The literal meaning of tearing is to tear something apart and break it, which is a metaphor for disregarding face or making a public break. Here it refers to the smoke and unequal treaties over Humen in Hong Kong's history, expressing the unforgettable and unforgettable pain caused by the aggression of foreign powers to the Chinese people.
This sentence comes from a passionate poem "The Last Minute" written by contemporary female poet Li Xiaoyu, because this poem itself praises the motherland and Hong Kong's return to the embrace of the motherland. And 1997 was the return of Hong Kong. The return of Hong Kong in 1997 is compared to page 1997 of the history book, so there is "the torn history textbook on page 1997, the scars that penetrate into the bone marrow, made of blood and sword light." into our souls”.
The original text of the poem is as follows:
Midnight, Hong Kong,
Let me hold your hand and listen to the last minute of the stormy return.
Listen to your footsteps getting closer and closer, and listen to the heartbeats and questions of all Chinese people.
The last minute is the shape of the flag,
It is the slowly rising red between heaven and earth, it is the flagpole - the straight backbone of the Chinese people,
It is unfolding, the land and sky of Hong Kong,
It is the moment of silence amidst the joy of the masses, whose slightly trembling lips are in the silence,
who is crying over and over again in tears Once again, gently shout that name:
Hong Kong, Hong Kong, our heart!
I saw that the last wisp of gunpowder smoke over Humen finally dissipated at the last minute after a hundred years;
The torn history textbook , on page 1997,
The scar that goes deep into the bone marrow has cast blood and sword light into our souls.
When a yellowed old treaty quietly fell to the ground, what emerged from the smoke and dust was,
The face of the Great Wall, the face with yellow skin,
It was What is flowing slowly, a hundred years of pain and joy,
all pass through this teardrop, making the sea boil!
At this moment, it is midnight and early morning.
All eyes are brand new sunrises, and all salutes are the bells of the century.
Hong Kong, let me hold your hand tightly!
Listen to the stormy return at the last minute, and then run,
go embrace, and welcome the fresh, dewy, and fragrant,
take root Deep in the earth, the first redbud.
Extended information
Creative background: Hong Kong has been Chinese territory since ancient times. In 1840, the British launched the Opium War, forcing the Qing government to sign the "Treaty of Nanjing" in 1842, permanently ceding Hong Kong Island. In 1856, the British and French forces launched the Second Opium War. In 1860, the British forced the Qing government to conclude the Treaty of Beijing, permanently ceding the tip of the Kowloon Peninsula. In 1898, the British took advantage of the great powers' division of spheres of influence in China and forced the Qing government to sign the "Special Treaty on Expanding the Boundary Site of Hong Kong" and forcibly leased a large area of ??land on the Kowloon Peninsula and more than 200 nearby islands.
On July 1, 1997, with countless eyes around the world focusing on it, the national flag of the People’s Republic of China and the regional flag of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region were slowly raised in the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center. All Chinese people unitely cheer for the arrival of this great moment and Hong Kong's return to the embrace of the motherland. After a century of vicissitudes, Hong Kong's return to the motherland marks that Hong Kong compatriots have since become the true masters of the land of the motherland, and Hong Kong's development has entered a new era.
The whole poem "The Last Minute" has concise language, full of appeal, and sincere and warm feelings. The author's boiling blood and surging pride are integrated into every word of the poem. The whole poem** *There are 4 sections.
The first section is the introduction to the whole poem. The author personifies Hong Kong, just like a family talking to each other, "listening to the last minute of the stormy return". The author, like all Chinese, enthusiastically welcomes the historical moment of Hong Kong's return to the motherland.
In the second section of the poem, the author captures the rising flag, trembling lips, tearful shouts and other close-up shots to truly express patriotic emotions and express people's eyes on the Chinese People's Liberation Army and the national flag. When the regional flag of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is rising, I feel extremely excited and proud.
The third section mainly talks about the author thinking about Hong Kong’s humiliating history and the unequal treaties forced on China since the Opium War, and expressing the joy and excitement he feels today. The fourth section says that Hong Kong has opened a new chapter in history. The author uses enthusiastic and unrestrained language to express his warm welcome to Hong Kong's return to the motherland and his deep blessings for Hong Kong's bright future.