不知不觉, 七夕又至.
每年的这一天, 我总会感到心绪特别的复杂, 可是为什么复杂? 连我自己也说不清楚, 只是觉得内心深处尘封的某种情感和记忆如书页般被轻轻掀开, 弥漫心扉. 于是, 每年的这一天或者前夜, 我都会忍不住打开自己经营多年的温馨的空间, 在键盘下敲下一篇日记, 记录下当时的片思碎绪. 多年以后, 当我再品读这一天的日记时, 我想, 我一定会感到如沐夕阳, 如饮咖啡般的恬淡与惬意, 因为我会深深地感受到, 我年轻的心脏曾经有力地搏动过.
往年的七夕都会下雨, 甚至是大雨如注. 很久以前, 母亲曾经对我说, 窗外淅淅沥沥, 或者是劈里叭啦的, 不是雨, 而是织女和牛郎的眼泪. 是啊, 一年才能相会一天, 而其余的364天, 都得隔着银河的 “盈盈一水间” 而 “默默不得语”. 这对深深相爱的两个人来讲, 是何等的痛苦?! 于是, 当我凝望窗外的雨时, 我会情不自禁地把手伸出去, 让那雨水流到我的手上, 然后我会悄悄地把几滴水置于唇间, 看看织牛和牛郎的泪水究竟是不是和人间的泪水一样苦涩难咽. 而今年的七夕与往年大不相同, 阳光清澈明媚, 一泄大地, 四处一片金灿烂漫, 喜气洋洋. 看来织女和牛郎今年大概不想哭了, 见到了彼此忍不住相拥而笑. 这不禁让像我一样性格中带有多多少少离愁别绪的人感到一阵落寞, 因为这诗意与深刻的日子因为缺少了某种东西而显得单薄与平凡. 但是仔细想想, 我的心情似乎又突然明亮起来: 织女和牛郎在今天不想哭, 也是情理之中的, 因为一年好不容易见一次, 当然要把握好每分每秒尽情地欢聚与倾诉, 如果只是一味地哭, 就会浪费太多的美好光阴了!
记得多年以前, 深圳欢乐谷好像举办过一次这样的活动: 七夕之夜情侣买了门票入园前, 检票的工作人员会在两人的票上盖上一对一模一样的印记, 而且这对印记是独一无二的, 如果第二年的七夕这对情侣可以拿着这对印记再来游园的话, 可以免门票费. 当时盖上印记的情侣不计其数, 大家都非常活跃而且都坚信自己的爱情可以天长地久, 更别说只是一年的时间. 然而让人感叹的是, 第二年能够持着相同的印记来游园的情侣, 几乎不到当年送出去印记数量的1%. 或许有些未到的情侣仍旧保持着甜蜜的关系, 只是当天不想再游园了所以没来, 但是我想, 更大部分的, 可能已经分手了. 一年的时间, 说长不长, 说短也不短, 因为它已经见证了无数情侣的分分合合. 大家昨天可能还是信誓旦旦, 坚称 “心无棱, 天地合, 乃敢与君绝”, 今天可能就分道扬镳, 从此天涯海角, 各分东西, 再见亦形同陌路了. 我想, 不知天上的牛郎织牛看到人世间这些分分合合时, 会有什么样的感受呢? 是嘲笑我们的幼稚绝情, 还是佩服我们的果敢决心呢?
不过不管怎样, 我想, 牛郎和织牛还是希望天下有情人终成眷属的! 突然想起刘若英的>的几句歌词:
想要问问你敢不敢
像你说过的那样的爱我
想要问问你敢不敢
像我这样为爱痴狂
想要问问你敢不敢
像你说过那样的爱我
像我这样为爱痴狂
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HIV rises sharply among Chinese 50 and older
Updated: 2012-08-23 02:27
By Shan Juan (China Daily)
People aged 50 and older in China have seen a large increase in HIV/AIDS cases in recent years, a trend that is apparently unique, a senior health official said on Wednesday.
In South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, men aged 50 and older accounted for nearly 40 percent of newly reported HIV cases in recent years, government epidemic surveillance statistics showed.
The figure stood at about 20 percent across the mainland.
"Worldwide, the new trend is so far detected only on the Chinese mainland, and most of the older carriers were infected via prostitution," Wu Zunyou, director of the National Center for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention, told China Daily at an awareness-raising event in Beijing.
In 2005, 483 new HIV carriers aged 60 and older were diagnosed on the mainland, accounting for 2.2 percent of the total that year, official statistics showed. The number has surged to 3,031 in 2010, or nearly 9 percent of the total that year.
"More targeted intervention measures have to be created to curb the rising HIV cases among senior residents, particularly in counties and rural areas where public awareness on HIV/AIDS prevention remains relatively poor," Wu said.
He said the new trend was related to many factors, including a longer sexually active period of Chinese men and better economic conditions.
"But more sociology research regarding this is needed to explain why this is unique in China and how to reverse the situation," he said.
Ge Xianmin, a key official with the HIV/AIDS prevention and control office in Guangxi, said that those with little education and low income have the highest risk of infection.
By the end of June, nearly 93 percent of newly reported HIV/AIDS cases in Guangxi were due to unprotected sex, and 30 percent of those cases were older men, he said.
A growing number of rural women left behind by husbands who sought employment in cities entered the sex trade, targeting mainly older men in rural areas, he said.
"That's a key reason for quickly rising HIV prevalence among local senior men," he added.
A high HIV infection rate — up to 10 percent — among local inexpensive street prostitutes whom the older men usually visit is part of the reason for the high prevalence among the seniors in Guangxi, Wu Zunyou added.
Wu said it is estimated that about 1 percent of such prostitutes on the mainland are HIV positive.
Zhao Yan, deputy director of the AIDS treatment and care division at the center, conceded that it is hard to reach the rural groups for intervention.
Also, they have less fear about being infected given that they are already old and that it takes a long time, usually 5 to 10 years, to develop full-blown AIDS and show symptoms, Wu noted.
So far, most of the older people with HIV were diagnosed at hospitals while seeking treatment for other diseases, he said.
To find as many senior carriers as possible, Wu called for more involvement of hospitals into HIV/AIDS intervention efforts, including testing and treatment service that are currently carried out by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention and its local branches.
Wu said a pilot project co-held by the center, the No 1 Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University in Shenyang, Liaoning province, and the US-based pharmaceutical company Abbott Laboratories was recently launched to further enhance HIV/AIDS care and treatment access among those infected. |
