From Qilv to Shaoshan
Don't dream of vaguely cursing the passing of Sichuan. My hometown was thirty-two years ago.
The red flag rolls up the serf halberd and the black hand hangs the overlord whip.
Dare to teach the sun and the moon to change the sky for sacrifice and ambition.
I like watching thousands of waves of rice and waves, and heroes everywhere are dying.
Writing background
On June 25th, 1959, Mao Zedong returned to Shaoshan, Xiangtan, Hunan, where he had been away for two days. He saw the old house, learned about the local production, visited Shaoshan School, took photos with teachers and students, and visited his old neighbors. In the evening, I chatted with the villagers. In those days, I was affectionate. In the dead of night, people dispersed, and Mao Zedong returned to his old house, reminiscing about the present and the past in his room. He stayed up all night and had a lot of thoughts. Full of poetry, he bent over his desk by candlelight and wrote this famous lyric poem until the early hours of the morning.
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The first couplet is that after Mao Zedong left his hometown, old friends from his hometown often appeared in his dreams. Now the reunion after such a long separation brings back memories of his 32-year trip, and he can't help feeling sorry for those fleeting years.
Zhuan Xu is a description of the class struggle at that time. Under the severe oppression of reactionaries, the people raised the red flag and opposed the counter-revolutionary armed forces with revolutionary armed forces.
The necklace sums up the history of China's revolution. For decades, countless * * * party member and revolutionary martyrs did not hesitate, courageously, and sacrificed their precious lives for the China revolution. Now, the new China has been born, and the socialist construction is also advancing in exploration.
The couplet vividly depicts the old appearance of hometown with a new look, which is vivid and touching. The poet returns to reality from thousands of memories of history, and it is the best comfort for revolutionary martyrs to see Shaoshan rushing into the rice waves, with a bumper harvest in sight and the people building against the sky.