Six hundred million divine states were destroyed by Shun Yao - *** Interpretation of poetry and culture

The 600-million-strong Chinese state was destroyed by Shun Yao

***, a great man of a generation, cared about the people, the nation, the construction of socialism, and the prosperity and development of the country throughout his life.

It is his lifelong ambition to make the country strong, the nation prosperous, and the people happy!

This distinct theme is reflected in his revolutionary practice and in many of his poems.

In May 1956, my country's urban socialist transformation achieved success and socialist construction was fully launched?

Soon, *** went south to inspect the work. Due to the muggy weather for days, he called the guard chief Li Yinqiao and said: "Let's go to the Yangtze River and swim in the Yangtze River!" Although everyone took turns to dissuade them and even submitted a report that "it is not suitable to swim in the Yangtze River", *** was determined. Want to go.

On May 30, *** arrived in Changsha and swam the Xiangjiang River in Changsha. On the morning of the 31st, he flew from Changsha to Wuhan. As soon as he checked in at the East Lake Hotel, he said: "Let's go swimming!"

At two o'clock in the afternoon, *** was near the Hanyangmen Pier on the Wuchang River. Launch, where the No. 8 pier of the Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge is being built. There were rolling waves on the river, chilly air, and the temperature was only 20 degrees Celsius.

*** Lying peacefully on the river, in the surging river, sometimes swimming on his back with his head on the crest of the wave; sometimes swimming sideways, fighting the waves; sometimes diving underwater, turning around and playing in the water; Sometimes I tread water and swim slowly, like strolling in a garden. While swimming, he chatted and laughed with the swimmers and security guards who were escorting him, and he was very happy.

Wang Renzhong and others who went into the water at the same time felt unwell and returned to the boat. When I swam to the confluence of the Yangtze River and the Han River, a wave hit me, and I saw *** spitting out a mouthful of water, and said humorously: "The water of the Yangtze River is so sweet!"

That day *** went downstream. Next, I swam for two hours and four minutes, covering a distance of nearly 30 miles.

On June 2, *** swam the Yangtze River again. On June 3, the weather was bad, the river was windy, and the temperature was less than 20 degrees, so he went into the water again.

Suddenly, someone spotted him on the embankment and screamed: "Chairman Mao! Chairman Mao is swimming in the river! Long live Chairman Mao!" People immediately rushed to the river embankment. In an instant, tens of thousands of people jumped and cheered. : "Long live Chairman Mao!" *** Hearing the cheers of the crowd, *** straightened up his upper body, stepped on the water, waved, and shouted in his loud Hunan accent: "Long live the people!"

Yangtze River, Since ancient times, it has been regarded as a natural chasm that is difficult to cross by boat. In the 11 years from 1956 to 1966, *** swam the Yangtze River 18 times.

During this swimming period in Wuhan, *** wrote the famous "Shui Tiao Ge Tou·Swimming":

Shui Diao Ge Tou

Swimming

June 1956

I drank Changsha water and ate Wuchang fish. Thousands of miles across the Yangtze River, the view is as beautiful as the sky. Regardless of the wind and waves, it is better than taking a leisurely stroll in the garden. Today I have more than enough. The Master said on the river: The deceased is like a man!

The wind is moving, the tortoise and the snake are still, and the grand plan is coming up. A bridge connects the north and the south, turning the natural chasm into a thoroughfare. The stone walls of the Xijiang River were erected to cut off the clouds and rain in Wushan Mountain, and the high gorge led out of the flat lake. The goddess should be fine, but she should shock the world.

The poet's opening chapter is like the overture and prelude to the movement, using flowing water to describe the poet's whereabouts and speed of travel, giving the whole poem a relaxed and joyful atmosphere.

Changsha is the hometown of the poet. Since the 1920s, the poet has been to Wuhan dozens of times. At the beginning, he does not write about the scenic spots or historical sites, but only mentions Changsha water and Wuchang fish, and even more Appear friendly and relaxed.

