[Reading Notes] Childhood Memories of Miscellaneous Countryside Stories - "Night Officer Patrol"

I think the combination of Zhou Meihui and I is a "complete night officer". He is not a true god, a yin or wild god who really calls the wind and rain, but a state in which a child sees the world, an entry point for human beings to see history , observe and act with the starting point of guarding the humble.

I am not a person who likes ghost stories, especially in the seventh month of the lunar calendar, I always have more scruples. However, this "Night Officer Touring Field" written by Zhang Jiaxiang seems to have a kind of magic, people can't help but put it into the shopping cart when they see it, and can't wait to follow the author's words to experience a goosebumps A bumpy, nostalgic, magical and eccentric journey.

Chiayi Minxiong's children incarnate as "night officials" to write their hometown

Zhang Jiaxiang was born in Chiayi Minxiong, and "Night Officer Touring Field" is based on local rural legends, supplemented by various histories, unofficial histories, traditional beliefs, local customs, and the author's own memories. In this prose novel, the author's childhood sweetheart "Zhou Meihui" is considered by many to be the incarnation of "Yeguan Buddha". By recalling the childhood of the two, the Arhats, Bodhisattvas, fairies, Wild God, Zhengshen and Lone Soul also appeared one after another, performing a scene called "Night Officer's Tour".

The people who live in the ya are a group of people who have a road but no houses. Night officials comforted and cared for them together. They were free and free from illness and pain. If they missed their relatives, night officials would come to cross the bridge because of 𤆬(tshuā).

According to the book, "Night Officer" is a wild god between Yin and good, who will help lonely ghosts avoid things they are afraid of; the theme of such a god may hint at the perspective and narrative style of the whole book. Just like the "#電人人" introduced earlier, from the perspective of the author's childhood, the supernatural, strange and chaotic spirits in "Night Official Touring Field", and even the changes in the vicissitudes of rural personnel, all have different perspectives and interpretations ; And in such a filter, coupled with the 228 incident wrapped in strange power and chaos, while increasing the sense of distance, it also makes the reader feel more profound.

Seeing the other side of strange power and chaos with a childlike vision

In addition to the original records of various unofficial histories interspersed in childhood memories, the special feature of "Night Officer Tour" is that it also has an album of the same name published by the man who pretends to be a coffee, and many of the chapters begin or end with the songs in the album. . These tunes can be said to be twin brothers of the novel, which can complement each other, or can be said to be a summary, and this combination also makes the combined reading/listening experience of the two richer and more diverse.

That day I greeted the woman in Tianzhong. Although Zhou Meihui didn't say anything, her face was ugly. I knew that the women in Tianzhong were different from us, but what does that matter? Zhou Meihui is the reincarnation of Yeguan, not only I know, my father knows, the neighbor next door knows it, the whole Huoshaozhuang knows it, and those wandering lonely souls and wild gods also know it, and I believe that if this is the case, why not give these lonely souls some kindness? After being exposed to the sun all day in the middle of the field, the sun is finally going down the mountain, and all beings can rest and breathe, so that He can breathe, be free, and hold some hope, isn’t it?

To a certain extent, "Night Officer's Tour" is a collection of ghost stories in the burning village. Even when the aforementioned text is typed in broad daylight, one can't help but feel chills down the spine. However, under the surface of the legend of gods and monsters, there are also hidden feelings of compassion for the author, as well as strong feelings for his hometown, as well as the emotion of things changing with the passage of time. Although magical, the stories in it fit the Huoshao Village, and even the land of Taiwan; although it belongs to the strange power and chaos, the emotions and memories contained in it make people feel extremely real.

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