Amsterdam

Mr. Cao Guilin has a famous saying in Peking Man in new york: "If you love him, send him to new york, because it is heaven; If you hate him, send him to new york, because it is hell. "

There are all kinds of cities, but some places are like a sinking, lost, crazy and paranoid whirlpool. There are faces that everyone expects in that world, and everyone is living quietly, because maybe all the dreams will collapse and break in the next moment. I have heard countless people talk about new york, but in Europe, another name is always mentioned-Amsterdam.

As soon as I walked out of Amsterdam Central Station, I could smell a pungent smell of tobacco, which became my first impression of Amsterdam. Everyone around is used to it, and people here are used to the smell of marijuana smoke in the air. From the station to the downtown dam square, a bustling commercial street is lined with funny street performers and singers, and there are many marijuana vendors who are selling without any worries. Exquisitely decorated tobacco shops are also grandly opened in the most crowded section of the street.

Some middle-aged people walking on the roadside are wearing suits, and the cigarettes in their mouths seem to be their unified logo. In addition to the beautiful women in the street, they are also attracted by high-end brand watches in the window and all kinds of tobacco. The Netherlands is the most tolerant country for cannabis trade in the world, and Amsterdam, as the capital, has become a tourist attraction for tourists from all over the world.

Dam Square can be regarded as the origin of this city, from which Amsterdam got its name. In the 17th century, the Netherlands ushered in a golden age, and Amsterdam became the most important port in the world. With the prosperous trade and the tide of the European maritime era, Amsterdam's businessmen rank among the upper classes of society, even making the nobles lose their privileges. Amsterdam began to become a city driven by businessmen's money.

The prosperity of the Netherlands faded in the 18th century, and it was occupied by the French army led by Napoleon. After getting rid of the rule, the Netherlands established a United Kingdom with Belgium and Luxembourg. During World War II, Germany established Nazi regime in the Netherlands and established concentration camps here to persecute Jews. After the war, Amsterdam was rebuilt, and now the urban area has basically maintained its original appearance in the golden age.

Amsterdam is also a famous "water city" because it is built on a river dam. The river is woven into the artery of Amsterdam city, and a half-curved stone arch bridge is reflected in the shade, and the fallen leaves are scattered on the water and scratched by passing cruise ships. The people on the boat are singing together, which has some inappropriate contrast with the people on the street, but it also constitutes the unique meaning of Amsterdam.

water can give a city exquisite charm, perhaps because of the quietness of water or the fact that the atmosphere can be integrated into the soul of the city, or because there is water, there must be a bridge, and the bridge is either a landmark business card, such as the Tower Bridge in London or the Chain Bridge in Budapest, or a quiet statue, such as Nuremberg on the Pegnitz River. The bridge in Amsterdam must belong to the latter.

Tucki wrote in Ten Years of Backpacking: "If you don't want to be disappointed in a city, you must arrive at night. The lights at night will subtly highlight the bright and hide the rough. " But in Amsterdam, the night is not bright, but completely tears the bustling subversion of the day, exposing a very different side.

The Devalen block in the center of the city seems to have just woken up after nightfall-this is the most famous red light district in Amsterdam. The tolerance of prostitution in the Netherlands is far higher than that in most countries in the world. There are hundreds of rooms for girls to rent in Devalen block, and every window with red lights on both sides of the street is bound to have a coquettish girl trying to seduce passers-by to spend money. They seem to flaunt themselves as goods in clothing stores, but they are different from mannequins in shopping malls. They are not showing off gorgeous clothes, but showing off their twisted bodies under exposure.

Amsterdam at night is like a huge and gorgeous prison, like a glimpse in the chaotic times, which imprisons the primitive desire and also grinds freedom into the shackles of dust. Devalen has hundreds of sex workers, mostly from other countries in Central or Eastern Europe. I read the story of a Polish girl in the museum, which said that she was forced to stay and work in the red light district. In her self-report, she said, "The sooner I earn money, the sooner I can go home. Of course, I am not proud of this profession, but I am not ashamed of it. "

Amsterdam has many nicknames-"Sex Capital" and "Venice in the North" ... But I think what fits my Amsterdam best is the "melting pot of the world". This city is not only a collection of different languages, races or cultures, but also a symbol with unique personality. Even though many cultural elements are not universally recognized in other places, Amsterdam is a maverick existence, practicing its most distinctive features and challenging the template of traditional ideas. I remembered the line in the movie "The Melting Furnace": "We are working hard, not to change the world, but to prevent the world from changing us."

This melting pot melts the commandments with longing. Some people love him, and others fall into hell because of him. At night, the drunken fans endlessly lengthen the darkness to the eternal moment, trying to escape, but "they think they have a sense of proportion in taking part in accidental amusement. Who ever thought that the fake play really lost their souls". In Lust, Caution, Zhang Ailing once wrote about Wang Jiazhi's inner activities: "This person really loves me, and she suddenly thought, and her heart slammed, and she lost something." Wang Jiazhi fell in love with mr. yi. For this "love" that is not love, she abandoned her country, her feelings and even her life. She whispered, "Let's go." This also seems to be Zhang Ailing's love. Because of the promise of "May the world be stable and the years be quiet", she broke the erotic commandment. Lust, Caution is about women, while Caution is about people.

Amsterdam can't melt the precepts, but the precepts are in people's hearts.

It's the people who have broken the precepts of life. This bottom line has nothing to do with pornography or love.