On December 21, 1958, *** made this statement about "Changsha Water" and "Wuchang Fish" in the engraved and thread-bound large-character "Nineteen Poems of Chairman Mao" published by Cultural Relics Publishing House. Annotations:

Changsha Water: Folk song: Changde's mountains are virtuous, but Changsha's sandy water has no sand. The so-called sand-free water is located in the east of Changsha City, where there is a famous "White Sand Well"; Wuchang Fish: Sun Quan of the Three Kingdoms once moved the capital from Jingkou to Wuchang. Some bureaucrats and gentry opposed the move and made a slogan: I would rather drink Yangzhou water than eat Wuchang. fish. The people of Yangzhou felt like this at that time. Things have changed now. Wuchang fish is quite tasty.

Changsha water and Wuchang fish seem to be easily picked up, but in fact they were created by the poet's careful attention to life, capturing the waves of life, and his unique ingenuity.

On May 30, *** came to Changsha, swam across the Xiangjiang River in the afternoon, and returned to the Rongyuan of the Hunan Provincial Party Committee. *** Still not tired, he picked up the newspaper and read it. The service staff made him a cup of strong tea. *** Picking up the tea cup and drinking it gently, I felt that the tea was particularly fragrant and had a long aftertaste. *** asked with great interest: "Why is this tea so fragrant?"

The waiter replied: "This is brewed with water from Baisha Well in Changsha."

** * Said with deep emotion: "Isn't it beautiful? The water in my hometown is so beautiful!"

No one thought that a cup of fragrant tea would have made the poet start to ponder this famous poem.

The Wuchang fish that people eat today is the bream fish from Fankou, Ezhou, Hubei.

According to the memories of a chef who once cooked Wuchang fish for *** on a Yangtze River ship, *** said to him when he returned to Wuchang East Lake Hotel: "Master Yang, the Wuchang fish you cooked tastes good." Pretty good. There are also allusions to this Wuchang fish! Cen Shen has a saying, "When autumn comes, I remember Wuchang fish. The dream soul is only in Baling Road." If I don’t eat your Wuchang fish, I won’t be able to write a poem.”

As he said this, he took out the new poem “Shui Diao Ge Tou” he had just written and gave it to Yang. master.

The poet has seen, thought, felt and realized while swimming.

Swimming across the Yangtze River requires superb skills and courage. *** With the magnanimity of a great man, he stretches out confidently and freely in the vast waves, forming a vast and endless picture of waves with the boundless rivers and the vast Chutian. The "Chutian" that the poet looked up to refers to the sky of the Chu State. The area around Wuchang belonged to the Chu State during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

With his ability to control the wind and waves, the poet is not afraid of the wind or the waves at all. The feeling of relaxation and joy is simply better than a leisurely walk in the courtyard. It fully demonstrates the revolutionary's mind-set that does not take big winds and waves into consideration, and the courage to conquer nature.

The poet was moved by the scene and could not help but think of the words of the ancient philosopher Confucius. He lamented that the passing years are like the river rolling eastward, and encouraged the people to cherish time, seize opportunities, and build our motherland into a better place. .

How to build our socialist motherland? Looking at the river, the sails are passing by, and the turtles and snakes are quiet and quiet, which can't help but stir up the poet's grand aspirations. The poet outlines two magnificent pictures and grand blueprints:

The first "grand picture" is At that time, the Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge was being built on the "sky chasm" of the Yangtze River. When the poet was swimming, he once passed by the pier that had just emerged from the water.

Building a bridge on the turbulent Yangtze River to connect the two mountains, Turtle and Snake, which have been separated by the river from the north to the south since ancient times, is one of the major projects in the "First Five-Year Plan for the National Economy" and also a major project for China. An unprecedented move in the history of bridges.

*** once said to the staff around him: "The poem "Shui Tiao Ge Tou·Swimming" reflects the construction of socialism. 'One bridge flies to the north and south', only we can do it today Do it? ”

The excitement is yet to come!

On the surging river, ***'s peculiar thoughts, carrying his peculiar imagination, crossed reality, crossed history, crossed the boundary between man and god, and flew to the ancient Three Gorges of the Yangtze River. The busy scene of bridge construction on the river in front of me reminds me of the management and utilization of the Yangtze River, so another more spectacular blueprint for socialist construction in which "a high gorge emerges from a flat lake" emerges in my mind.

