"Praise of Poplar" eulogizes the extraordinary poplars as a lyric clue, eulogizes the spiritual quality of the northern military and civilians' unity against Japan and striving for progress, and then eulogizes the spiritual quality of the whole Chinese nation.
Praise of Poplar is an essay written by modern writer Mao Dun at 194 1. The author uses the poplars on the northwest loess plateau that are "towering and upright, indomitable and resistant to the northwest wind" to symbolize the tenacious and hardworking northern farmers and praise their simplicity, strength and enterprising spirit in the struggle for national liberation.
At the same time, it also cast a bitter ridicule on those who "despise the people and stubbornly regress." The article is ambitious, vivid and concise.
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Creation background
This article was written in the most difficult period of China people War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression. Because the die-hards of the Kuomintang in China are passive in resisting Japan and active in opposing * * *, the anti-Japanese national united front is on the verge of splitting, and the China * * * production party shoulders the arduous War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression.
1940 In May, Mao Dun left Xinjiang and returned to the mainland, and was invited by Comrade Zhu De to Yan 'an. During my lecture in Yan 'an, I personally observed the fighting life of the soldiers and civilians in the liberated areas, and saw the spirit of the anti-Japanese army and civilians fighting in unity, which left a deep impression.
After the Southern Anhui Incident, the author expressed his love and praise for the anti-Japanese soldiers and civilians in the north by praising the poplars on the northwest plateau.