Appreciation of Country Poems in Selected Poems of Ai Qing

A delicate depiction of deep emotions.

1985, the poet returned to his hometown-Brahma River Village. He visited the small village and visited his hometown. I also visited Jiang Yinzheng, the son of Dayanhe, a short but strong old man. They are holding hands, just like brothers.

Hometown has always occupied an important position in the poet's mind. After he/kloc-left his hometown at the age of 0/5, no matter where he drifted and what hardships he encountered, everything in his hometown would always appear in his heart and give him warmth.

Whenever the poet misses his hometown, his heart is like a reservoir full of water, which opens the floodgate and pours out mellow feelings. 1942, poet in Yan 'an. When he remembered his hometown again, he couldn't restrain the burning emotion and poured out a poem for the countryside, dedicated it to his hometown, to the mountains and rivers there, and to the villagers there.

In the poem, the poet remembered everything there-trees there, ponds there, orchards there, stone wells there, streams there, wooden bridges there, vacant lots there and houses there. I also think of the old people there, the farmers there, the shepherds there, the child brides there, the tenants there, the carpenters there, the masons, the masons, the butchers, the blacksmiths, the tailors there ... "I think of all these people who are tortured by poverty-they work all the year round, but they never get the rewards they deserve."