修改写在大地上的文章——2022年北京大学建筑与景观设计学院毕业典礼上的致辞

Revising Articles Written on the Land——Commencement Speech at 2022 Graduation Ceremony of the College of Architecture and Landscape,Peking University

本文为笔者在2022年北京大学建筑与景观设计学院毕业典礼上的致辞。远离大都市,笔者得以观察并描绘出如下乡土景观变迁情况:滥用农药和河渠裁弯取直、硬化导致土壤板结,泥鳅、黄鳝、青蛙等生物消失,水源、河道污染严重;古镇中原有的乡土文化遗产被拆毁,重建后的古镇中充斥着大量装饰性景观、仿古楼台和器具符号,试图彰显其美学价值、历史意义和文化特色。笔者为这些“书写在大地上的文章”而感到羞愧,并勉励毕业生们在未来的职业生涯中努力“修改写在大地上的文章”。

This article is the author’s commencement speech at 2022 Graduation Ceremony of the College of Architecture and Landscape,Peking University.Away from the cities,the author observed,experienced,and recorded the changes in vernacular landscapes:pesticide abuse and cutoff and channelized rivers have resulted in soil hardened,loaches,eels,frogs,and other creatures disappeared,and rivers and water sources seriously polluted;while demolishing the vernacular cultural heritage of the ancient town,the reconstructed one is built with a large number of ornamental,ancientlooking structures,and stereotyped symbols,mirroring the shallow understanding of aesthetic,historical,and cultural identities.Metaphorically,the author is so ashamed of these “articles written on the land” and encourages the graduates to revise them in the future with their knowledge of ecology and aesthetics.