The Pacific wind holds my hand
To chase your running figure
The vicissitudes of life change and the wonderful moments
I look forward to being with you As young
Your blue is as poetic as a dream
Your fragrance from spring to winter
I promise you with my life
The Gold Coast towers over our success
The Pacific wind holds my hand
To chase your running figure
The wonderful moments of vicissitudes of life
< p>I look forward to being as young as youThousands of miles away from the time and space of love
Dalian is the eternity in my heart
Thousands of miles away from the time and space of love. Time and Space
I am Dalian’s brilliant smile
The Pacific wind holds my hand
To chase your running figure
Vicissitudes of life Wonderful moments of change
I look forward to being as young as you
Lushun, Dalian
We are twin brothers from Lushun and Dalian.
How should our fate be compared?
Two powerful neighbors kicked me back and forth,
We were two lumps of mud at the feet of the thugs.
Mother, the return date has come, please bring us back quickly.
You don’t know how much we miss you!
Mother! We want to come back, mother!
This series of poems was written in March 1925, when Wen Yiduo was in New York. In its preface, Alsace-Lorraine is translated as the Lorraine region, located at the foot of Mount Faus in eastern France. It was ceded to Germany during the Franco-Prussian War and returned after the Treaty of Versailles. In the poem, Wen Yiduo uses personification to compare the seven "lost lands" that were plundered by foreign powers in our country at that time to seven children who were far away from their mothers, crying about their strong emotions of being bullied by foreign races and longing to return to their mothers' arms. On the one hand, the poem expresses nostalgia and praise for the motherland, and on the other hand, it expresses the curse of the imperialist powers.
In the summer of 1925, Wen Yiduo returned from studying in the United States. Stepping off the ship, the poet could not suppress his excitement, threw his suit and tie into the river, and eagerly rushed into the embrace of the motherland.
However, what awaits him is boundless darkness and humiliation...
Looking at the homeland, the mountains and rivers are broken, the storm is like rock, the wolves are in power, the foreign powers are rampant, and the motherland has been destroyed. The melon was divided and occupied... The poet wrote the poem "Discovery" with grief and indignation, and immediately published the famous patriotic poem "Song of the Seven Sons" in "Modern Review".
The "Seven Sons" refer to the seven pieces of land occupied by the great powers at that time, and Macau is only one of the "Seven Sons". The seven sons who were robbed of the motherland are Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Kowloon, Weihaiwei, Guangzhou Bay and Luda (Lushun Dalian).
History will never forget that humiliating August of 1842. Officials of the Qing government groveled aboard the British warship "Cornroyal" anchored on the Nanjing River, and signed the "Modern China" treaty under the gaze of heavily armed British soldiers. The first unequal treaty in history - the Treaty of Nanjing between China and Britain. The treaty stipulated that China ceded Hong Kong Island to Britain, and the prelude to the carving up of China by the great powers began.
In 1860, China and Britain signed the Treaty of Beijing, and Britain ceded the southern tip of the Kowloon Peninsula; in 1898, the Qing government was forced to sign the "Special Treaty to Expand the Boundary Site of Hong Kong," and the "Sisters of Hong Kong" Kowloon Peninsula The remaining part was designated as the "New Territories" and leased to the United Kingdom for 99 years.
In 1887, China and Portugal signed the Treaty of Friendship and Commerce. The Portuguese, who were allowed to reside in Macau in the name of "drying goods" in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, have since occupied Macau, the "Lotus Treasure Land".
In 1895, China and Japan signed the Treaty of Shimonoseki, and Taiwan, the "string of pearls in the East China Sea", was ceded to Japan. Also ceded at the same time were the "twin brothers" Lushun and Lushun on the Bohai Bay. Dalian.
In 1898, China and Britain signed a special lease agreement for Weihaiwei, and Weihaiwei, the "master of maritime defense", was leased to the United Kingdom for 25 years.
In 1899, China and France signed a special lease of Guangzhou Bay, and Guangzhou Bay, "an iron lock on the back door of China", was leased to France.
By 1900, the imperialist powers had forcibly opened hundreds of commercial ports on Chinese soil and designated more than 20 concessions in more than 10 cities. The "Seven Sons of China" were scattered under the power of imperialist powers such as Britain, France, Japan, and Russia. There is a poem that represents the mood of the patriots at that time: "My China is sleeping soundly, but I don't know that patriotism means loving home. The people know that it is better to wake up now, and don't wait until the soil is divided like melons."
The Seven Sons shed tears. Below, the poet sings his lament alone. Wen Yiduo witnessed the "collapse of the country's borders for a long time" and felt that China's homeland was "unsupported by the motherland and abused by aliens". "Because of this, he chose seven places with the closest relationship with China to compose one song for each. Chapter, to express his sorrow for the motherland and to inspire the people of the country."
The strong emotions of love for the motherland and eagerness for reunification are stirring in the lines of poetry. It caused a strong response among readers. A young man surnamed Wu wrote in a letter to the editorial office: "I read "Song of the Seven Sons" and cried out in sorrow one after another, and I didn't know how tears filled my eyes. After reading "Shi Shi Biao" and "Chen Qing Biao" "At that time, I was not so moved.
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The "Seven Sons of China" who were kidnapped by the foreign powers are a symbol of the nation's tragedy and the country's catastrophe. It shows: "A weak country and its people will be humiliated" and "it will be beaten if it falls behind"; it warns the people: "China The nation has reached its most dangerous moment! ”
For more than 100 years, generations of Chinese people have stood up for the prosperity of the country and the independence of the nation, throwing their heads and blood, working hard, and composing magnificent historical poems.
The Chinese people’s unyielding will to pursue reunification formed an unstoppable torrent. In October 1930, China took back Weihaiwei; in 1945, the Chinese people defeated the Japanese invaders. On October 25, the Japanese invaded Taiwan. The last Governor-General Ando Rikichi submitted a letter of surrender to the Chinese government at Zhongshan Hall in Taipei, and Taiwan returned to the territory of China. At the same time, Guangzhou Bay, Port Arthur and Dalian also returned to the embrace of the motherland.
The motherland has undergone earth-shaking changes, and the Chinese people have stood up since then!
Wen Yiduo's son said: "I hope that my father will have knowledge under the nine springs and enjoy it with us."
If you are sincere, gold and stone can be opened
It is true, " The return of the "Seven Sons of China" is almost imminent!
——Wen Yiduo's "Song of the Seven Sons·Poem Preface"