Zhou Lingshun

The Season of Snowy "is a prose work by Zhou Lingshun, mainly describing the beautiful time he spent in his snowy hometown during his childhood. 下雪的季节 The Season of Snow 周领顺 Zhou Lingshun （周领顺、Lus Shih 译） 下雪的季节，稀罕的，也就是那个雪哟！ For the season of snow, a most welcome sight for the eyes is the snow itself. “千里冰封，万里雪飘”的世界晶莹剔透，银装素裹；“山舞银蛇，原驰蜡象”的大地玉洁冰清，清爽而浪漫。 Ice-bound and snow-covered, the vast landscape is a crystal white with all colors drained away from it, and the undulating plain a romantic purity of icy powder with white mountains meandering their way across it. 我喜欢下雪，喜欢看那悄无声息、飘然而至的漫天飞舞的大雪；喜欢在飞雪中傻站着，看自己转眼间变成须发皆白的耄耋老翁；喜欢看棱角分明的雪花飘落于掌心又转瞬消融的踪影；喜欢看雪天在白皑皑一望无垠的原野上村庄房屋被大雪“淹没”而露出的只是冒烟的烟囱。大雪纷飞里，总能瞥见人们堆雪人找鼻子、装眼睛忙碌的身影，老远就能听到大人小孩借东讨西的那份激情。春节了，还能看到雪帘中通红的春联透出的那份喜庆，正月里最好看的，是远处雪地里走亲串友在雪白的背景上游动的点点绿红。我喜欢走在雪地里，感受那咯吱咯吱的响声；喜欢看小鸟成群结队飘落而至匆忙觅食转眼间又扑棱棱飞走的身形……。抓一把雪，揉成蛋儿，塞入同伴的衣领；邀同学于树下，朝树身上跺一脚，看雪面儿抖落的壮观，听人家数落还要提防对方的“报复”行动。农民盼下雪呀，盼它个“正月十五雪打灯”、“瑞雪兆丰年”；城里人盼下雪呀，盼它增加湿润、减少疾病。孩子们盼下雪，盼的可能是雪地里的嬉戏；青年人盼下雪，玉树下相机里留下的是芳姿倩影。 I love snow. I love to watch fluffy snowflakes swirling and twirling down gently and silently from the heavens. I love to stand in the fluttering snow and to be dusted white shortly over the hair and beard like an old man. I love to catch pointed snowflakes on the palm and see them melt instantly. I love to gaze upon the village houses that are submerged in a white mantle of snow, with only their smoking chimneys being distinctly visible. Amid snow flurries there are always people who are busily immersed in building a snowman, adding a nose here, putting eyes there, or are loudly enthusiastic in borrowing items…