Chapter 35 old you

Half of the way to Jerusalem has to be close to the Dead Sea. The name Dead Sea sounds very unlucky to the Chinese. Not only are they not good at visiting, but they should try their best to avoid passing by, otherwise they might as well change the name.But the people here didn't care at all, they kept talking about the Dead Sea, and walked towards it with great interest. The Dead Sea is the lowest depression on Earth. The surface of the lake is more than 300 meters below sea level, and the depth of the lake is several hundred meters. It is basically a big crack in the earth.The salt content in the water is six times that of ordinary sea water. Fish cannot survive, and of course there will be no fishing boats. It is dead silent, hence the name Dead Sea.Now the Dead Sea is where the borders of Israel and Jordan are located. The lake is divided into half and has become an important military site. There will be no other ships, and the death is even more thorough.

However, the beauty of the Dead Sea cannot be repeated. We didn’t say anything along the way, but we said that we came to a high slope on the west bank of the Dead Sea at five o’clock in the afternoon. The cliff on the west side of the high slope completely covered the setting sun and sunset, leaving only the rising moon in the east.At this time, the Dead Sea should not only reflect the sunset glow, but also project the bright moon. All objects are becoming paler, the bright moon is paler, and the moon shadow in the water is even fainter.The mountains embedded in the middle should have been thicker, but turned into a trace of lavender, and the sunlight reflected from the west added a bit of warmth to the outer edge of the lavender.In this way, the space between the water and the sky is blurred, and there are no more objects, let alone details, and only the extremely restrained harmonious light and color remain.I think, if the haziest landscape painting of Higashiyama Kaii is rinsed with clean water before it is dry, it will probably be the scene in front of me.

This kind of scenery is really a vision of the world, and it is perfectly suitable to be placed on the side of the road leading to Jerusalem. Jerusalem, where countless footsteps looking for it throughout the ages have been trembling with excitement, of course there should be this pure light color to comfort and announce: a pilgrimage ceremony begins here. After walking through the Dead Sea, the road turned west, facing Jerusalem.At this time, many hills rushed towards us, passed one after another, circled several times, and entered a high mountain pass. Looking down, there were bright lights in the distance.But just letting you take a look at it, the road will slide down sharply, and then there are hills blocking the eyes, it is difficult to look down freely.In the dark of night, you can only see mottled old stones, reminding you that this ups and downs road is extended from too far away in history, so don't be casual.

No other city in the world has suffered so many disasters.It had been destroyed eight times in battle, and even if it was already in ruins, the destroyers had to plow it again, leaving no trace of nostalgia.But it was rebuilt again and again, and finally became the city with the most faith in the world. According to Judaism, this was the capital of the ancient Jewish kingdom and where their religious temple was located; According to Christianity, this is the place where Jesus was born, preached, sacrificed, and resurrected, and of course it is an irreplaceable holy place; According to Islam, this is the holy city where Muhammad ascended to heaven to listen to the blessings and revelations of Allah, so there is the world's first-class mosque.

The three major religions have concentrated their spiritual centers here, and it is really overweight and out of breath. Different civilizations can coexist in diversity, but when their terminalness collides at close range, tragedy will result.The misfortune of Jerusalem is that it has been forced to accommodate too many terminals. Religious differences have gradually changed from causes to excuses, and exclusive ethnic extremist sentiments have taken advantage of it.As a result, the disaster and holy Jerusalem has become the biggest place of right and wrong in modern times. Some people say that today the troubles of the world are in the Middle East, the troubles of the Middle East are in Ea, and the troubles in Ea are in Jerusalem.If that's the case, then Jerusalem, I really can't describe how I feel when I approach you.

Maybe you are the most qualified to laugh at human beings when you are old? October 25, 1999, Jerusalem, overnight at the Renaissance Hotel