Flying of the Rhine —— Thoughts on Reading Hugo's Travel Notes on the Rhine

It's another spring. In the face of such sunny weather, your desire to travel should be irresistible. Traveling, where would you choose to go? Travel, where do you want to go? Then, after traveling, what kind of way will you record what you have seen and heard, and what kind of satisfaction will you have? So, now let's walk into Mr Hugo's Rhine.

One? The author's life

Victor Hugo (Victor? Hugo,1802.2.26 ~1885.5.22), a French romantic writer, a humanitarian representative,/kloc-0, a representative writer of the active romantic literary movement at the beginning of the 9th century, and an outstanding bourgeois democratic writer in the history of French literature, was called "Shakespeare of France".

Hugo was born in Besancon, the capital of eastern France near Switzerland. His father was a general under Napoleon. Hugo was stationed in Spain with his father when he was a child. /kloc-went back to Paris to study at the age of 0/0, graduated from high school and went to law school, but his interest was writing. At the age of 65,438+05, he won the prize in the Poetry Competition of the French Academy; at the age of 65,438+07, he won the first prize in the "Hundred Flowers Poetry Competition"; at the age of 20, he published a collection of poems "Ode to Poetry", which won the Louis Stanislas Xavier Prize for praising the restoration of Bourbon, and later he wrote a lot of exotic poems. Later, he was disappointed with the Bourbon Dynasty and the July Dynasty and became a pacifist. He also wrote many poetic dramas and plays, as well as several novels with distinctive characteristics, and carried out his thoughts.

184 1 Hugo was elected as an academician of the French Academy, and 1845 became a member of the Senate. 1848 After the February Revolution, he served as the representative of the Republic of * *. 18565438, Charles Louis Napolé on Bonaparte proclaimed himself, Hugo rose up and was forced into exile. During his exile, he wrote the following. 1870 After the French bloodless revolution overthrew Charles Louis Napolé on Bonaparte, Hugo returned to Paris. Hugo wrote all his life, involving all fields of literature. Critics believe that his creative thinking is the closest to modern thinking. After his death, France mourned and was buried in the "Pantheon" where French celebrities gathered to commemorate the card.

Hugo's most legendary romantic story in France is that he met the 26-year-old actress Juliet Derouet at the age of 30 and fell in love with her. No matter whether they were together or apart, Hugo wrote her a love letter every day until she died at the age of 75. In the past 50 years, Hugo wrote nearly 20,000 letters without interruption. The leading idea that runs through Hugo's life activities and creation is humanitarianism-opposing violence and controlling "evil" with love.

Hugo experienced almost all the major events in France in the19th century. He wrote many poems, novels, plays, various essays, literary comments and political articles in his life, and was an influential figure in France. Hugo is a world-famous French poet, playwright, novelist, essayist, political commentator and literary theorist. His literary career lasted for 60 years, and his life almost spanned the whole nineteenth century. He experienced almost all the major events in France in the 19th century. His works involve almost all fields of literature. He shaped this century with his own pen, reflecting the political changes and literary tendencies of French society in the19th century, adding a splendid cultural heritage to the treasure house of French literature and human culture. Hugo himself once said: I am the son of this century. Therefore, it can be said that the19th century in France is Hugo's century.

Hugo's creative history is more than 60 years, and his works include 26 volumes of poems, 20 volumes of novels, 79 volumes of plays 12 and 2 volumes of philosophical papers1,which adds a brilliant cultural heritage to the treasure house of French literature and human culture. His representative works include: Notre Dame de Paris, Les Miserables, Marine Labors, Smiling Man, 1993, and Light and Shadow. There is also a letter to Captain Butler about the Anglo-French Allied Expedition to China, and the short story Death in Normandy.

It is particularly worth mentioning that in 186 1 year, Hugo was filled with indignation when he learned that the British and French invaders had set fire to Yuanmingyuan. He righteously wrote: "The French Empire got half of the stolen goods from this victory, and now it is naive as if it is the real master, showing the glory of the plundering of Yuanmingyuan. I hope that one day France can get rid of the heavy burden, clear its guilt and return this wealth to the plundered China. "

Two? Rhine

I haven't read much of Hugo's works, only his heroic words in the travel notes Rhine have been indelibly engraved in my heart. As early as 184 1, Hugo exposed the sinister intention of Britain to launch the opium war on the Rhine. He said: "After trying to poison, or at least hypnotize, China, Britain is now violently attacking China."

As we all know, the Rhine is the longest river in Germany. The Rhine River, the cradle of Germany, is 865 kilometers long, and its drainage area accounts for 40% of the total area of Germany.

