This poem comes from "Shui Tiao Ge Tou Returns to Jinggang Mountains", written by Mao Zedong.
Original text:
I have long had ambitions to reach the peak, and return to Jinggang Mountain. After traveling thousands of miles to find the old place, the old appearance has changed into a new one. There are singing and dancing birds everywhere, gurgling water, and the high road reaches the clouds. After crossing Huangyangjie, there is no need to look at dangerous places.
The wind and thunder are shaking, the flags are flying, it is the world. Thirty-eight years have passed in a blink of an eye. You can go up to the nine heavens to catch the moon, you can go down to the five oceans to catch turtles, and you can talk and laugh and return in triumph. Nothing is difficult in the world, as long as you are willing to climb.
Translation:
I have always had great ambitions, and today I climbed Jingwang Mountain again. After traveling thousands of miles to find this old land, there is no trace of what it was like before. There are scenes of orioles singing and swallows flying everywhere, as well as slowly flowing streams and wide winding mountain roads that disappear into the sky. After passing the Huangyangjie Pass, there are no dangers to be seen.
The wind and thunder are moving, the flags are flying, this is the human world. Thirty-eight years passed in the blink of an eye. You can fly into the sky to pick the moon, go down to the sea to catch fish and turtles, and return singing triumphant songs while talking and laughing. There is nothing difficult in this world, as long as you can make up your mind to climb it.
Extended information:
In October 1927, Mao Zedong led the Autumn Harvest Uprising troops to the Jinggang Mountains, opened up a road for the armed separatism of workers and peasants, and along this road of rural areas surrounding cities, they gained control of China. The victory of the revolution. In May 1965, Mao Zedong returned to Jinggangshan. After an absence of thirty-eight years, he was filled with emotion and became inspired by poetry, so he wrote this poem.
The first sentence of Shangque is like a meteorite falling to the ground, like a swan flying in the sky. The writing is sudden and extraordinary, with broad momentum and lofty artistic conception. The word "Lingyun" not only describes the height of the majestic Jinggang Mountain, but also describes the great man's lofty ambitions.
Since October 1927, Mao Zedong led the workers’ and peasants’ revolutionary army of the Autumn Harvest Uprising to Jinggangshan, establishing the first revolutionary base area of ??the Chinese revolution, and even revisiting Jinggangshan (May 1965), time has passed by like a flash. , it has been 38 years in the blink of an eye.
In the past 38 years, China has undergone earth-shaking changes. The poet went from a boy who "waited for the opportunity to make his own decisions" to a young student who "went to the middle of the stream to hit the waves and stop the flying boat" when he was in school. "Shang" not only echoes the long-cherished wish to revisit Jinggangshan in "Long You" above, but also expresses the poet's eagerness to revisit his hometown.
The first three sentences of Xia Que are sonorous, powerful and impactful. The majestic and powerful display of the Jinggang Mountains and the entire revolutionary struggle period is a magnificent scene of thunderous winds and roaring red flags. Hunting the red flag in Jinggang Mountains, breaking the shackles of emperors, officials, and seals, and turning into a new China where there is no oppression, everyone is equal, and the people are the masters of the country!
Mao Zedong (1893-1976) was known by his pseudonym Runzhi and his pen name Ziren. Born on December 26, 1893 in Shaoshan, Xiangtan, Hunan. He died in Beijing on September 9, 1976 at the age of 83.
The leader of the Chinese people, a Marxist, a great proletarian revolutionist, strategist, theorist, and military strategist. The main founder and leader of the Communist Party of China, the Chinese People's Liberation Army and the People's Republic of China, poet and calligrapher. His main works are "Selected Works of Mao Zedong" (four volumes), "Collected Works of Mao Zedong" (eight volumes), and "Poems of Mao Zedong" (***43).
Reference material: "Shui Tiao Ge Tou Returns to Jinggangshan" - Baidu Encyclopedia