He has climbed countless mountains in China and swam in countless rivers in China. In Changsha, he swam across the Xiangjiang River; in Guangzhou, he swam across the Pearl River; in Nanning, he swam across the Yongjiang River; in Hangzhou, he swam across the Qiantang River; in Nanchang, he swam across the Ganjiang River; in Wuhan, he swam across the Yangtze River .
He once explained to people that the song "Water Melody Song·Swimming" "reflects the construction of socialism." If he, who climbed countless mountains, had once trodden a path to victory in the Chinese revolution, then, eager to fight against the storms of rivers, he personally experienced the changes that had taken place in China after victory, which made him extremely happy.
So, he couldn't help but sing a new hymn--
He drank Changsha water and ate Wuchang fish.
Thousands of miles across the Yangtze River, the scenery is as beautiful as the sky.
Despite the wind and waves, it is better than taking a leisurely stroll in the garden. Today I have peace.
Zi said on the river: The dead are like this!
The wind is moving, the tortoises and snakes are still, and the grand plan is in motion.
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 Pinghu Lake.
The goddess should be fine and should shock the world.
Xiao Li's calligraphy in regular script? "Shui Tiao Ge Tou·Swimming"
In May 1956, before he left Beijing to go south, he had just finished writing the famous "On Ten Major Relationships" Report. This time when he went south, he first arrived in Guangzhou, and then returned north from Guangzhou. Later, he took a dip in the Xiangjiang River in Changsha. Arrive in Wuhan soon. If you come for the Yangtze River, you naturally have to go to the middle stream to hit the water.
He once stood at the Yellow Crane Tower on the edge of the Yangtze River. What he saw was the desolation of "a heavy line running through the north and south" and the depression of "a turtle and snake locking the river". Because his mood at that time was desolate. Today, the piers of the Yangtze River Bridge under construction stand on the water like a grand plan. Waving his arms against the water in the river, he rowed leisurely past the bridge pier amid the wind and waves.
In the painstaking work "Strategy for the Founding of the People's Republic of China", there are the design drawings of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway sketched by pioneers and the envisioned Three Gorges Hydropower Project. However, in the poor and weak old China, his enthusiasm could only turn into misty clouds and lost dreams.
With great ambitions in mind, he began to confidently control the misty clouds to realize the lost dream. Let the towering giant dam, the "Xijiang Stone Wall", cut off the clouds in Wushan and the rain in Bashan. One year after writing "Swimming Song", he took a boat east from Chongqing and passed by the Three Gorges, which he had always dreamed of.
On July 7, 1957, he sent a telegram, the general content of which was: He would go east by boat to see the Three Gorges. I request that if it is indeed possible to enter the water between the Three Gorges, then enter the water through the Three Gorges, or only swim in one of the three gorges that I am sure of. After sending people to investigate and test the waters, his request was not agreed to.
He did not swim into the Three Gorges, but he did not forget the Three Gorges Project. His poems promoted the demonstration and research of the Three Gorges Project. His poems also served as a driving force to promote the construction of Gezhouba, the preliminary project of the Three Gorges Project.
After several generations of hard work, the Three Gorges Project was launched. The land that had been silent for thousands of years came to life. Now, the cofferdam is closed. The river is blocked. The dam rose. Gaoxia Pinghu has also stored water and generated electricity.
Do you know about the "Xijiang Stone Wall" that is gradually revealing its true appearance? Half a century ago, there was a poet who sang enthusiastically for your birth, once dreamed of you, once jumped into the water...
Do you know the "Xijiang Stone Wall" that is gradually revealing its true appearance? There was a poet who regretfully said because he did not see your true face during his lifetime: "When I am in the future, after the Three Gorges Project is completed, don't forget to tell me during the celebration!"