say that wolves are greedy and cruel, but even people who consider themselves to be the primates of all things have bad natures, let alone wolves. When I read the book about people hunting and killing wolves for their own benefit, which ultimately caused ecological deterioration, I especially thought about it. To borrow a sentence from Rousseau: "You are all unreasonable people. You keep complaining about nature. You must know that all your pain comes from yourself." How can this not be shocking?

My anger suddenly broke out in the struggle for survival between man and wolf.

There is a scene in the film that makes people feel bloody and sad. When people with different moods do the same thing and throw away the little wolf together, we can only lament people's lack of care for life. Without awe, I can only lament people's lack of understanding of nature. Confucius's golden mean can be reflected in the attitude of Bilig's father and others who insist not to overeat wolf cubs. Man and nature must also abide by the golden mean, so that they can live in peace. But there are always two sides to everything. Just like some people think that Confucius is a countryman, which is a hypocrite, so there will always be people who are short-sighted.

This film shows us a thought-provoking story about the relationship between a specific group of people and wolves in that specific era. Perhaps it is a common problem. In real life, people always like to magnify the ugliness and ignore it. Good, just let life take its course.