The recited part of the Baiyang Praise is as follows:
Paragraph 1: The poplar tree is really extraordinary, I praise the poplar tree!
Paragraph 2: The growing environment of poplar trees.
Paragraph 3: The appearance characteristics of poplar trees.
Paragraph 4: The role of poplar trees.
Paragraph 5: The symbolic meaning of the poplar tree.
Paragraph 6: I want to praise the poplar tree loudly!
Praise to Baiyang is a prose written by the modern writer Mao Dun in 1941. This article uses the "towering, unyielding, against the northwest wind" poplar trees on the northwest Loess Plateau to symbolize the tenacity and hard-working northern farmers, and praises their simplicity, strength and striving for progress in the struggle for national liberation. spirit, and at the same time ridiculed those who "despise the people and stubbornly regress."
Creative background
This prose was written during the most difficult period of the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. It was originally published in Volume 6, No. 3 of the monthly "Literary Position" published on March 10, 1941. Expect. Due to the passive resistance of the Kuomintang die-hards in China and their active anti-Japanese resistance, the anti-Japanese national united front was on the verge of splitting. The Communist Party of China shouldered the arduous and arduous war of resistance against Japan.
In May 1940, Mao Dun left Xinjiang and returned to the mainland, and was invited by Zhu De to Yan'an. During my visit and lecture in Yan'an, I personally observed the struggle life of the soldiers and civilians in the liberated areas, and saw the spirit of the anti-Japanese military and civilians united in fighting, which left a deep impression on me. After the Wannan Incident, Mao Dun wrote this article to express his love and praise for the anti-Japanese soldiers and civilians in the north by praising the poplar trees on the northwest plateau.