From Silence (Vol. 1 & 2)

Author: Han Yuzhi
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Publish Date: 2006-12-01
Features: From Silence Begins (Part 1), When I Started Touching the Historical Vicissitudes of Shanghai, Soothing Its Fading Relics, Gradually Understanding the Mystery It Holds, the Charming City of Shanghai Slowly Faded from My Sight, as if Looking Down from Above at a Beach, Vaguely Revealing Its Transformations and Changes, Scene after Scene of Past Events Like Misty Clouds. It Is a Mythical, Miracle-creating City, a City Historically Revitalized by Outsiders, a Where Charm and Ugliness, Pride and Humiliation, Allure and Ambiguity Are Pushed to the Extreme. Setting aside Its Gilded Facade, Many Stories of Human Vicissitudes Float Like an Endless Ripple in the Long River of History, and a Lifetime Is but a Moment. From Silence Begins (Part 2), the Appearance of the Shanghai City Is Changing at an Unprecedented Speed. What Might Have Been a Beautiful, Ancient Street Scene, Architecture, or Figures Yesterday Suddenly Disappears and Is Replaced with Something New Today. Amidst the Excitement, We Often Feel as If Something Is Lost Unconsciously, a Deep-seated Emotion That Can Never Be Faded. The City Hasn’t Become More Beautiful in Our Eyes. Under the Towering Skyscrapers of Steel, Concrete, and Glass, Everything Becomes Oppressive and Frantic. When Once-Glorious and Excellent Old Buildings Stand Solitarily Amidst the High-rises, Facing the Disappearance with Beautiful yet Tragic Helplessness, They Bring Us a Heart-stirring, Indescribable Awe That Cannot Be Put into Words.