"Song of the Seven Sons" is a set of poems written by the famous Chinese scholar Wen Yiduo in 1925 while studying in the United States. There are seven poems in the whole text, symbolizing the seven Chinese territories occupied by foreign powers, namely Macau, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Weihaiwei, Guangzhou Bay, Kowloon, Luda (Lushun-Dalian). The "Song of the Seven Sons·Macao" that we often listen to is only the first of the seven. "Song of the Seven Sons" was composed 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 restrain 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 his homeland, the mountains and rivers are broken, the storm is like rock, the wolves are in power, the powers are rampant, and the motherland is 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. Qing officials groveled aboard the British warship HMS Cornwallis anchored on the Nanjing River, and signed the first unequal treaty in modern Chinese history—China British Treaty of Nanjing. 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 for Expanding the Boundary Site of Hong Kong," and the rest of the "Sister of Hong Kong" Kowloon Peninsula was designated as the "New Territories" , leased to the UK 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" Port Arthur and Dalian (leased by the Russian Empire) on the Bohai Bay. In 1898, China and Britain signed the "Special Treaty on the Leasing of Weihaiwei", and Weihaiwei, "the master of sea defense", was leased to the United Kingdom for 25 years. In 1899, China and France signed the "Guangzhou Bay Leasing Treaty", and Guangzhou Bay (today's Zhanjiang City, Guangdong Province), "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 for the soil to split like melons." The seven sons shed tears, and the poet sang sadly 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 loneliness and mourning for the motherland, and to inspire the people of the country. "The strong emotions of love for the motherland and eagerness for reunification that stirred up in the lines of the poem immediately aroused strong responses 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. I read "Shi Shi Biao" and "Chen Qing Biao" At that time, I was not so moved." The "Seven Sons of China" who were taken captive by the foreign powers are a symbol of national disaster and national 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: "The Chinese nation has reached its most dangerous time!" For more than 100 years, generations of Chinese people have stood up for the prosperity of the country and the independence of the nation. Go out, throw your head, shed your blood, go one after another, search up and down, and compose one magnificent historical poem after another. The Chinese people's unyielding will to pursue reunification has become an unstoppable torrent. In October 1930, China took back Weihaiwei; in 1945, the Chinese people defeated the Japanese invaders. On October 25, the last Japanese governor in Taiwan, Ando Toshiyoshi, submitted a letter of surrender to the Chinese government at Zhongshan Hall in Taipei, and Taiwan returned to China. territory. At the same time, Guangzhou Bay, Lushun and Dalian have also returned to the embrace of the motherland. Earth-shaking changes have taken place in the motherland, and the Chinese people have stood up since then! Wen Yiduo's son said: "I hope my father has knowledge under the nine springs and enjoys it with us." Wherever you are sincere, gold and stone will open.
Just like this, the return of the "Seven Chinese Sons" is almost imminent! ——Wen Yiduo's "Song of the Seven Sons·Poem Preface"