From Silence (Part 1 and 2)

Author: Han Yuzhi (Compiler)
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Publish Date: 2006-12-01
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From Silence Begins (Part 1), When I Start Touching the Historical Vicissitudes of Shanghai, Soothing Its Dying Relics, Gradually Understanding the Mystery It Holds, the Mysterious Shanghai City Slowly Fades from My Sights, Freeing Itself. I Am Like Looking Down from Above at a Beach, Vaguely Perceiving Its Transformations and Changes, Scene by Scene, like Misty Clouds of the Past. It Is a Mythical, Miracle-Created City, a City Always 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 Turmoil and Fragrance Emerge, Like Endless Ripples, in the Long River of History, a Lifetime Is Only a Moment.
From Silence Begins (Part 2), the Appearance of Shanghai City Is Changing at an Unprecedented Speed. What Was Beautiful and Ancient Yesterday May Suddenly Disappear and Be Replaced with Something New Today. Amidst the Excitement, We Always Feel as Though Something Is Lost Unconsciously, a Deep-Rooted Sentiment That Can Never Be Faded. It Begins to Spread, and the City Has Not Become More Beautiful as We Imagined. 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 Shocking Beauty That Cannot Be Expressed in Words.