When a tree keeps spreading its branches and leaves, it shows the door of life full of vitality; when it keeps withering branches and leaves, it shows the door of death that is about to die. What people are afraid of is not loneliness, but the drying up of the spring of life after being isolated, and the breath of life cannot be seen. Therefore, we read thousands of books and travel thousands of miles. By constantly expanding the veins of life, we nourish a wider forest and breed richer vitality.
How to create more possibilities? Zuo Cheng, who is engaged in humanistic photography, travels around the world, using his lens to record the flow of different places and people in the long river of time. Time, place, people, and events are constantly woven together on the map of Siwo. When these materials are continuously gathered, a three-dimensional and vivid brief history of time emerges. On the journey of thousands of miles, the footprints are connected into pulsations, and the pulsations radiate out the pieces of the puzzle. As the puzzle pieces of life are accumulated, a new territory of life is unknowingly pieced together, and more oases of destiny are opened up.
Change is relative, change is absolute. People's destiny is always changing, just like water flowing downwards. Zuo Cheng attempts to discover the unchanging truth from the ever-changing by recording the changes and changes, and trace the cause and effect of the changes in people's destiny.
Daliang Mountain is the only place that the ancient "Southern Silk Road" must pass through. Sima Qian of the Western Han Dynasty, Zhuge Liang of the Shu Han Dynasty, Kublai Khan, the founder of the Yuan Dynasty, and the traveler Xu Xiake all visited here. The Red Army of Chinese workers and peasants made a bloody alliance with the leaders of the Yi nationality here during their long march north. This is one of Zuo Cheng's many cultural photography recording points. The changes that have taken place after the blockade was cleared are recorded on the map of Siwo.
Cliff Village, also known as Tianti Village, has coordinates of 103.28264E, 28.06597N. In order to avoid war-torn bandits, it was once isolated from the world. The rattan ladders on the cliffs were the only passage to the outside world. Now they have been replaced by steel ladders.
The eyes are the window to the soul, and the changes in the eyes reach directly into the soul. In humanistic photography, Zuo Cheng is accustomed to recording different changes in the eyes. Some have clear eyes, and their hearts are as peaceful as the lake. They have lived in the small world of Cliff Village all their lives. The world is so big, and they have never thought of leaving the Cliff Village. Some have curious eyes, and their hearts are as turbulent as waves, eager to step out. The cliff village adds color to the unchanging pale life; some have cloudy eyes... Where will their respective fates go?
Wayijue Village, coordinates 103.14289E, 28.27679N. Reading and literacy is like opening their eyes, allowing children to see further, to see the new world outside the mountains, to go out of Daliang Mountain, and to bring back the way to change the predicament. This is what the Liangshan elders said to the younger generations when they lamented the changes of the times. Expectations.
"Beyond the mountains are mountains."
"There is no mountain beyond the mountain."
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Zuo Cheng used his camera to record the daily life of the girl Jin Sha and the girl Gusimo. In his spare time, Zuo Cheng clicked on the map of Siwo and shared with them his travel notes on the other side of the mountain: To the west of the mountain, from June to August, lavender flowers bloom in Ili, Xinjiang, and you can see a sea of purple flowers. On the south side of the mountain, Bangladesh ushered in the Pilgrimage Festival in January, and you can see the sea of people... When thousands of scenes came into their eyes, Zuo Cheng recorded the twinkling light in their eyes. .
When Zuo Cheng came here again, Jinsha and Gusimo had already gone to Leshan and Luzhou to go to school. This time, I was unable to record them in Daliang Mountain, but Zuo Cheng, who was slightly disappointed, showed a happy smile. Yes, the new world outside the mountains has the beating veins of the city. I hope they can connect the veins there. After injecting the spring of life, it is only a matter of time before this place will glow with the breath of life.
There is little we can do without affecting what we observe. As the recorder, Zuo Cheng has triggered the observer effect and changed the fate of this place.