Of course, this blueprint for the construction of the Three Gorges is by no means a sudden "whim" of the poet, but the dream of several generations of Chinese people.

As early as when *** participated in the May 4th Movement, I heard that Sun Yat-sen had an "Industrial Plan" to dam the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River and prevent floods and generate electricity. In the early 1950s, Mao Zedong also began to think about how to turn "flood disasters" in the Yangtze River into "water conservancy."

In May 1952, on the military and civilian banner awarded to the Jingjiang Flood Diversion Project, he wrote the inscription "For the benefit of the broad masses of the people, strive for the victory of the Jingjiang Flood Diversion Project."

In February 1953, on the deck of the "Yangtze River" ship, he asked Lin Yishan, whom he called the "Yangtze River King", in detail about the historical hydrological data of the Yangtze River. Lin Yishan, then director of the Yangtze River Water Conservancy Commission. *** Discussed with Lin Yishan the issue of comprehensive utilization of water conservancy resources in the Yangtze River Basin. As a result, the idea of ??building the Three Gorges Dam and the South-to-North Water Diversion gradually emerged in his mind.

At that time, *** stared at the plan map for regulating the Yangtze River, raised his right hand, drew a circle on the map, and asked: "Build so many reservoirs, all added up, do you think you can Can't reach the Three Gorges reservoir?"

Lin replied: "It can't reach it."

*** pointed to the mouth of the Three Gorges and said: "Then why not at this main entrance. How about building the Three Gorges Reservoir first?

This is a shocking question!

In November 1954, Mao Zedong discussed and revised the "Draft of the First Five-Year Plan for the Development of the National Economy of the People's Republic of China (First Draft)" in Guangzhou.

At a meeting, *** said: "The Three Gorges Project must be included in the plan, but according to our current material and financial resources, it cannot be included in the five-year plan, but can only be included in the long-term plan. I can't see it anymore." At this time, *** said to Deng Liqun who was present: "When it is completed in the future, you will write a memorial to tell me.

”

Today, history has proven ***’s scientific prediction: Since the Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge was officially opened to traffic on October 15, 1957, there are now countless “Changhongs” on the Yangtze River flying over the sky! And The Three Gorges Dam, known as the "Project of the Century", started construction in 1994 and took 12 years to complete in May 2006. *** The "Three Gorges Dream" more than 50 years ago - "High Gorge Emerges from Pinghu". It has finally become a glorious reality!

If a dam is built on the steep Wu Gorge, it will not have any impact on the goddess on Wushan Wangxia Peak, right? You will be surprised to see such a huge change! The poet uses the goddess from mythology and legend to appear as a witness. Its lofty meaning and poetic meaning are really incredible and amazing.

This poem is amazing. , and there is a story about "a box of Sanwu cigarettes in exchange for a calligraphy treasure"

In September 1961, British Marshal Montgomery visited China for the second time

9. On the evening of September 23, *** met Montgomery in Wuchang Donghu and had dinner with ***. Montgomery gave *** a box of "Sanwu Brand" cigarettes.

On the afternoon of the 24th, *** We had another meeting with Montgomery and invited him to swim on the Yangtze River. ***

At night, Montgomery was preparing to pack and plan to leave for home the next day. *** came to visit.

*** said to him: "To see you off, I will give you a gift. "As he spoke, he took out a folded rice paper from his pocket.

The accompanying person told Montgomery: "This is a poem written by the chairman in 1956, called "Swimming Song". It is extremely rare for the chairman to personally write his own poems and send them to foreign guests. This was written by the chairman after he got up at four o'clock in the morning, and it still smells of ink! The chairman not only signed his name, but also wrote ‘Marshal Montgomery’. "This handwriting of "Water Melody Songtou·Swimming" may be the only calligraphy work of *** in the UK so far.

Montgomery looked at the powerful Chinese characters, overjoyed, and shouted to *** Thank you, and held ***'s hand for a long time without letting go. *** said: "Don't forget, we are still going to have a swimming competition in the Yangtze River!"

