"I like traveling, poetry and calligraphy. I have been to many places in the great rivers and mountains of the motherland, especially Yunnan. I have been here many times. As for the latter two hobbies, I have done some and have achieved nothing. " Zhong Lao said with great humility as he took out his poetry collection and signed it for the reporter. Impromptu poem "Three Teas"
Zhong was born in a poor peasant family. In Guangxi political circles, Zhong is famous for his erudition and "Confucian demeanor". He dabbles in classics and history, and often interacts and sings with local and national poets and calligraphers. His "Zhong Shi Shu Exhibition" has been held in Nanning, Guilin, Beijing and other big cities, which has attracted the attention and praise of many domestic newspapers, poets and calligraphers, and some of his fine works have also been collected by Zhongnanhai, CPPCC and Confucius Museum in Qufu, Shandong Province.
After work, Zhong is addicted to his three hobbies: travel, poetry and calligraphy. After retiring more than ten years ago, he became more intoxicated with them and was full of joy.
1992 In May, Zhong first came to the charming ancient city of Dali at the invitation of relevant parties in Yunnan. At the age of 62, he felt a few years younger when he attended the Third Tea Party with his Bai compatriots, but he couldn't help stepping onto the stage and dancing with the actors dressed in national costumes. After the dance, he returned to his seat, still unable to calm his inner excitement. He couldn't help feeling a surge of poetry. He immediately took out his notebook and wrote a seven-character quatrain entitled "Three Teas Improvisation": "Cangshan Erhai visited Jinhua, and three teas sang and danced. Real people are drunk, and tourists from afar don't think about home. "
Dali Complex of "Poet Poet"
"Some people call me a poet because I have written many so-called' travel poems', among which there are more than a dozen in Yunnan alone. That trip to Dali left Dali with three poems and a sentence. These four poems were later published in many professional magazines, and the evaluation of experts was not bad. " Zhong recalled that the four Dali works he mentioned were all included in Selected Poems of Zhong published in 2004. When Mr. Liang Dong, vice president of the Chinese Poetry Society, prefaced the book, he praised these poems as "full of feelings of home and country, mountains and rivers and homesickness"
"In fact, there is a kind of feeling in it, which is my Dali complex. Don't believe it? Read and write Dali's songs. " Zhong Lao handed the reporter's signature and his name book and turned to page 74. "Born mountains and rivers, melt the essence of the sun and the moon. There are clouds and clouds, and there are natural maps. Therefore, it is a wonderful flower in the art garden to teach Danqing to be eclipsed. It is rare to write flowers in the world, and the world is sentimental. "
Zhong Lao talked, as if he had fallen into a beautiful memory of the past.