The poem "Premier Zhou, where are you?" has the following imagery:
Ke Yan's poem "Premier Zhou, where are you?" ", first published in "Beijing Daily" on January 7, 1977. The poem uses a poetic form of "asking-calling-searching-answering", placing its affection on the scenery. It depicts the moving scene of hundreds of millions of people calling in unison and looking for Premier Zhou everywhere in the vast world, and uses the response of the masses and all things. Answer harmoniously and affectionately.
The memory of Premier Zhou and the recollection of Premier Zhou’s great achievements were combined to create a magnificent and touching artistic conception, gradually showing the touching scene of Premier Zhou’s heart-to-heart connection with the people, and expressing the people’s feelings towards Zhou The Prime Minister's infinite love and nostalgia deeply and warmly praised Premier Zhou's lofty qualities of devoting himself to the people.
In October 1976, the Party Central Committee smashed the "Gang of Four" in one fell swoop. The whole country celebrated and everyone told each other. To celebrate this great victory, the China Youth Art Theater held a large-scale evening party "Heroic October", in which "Premier Zhou, Where Are You" was recited on the stage for the first time in the form of a collective recitation.
This poem has been published in the English and French editions of "People's China" and "Chinese Literature". It has been included in various anthologies in memory of Premier Zhou, and was first broadcast by the Central People's Broadcasting Station. Most of the country's Radio broadcast. In February 1979, Sichuan People's Publishing House printed and published Ke Yan's thematic poetry collection "Premier Zhou, Where Are You?" ", with a cumulative print run of 140,000 copies, which set a record for the highest print run of a personal poetry collection that year.
About the author?
Ke Yan (1929-2011), formerly known as Feng Kai, female, Manchu, native of Zhengzhou, Henan. Contemporary writer and poetess. He once served as secretary of the Secretariat of the Chinese Writers Association. Representative to the 12th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, representative to the 8th and 9th National People's Congress, and honorary member of the 6th, 7th and 8th National Committee of the Chinese Writers Association.
Main representative works include the poem "Premier Zhou, where are you?" ", the novel "Searching for the Returned World", the reportage "Cancer≠Death", "Special Invited Representative", etc. She is known as an all-around writer in the Chinese literary world in the 20th century and won the "Soul of Chinese Contemporary Poetry Gold Award" in 2006.