Douban 9.5 Fruit of Life —— Slow down and examine the meaning of life.

? The Fruit of Life is a documentary about the lives of modern Japanese Tao Yuanming and Jin Duan, which was filmed by Japanese director Kenji Fukuhara. The whole film is plain and true, which simply records the daily life of a couple Jin Duanxiu. In the hut deep in the forest, they plow and work every day, and every picture is full of love. The film scored as high as 9.5 in Douban and won the best documentary of 20 18.

The value of documentary to human society lies not only in its documentary nature as a true image of human beings, but also in its humanistic concern conveyed by its observation of human society. An excellent documentary about life can often base its connotation and theme on the common feelings of human beings. The important reason for the success of Fruit of Life is that it expresses concern and thinking about love, life and death by recording the life of Jin Duan and his wife in their later years.

? "The wind blows dead leaves, leaves give birth to fertile soil, fertile soil and fragrant fruits.

Diligence and calmness are the fruits of life. "

I have always liked Japanese family movies, peaceful audio-visual language, fresh narrative techniques, no deliberate ups and downs, just simply telling the bits and pieces of life, showing profound ideological connotation. "Fruit of Life" is as healing as "The Grove", and it will also be associated with Li's film "Three Seasons and Three Meals, a Family of Two", which will awaken the self-sufficient life that people yearn for and make people calm down.

In this impetuous society, we really need to calm down and think about it. Although I was forced to be alone during the epidemic, now I think about it, this is a rare quiet moment in my life. I don't have to think about trivial work, and I don't have to care about too much socializing. Finally, I can read quietly and catch up with the drama, cook with my own hands every day, please myself with my heart, do yoga every night, and arrange flowers and plants by myself. Now that I'm back at work, I really miss these days.

After watching this movie, I began to think about my life. Looking at the bombing of all kinds of things and information on the Internet, we are consumed by emotions every day. We get angry when we see a news, and then we sigh when we see the reversed news. I feel more and more that I have wasted too much time and energy on many meaningless things. Since when did our way of understanding the world become "listening" and then use what we hear to guide our lives? Finally, I was so busy that I found myself getting farther and farther away from my heart.

It's time to stop, take a serious look at your life and ask yourself what you really want.

There is a sentence in the film that "people are more important than money", which is a sentence in Mr. Jin Duan's thank-you letter to the merchants in the market. Teacher Jin Duan has been writing thank-you letters to everyone he can contact on weekdays in the way that he is good at painting. Most of them are words of encouragement such as "Come on" and "Great". It is worth mentioning that there are cartoon portraits of him and his wife under each postcard, so that everyone can feel the love of the couple.

Married for a lifetime, how many people yearn for a lifetime. We don't have much money for future generations, and even if we do, we don't want to do it. We should leave them fertile land and let them bear fruit directly on the land.

What kind of fruit will our life bear? Jin Duan and his wife's philosophy of life inspired me a lot, and I believe this is also the original intention of the director San Gu Mao Lu to invite them to shoot a documentary.

Some people say that after reading the fruits of life, people are not afraid of getting old. When we were four years old, 87-year-old Granny Eiko had already started a busy day, farming, picking, cooking and cutting hair … all by herself. Bamboo shoots, limes, potatoes, corn, asparagus, plums, figs, taro, white radish, strawberries ... In the yard, they planted 70 kinds of wild vegetables and 50 kinds of fruits. The harvested fruits are cooked by Grandma Eiko into simple but exquisite meals, all kinds of jam, yogurt and cakes ... Whenever the seasons alternate, they will create freshness for life by changing the utensils at home or changing the position of furniture ... It turns out that people can still make life into art when they are old, and they can still have such a sense of ceremony.

When we were young, did we think too much and do too little compared with Grandma Eiko? Do we give up early as long as we don't get what we want in return? Are we so eager to achieve success that we forget to drop water and wear away the stone? Mr. Jin Duan has been engaged in the construction industry, and every house is patiently designed bit by bit. He often says to grandma Eiko, "You should study slowly by yourself. You will find all kinds of wonderful things as long as you bury yourself in your studies." Yes, when we were young, we always liked to be praised for our intelligence, but we didn't like to be praised for our efforts. It seems that cleverness is something to be proud of, and hard work is stupid. Now it seems that if you are just smart and refuse to be down-to-earth and study hard, it is impossible to reach a higher level of human development. Fuller wrote in Motto: "Action is the most appropriate fruit of knowledge", "Foundation can't be achieved in a hurry, and fame can't be achieved overnight", "Spring and Autumn Annals" and "To Wisdom" by Wei: "Many things in life are urgent, so we have to wait until they are ripe". Take your time, as long as you insist on doing what you can, beautiful fruits will meet unexpectedly.

We have been taught to study hard since childhood, but no one has ever told us to live seriously. Life seems to be a very vague concept. We always think that we will have a good life if we get into a good university, find a good job and find a good partner. Seeing the lifestyle of Jin Duan and his wife made me wonder: Do we really understand what life is? Do we really have the intention to build our own life?

