This is a poem "Beijing at 4: 08" written by the modern poet Zhijian 1968. This poem is about the scene of educated youth "going to the countryside" and leaving their hometown.
The poet seized the moment when the train started, and gathered his feelings of farewell far from his parents' hometown, worries and panic about his fate at the moment of "4: 08", which condensed the great historical connotation of a specific era.
"This is Beijing at 4: 08" witnessed that terrible history by sketching the poet's personal experience. The poet chose this way of expression, and expressed his profound reflection on history through the amplification of historical moments and the reappearance of strong subjective feelings.
The whole poem is full of true feelings in extremely popular and plain language, and also captures the specific connotation of the times, making its theme have deeper and broader historical significance and thought-provoking. This poem was later selected into several versions of teaching materials.