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亚洲的声音:电子空间中的墓
祭拜先人简直太容易了
By ERIC ELLIS

April 11, 2000
Web posted at 2:30 p.m. Hong Kong time, 2:30 a.m. EST


对于许多在亚洲的人来说,上个星期四(44日)只是另外的一天而已;假如身处股市,你也许能够感觉到,随着NASDAQ的第一次下跌,一股经济寒流开始袭向这一地区。所以,香港、台湾和中国的投资者真不如去渡次假,在亚洲金融市场在受到真正影响之前,让NASDAQ有时间从15%的狂跌中缓缓气。

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但是,对于数以百万计的的亚洲人,特别是中国血统的亚洲人来说,44--"4Si)-4Si"在中文中听上去就是""的叠音,不只是一个公共的假日,而更是一个怀念先人的日子。过清明节(Qing Ming或者Ching Ming)或扫墓节的传统,在全世界中国社群中由来已久;其礼仪就像中国本身那样源远流长,并且事关一个家族的荣誉。

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几个世纪以来,这个日子的要做的事情是,上次坟去追思和祭拜先人,烧冥币供他们在阴间花费,为他们的休憩地拔拔草,等等。但是,这些事情对于许多中国人,特别是5千多万漂洋过海的中国人来说,却是一个麻烦事。

一面是斯坦福的考试,一面是要去祭拜埋葬在家族墓地的祖父,怎么排时间呢?你是一个在读的学生或者一个有要紧事的农民,你怎么能够做一个尽孝的孙子呢?

上互联网,互联网可以帮助解决这个问题。北京的一个企业建立了这样一个网站,他们豪迈地把这个网站称之为世界上最大的纪念网站。这个网站名字叫做Netor.com(注意是.com,而不是.net或者.org)。你不必上坟,不必去为你的祖父坟去拔拔草--这都不必了;你可以注册一下,通过电子的方式向你祖父表达一下敬意。同样的网站,还有qingming.net

更好的是,这里,我让Netor.com的人来描述一下他们的服务:"墓,位置固定,往往地处偏僻;凭吊祭奠,空间是阻隔,时间有限制,那些远走他乡的亲友也许永远无缘前往。Internet是一个跨越时空的虚拟平台,空间的阻隔和时间的限制将被完全地打破;随着鼠标的点击,一年三百六十五天,一天二十四小时,随时随地,悼念者都可访问网墓,献上一束鲜花,奉上一页悼词,供上一份祭品,在留言簿上留下自己的追思和感怀,给家属发一封慰问的MAIL……"

"老朋友"留一个e-mail是否足以安慰其悲痛欲绝的妻子--你的祖母,这是值得商榷的。但是,Netor.com是一个神奇的故事:互联网如何首次面对古老的传统?然后,如何试图围绕它运作?与之相协调?上个星期,我饶有兴趣的看到,在台湾,一家企业甚至为葬礼提供纸做的计算机,以让逝者在另外一个世界收取e-mail,或者在阴间的股票市场上做在线交易。

Netor.com
也迎合了中国人的精神渴求;目前,中国共产党的绝对信仰无以满足人的情感需求。法轮功的崛起,能够与问题百出的毛泽东教条相对衡,就说明了这一点。但是,Netor.com是另外一条道路;它是一个植于虚拟空间的永恒之墓。基于这一点,政府也许会实实在在地给予它支持。

在中国大陆,在台湾,政府部门一直不鼓励土葬而鼓励火葬。但是,从此之后,一个去世的亲属,除了他的精神或者记忆外,还有什么呢?看看台湾海峡两旁的那一丁点土地,最好还是触摸你的键盘,在那里感触他。至于其他,呵呵,我不是中国人。



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