"Qilu·Long March" is a seven-character poem selected from "Mao Zedong's Poetry Collection". This poem was written in October 1935, when Mao Zedong led the Central Red Army to cross the Minshan Mountains and the Long March was about to end. Looking back on the numerous difficulties and obstacles he had overcome during the year of the Long March, he was filled with joyful fighting pride.
1. Original text
"Seven Rules·Long March"
Modern Times: Mao Zedong
The Red Army is not afraid of the difficulty of expeditions, and they can only wait for thousands of rivers and mountains.
The five ridges are meandering and the waves are flowing, and the clouds are majestic and the mud balls are walking.
The golden sand and water beat against the clouds and the cliffs are warm, while the iron cables crossing the Dadu Bridge are cold.
I am even happier that there is thousands of miles of snow in Minshan Mountain, and the three armies are all happy after the passing.
2. Translation
The Red Army was not afraid of all the hardships and hardships on the Long March, and regarded thousands of mountains and rivers as extremely ordinary. In the eyes of the Red Army, the continuous Five Ridges were just undulating waves, while the majestic Wumeng Mountain was nothing more than a mud ball in the eyes of the Red Army.
The turbid waves of the Jinsha River hit the sky-high cliffs with steam. The dangerous bridge on the Dadu River is horizontal, and the iron cables hanging in the sky are shaking, and there are waves of chill.
What is even more joyful is setting foot on the snow-covered Min Mountain. After the Red Army crossed over, everyone was smiling.
During the Agrarian Revolutionary War, the main force of the Chinese Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army withdrew from the Soviet areas north and south of the Yangtze River and fought for two years before reaching the Shaanxi-Gansu Soviet Areas.
In October 1934, after the failure of the fifth anti-encirclement and suppression campaign, the central Red Army, the main force of the Central Committee, was forced to implement a strategic shift in order to escape the encirclement and pursuit of the Kuomintang troops, withdrawing from the central base area and embarking on the Long March.
The Long March was a great miracle in human history. The Central Red Army *** conducted more than 380 battles and captured more than 700 county towns. The Red Army sacrificed more than 430 cadres above the battalion level, with an average age of less than 30. At the age of 19, the Communist Party of China defeated hundreds of regiments of the Kuomintang army. During this period, the Communist Party of China passed through 14 provinces, climbed 18 mountains, and climbed over snow-capped mountains. The journey was about 25,000 miles. The Red Army arrived in Shaanxi in October 1935. North, and successfully joined forces with the Northern Shaanxi Red Army.
In October 1936, the Second and Fourth Front Army of the Red Army arrived in the Huining area of ??Gansu Province and joined forces with the First Front Army of the Red Army. The three main forces of the Red Army joined forces, marking the successful end of the Long March. "Qilu·Long March" was written in late September 1935 and finalized in October.
Extended information:
Creative background
In October 1934, the Chinese Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army wanted to crush the Nationalist Government’s encirclement and suppression campaign, preserve its own strength, and go north to fight against Japan. , to save the nation from peril, starting from Ruijin, Jiangxi, and began the world-famous Long March.
This poem of seven rhymes was composed after the Red Army soldiers crossed Minshan Mountain and shortly before the Long March was about to end in victory. As the leader of the Red Army, Mao Zedong had withstood countless tests. Now, with the dawn in front and victory in sight, he wrote this magnificent poem with great enthusiasm and pride.
The full text is full of thousands of difficulties and obstacles, and full of the enthusiasm of the Chinese Communist Party. It is a heroic epic of the Chinese revolution and a shining pearl in the treasure house of Chinese poetry. Whether it is the history of revolution or poetry, it is a milestone.
Chairman Mao's other Long March-themed works include: "Recalling Qin'e·Loushanguan", "Three Poems of the Sixteen-Character Order", "Niannujiao·Kunlun", "Qingpingle·Liupanshan" etc., are all used to express feelings, focusing on profile.
At the end, the poet expresses his heartfelt joy after winning the Long March. The destination of the 25,000-mile battle has been reached, the three-army conference is in sight, and the whole army is smiling.
According to Chairman Mao's annotation on December 21, 1958: "The three armies: the Red Army's First Front Army, Second Front Army, and Fourth Front Army. They are not the three armies of sea, land and air force, nor are they the upper army and the middle army as the Jin State said. The word "three armies" naturally has the beauty of ancient Chinese, plus According to Chairman Mao's own statement earlier, he refers to the 1st, 2nd, and 4th Red Army at that time. This ancient "Three Armies" has added the beauty of contemporary Chinese. Isn't it commendable? The antelope horns have won a double beauty!
Chairman Mao condensed its landscape in a short seven-rhyme poem, which contains many thrills, many twists and turns, many tragic and stirring stories.