Life should not only be an external manifestation, but also an inner filling. Life should not be a so-called good university, a good job and a good object. Those things that have been shown off to others will become living for others. Life should be responsible for your own life, don't be confused, know clearly what you want, know what you should do, and take the people and things you meet seriously. Feel the world with a gentle heart, even a small plant in the yard should be carefully cared for. Respecting other people's lives means respecting yourself.

There is a suggestion theory in psychology. If a person insists on positive self-psychological suggestion, it will be of great help to success. The more serious you live, the better your life will be. This is also the truth. When we take life seriously, we are actually taking ourselves seriously, and loving ourselves is the beginning of a romantic life.

From now on, it is a good way to seriously examine your life, give up some superficial needs and feel the things around you with your heart. Maybe you just change your favorite plate, change a cotton sheet, donate clothes you don't wear, try a new dish every day ... let's start redefining my life and take it seriously. Remember, how you love your life and what life will be like.

It can be said that our generation often feels anxious and stressed, and all kinds of anxious remarks on the Internet make us doubt life. Many people casually say, "The world is becoming more and more disappointing." Is that really the case? In his book Facts, hans rosling used statistical data model to refute the statement that "the world is getting worse". Our emotional instinct and overly emotional world outlook are affecting our judgment.

Grandma Eiko cooks for two people in her small kitchen. Ten kinds of side dishes are carefully prepared for breakfast, and nutritious and delicious dishes are matched with "colorful ingredients". Delicious home cooking such as lime, lotus root, ginger, eel, pike, red bean rice, seaweed, cherry yogurt, mung bean cake, barley tea, rice cake, etc., just looking at it makes people's index fingers move. Delicious food always brings people happiness. If we can go home and prepare a dinner carefully every day, will we be happy to taste delicious food with our families?

In order to realize grandma Eiko's pastoral dream, Mr. Jin Duan built a wooden house and opened up a vegetable garden. During the harvest season, the couple picked ripe persimmons, chestnuts, tomatoes, apples, oranges, pears, lemons and grapefruit. And give them to relatives, friends, neighbors and villagers, so that they can all taste the fruits growing on this land. We may not have a big yard, but the small wish of a pot of mint and a pot of persimmon can still be realized. We will feel different satisfaction when planting our own plants, and we can also feel the power of nature when watching the fruits grow in line with the seasons.

? Look around with love, and you will really see many beautiful things. There is no shortage of beauty in the world, only the eyes that find beauty.

Steven Pinker said in The Good Angel in Human Nature: Our society as a whole has become more and more gentle and less violent. We should learn to make use of the fruits of civilization development, turn them into sharp weapons of physical and mental harmony, and increase our sense of control over life. Hope is always around, as long as you find it.

Jin Duan and his wife have been trying to live in harmony with nature all their lives. The birdbath and the designed buildings in the yard are surrounded by green plants. Nature actually means that there are objective laws between all things, and the changes of the four seasons are natural laws, and no one can change them.

During the filming, Mr. Jin Duan fell asleep during his lunch break and never woke up. At the funeral, Eiko said to the body, "Old man, I will try my best to live in the future. When my life is reduced to ashes, we will swim together in the South Pacific. You will be lonely alone, but wait for me. " Granny Eiko has always been strong and told herself "at least don't cry". Mr. Jin Duan once talked with Eiko about death before his death, and finally came to the conclusion that "it is also a waste of time to think about such a thing."

One of the biggest shortcomings of human nature is that it always likes to think about objective laws with its own consciousness, and even wants to dominate and control them, which usually only brings unsatisfactory results, which is actually the root of many sufferings. China's understanding of the relationship between man and nature in ancient times was expounded in the Book of Changes and the Book of Tao Te Ching-life needs a kind of let nature take its course, which is a kind of wisdom to face things regardless of people's subjective consciousness. Zhuangzi's wife didn't feel very sad when she died. He believes that when she was alive, she existed in nature, and when she left, she returned to nature. The laws of life and nature are the same. Nature has its ups and downs all year round, and people also have the reincarnation of where you will go.

If we can let go of many obsessions and greed for the world to run as we wish, maybe life will not feel all the suffering. A flower is a world, and everything has its own life trajectory, so are we. What we can do is not to resist or even destroy, but to respect nature, return to the natural state of life, calm our hearts, and perceive the inner growth with kindness and simplicity as the standard.

Three years after Mr. Tsuduan's death, Granny Eiko also passed away. When she left, she said to the child, "I can't keep him waiting too long." Her granddaughter replied, "He is not far away." ?

Jin Duan and his wife completed their mission in this world, leaving fertile land and fruitful fruits every year. Their philosophy of doing things has also brought many thoughts to future generations. I am very happy. The movies I happened to see gave me a lot of strength in this special period. Life is still beautiful, and there is hope in the future. We do what we can conscientiously and firmly, and the rest will be let nature take its course.