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In this context, Hubei Writers Association organized writers and poets to visit Laifeng, interview Zhang Fuqing, his family and colleagues, and write the story of the hero Zhang Fuqing. Liu Yishan, a poet, joined the team and wrote a 3000-long poem "China, A Veteran's Story", which was published in the special issue of Cao Fang magazine on the 70th anniversary of the National Day.
At that day's poetry recitation, I selected fragments from long poems and explained Zhang Fuqing's basic deeds in the "Preface Song". The first act "The Secret in the Red Cloth Bag" introduces how Zhang Fuqing's 60-year-old exploits were discovered. The second act "Heroes Tempered in War" flashbacks Zhang Fuqing's life before joining the army, his fighting and meritorious service after joining the army. The third act, Clean and Honest, tells the story of Zhang Fuqing being an official through different people, and the fourth act, Veteran's Military Salute, expresses the feelings of a veteran. During the nearly one-hour recitation, the audience was brought back to the scene of that year through different costumes and things related to Zhang Fuqing, such as military medals, old suitcases, old dictionaries, enameled teapots, and so on, whether it was the heroic image with boiling blood in the war years or the spiritual outlook of silent dedication in the peacetime. Through the passionate interpretation of the reciter, the hero image becomes more three-dimensional.