If we say, "Swimming" is * ** For the sake of the national development plan, it is required to completely change the traffic conditions of the Yangtze River's "natural chasm" and turn flood hazards into water conservancy. So "Sending the God of Plague" is based on the interests of the people and requires the elimination of diseases that threaten people's health as soon as possible and the transformation of poverty and backwardness. The appearance has enabled the majority of farmers to embark on the road to happiness.

On June 30, 1958, in Liuzhuang by the West Lake in Hangzhou, *** sat on a wicker chair and read that day's "People's Daily". ", there was a report that attracted his attention. This was a long newsletter titled "The First Red Flag - Recording the Complete Elimination of Schistosomiasis in Yujiang County, Jiangxi Province". At the same time, he also distributed the "Repeated Struggle to Eliminate Schistosomiasis" "Editorial.

*** I read it carefully and felt excited.

Three years ago, during the busy season of summer harvest and planting in rural areas, *** came from Beijing. He set off and traveled south to investigate and understand the production and living conditions of farmers.

He came to the Yuhang area of ??Zhejiang Province and saw a farmer lying on his back under an old camphor tree by the pond with a bulging abdomen. , his neck was thick and swollen. The guard came up and asked him, and the farmer said with tears: "I finally looked forward to liberation and got the land through the land reform. Unfortunately, the good times did not last long. I got the 'bulging disease' and I couldn't plant the land. Become a useless person! "He burst into tears and was extremely sad.

*** After hearing this, he felt very heavy and said to the guards: "Schistosomiasis is very harmful to the people. We must find ways to help the people relieve their suffering and eradicate it. Schistosomiasis! ”

Due to the attention of the Communist Party of China, the Central Schistosomiasis Prevention Group and the Ministry of Health of the State Council have organized expert inspection groups to carry out schistosomiasis prevention work in Yuhang and Yujiang. The Jiangxi Provincial Department of Health has also dispatched doctors to Yuhang several times. Jiang went to treat people in the affected area free of charge.

After various experiments, the people of Yujiang finally found a way to completely eliminate snails and eradicate schistosomiasis by filling old ditches and opening new ones.

This is undoubtedly great news for ***

*** was so excited that he happily wrote a poem "Sending the God of Plague":

Two poems with seven rhymes< /p>

Farewell to the God of Plague

July 1, 1958

Reading the People’s Daily on June 30, Yujiang County eliminated schistosomiasis. I can't sleep at night. The breeze is blowing and the sun is rising from the window.

First of all,

Hua Tuo is so helpless.

Thousands of villages are left with dead people, and thousands of households are singing.

Sitting on the ground, traveling eighty thousand miles a day, surveying the sky and looking at a thousand rivers in the distance.

The Cowherd wants to ask the God of Plague. Things, like joys and sorrows, fade away.

Part 2

Thousands of willows bloom in the spring breeze, and the 600 million Chinese states are full of Shun and Yao.

The red rain turns into waves at will, and the green mountains turn into bridges deliberately.

In the sky, five ridges of silver hoe fell, and the earth shook and three rivers shook their iron arms.

May I ask where King Wen wants to go? The paper boat is burning with candles shining in the sky?

"Send away the God of Plague" means sending away the evil god who spread plague in old legends.

This "continuous" rhythmic poem was written on July 1, which is the 37th anniversary of the birth of the Communist Party of China.

At this moment, *** was so excited that he could not sleep all night long because of his thoughts.

In the old society, schistosomiasis brought heavy disasters to the people. No matter how much green mountains and green waters there were, it was in vain. Even famous doctors like Hua Tuo of the Three Kingdoms were helpless against small schistosomiasis. Because the reactionary rulers are satisfied with squeezing the blood and sweat of the working people and do not care about the suffering of the people at all and will not deal with the problem of "little bugs".

Due to the harm of schistosomiasis, thousands of villages are overgrown with weeds, full of weak patients, and the floors are covered with feces; tens of thousands of families are in depression and neglect, and only the ghosts of unjust deaths can be heard wailing.

According to the "People's Daily" report on June 30, 1958: Lantian Ban in Yujiang County has a radius of 50 miles. In the past, due to schistosomiasis, more than 3,000 people died of schistosomiasis in the past 50 years. More than 20 villages were completely destroyed, and more than 14,000 acres of fields were turned into wilderness.

