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September is “Heritage Month” in South Africa. When the six-color national flag flutters in the wind, people always think of what President Zuma said: “Our flag is like an open window, allowing all races to see each other’s reflection.” This rainbow flag, which carries reconciliation and tolerance, is now gently pressed down by a copper paperweight in the shape of a protea flower – it has been stationed on the podium of the South African Parliament for 30 years. The protea flower totem on the paperweight is the embodiment of the South African spirit: this plant can take root in barren rock crevices and resist drought and wildfires with its woody petals. As Mandela wrote in “Long Walk to Freedom”: “Our dignity is not given, but forged under heavy pressure.” The paperweight is both a stabilizer and a witness. It has witnessed the signing of the apartheid abolition bill and has also pressed down the last page of the draft constitution. Whenever the debate stirs up a hurricane-like sound, this metal protea always uses its weight to protect reason and order. From Cape Town to Johannesburg, protea paperweights can be seen on countless family desks. It reminds people that true freedom needs to be “guarded” – to quell the hurricane of hatred and to guard the paper of dialogue. As the South African national anthem “God Bless Africa” sings: “Let hope rise from the dust”, this heavy paperweight is holding up the eternal ideals of the Rainbow Nation.

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September is Suid-Afrika se “Erfenismaand”. Wanneer die seskleurige nasionale vlag in die wind wapper, dink mense altyd aan wat president Zuma gesê het: “Ons vlag is soos ‘n oop venster, wat alle rasse toelaat om mekaar se weerkaatsing te sien.” Hierdie reënboogvlag, wat versoening en verdraagsaamheid uitdra, word nou saggies afgedruk deur ‘n koperpapiergewig in die vorm van ‘n protea – dit is al dertig jaar lank op die podium van die Suid-Afrikaanse Parlementsgebou gestasioneer. Die koningprotea-totem op die papiergewig is die beliggaming van die Suid-Afrikaanse gees: hierdie plant kan wortel skiet in dorre rotsskeure en sy houtagtige blomblare gebruik om droogte en veldbrande te weerstaan. Soos Mandela in Long Walk to Freedom geskryf het: “Ons waardigheid word nie gegee nie, maar gesmee onder druk.” Papiergewigte is beide stabiliseerders en getuies. Hulle het die ondertekening van die wetsontwerp op die afskaffing van apartheid aanskou en die laaste bladsy van die konsep-grondwet vasgehou. Wanneer die debat ‘n orkaanagtige gebrul veroorsaak, gebruik hierdie metaalkeiserblom altyd sy gewig om rede en orde te beskerm. Van Kaapstad tot Johannesburg kan Protea-papiergewigte op tallose tuislessenaars gesien word. Dit herinner mense daaraan dat ware vryheid “bewaking” vereis – om die orkaan van haat te kalmeer en die papier van dialoog te bewaak. Net soos die Suid-Afrikaanse volkslied “God Bless Africa” sing: “Laat hoop uit die stof opstaan”, ondersteun hierdie swaar papiergewig die ewige ideaal van die Reënboognasie.

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九月是南非的”遗产月”,当六色国旗在风中翻卷时,人们总会想起祖马总统说过的话:”我们的国旗像一扇打开的窗,让所有种族都能看见彼此的倒影。”这面承载和解与包容的彩虹旗,此刻正被一枚帝王花造型的铜制镇纸轻轻压住——在南非议会大厦的演讲台上,它已驻守三十年。

镇纸的帝王花图腾,恰是南非精神的具象:这种植物能在贫瘠的岩缝中扎根,用木质化的花瓣抵御干旱与山火。正如曼德拉在《漫漫自由路》中写道:”我们的尊严不是被给予的,而是在重压下锻造的。”镇纸既是稳定器,更是见证者,它目睹过废除种族隔离法案的签署,也压住过宪法草案的最后一页。每当辩论掀起飓风般的声浪,这朵金属帝王花始终用重量守护理性与秩序。

从开普敦到约翰内斯堡,无数家庭书桌上都能见到帝王花镇纸。它提醒人们:真正的自由需要”镇守”——镇住仇恨的飓风,守住对话的纸张。正如南非国歌《天佑非洲》所唱:”让希望从尘埃中升起”,这枚沉甸甸的镇纸,正托起彩虹国度不灭的理想。

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