Ai Qing’s famous work: “Dayanhe—My Nanny”.
"Dayan River - My Nanny" is a poem written by the modern poet Ai Qing on January 14, 1933. It was selected into the Chinese textbook of the People's Education Press. The whole poem is divided into four parts.
Through the memories and remembrances of his wet nurse, the author expresses his nostalgia, gratitude and praise for the poor peasant woman Dayanhe, thereby stimulating people's understanding of the tragic fate of the vast number of working women in old China. Sympathy, intense hatred for this “unjust world.”
Ai Qing (March 27, 1910 - May 5, 1996), real name Jiang Haicheng (original name Jiang Zhenghan, courtesy name Yangyuan, nickname Haicheng). He once used the pen names Ejia, Kea, Linbi, etc. Born in Jinhua, Zhejiang, he is a modern writer, poet and painter.
Creative Characteristics
Ai Qing’s works generally describe symbolic things such as the sun, torches, and dawn, showing Ai Qing’s hatred of the darkness and terror of the old society and his love for dawn and dawn. The yearning and pursuit of light and hope. Starting from his love for rural working people and his desire to be close to them, Ai Qing has been presenting his most sincere poetry to them for more than ten years.
Ai Qing's poetry inherits the fine tradition of the "May Fourth" new literature with its characteristics of being closely integrated with reality and full of fighting spirit. It also becomes an important harvest for the development of new poetry with its exquisite and innovative artistic style.
This not only reflects the author's artistic talent, but also bears in mind his serious and arduous artistic practice. In his poetry, his full enterprising spirit and rich life experience bring vividness. Ai Qing's poems have distinct and profound images. As the poem ends, the image is completed. Image not only refers to people, but also includes the visualization of objects, thoughts, etc.
Reference for the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Ai Qing