My love for China
Exists inexplicable things in our lives or
better explained under the optics of the heart or of the feelings.Since girl it
lay down with the sound of "Guten Abent..Gute Nacht " Musik: Johannes
Brahms op. 49 Nr. 4 (1868) sung by my mother and I fell asleep hearing stories
of her loved land China.
Where landscapes, people, facts passed to
me with much exactness and color. Thus I accustomed to construct images on
China in my heart before I had them in front to my eyes.
My mother Mathilde Schlachtbauer born in
Tsingdao; today Qingdao Province of Shangdong, had performed with care
education in European and Chinese way until its 18th years. She studied and
talked Chinese ,Japanese ,French ,German and English with perfection.
She returned to Germany with 19th years and
finally before second war to Brazil.My grandfather German diplomat was very
identified with the Chinese reality and people.Johann Karl Schlachtbauer loved
excessively this land, adopted since he left "Mönchsroth,
Deutchland."
This great love for China took him to
become prisoner of Japanese Army having been sending for Siberia during the
conflict between China and Japan.But the stories of my mother that much had
enchanted me spoke of arts, of beauty of a huge and suffering people extremely
faithful to its origins.
Of the embroidering in silk, of the images
in bronze, of jewels in jade and silver and of wares in fine Chinese porcelain
remain units until now.
Today fully adored by my son Luis Otavio
and to whom I repeat these wonderful histories.
Of the friendships made with Chinese and
abruptly interrupted by the terrible war it remained for her homesickness…..but
her certainty of one day to come back to China was transfer to me.I always
asked her to wrote a book about China and with smiles she answered.-
"Daughter this you will make ….I already planted my tree and had
children".....
Today I thank to the Skies and the to YANBEIYUN
FAMILY from city of Changde, Province of Hunan; met by Cyberspace, to completed
my search with the images that I much dreamed since girl.I can today visit
“Mami’s” adored Quigdao, Bay Jiaozhou, Pier, the houses, the Temples as if the
time had stopped, only for my arrival.
And today from the hands of this friend we
will take in this Saturday one fantastic Chinese tea in Chinese porcelains of
1700.
I intend to visit China someday, with my
family in the certainty that the bridges of understanding and love build by my
parents and grandparents were never knocked down.
Hoping that the nations understand that the
only solution for the world-wide crises passes by words like FRATERNITY and
TOLERANCE.
Text by
Helga ( memories)
Photo: Qingdao
today