Writing background:
Jinggangshan is known as "the cradle of the Chinese revolution" and "the cornerstone of the Chinese People's Republic of China." As one of the demonstration bases for patriotism education in China, it has also become an ideal classroom for revolutionary traditional education and patriotism education. In June 2009, the poet came to Jinggangshan, deeply remembered the great achievements of the older generation of revolutionaries, traced the footprints left by the Red Army, and wrote this poem.
Original text:
Jinggang Green Bamboo
Ran Changchun
Two clumps of bamboo in the red soil of Ciping, with roots breaking through the rock and thousands of poles sprouting out.
With his head cut off and his remaining body still holding up a fire, a torch can set a prairie fire across Kyushu.
Notes:
① Ciping: In October 1927, Mao Zedong led the Chinese Workers’ and Peasants’ Revolutionary Army to Ciping and established the first rural revolutionary base. Ciping became the center of the Jinggangshan military base area and the seat of the party, government, and military leading organs and rear units of the entire revolutionary base area.
②You: still, still.
③Jiuzhou: one of the nicknames of China. The ancient Chinese divided the country into nine regions, so it was called "Jiuzhou".
④Shu: stretch, stretch. There is a sense of pride and liberation here.