There are still more than 50 castles and palaces on both sides of the Rhine, and each castle has its own name. Every old castle has an ancient story and legend, which records the heroes' achievements in swallowing mountains and rivers and their faint love with their children. Ancient castles and fascinating legends accompany tourists on their trip to the Rhine.

On the upper reaches of the Rhine River, at the junction of northern Switzerland and Germany, there is a Rhine Waterfall with a width of 1 10 meter. Brave tourists can take a boat and follow the waves to the bottom of the waterfall. In the middle reaches of the Rhine, from Bingen to Bonn, Germany, the canyon is deep and winding, with magnificent scenery. Many ancient legends about the Rhine River happened here.

Three? The Rhine in Mr Hugo's eyes

The Rhine is an excellent travel book, which vividly and richly shows the magnificent scenery of the Rhine valley with its fluent writing and beautiful narrative style. In his travels, Hugo not only has a keen natural aesthetic taste, but also has a broad historical vision. Compared with the beauty of the scenery, he seems to pay more attention to the humanistic scenery of the Rhine River basin, from ancient churches and castles to historical museums and ancient tombs. He used this to explore the connotation of a long history, recall the past, and successfully displayed all the tragic, thrilling and epic characters of the Rhine River, thus making his travel notes harmonious. The Rheinische Zeitung won wide acclaim after its publication, and Balzac once rated it as "a masterpiece".

Mr Hugo's Rhine is a travel book, but it is different from our usual travel books, and it is purely about the beauty of the place and our own feelings. Mr. Hugo recorded some experiences of wandering from one city to another, wrote down the history related to this city and wrote down the story of this city. In the book, Hugo introduced the cities along the Rhine, as well as churches and castles to readers in the form of diaries or letters.

At the beginning of the book, the author borrows a poem by the Latin poet Virgil, "The river is smooth and the cave is dark. ..... The cows in Cleisthenes are barking, the trees are warm, and people are sleepy. "

At the moment, it is the author, and his covered two-wheeled light carriage has passed through the three menus and entered Warren. The author wrote that "the car drove into a downward lane between two rows of houses, giving people a dignified and thoughtful feeling." Doors and shutters are closed; There is grass in the yard. "A desolate scenery came into view. It seems that no one has been there for a long time, but I prefer it. The author described a historical fact about the capture of King Louis XVI, and poured out the sadness and melancholy of Wangni Square, with a little gloom and horror.

In the book, the author introduces that Walling is a small town, which is located outside Reims 15 Rig. "This morning, I walked in the city and saw that this town is very gracefully located on both sides of a clear river. There is nothing to recommend for the church at the gate. The church faces my hotel. ..... "Mr Hugo seems to be partial to the church. In the book, the author mentioned the church many times, and almost everywhere he went, he described the church.

In the section "Xia Long-Saint Menu-Valin", Mr. Hugo described the church in Xia Long in this way: "The hall of the cathedral is very elegant and graceful; There are also several gorgeous stained glass windows, including a round flower window; In the church, I saw a beautiful Renaissance altar engraved with the letter F and salamanders. ..... but all this has been broken, hard to see; The church looked dirty, and Francis I's sculpture was erased with yellow paint; All the arch ribs are painted with colorful colors; The facade of the church is a poor imitation of our church in St. Gervais; Mr Hugo said that there are three other churches in Xia Long, namely, St Alban's Church, St Jean's Church and St Lu's Church.

Mr Hugo also described the church in the section "Axel Lasalle". Axel La Salle is the German city of Aachen, which is also the city of Charlemagne. Mr. Hugo told us about this church full of history and legend: if we walk from the front to the church, its front looks like this: "The main entrance of the church is Louis XV style, made of gray-blue granite, and the entrance of the church is the eighth century style on the bronze door. The main entrance is next to Caroline and built towards the city wall. The upper floor of the city wall is a semi-circular arch of Roman architecture. Above these arches, there is a beautifully carved Gothic building-from which you can see an unpretentious pointed arch in the14th century-and the top decoration of the church is made of slate roof tiles, which is something from the past twenty years and is very ugly. On the right side of the main entrance of the church is a granite stone pedestal with a huge Roman bronze pine tower on it; On the other side of the church, there is also a stone pedestal with a bronze female wolf statue on it, which is also in ancient Roman style. This female wolf opened her mouth slightly, gritted her teeth and stared sideways at passers-by. " Mr Hugo vividly described the appearance of the church in words and gave people a model of the church. In the following text, Mr. Hugo used a long paragraph to explain the pine cone and the female wolf. Mr. Hugo said that approaching the church from the circular room behind the church had a completely different effect. "/kloc-the semi-circular back hall of the 0/4th century, with exquisite top corners, exquisite handrails, colorful gutters, well-informed stones and giant pointed arches of transparent glass. At the foot of the pointed arch, between the battlements, there is a three-story building looming. All this shows the bold creativity and beauty of the backyard. " This is just a rococo church. This church is surrounded by Charles, the most famous surname of Caroline dynasty, and exudes the elegance of a famous prostitute.

