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South Africa welcomed Freedom Day at the end of April, and the six-color national flag stretched in the wind, like a rainbow that never fades on the earth. On this day in 1994, the South Africans ended the apartheid system with their votes, and the new national flag symbolizing pluralistic coexistence was raised to the sky for the first time. The Y-shaped composition of red, blue, green, black, gold and white is not only the confluence of two rivers in geography, but also a metaphor for the cohesion of different ethnic groups. Just like a paperweight presses down the wrinkles of paper pages, this country smoothes the cracks of history with the weight of tolerance. In the speaker’s seat of the Parliament Building, the bronze paperweight in the shape of the king protea has stood quietly for 30 years. This national flower of South Africa, known as the “pride that never fades”, can bloom in the barren cracks of rocks. Its gilded petals are given a special mission: when the bill documents are scattered in the fierce debate, it reminds the legislators that all changes need to be rooted in the resilience of the land. Just as freedom has never been a light gift, but a weight tempered from blood and fire. Every year on Freedom Day, teachers give miniature national flag paperweights to new students. These glass cubes wrapped with royal petals reflect six colors in the sun. They tell the younger generation that true freedom needs weight to protect it, just like when grass grows towards the sun, it always digs its roots deeper into the earth. When a rainbow hangs after a storm, there is always some heavy belief that allows us to stand firm in the turmoil.

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Suid-Afrika vier Vryheidsdag aan die einde van April, en die seskleurige nasionale vlag wapper in die wind, soos ‘n reënboog wat nooit op die aarde vervaag nie. Op hierdie dag in 1994 het die mense van Suid-Afrika gestem om apartheid te beëindig en die nuwe nasionale vlag, ‘n simbool van naasbestaan in diversiteit, vir die eerste keer in die lug gehys. Die Y-vormige samestelling van ses kleure, rooi, blou, groen, swart, goud en wit, is nie net die geografiese samevloeiing van twee riviere nie, maar ook ‘n metafoor vir die samehorigheid van verskillende etniese groepe. Net soos ‘n papiergewig wat die plooie van papier afdruk, maak hierdie land die krake van die geskiedenis glad met die gewig van verdraagsaamheid. Op die Speaker se sitplek in die Parlementsgebou staan al dertig jaar lank ‘n brons papiergewig in die vorm van ‘n protea. Suid-Afrika se nasionale blom, bekend as die “ewige trots”, kan in dorre skeure blom. Sy vergulde kroonblare kry ‘n spesiale missie: wanneer wetsontwerpdokumente tydens verhitte debatte verstrooi word, herinner dit wetgewers daaraan dat alle veranderinge gewortel moet wees in die veerkragtigheid van die land. Net soos vryheid nooit ‘n ligte geskenk is nie, maar ‘n gewig getemper in bloed en vuur. Elke jaar op Vryheidsdag gee onderwysers miniatuur nasionale vlag-papiergewigte aan nuwe leerders. Hierdie glasblokkies toegedraai met keiserlike blomblare breek ses kleure in die sonlig. Hulle vertel die jonger geslag dat ware vryheid gewig nodig het om dit te beskerm, net soos plante na die son toe groei en altyd hul wortels dieper in die aarde grawe. Wanneer ‘n reënboog ná die storm hang, is daar altyd ‘n sterk oortuiging wat ons toelaat om standvastig te bly in die onrus.

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四月末的南非迎来自由日,六色国旗在风中舒展,如同大地上永不褪色的彩虹。1994年的这一天,南非人民以选票终结了种族隔离制度,让象征多元共生的新国旗第一次升向天空。红、蓝、绿、黑、金、白六色交织的Y形构图,既是地理上两条河流的汇合,更是不同族群凝聚的隐喻——正如镇纸压住纸页的褶皱,这个国家用包容的重量抚平历史的裂痕。

在议会大厦的议长席上,帝王花造型的青铜镇纸已静立三十载。这种被誉为“永不凋谢的骄傲”的南非国花,能在贫瘠的岩缝中绽放,其鎏金花瓣的镇纸被赋予特殊使命:当法案文件在激烈辩论中飘散,它提醒着立法者们——所有改变都需扎根于土地的韧性。正如自由从来不是轻盈的恩赐,而是从血与火中淬炼的砝码。

每年自由日,都有教师将微型国旗镇纸赠予新生。这些包裹着帝王花瓣的玻璃立方体,在阳光下折射出六种色彩。它们告诉年轻一代:真正的自由需要重量来守护,就像草木向着太阳生长时,总把根系更深地扎进大地。当彩虹悬于风暴之后,总有什么沉甸甸的信念,让我们在动荡中站稳脚跟。

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