Thousands of villages are covered with flowers and thousands of households are deserted. This is a high-level summary of this fact. It is not only a portrayal of the tragic situation in the epidemic area, but also a microcosm of the suffering of the vast number of people in old China.

At this time, the poet, who was full of thoughts, gave wings to his poetry, flew into the sky and patrolled the river, wandered around the earth, surveyed the infinite universe, and met the Cowherd in space. The Cowherd is the folk god and the god of the common people. He naturally cares about his hometown and inquires about the plague god's harm. That can only answer him: Even though the waves of time have passed, the people's sorrow and the plague god's pride are still the same as when you were in your hometown, and they continue!

When will the people who are suffering in suffering be able to get ahead?

Coming! *** is coming, *** is coming!

Gone! The bug is gone, the disaster is gone!

In a socialist society, the sunny land of China is full of willows blowing in the spring breeze; all 600 million Chinese people are virtuous people like Tang Yao and Yu Shun.

The vitality of spring symbolizes the prosperity of New China, forming a sharp and strong contrast with the old China. *** Use "Yao and Shun" to praise the 600 million Chinese people who are the masters of the country, industrious and brave, and fully affirm and highly praise the pioneering spirit of the working people.

The descendants of Yan and Huang with extraordinary wisdom dare to fight against heaven and earth, let the spring rain turn into waves according to our wishes, and let the green mountains become bridges according to our wishes.

The people cut down mountains and rivers, transformed rivers and mountains, what a prestige this is!

On Wuling Mountain, which is high and connected to the sky, silver hoes rise and fall. What a heroic feeling!

On the banks of the Three Rivers, the iron arms waved, shaking the earth. What a momentum!

In front of the wise and courageous Chinese people, there is nothing to fear from a small insect epidemic!

At this time, the god of plague has no way to escape. We can only let us burn the paper boat, light the candles, and send him "to heaven"!

In the soil of poetry and art, romanticism is a wonder that will never wither, and realism is an evergreen tree that is always alive. "Sending the God of Plague" is another masterpiece that combines romanticism and realism in *** poetry!

The two songs before and after "Farewell to the God of Plague" are like two contrasting pictures: the former is dark and miserable, the latter is bright and springy; the former is sad and angry, while the latter is high-spirited and bold. The two are connected and form an organic whole, achieving good aesthetic effects in strong contrast.

The poet combines ideals with reality, marries science with mythology, "sits on the ground" and "scrutinizes the sky", travels in and out of ancient and modern times, sees the vast world, listens to the wind from the universe, meets the Cowherd, sends off the god of plague, and transforms the static into dynamic. The objects are transformed into human beings, grieving the sorrows of the people and rejoicing in the joys of the people, showing all the splendor and wonder.

In December 1956, *** once told people: "Han Yu is very good at writing articles. Two of the articles he wrote are good, and one is "Song of the Poor". We also want to It took decades for China to send away the poor after writing "Essay on Sending the Poor."

Two years later, *** wrote these two poems.

As the leader of the people, *** is not only concerned about the economic construction of the motherland, but also concerned about national defense and military construction. Among his poems, there is a miscellaneous poem titled "Eight Songs", which is very distinctive, full of poetic interest, and has a strong folk song flavor.

Miscellaneous Poems

Eight Lien Songs

August 1, 1963

The Eight Lien Songs are so good that they are known all over the world. Why? Strong will. For the people, decades.

Resists corrosion and will never stain. Therefore, it is called Hao Eight Company. The People's Liberation Army needs to learn.

The entire army and people must be self-reliant. Don't be afraid of pressure or pressure. Not afraid of swords, not afraid of halberds.

Don’t be afraid of ghosts or charms. Not afraid of the emperor, not afraid of thieves. Strange children are like pines and cypresses.

The towering sky is filled with frost and snow. Good discipline is like a solid wall. Military excellence is like a thunderbolt.

If you are good at politics, you will be ranked first. Think well and be able to analyze. Good analysis is of great benefit.

