So Beautiful Rural Areas In Sweden
So Beautiful Rural Areas In Sweden
In Sweden, I often hear the lament: “One hundred years ago, we were farmers!” The Swede said it without the meaning of self-ridicule, but often with a sense of honor in order to demonstrate that they had a close relationship with rural areas, land and nature which are difficult to give up.
In the eyes of many Chinese, Sweden is a well developed country which has got rid of the agricultural for a long time. For those who have the opportunity to visit Sweden, the Swedes give the impression which they were mostly civilized, elegant, and even a bit aloof and arrogant.
However, if you have more chance of contact with ordinary Swedes, you will feel that, in the hearts of those blond, ruddy cheeks of Vikings, they have a deep love of the countryside and awe of nature.
Simple rural traditions like the stigma usually carved in the hearts of the Swedes, they do not seem in the habit of doing a modern people. Every holiday, they are always in such a hurry to escape the city, go deep woods or on a deserted island “villas.”
Been invited to several of the Swedish “villas”, I know, the so-called “villas”, mostly just a smear red cabins.
In Stockholm and many other city suburbs, you will see a strange sight: a large flat of land is divided into neat pieces, which have a variety of plant species. Every holiday, you can see many people are busy with it.
Originally, these small pieces of land is designed for those who living in the apartment building, they can rent the next small piece of land, planted some of their favorite flowers, have a spare time “farmers addiction.”
In Sweden, there is an old regulation – “the right of free passage,” that is in nature, everyone is free to access, even the grass or forest are private. Where you can take the tent, pick berries, mushrooms.
Of course, you must comply with two disciplines: one is do not destroy the vegetation; Second, do not disturb the owner. It is said that Swedes are proud of this legislation because it is unique in the world.
One side is significant, even extreme modernization on the one hand it is the rural nature of love and obsession with the Swedish travel, often for such a combination would be surprised.
It is this strange contradiction which constitutes something different characters of Swedish, so that they simultaneously create a modern society, on the other hand they also has a comfortable and peaceful looking to their future life.
Like many Swedes, my friend, Professor PMI will return to his village when he has a holiday. This kind of life is described as “a spiritual recuperation”, which can make people living in the modern city a bit more calm and less impulsive.
Historically, mid-19th century, Sweden was a relatively poor agricultural country, over 90% of the population is rural. Poor harvests coupled with high fertility rates, so that most of the population is living in very poor conditions.
PMI professor once told me about his views on this history. In his view, it is this close contact with agriculture which makes a big difference between Sweden and other European civilization.
In Sweden, the agriculture means that the natural, ordinary, also means simple, “the burden of civilization and traditions.” The official express, that is: “We do not have time to establish a set of ancient civilization with complicate code system.”
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