There is snow in the quiet village, pigeons fly in the cloudy sky, and those two names are engraved on the birch tree. They vowed to love each other for life. One day, the war burned to their hometown birch forest, and the young people picked up their guns and went to the frontier sweetheart. Don't worry about me. When I come back, there are still pigeons flying in the cloudy sky. Who can prove that love and life without tombstones are still snowing? The village is still calm and young people are disappearing. The bad news comes from the birch forest. In the afternoon, my sweetheart died in a distant battlefield. She came to the birch forest silently and stayed there eagerly every day. She said he just got lost in the distance. He will definitely come to this birch forest. The sky is still gloomy and pigeons are still flying. Who can prove that love and life without tombstones are still snowing? The village is still quiet, and young people are disappearing in the birch forest. The long road is coming to an end. The girl is already white-haired. She often listens to him calling from his pillow, "Come on, dear, come to this birch forest". When she died, she muttered, "I'm coming, wait for me in that birch forest." The background of the song "Birch Forest" may be inspired by a story in the former Soviet Union: the background story is based on a Soviet soldier during World War II. After the defeat in Moscow, fascist Germany mobilized again in July 1942 100. The Battle of Stalingrad lasted for 200 days and nights, and both sides put more than 2 million troops into the battle at the same time. In September, the Germans invaded Stalingrad ... The Soviet government mobilized all parts of the country to stick to Stalingrad. Waiting for the soldier's promise has been going on for a long time, but she still just leans under the birch tree and silently watches the soldier's direction. She is praying for the safe return of her childhood friend panico. Panickako smiled and said goodbye to her. Nodded confidently at her: "Don't worry, I will come back safely. Let the meritorious military service prove my love and wait for me. " It was here that he went to the front with a gun. Yes, in this birch forest, right under this birch tree. She stroked the birch tree with their names engraved on it, under which they vowed to love each other for life. "Penny kako, you will come back safely. I will wait for you. " The thoughts in my heart turn into flying pigeons, flapping the wings of hope and soaring under the gloomy sky. Day after day, she waited eagerly for her lover's triumphant return in that birch forest. She believes that her promise is being protected by her blood and youth. In February 65438, exciting news came from Stalingrad, the front line. After the winter, the German combat effectiveness was greatly reduced, and the Soviet Red Army has entered the stage of strategic counterattack. She knew Panickako was coming back, and he had proved his love at the front. The Final Victory of the Battle of Stalingrad1In early February of 943, the Soviet Red Army won the final victory of the Battle of Stalingrad. The Soviet Red Army marched triumphantly. However, Panikako did not continue the anti-fascist struggle with the troops, and he could not return with the victorious troops. He sleeps in Stalingrad forever. Penny ka is not bad. In a battle, German tanks rushed to his position. He jumped out of the trench and opened the incendiary bottle. The flames devoured the enemy's chariots and the hero himself. More than a hundred days and nights of hope brought the bad news that my sweetheart died in a distant battlefield. She is not even qualified to treasure the patriotic medal left by the hero, because she is not the hero's wife. Penny Kako left, so vigorous, leaving her with only endless thoughts. How much she wants to cry completely, how much she wants to call her sweetheart loudly to the sky in Stalingrad and let her heart wake him up. Yes, she called in her heart more than once: Come back and bring back my thoughts. However, Penny Kako went with a smile. He proved his love for her with his life on the battlefield more than once. She is the proudest person in the world, isn't she? Yes, Panica is just lost in the distance. This is his hometown, and there is a birch forest where they are waiting for him. He will definitely come back. The sky is as gloomy as that day, and pigeons are still flying over the village. The birch forest is still quiet, and her figure is still waiting under the birch tree. Only white-haired women can feel that Panickako has been with her, and their conversation is silent. She smiled and said to him beside her, "I'm coming. Dear. " The old man's eyes are closed forever, and there is a regretless smile on his mouth. On that birch tree, the names of two young people are engraved. Yes, they love each other forever. Who will prove the love and life without tombstones? Only the birch forest and the patriotic medal are still silently telling ... do you feel like crying when you look at it?
Although there are only two lovers in this poem, because of the time, there are actually a pair of opposing young/old categories, and the characters become full. Young people and girls vowed to love each other for life in the birch forest. Because of the war, the young man finally died on the battlefield. The girl is waiting, and finally she is old. As the title points out, everything, including love, is related to birch forest. "birch forest" is the core image of this poem. Two people's lives start from the birch forest, and eventually, after their real life death, they will return to the birch forest. Time has passed, the world has been long, and loyalty and resurrection are one.
In this poem, the quality of young people lies in bravery, while the quality of girls is obviously loyalty. In this era, nothing is more ridiculed and questioned than faithful love. Relativism and nihilism make people believe nothing. Faye Wong, one of the representatives of post-modern culture with China characteristics, said in an advertisement that "one way or another, anything will do" can best describe the atmosphere of the times at that time. People can always find a theory or tradition to excuse their actions. No one has ever regretted his behavior. Even "confession" is a kind of self-excusing confession. After the control of national ideology weakened, people found their bodies wandering in the world's desires and noise, and nothing was allowed, and everything was ridiculously allowed in advance.
The most successful thing in this poem is the use of contrast. In fact, this contrast is more deadly than creating a sacred image. Peace/war, tombstone/life, youth/end, three groups of images are the most obvious contrast. Yu Dafu, a modern writer, once talked about the great contribution of contrast in Du Fu's poems to the value of his poems. Pu Shu obviously knows the beauty of contrast. It is worth mentioning that the use of white in the poem embodies white images such as birch forest, pigeon, snow and white hair. In human society, white is both a sacred color and a sad color. At the end of the poem, the girl is about to die, and before she dies, she obviously has hallucinations and feels that her "sweetheart" has been calling her. At this point, we realized the artistic power of poetry in sacredness and the sacredness in grief. The netizen "I am Dora" listened to this song and thought it was close to Russian folk songs. Obviously, what he said is not unreasonable. Because this song, because it hides a specific time and space, truly embodies the human desire for faithful love, and its formal success makes it world-famous.
Let's close our eyes and listen.