In the early morning of July 2, 1950, the flames engulfed the real Kinkakuji Temple. The arson incident of the trainee monk Lin Chengxian alarmed Japan, and the destruction turned into ashes overnight, but it created the eternal beauty of literature, just like cherry blossoms. Yukio Mishima, a Japanese writer, visited Kyoto and consulted materials. Taking this incident as the prototype of his creation, he published the novel "The Golden Pavilion" in 1956, which is his most well-known classic.
"Kinkakuji" is a novel completed by Yukio Mishima when he was 30 years old. Looking back at the cruelty and illusion of youth, it is like a sharp photo background removing Japanese knife. There are dangers hidden in beauty, and it explores themes such as sex, death, and aesthetics, which fully reflects, His literary friend Yasunari Kawabata described his literary style as "a delicate artificial flower woven from the essence of real flowers". "The Golden Pavilion" is only ten chapters long, and it can take two or three days to read the entire book. The plot is roughly as follows: Mizoguchi, the protagonist, suffers from stuttering, is not good at communicating with others, is consciously rejected by the world, and is obsessed with the beauty of the Kinkakuji Temple. Mizoguchi was born in Maizuru, Japan.
His father was the abbot of the temple. There was no middle school near the temple. He left his parents and was fostered in his uncle's house. Later, his father knew that he was seriously ill and died soon after, and entrusted Mizoguchi to the abbot of Kinkakuji Temple. Therefore, Mizoguchi became a monk, and his mother hoped that he could become the abbot of Kinkakuji Temple in the future. He was also appreciated by the abbot and went to university. Mizoguchi loves and hates the Kinkakuji. He has suffered many setbacks in his life because of his obsession with the Kinkakuji. In addition, the death of his friend, he finally decided to burn down the Kinkakuji. Mizoguchi intended to live and die together with Kinkakuji, but in the end, he escaped from the fire, saying "let's just live" in a rather anti-climax.