Ai Qing’s famous work is “Dayan River—My Nanny”. In 1933, he published a long poem "Dayan River—My Nanny" for the first time under the pseudonym Ai Qing. It was a sincere emotion and fresh poetic style that caused a sensation in the poetry world.
After that, he published poetry collections such as "North", "Dayan River", "Torches", "Dawn Notice", "Cheers", "Gem Red Star", "Spring", etc., with vigorous writing and strong emotions, expressing his love for the motherland. and the sentiments of the people. Poetry collections after liberation include "A Collection of Cheers" and "Hymn of Light".
Creative Characteristics
Ai Qing’s works generally describe symbolic things such as the sun, torches, and dawn, showing Ai Qing’s hatred of the darkness and terror of the old society and his love for dawn and dawn. The yearning and pursuit of light and hope. Starting from his love for rural working people and his desire to be close to them, Ai Qing has been presenting his most sincere poetry to them for more than ten years.
Ai Qing's poetry inherits the fine tradition of the "May Fourth" new literature with its characteristics of being closely integrated with reality and full of fighting spirit. It also becomes an important harvest for the development of new poetry with its exquisite and innovative artistic style.
This not only reflects the author's artistic talent, but also bears in mind his serious and arduous artistic practice. In his poetry, his full enterprising spirit and rich life experience bring vividness. Ai Qing's poems have distinct and profound images. As the poem ends, the image is completed. Image not only refers to people, but also includes the visualization of objects, thoughts, etc.