1958, Jia Xian, who was only 18 years old, wrote a poem "Why the Red Flag is Floating on the Cloud", which was published in the second issue of Red Flag magazine. Guo Moruo wrote a special praise for this poem in the fourth issue of Red Flag magazine. According to the Records of Shan County, the folk song "Why is the Red Flag Floating on the Cloud" written by the peasant poet Jia Xian was published in 1958 Red Flag magazine. Guo Moruo spoke highly of it, and was also hired as a high school Chinese textbook and the lyrics of the theme song of the movie "A Thousand Miles in a Day". "This folk song was later included in the book Red Flag Ballad edited by Zhou Yang, Minister of Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee, and its title was changed to Go to Heaven tomorrow. Excerpts are as follows:
White clouds are floating in the sky,
Red flags are flying on the clouds,
Whether the heavenly soldiers started the war,
Why is the red flag floating on the clouds?
Look carefully, look carefully,
Hey! The members cultivated land on the mountainside.
With a blue sky and a pickaxe in his hand,
Running all over the mountain in the clouds.
Competing with god,
Shouts broke through the cloud nine.
Grow grain on hard stones,
Xiantao is planted on white clouds.
The sun came out in surprise,
Scared the tigers and wolves to flee everywhere.
I'm going to heaven to make trouble tomorrow,
Take Tianhe and Shuixiantao.
(Quoted from Red Flag Ballad)
At that time, the folk songs of Shanxian County in Shandong Province were signed. At that time, there were basically no works signed by individuals, and all of them were written by the names of units or collectives. You know, this poem by Jia Xian had a great influence at that time. It's great to be published in Red Flag magazine! Red Flag is the official publication of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. At that time, together with People's Daily and People's Liberation Army Daily, it was called "two newspapers and one publication", which was the organ newspaper of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. It was also a great thing to get the appreciation of the literary giants Guo Moruo and Zhou Yang at that time and be selected into the book Red Flag Ballad. This poem is known to people in their sixties and seventies in Shan County.
1964 One day, his first book of poetry will be published by Shandong People's Publishing House, with the contribution fee of 600 yuan. 600 yuan, this is an amazing number. I'm afraid it's equivalent to 20 thousand or 30 thousand now, and it may be stranded because of the outbreak of the Cultural Revolution. It's a pity. He got help from literary superstars such as Guo Moruo, Zhou Yang and Miao Deyu, and gave him guidance in writing in correspondence. Because of contact with these so-called poisonous weeds, Jia Xian was labeled as "Rightist" when the Cultural Revolution came. Since then, his fate has plummeted and he has not found a wife. Until now, he is 70 years old and naturally has no children. He wandered the streets alone, with no pension and no pension.
Jia Xian is good at writing folk songs, and many of his poems are influenced by folk songs in northern Shaanxi. As he wrote about a trip to Hunan:
Thousands of years of waves and the shadow of Shui Ying.
The mother river Xiangjiang River flows northward.
Song of Beiliu Xiangjiang Beiliu
Without Xiangjiang River, there would be no new China.
Dongting Lake Smoke Waves Xiangjiang Waves
Shaoshan rushed out of a red sun.
Xiangjiang white sail, Dongting Lake boat
Huaminglou has produced a good leader.
Pick a beautiful Xiangjiang River.
Huaminglou's great achievements gave birth to the national emblem.
Pick a Xiangjiang spray to embroider Ayabeni.
The five-star red flag is the blood of Shaoshan.
Sprinkle a cave, and the smoke will be stronger.
A few times, I picked up huaminglou with my hands.
Sprinkle a longer mist and rain in Dongting.
I picked up the red sun in my dreams several times.
The red sun in Shaoshan and the moon in huaminglou.
Today's Dongting still loves to sing the songs of leaders.
Sunglow in huaminglou and pine trees in Shaoshan.
The two sides of Xiangjiang River still listen to Dongfanghong.
Don't forget to bring a Xiangjiang wave when you go home.
In the reform, he can make every poor family rich.
Don't forget to bring a huaminglou cloud when you go back to your hometown.
In opening up, he can lift the poor out of poverty.
A sip of Shaoshan's rushing water will make you a god.
You can walk from Orange Island to Tiananmen Square.
Take a sip of water from huaminglou and become immortal.
New rivers and mountains can be embroidered everywhere in China.
Xiangjiang wine, Dongting Lake cup.
Don't forget the revolutionary veterans in huaminglou.
High-rise buildings by the lake, Xiangjiang lights.
You can't forget Shaoshanchong when you are well-off and rich.
Jia Xian, who is poor but not frustrated, lonely but not bored and sad, never feels inferior. Political mistakes hit him, his lover is far away from him, and he always treats everything with a sincere heart. He said: people are responsible for me, I am responsible for others, life is responsible for me, and I am responsible for life. Poetry is all I have, I am poetry, and poetry is me.
Attachment: Interview with Mr. Lu Lingfei (Jia Xianzuo);
Wear Huang Helang at night,
Visiting Jinxiang thousands of miles away.
With the same ambition,
Tao and love are long-lasting.