What are the structural features of Yu's prose? Take "Cultural Journey" as an example? thank you

Yu was an influential and controversial essayist in 1990s. Prose collections include Cultural Journey, Millennium Sigh, Fragments of Civilization, etc. With profound knowledge and profound cultural background, he combined history with culture, and through thinking and asking questions about China's history, culture and literati, summed up the ups and downs of ancient and modern Chinese and foreign civilizations. While showing the long history of the Chinese nation, he presented a series of artistic lyric prose with unique literary aesthetic attributes, and created a brand-new form of "cultural prose".

Yu's prose broke the shackles of traditional prose, put it in the national cultural background, combined "meaning" with "thinking", made a severe examination and rational thinking on culture with the help of landscape figures, sought the profound connotation of China culture and the true meaning of life with strong cultural consciousness and calm cultural reflection, and "conveyed a strong sense of vicissitudes", among which "Cultural Journey" fully reflected his unique "cultural prose".

(1) Expand the capacity of prose, select big themes and express grand themes;

China's classical prose always takes short length, extensive materials and free writing as aesthetic norms, which restricts the expression of prose to some extent. I look at China culture from a brand-new perspective, and express the big theme by describing the big theme and expanding the capacity. For example, the far sound reaches 14000 words; The shortest "Liu Hou Temple" also has more than 2,800 words; The Back of a Dynasty is about 13000 words. To put a dynasty that ruled China for hundreds of years on a back, and to take care of the back of this dynasty and the emotional obstacles of the nation side by side, we can see his great intention in selecting materials. Yu's prose is not only numerous in words and large in capacity, but also complicated in plot, accommodating ancient and modern times, magnificent and poignant to read.

(2) The combination of lyricism and argument is full of wise and rational thinking;

As I have a special liking for the history of China, exploring historical sites has become the lifeblood of Yu's prose. In this article, the author combines poetic language with rational thinking to make the article smart, interesting and wise. For example, in Dream of the West Lake, while praising the West Lake, the author sighed: "Great talent and depression have finally become scenic spots for future generations to play." With a deep understanding of China culture, the author integrates reality with history. Through the organic integration of lyricism and discussion, the reader can deeply feel the suffering course of China culture, showing the author's heavy sense of mission and responsibility, which is thought-provoking.

(3) Explain the deep cultural meaning through historical celebrities and scenic spots;

When describing China's historical celebrities and natural scenery, Yu often extends his tentacles to the cultural connotation behind them to show the charm and value of ancient literati's works. For example, "The Magic of Literati" in "Snow in Yangguan", how to turn an obscure corner of such a big world into a hometown in everyone's heart? What magic is hidden in their faded blue shirts? " And Su Dongpo's breakthrough, through describing Su Dongpo's frustration in officialdom, insisting on literary creation, alluding to the rulers' disrespect and neglect of these literati, caused a great contrast between their prominent position in the literary world and their frustration in officialdom, and made people deeply realize that the history of China's civilization is a tragic struggle with the feudal system.

(4) Drawing on the ideology of the novel, it has a strong story;

Yu's prose breaks the boundary between novel and prose, and uses different rhythm of novel creation in prose narration. For example, the Taoist pagoda vividly and completely tells people a sad story about the decline of Dunhuang culture; The Wine Cemetery tells the fate of a replica of Kong Yiji. These distant and realistic stories lead us to follow the footsteps of our ancestors, recognize history clearly, and criticize ourselves in constant reflection and questioning.

To sum up, Yu explained the profound meaning of a beautiful monument with his bitter experience, unique perspective, unique expression and profound thinking, which injected fresh blood into China's prose creation and created a new situation in China's prose.