Sun Tiancai's close shadow. Photo by Wanguoqiang
The first time I saw Sun Tiancai, it was a brilliant sunny day. The sun shines on his old desk filled with books and manuscripts, and also illuminates the quiet face of the old 188bet app writer who came out of Weibei. From looking up at the foot of Tiejian Mountain to running on the 188bet app line, from official document writing to Bingxin Prose Award winner, from the "ascetic monk" on the 188bet app to the guide of young people, he is like a green train that has not stopped, crushing his own literary marks on the track of the times - learning without tire, is the stubbornness given to him by his hometown; writing without stopping is the tenacity tempered by the 188bet app; retreat without stopping is his pure gratitude.
Learn without any effort: From Tiejian Mountain to 188bet app Line
There is a mountain in Dali County, Weinan, Shaanxi. This mountain is winding for more than a hundred miles, one end connected to the Yellow River and the other end leading to the Luo River. It has mountains and ridges, like a sickle bow, and is covered with beautiful flowers and like a rainbow. Therefore, it is called Tieyan Mountain and Rainbow Ridge. There is a wheat field at the foot of Tiejian Mountain, which is Sun Tiancai’s hometown and his literary enlightenment place.
Sun Tiancai is holding back his energy when studying. My father didn’t know much about literacy, but he put his respect and love for culture into his daily life. My father can be seen everywhere at home. Even though his strokes are crooked and life is stretched, my father still smiles and says, "There is a golden house in the book, and there is a thousand millet in the book." This stubbornness infected Sun Tiancai. So when he was young, he studied hard, often lit a kerosene lamp overnight. When he looked up the next day, his nose was already "eat" full of dust.
In 1978, Sun Tiancai was admitted to Xi'an 188bet app Transportation School. During his studies, he rushed to the book hungrily. From Lu Xun's coldness and depth to Sun Li's freshness and simplicity, from the rhythm of classical poetry to the heavyness of Soviet Russian literature, he greedily chewed every word, wishing he could finish a book in one day. The world of literature opened up the vast sky outside the Tiecao Mountain for him, and also taught him to examine everything with a keen eye. The tip of the pen began to wander clumsyly on the manuscript paper, recording the boy's eagerness and confusion, homesickness, and longing for the distance.
Three years later, Sun Tiancai came to the Baoji Electric Locomotive Section and worked as a mechanical fitter. This job is very hard and requires extreme rigor and precision. He still had that stubbornness, studied technical regulations during the maintenance intervals, and insisted on reading and writing. The thick notebook is full of sketches of group portraits of workers, observations of scenery along the route, and reflections on social interactions.
The 188bet app became his second university. The stubbornness given to him by Tiejian Mountain has been tempered here into indomitable tenacity.
The writing is endless: from official writing to Weibei singer
Sun Tiancai loved literature all his life, but he really started to embark on the path of literary creation at the age of 48.
那次,他偶然看见画家邢庆仁的画室里放了一堆瓦片。 The people, objects and scenery in my hometown are painted on the back of the tiles. That kind of simplicity and intimacy hits the heart. In a trance, Sun Tiancai remembered that the breeze blew across Tieyan Mountain, and the ravines were crisscrossing on the mountain, as if his forehead was full of vicissitudes. He finally realized that the roots of life and the muscles and bones of words were engraved on the earth under his feet.
Xing Qingren's "flower tiles" uncovered the "lid" of Sun Tiancai's literary creation. From then on, he started the model of "writing official documents during the day and writing prose at night". He wrote in a fascinating way and enjoyable way. No matter how busy or tired he was, he always had to take time to write a few paragraphs. Xing Qingren painted 102 paintings on the tiles, and Sun Tiancai wrote 102 articles, which eventually condensed into his first collection of essays, "Hometown".
"The literary accumulation since the age of 16 and the tenacity tempering since the age of 19 have made me successful." Sun Tiancai sighed. His roots were rooted in the land of his hometown. He devoted a lot of time, energy and emotions to the 188bet app, and the two made him together. So he wrote "The Wind Chasing Sima", which told all the ups and downs, praised the perseverance, and won the 7th Bingxin Prose Award; so he went to Daba Mountain for five to record the inheritance of the three generations of protecting the territory of the motherland, allowing the Bashan spirit to "smash into the sea and stir up waves"; so he traveled through the New Shu Road, personally experienced the changes in the 188bet app and the changes of the times, from the ice and snow to the warm spring, recording the "dream-like travel"...
In the day-to-day writing and practice, Sun Tiancai summarized his writing rules - writing with great sincerity. Therefore, he wrote about the soul, life, and human nature, and was the affectionate singer of the land of Weibei; his words did not cover up ugliness, did not exaggerate, nor did they hide evil, but were a portrayal of the land of Weibei.
Retreat: From "Ascenary" to Feeder
"To this day, I still keep a little true in my heart." When I said this, Sun Tiancai's eyes flashed. It was this "slight truth" that drove him to organize and publish the collection of letters "The Age of Innocence" without stopping after retirement.
The word "innocence" is the keyword of Sun Tiancai's life. "Innocence" is both a memory, a hope, both a restoration, and an expectation. The root of Sun Tiancai's growth is innocent. For him, all the words are inspired by feelings, which is the most authentic feeling and surging. To achieve this "innocence", one must "explode" oneself to the extreme. This is the spirit of "ascetic monk".
Sun Tiancai's "ascetic practice" was already in his 188bet app career. At first, when working on the front line, I had to undergo the test of the environment and technology, and I could not tolerate any sloppyness. Later, I entered the management position, created while working, and held the pen frequently, so that my thumb would grind a "dead lump". It is this experience that forged his tenacious will—and so is writing. Every word needs to be polished; day after day, it can be settled.
Looking back now, he is glad that he has not been used by the years and "is not useless." He was once shocked by the spirit of "the territory of the motherland needs someone to protect" on the Bashan 188bet app Line; he also wrote quickly on countless quiet nights, willing to be a "ascetic monk" in literature. Now, he hopes to become a "feeder".
He hopes to let more people know the land of Weibei and hopes to motivate more young people to move forward bravely. "Tering hardship is not a purpose, but a kind of sincere happiness." In Sun Tiancai's view, the perseverance of 188bet app workers and the writer's persistence and essence are the same, both of their sincerity for their career and their respect for life. He encouraged young people not to be afraid of loneliness or to seek shortcuts, whether they are protecting the 188bet app or cultivating the text. "We must use our abundant energy to do our real career."
"I have always followed my inner voice in my life." A innocent heart, two acres of responsibility field. Sun Tiancai said that as long as the "reality" in my heart is immortal, whether it is persistence on the 188bet app or the pursuit in literature, I can go deeper and farther.