"Poplar" original:
Outside the window is the vast Gobi, with no mountains, no water and no people. The boundaries between heaven and earth are not so clear, they are all muddy yellow.
Where can you see the train moving forward?
That's a row of poplars along the railway. Every few seconds, a tall and elegant figure flashed through the window.
A passenger looked at the guards on the Gobi desert.
"Dad," the big boy shook his leg, "look how tall that tree is!" Dad hasn't come back from meditation, next to the elder sister interrupted him:
"No, it's not a tree, it's a big umbrella."
"How can there be such a big umbrella!"
"Look how straight it is!" Tell my sister.
"It's a tree, not an umbrella!" My brother said for sure.
A little argument interrupted dad's thinking. He smiled and stroked the children's heads slowly and said:
"This is not an umbrella, but a poplar."
Brother is not satisfied: "Why is it so straight and so big?"
Dad's smile disappeared and his face became serious. He thought for a moment and said to his son and little daughter, "Poplar trees have always been so straight. Where it is needed, it will quickly take root and sprout and grow thick branches. No matter whether it encounters drought or flood, it is always so straight, so strong, not weak and unshakable. "
Did dad just introduce poplars to children? No, he is also expressing his own feelings. And this, the children still can't understand.
They only know that their father works in Xinjiang and their mother works in Xinjiang. They only know that dad went back to grandma's house and took them to Xinjiang to go to primary school, and then to middle school. They only know that Xinjiang is a far, far place. It takes several days by train and several days by car.
Now, the children have a little more knowledge. On the way to Xinjiang, there are many poplars. They are needed here, and they take root here.
Dad held the child in one hand, looked at the poplar trees that flashed by the window, and lost in thought again. Suddenly, a smile floated around his mouth, because he saw the right side of the train, next to a tall poplar tree, several small trees were growing up against the wind and sand.
Main contents:
This article was written by China modern writer Yuan Ying in the early 1960s. At that time, a large number of mainland youths responded to the party's call and went to Xinjiang to develop the northwest and work hard. By eulogizing the poplars, the author eulogized the builders who rooted in and built the frontier, and praised their noble character of being as strong, not weak and unshakable as poplars, no matter how difficult the conditions were.
This article is about a father and two children on the train to Xinjiang, looking out the window at the tall and straight Populus davidiana and having a discussion. During the discussion, the two children learned that poplars have always been so straight. Where it is needed, it will take root and sprout and grow thick branches.
Subject comment:
The author's description of the characters is very vivid, describing the father and son from the language and manner. Children are naive, but fathers are serious but kind. In psychological description, it is very implicit, without too much direct narration, but with the expression of God, the artistic conception is far-reaching, and the emotional waves are reflected through the changes of expressions.
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Biography:
Yuan Ying, formerly known as Tian Fuchun, changed her name to Tian after she joined the work. Born in Huai 'an, Jiangsu Province, 1924. Contemporary famous writer, poet, children's writer and essayist. Born in a broken landlord family. 1943 was admitted to the Department of Education of Zhijiang University, and participated in the editing of Shen Xin, Cenozoic and Liansheng. 1945 joined the China * * * production party and was assigned to work in the student movement, literature and art, and propaganda departments, and worked as a reporter and editor in a newspaper for a long time. 65438-0954 Join Chinese Writers Association. He has been the supplement editor of World Morning News and Lianhe Evening News. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he served as the head of the Cultural and Educational Group of Jiefang Daily, the deputy director and director of the Literature and Art Department of People's Daily, and the editor-in-chief of Prose World. In the past 40 years, he has written a lot of essays, poems, reportage and children's literature.
Main works:
The novella "When I was a Child"; Children's literature "Tintin's trip to Beijing" and "I also want to wear a red scarf"; His published essays include The First Spark, North and South of the Red River, The Tenth Spring, Sailing, Sorrow and Joy, Tianya, Running, Beijing Prose and Selected Prose of Yuan Ying.
Yuan Ying's prose has a wide range of themes, strong feelings and profound thoughts. The descriptions of a person, an event, a scene and an event in his works all reflect the human feelings of the society and pulse the times. In art, his prose is full of poetic genes, poetic associations, artistic conception and poetic language.