As night fell, Axel Lasabel appeared in front of Mr. Hugo in the valley, just like a beautiful fountain basin.

Ibach Memorial Hall, also known as Abach, is the former residence of the late French Marie. For the Ibach Memorial Hall, Mr. Hugo did not describe what he saw as before, but what he thought.

Lodge is a large town with about 1800 residents on the right bank of the Rhine River, which extends at right angles along the Vespa River to form an estuary. The earliest red wine on the Shenzhou River was produced in Lodge.

Mr Hugo told a famous legend in Falcken-the handsome Pecoban and the beautiful Porto. I wrote about the love between Pecoban and Porto. They arranged a wedding, but they pitied the world and let people miss it again and again. When Pekoban thought that he had only been away for five years, he returned to Falcken. He is eager to see Porto who misses him too much, wants to finish the wedding with her, and wants to spend the rest of his life making up for the vacancy in these five years. He only saw an old woman with a wrinkled face. He doesn't believe this is his beloved Porto wine. However, this old woman officially became his Bordeaux. She is getting old. She is one hundred and twenty years old and one day old, and she has been waiting for her Pekkoban. This story is very sad.

The sun is setting in the west, and everything is lazy and boring in the twilight. Maybe, at this moment, you can stand in Vorms. Mr Hugo said in Vorms-Mannheim that this is an excellent city with royal palaces, 30,000 residents and 14 churches. The 14 churches are Munster Cathedral, Saint Cecil Cathedral, Saint Fisvan Cathedral, Saint Andre Cathedral, Saint Mans Cathedral, Saint John Cathedral, Notre Dame Cathedral, Saint Paul Cathedral, Saint Rupert Cathedral, Missionary Cathedral, Saint Rambojes Cathedral, Saint Sikh Cathedral, Saint Martin Cathedral and St. Amand Dos Cathedral. Mr Hugo came to this city by boat. After landing, the coachman carried him and his luggage across the plain, across the grassland and alfalfa fields, and across a small tributary of the Rhine River from a rickety slab bridge covered with old beams and old pile foundations. After crossing a small tributary of the Rhine, they crossed a big tributary, turned on the left road, walked on a meadow, and finally reached a dilapidated stone bridge. After crossing the ancient bridge, Mr Hugo vaguely saw the Vorms wall along the Rhine. This is a desolate city, but its church is the opposite of the city, neither desolate nor lonely, but the glory of the past has long gone. This church is St. Rupert's Cathedral.

When people live in big cities and indulge in downtown areas, some towns are weakening and dying. For example, Vorms is a declining city. In this abandoned city, the church collapsed, changed and reduced to ashes. The ruins of the original church turned into barns, palaces into farms, towers into dovecote, houses into wooden houses, shops into stalls, basins into ponds, and citizens into farmers. This town is dead. In the deserted square, crumbling city walls and sparse houses, all we can see is the long sad shadow cast by the sunset. How desolate should this be? People often say that clothes are the first appearance of human beings, and houses are the second appearance. Worms Cathedral belongs to the Romanesque style and has two semi-circular back halls, which were built by the earliest architects in the Middle Ages. It is one of the few beautiful buildings in Europe, located on the Rhine River.

Mannheim is located on the other side of the Rhine, only a few leagues from Vorms. The city was born in 1606. It's a new city, and everything looks well-behaved, neat and monotonous. Mr. Hugo said, "Mannheim is here and Vorms is gone; The past belongs to Vorms and the future belongs to Mannheim ".

Heidelberg, a city hidden in the dense forest, is located at the entrance of Neckar Valley. Heidelberg has famous historical sites, two15th century churches, and Mr Hugo described his busyness in Heidelberg and quoted the Latin poem "I recorded my industrious life" by Bonfrodo Cerini. Mr Hugo climbed a high mountain called Little Gasber, overlooking the Rhine Plain at the top of the mountain, just like overlooking the Atlantic Ocean from the cliff of Bois-rossetter. This should be spectacular! It's just that when Mr Hugo talked about Heidelberg, he thought it was a sleepy dead city.

Mr Hugo traveled all the way along the Rhine River, passing through the high and low areas of Braez, such as Frejborg, Schaaffhausen, Weiwei-chilong Bao- Lausanne.

The Rhine, the river of Providence, is also a symbolic river. It would be great if we could play both sides. Imagine that one day, I will pack my bags, walk in the footprints left by Mr. Hugo, linger in the charm of the Rhine and wander in its arms.