让你的生活也成为一个童话吧

作者：约翰尼斯教授

前言：

本文是丹麦奥尔堡大学约翰尼斯教授为我即将出版的一本书写的序言《让你的生活也成为一个童话吧》，放在此处，与您共享，祝福你也拥有一个童话人生。---董瑞祥

 

 

作为安徒生童话世界里的一个丹麦人，我已经六十多岁了。我父亲总是在我们睡觉前给我们讲个童话故事，我也是如此对待对我的三个孩子的，而现在又把我的三位孙子带进了童话世界里。在圣诞节前夜，我们全家、包括我现在的夫人和前妻又都聚集在了一起：丹麦的传统是我们大家都来聆听由最小的孩子挑选出来的一篇童话故事。

智利的作家伊萨贝尔.阿延德说过：“安徒生可以来自任何国家，丹麦于他并无什么特殊之处”。安徒生植根于丹麦文化的同时，他也在世界很多地方得到了认可。在很多国度里，大学生们也都在研究安徒生的童话，当这些童话在世界各地用不同语言被大声地读出来的时候，它们就成了地球人每日生活中的一部分。

我从前的学生董瑞祥就是一位安徒生粉丝。当他听到安徒生的名言“旅行就是生活时”，他的生活也发生了传奇般的变化。董先生1998年来到丹麦，获得了很多发展机会，他也有了在许多国家旅行和工作的经历，变成了一位世界公民。

2016年的一天，一个奇妙的想法浮现在董先生的脑海里，他同我和几位友人讨论了建立安徒生的国际幼儿师范学院的事宜，后来，他获得了丹麦欧登塞安徒生博物馆授予他使用安徒生的名字和肖像的许可，中国内蒙古老牛基金会也支持了董瑞祥的这个想法。数百名中国幼儿园的园长和学者们来到了丹麦AIKC进行研学，这就像是一个真实的童话一般。

董瑞祥还发起了安徒生教师奖，我是这个奖项委员会的成员，我能想象出该奖项将在中国和丹麦之间建立起一座童话的桥梁，而且还可能扩展到世界其他国度里，很多人将会通过这座桥梁看到一个新世界，遇到新的人，开始一种新的生活。

童话可以随时产生，并非只有在安徒生的时代才能够产生。

也许一位已经在AIKC学习过的中国的姑娘将会与我第二任妻子的儿子托肯结婚，也许我的孙子某天会在中国学习或工作。

建造起一座童话般的跨文化沟通桥梁，这意味着很多。

请发挥您的想象力去勾画出一幅优美的图画吧。

为什么安徒生童话对不同年龄阶段的人都有着巨大的魅力？

安徒生是一位很敏感的人，最终变成白天鹅的丑小鸭也许是安徒生人生的一个隐喻。人当有自知之明，当我们自己照镜子时，我们会看到自己的梦想和缺点。

一切都是可能的，这位著名的丹麦鞋匠的儿子已经有了一个奇妙的人生历程。它启示我们拥有梦想是重要的，但也要勇敢地面对生活，这样，你也将拥有自己的童话故事。

让你的生活也成为一个童话吧。

 

原文：

Greetings to Chinese readers.

I have been part of H. C. Andersen’s universe my whole life for more than sixty years. My father always used to give us children a fairy tale as bedtime story before sleep. I did the same to my three children and now it is my three grandchildren turn to be introduced to the exiting world of fairy tales. On Christmas eve we are all together-also my present wife and ex-wife - and the tradition is that the smallest children will choose a fairy tale and we all enjoy together.

Chilean author Isabel Allende has said: “H.C. Andersen could be from any country. There is nothing particularly Danish about him”. For while H.C. Andersen is deeply embedded in Danish culture, he also receives great recognition in many other parts of the world. In many countries, his fairy tales are taught right up to university level, just as they are part of the global everyday life when they are the subject of reading aloud in the languages of the world.

It is true, just like Mr. Dong Ruixiang, my former university student, he is a fan of H.C. Andersen. His life changed when he discovered H.C. Andersen’s favorite quote:  To travel is to live.  Mr. Dong came to Denmark in 1998 and got many opportunities, then he travelled and worked around the world and became a world citizen.

One day, a good idea came to Mr. Dong’s mind. In 2016, he discussed with some friends and me to establish the H.C. Andersen International Kindergarten College (AIKC). H.C. Andersen Museum in Odense, Denmark gave permission to use Andersen’s name and portrait and the Laoniu Foundation supported the idea. Several hundred Chinese kindergarten leaders and scholars have already been in Denmark to study at AIKC which almost look like a real fairy tale.

Mr. Dong also set up H.C. Andersen International Kids Teachers’ Award. I am a committee member and I imagine the award will build a fairy tale bridge between China and Denmark，maybe world wide later.Many people will pass the bridge to see a new world, to meet new people, to have a new life.

Fairy tales can happen everywhere, and all the time, not only in HCA’s time.

Maybe my wife’s son Toke will marry a Chinese girl, who has studied in AIKC; maybe my grandson someday will study or work in China, who knows.

To build a bridge, especially to build a fairy tale bridge means a lot.

Please use your imagination to draw wonderful pictures.

What is so appealing of H.C.Andersen’s fairy tales to all age groups? The ugly duckling who turns into a beautiful swan maybe a metaphor of his own life, but he was also a very vulnerable person. This is crucial in our own self-perception and when we look into our mirror, we recognize our own dreams and vulnerabilities.

But everything could be changed, the famous Danish shoe maker’s son already had a wonderful life journey, It reminds us it is so important to dream, be brave and perhaps, you will have your own fairy tale in future.

Let your life be a fairy tale,too.