What’s the benefit? Unity. The army and the people are united as one, who can be the enemy in the world?

Shanghai in old China was a "big dye vat" of decadent capitalist ideas and styles. The imperialists once asserted that China's Communist Party would turn black and rot in this "big dye vat". In May 1949, the Eighth Company of a certain unit of the Chinese People's Liberation Army stationed in the most prosperous area of ??Shanghai - Nanjing Road. After more than ten years of testing, this company, which has always lived in the busy city, has been spotless, self-denying and devoted to the public, and has been highly praised by the masses.

On April 25, 1963, the Ministry of National Defense issued an order awarding the company the honorable title of "The Eighth Best Company on Nanjing Road". On the occasion of Army Day this year, Mao Zedong wrote "Ode to the Eighth Company", enthusiastically praising the heroic deeds of the Eighth Company and praising their noble character of "resisting corrosion and never staining". Since then, a craze to learn from the Eighth Company has been vigorously launched across the country.

As soon as the poem begins, it is sung in a high-profile manner: The good name of the Eighth Company on Nanjing Road has spread all over the world. Then, in a question-and-answer format, he praised the cadres and soldiers of the Eighth Company of the People's Liberation Army for their strong revolutionary will. Why can this be done? The fundamental reason is: everything is for the people!

*** As early as the Second Plenary Session of the Seventh Central Committee of the Party, the whole party was warned: to prevent being proud of victory, treating oneself as a hero, standing still and not seeking progress, being greedy for pleasure and unwilling to live a hard life. When emotions develop, be wary of others using sugar-coated bullets to attack you. Winning nationwide victory is only the first step in a long march of thousands of miles.

Therefore, the Communist Party of China put forward a request to the whole party, the whole army and the people of the country to learn from the Eighth Company: "The People's Liberation Army must learn. The whole army and the people must be self-reliant." The purpose of learning and self-reliance is to resist various pressures and erosions from the outside world. The poet used eight sentences in a row to call on the military and civilians across the country to "eight not be afraid". If we are not afraid, we will be able to defeat all hostile forces and stand like towering pines and cypresses in the east of the world.

In the following verses, *** further requires the military and civilians to have "good discipline, good military, good politics, and good thinking." In this way, we can distinguish right from wrong, maintain strict discipline, have a strong style of work, and strengthen unity. This is the focus of the whole poem.

Finally, the poem ends with "The army and the people are united as one, let's see who can be the enemy in the world." It is a warning, powerful and effective, and contains profound revolutionary philosophy, inspiring generations of Chinese soldiers and civilians.

"Eight Lian Ode" is a hymn for the construction of China's communist ideology and style, and a hymn for the revolutionary spirit and glorious image of the people's army!

The red sun rises from Shaoshan Mountain, and the soul of poetry spreads its wings like a Kunpeng.

"Thirty-eight years have passed, in the blink of an eye."

"If heaven is affectionate, heaven will also grow old, and the right path in the world will be vicissitudes of life."

** * Although he has left this land that he was deeply attached to, his thoughts and poems have been integrated into the land of China, merged into the spiritual river of the Chinese nation, and become a symbol of national culture. The passage of time will not obliterate ***'s poems, and the passage of time cannot cover up the glory of the poet!

Among the huge spiritual treasure trove left by *** for us, there is a brilliant work called "*** Poems"!

For decades, ***'s poems have been published and reprinted. By the end of the 20th century, they had been translated into various national languages ??and spread around the world.

The famous poet Zang Kejia said: "*** Poetry is a deep gold mine", "Regardless of ideological and artistic quality, it has reached a very high level, and its influence is unparalleled", "* **Poetry is an endless topic."

The famous poet He Jingzhi said: "*** poetry is an important part of *** thought and the crystallization of art"; "*** poetry is a great epic of Chinese revolution and construction."

Pang Xianxian, a well-known *** research expert who has worked for *** for 17 years, said: "***'s poetry embodies the great spirit of the Chinese nation and the spirit of the times. He has contributed to contemporary poetry creation and Innovation provides examples.

”

*** Poetry affects China and the world, becoming a towering milestone in the history of Chinese poetry and even the history of world poetry!