Ai Qing
A little match,
Opened a new field-
What a big fire,
The wasteland became a sea of fire!
Sparks are flying,
The pillar of fire went straight to the sky!
Flames like Jin Lu,
Run faster than the wind!
Smoke from the sun,
Like layers of gorgeous clouds!
The flame ran away with a smile,
How happy it is to walk through thorns!
The fire brigade came in,
Jackal, fox and rabbit get out of the way!
Wildfire never devours them,
Miao can't get up!
Sharpen our plough,
Plow out a new era!
production process
1957 The poet Ai Qing was wrongly criticized and wrongly classified as Rightist. 1957 10 In June, the poet Ai Qing was removed from the editorial department of Poetry magazine. Be expelled from the party. Director of China Artists Association and member of China Federation of Literary and Art Circles were removed. General Wang Zhen saved the poet Ai Qing when he was in danger.
As early as the Yan 'an period, they forged a friendship. After liberation, they often corresponded. 1954 Autumn, Ai Qing returned from a visit to South America, and Wang Zhen invited him to talk. As soon as they met, Wang Zhen said to Ai Qing, "The scenery I saw in Daxinganling is really beautiful. If you go and have a look, you will write many good poems! You come, railway soldier. You can go anywhere in this country where trains pass by. I'll give you a secretary. How's it going? Are you going or not? "General Wang Zhen not only likes Ai Qing's poems very much, but also hopes that children will like Ai Qing's poems. He drew many circles in Ai Qing's Selected Poems, and wrote down his requirements for the children on the title page: "Whoever approves a circle must be familiar with it, and whoever makes two circles must be able to recite it. "
After Ai Qing was labeled as "Rightist", she was depressed and often went to the park to play chess or Go with others to relieve her anxiety. At this time, Wang Zhen found Ai Qing at home again. He said to Ai Qing, "Ai, I love you and hate you! You are not against socialism, you support the truth! Leave the literary and art circles and come to us! " "Go to our place" is to mobilize Ai Qing to go to the farm to which the agricultural reclamation troops belong. Wang Zhen pointed to the map on the wall and said, "The land in the Great Northern Wilderness is fertile and has a bright future. One hundred thousand demobilized soldiers will gradually develop ancient wasteland. I hope you can go. How about it? " Ai Qing accepted the mobilization of General Wang Zhen and went to the Great Northern Wilderness.
1958 In April, Ai Qing and her children left Beijing by train and arrived in Mishan County, Heilongjiang Province. Ai Qing and his wife were arranged at the 825 farm at the foot of Wanda Mountain. Ai Qing served as deputy field director. After Ai Qing arrived at the farm, like ordinary farmers, he cut down trees, raised seedlings, built houses and ran blackboard newspapers. Donate 5000 yuan to Harbin to buy generators and lighting equipment. On the farm, Ai Qing also wrote some short poems to express his new feelings. Unfortunately, most of them were lost, leaving only one poem: "What a big fire! The wasteland has become a sea of fire ... Wildfire has never completely swallowed them, and He Miao can't get up! Sharpen our plow and plow into a new era! "
Brief introduction of the author
Ai Qing (1910-1996) graduated from Hangzhou National West Lake Art Institute, studied fine arts, and then went to France to study oil painting. After returning to China, Ai Qing was engaged in the left-wing art movement in Shanghai and Jiangfeng, and was accidentally arrested and imprisoned. At that time, the policy of literature and art was too strict, so it shouldn't be a big mistake for young people who just returned from France to turn left. It may not be a big deal if it is lenient. However, once you put him in prison, Ai Qing will inevitably become a staunch opposition, and his pen name Ai Qing can prove this. Ai Qing's real name is Jiang Haicheng. Once when he wrote his name, he remembered Chiang Kai-shek's Chiang Kai-shek and put an "X" under the prefix "F", so he used it and took Ai as his surname. Crossing Chiang Kai-shek became Ai Qing's lifelong ambition. Ai Qing wrote several poems in prison and was well received. After he was released from prison, he gradually gave up oil painting and became a poet. It is exactly the sentence "the country is unfortunate and the poet is lucky." The poet Ai Qing's energy comes from the war of resistance. He wrote the hardships of civilians in wartime with poems, sang the voice of a generation in the Anti-Japanese War, and also inspired the morale of the people, causing the voice of * * *. For example, Snow on the Land of China describes the situation in China at that time; To the Sun describes China's hope.
The Anti-Japanese War was the peak of Ai Qing's poetry creation, with a large number and high quality, leaving many famous works. After the new China, Ai Qing was ill-fated. After that, although he came back and wrote many poems, few people remembered him for the world.
Dayan River-My Nanny is Ai Qing's masterpiece, which is almost a household name in China. Ai Qing wrote this poem on 1933. At that time, he was still in prison, in a difficult situation and full of grievances, so he used poetry to express it. This poem deconstructs the traditional family ethics from the left-wing perspective, reconstructs the relationship between parents and brothers, and criticizes the country at that time, which is indeed of revolutionary significance.