17/06/2025
真美 𝙎𝙤 𝘽𝙚𝙖𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙛𝙪𝙡
媽媽生病，決定在我家養病。爲了讓她有“在家”的感覺，我拍了一系列老家的照片，選了兩張放大挂在她養病的房間墻上，其中一張就是老家客廳裏的”金玉滿堂“。希望這些照片給她些許的精神安慰。
養病間，她常常望著這照片説，“jin sui” (真美)。
記得有一回，多年不見的大舅從香港來訪，臨別時說要拍張照。”來，我們在這兒拍。”媽媽，也就大舅的大姐說。於是他倆就在那張“金玉滿堂”旁拍了一張紀念照。櫃子上面和裏面的神像，祖先神牌和那些獎杯，獎牌，獎狀等都和他們并列在照片裏。
其實這金玉滿堂的神臺常年一塵不染，好像媽媽經營的事業，也好像是她的全部。
確實，那不也是她的全部嗎？那是她的努力和堅持的成果，也是她一生的驕傲與榮耀。
媽媽離開後，那系列照片不僅僅常常勾起我对她的思念，也讓我企圖去瞭解媽媽所謂的“美”。
When my mother became ill, she chose to recover at my home. To help her feel more “at home,” I photographed the old house and enlarged two images to hang on the wall of her sickroom. One of them was the “Jin Yu Man Tang” living room scene. I hoped these images could provide her some emotional comfort.
During her illness, she often looked at that photo and said, “Jin sui” (So beautiful).
I recall once, my eldest uncle from Hong Kong came to visit after many years. As he was leaving, he asked for a photo. “Let’s take it here,” said my mother, his elder sister. They stood beside the “Jin Yu Man Tang” shrine and posed for a picture. In the frame were the deities, ancestral tablets, trophies, and medals.
This shrine, always spotless, was like my mother’s enterprise — her pride and her entire world.
And truly, wasn’t it? It represented the fruits of her labor, her principles, and her lifelong pride.
After her passing, these images continually evoke memories of her, prompting me to understand what she meant by “beauty.”
— 𝘖𝘢𝘯 𝘚𝘦𝘯𝘨 𝘏𝘶𝘢’𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦, 𝘚𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘊, 𝘚𝘦𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯, 𝘚𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘰𝘳
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