The Life Experience of Wingman

Acher Ding Fu Yiren, 1962, a native of Xunhua County, Qinghai Province. In the 1980s, he began to write and publish a series of long poems such as My Green Home in the West, Salar: A Black River, and also compiled the first reportage album of Salar, Descendants of Salar. The collection of poems "Oath Exiled by the Gods" won the 4th National Literature and Poetry Award in China. He is not only a representative poet of the Salar people, but also one of the most influential representatives of contemporary ethnic minorities in China. The origin of Salar nationality comes from Samarkand in Central Asia, and Ahldin's image of husband and wife also bears the distinctive features of nomadic people in Central Asia. I remember seeing him for the first time in Qinghai, and listening to him describe the history and legends of his own nation with great interest, I subconsciously thought: Li Bai, who was born in the western regions, is probably like this. Like Li Bai, Yi Fu, a native of Akhal, is a hybrid of two cultures. His poetic style is influenced by both farming civilization and nomadic civilization. I still cherish the business card given to me by Mr. and Mrs. Ahldin, and the back of it is printed with "Jin Shi" praising the Salar people: "Salar people/treasured for thousands of years/hidden golden scrolls/in 120,000 years/more familiar starry sky/forever blooming/today/thirty celestial realms ..." Although it is only a few words, it conveys the mystery that endless starry sky can't hide.

Inheriting the ancient tradition, Ardingfuyi people also regard the identity of poets as similar to clergy, and their hearts are full of courage and strength to speak for their nation with poetry. Many of his works are eulogizing the infinite spiritual world of the Salar people. For example, Selected Poems of Western China contains excerpts from two of his long poems. The inscription of "Mysterious Aura" is: "unspeakable soul, why did we break up on the riverbank/why did we end the last dusk in a hurry, why did we/hurry back to the tragic burning of the sun and the ashes of the earth/you are standing on the bright blade of our axe, Homer of the land ..." It exudes the author's enthusiasm for epic and respect for such a great poet as Homer. The inscription in "The Shipwreck" is even clearer: "I know a river/this is the Yellow River/this is the eternal memory of Sarah/the river/and the distant voice ..." He yearns for an epic river and calls for an epic river to testify for himself and the nation. Compared with the real river, illusory poetry does not appear weak, and seems to be more able to bear the responsibility of making memories last forever. "

-(comments by Zhu Hong, a famous poet and critic)

"The unique natural and cultural background made Ahldin and his wife. Obviously, he is a poet with history and background. Compared with many "writing without background" in the poetry circle, Ahldin's poems not only have a broad vision, but also have a far-reaching influence. His image as a poet is also easy to distinguish from those poets who are either academic or secular. Oh, those "poems without background" seem to be his background, the background in his background. This is the real personalized writing. His background writing is irreplaceable by other poets. You can write like him, but you can't get his background. You can't get the same background as him.

So he created a great poem, such as shipwreck, which is full of vitality and breath, that is, an epic work, a brief history of human progress spirit.

-(comments by poetry critic Li Li)