Nutrients - 03

前天在圖書館發現‘冰藍色的幸福日子’,起初以為是只是有關愛情的台灣繪本。
它要寫要畫的其實是瑞典文化。留學時曾繞課一個月到北歐旅行。
斯德哥爾摩是我覺得最美的北歐城市，但那時我知道的只有她的維京文化和北歐產品設計。
看完張芸茵的文字和小插圖，自己對認識瑞典的文化背景了解多了。
張芸茵的丈夫是瑞典人，她跟隨到瑞典生活。她提到的有關夏天的節日。因為北歐日短夜長，
他們會很珍惜日光，不少生活態度和節日因此而來。
還有她解釋了他們的高稅和高物價原因、簡約主義、公平的租屋制度、平等主義、零考試的教育制度...
對作者來說有利有弊，但不少人才及優質設計在這國家誕生。
每一個城市地勢和歴史不同，從而產生不同的文化和價值觀。
我們不能直接把別人的好複製到自己身上。從他們看到自己的長短，再作改善便會進步。

I found 'Icy Fortunate Life' (my translation) and thought it is a Taiwanese love picture book.
It is actually about the Swedish culture. Stockholm is the most beautiful city I've visited in Scandinavia,
but I only knew the viking and their stylish product design.
Through Cheung's words and her illustrations, I know more about its background.
Cheung married and lived with her husband in Sweden. She mentioned the summer festivals in this book. Swedish cherishes the sunshine due to the short daytime, and it builds up the living style and festivals. She explained the heavy tax, minimalism, fair house rental system, equalitarianism, and education system without exam, and so on.
It may look good and bad to Cheung, but there are different elites came from this country.
Different history and geography of the cities give birth to different value and culture.
We could only take it as reference, and understand the pros and cons of our city.
Then we can tailor made the adjustment to improve it.