Dayan and I raised a family by raising me.
I grew up on your milk,
Dayanhe, my nanny.
Yes, Ai Qing's poem Dayan River, My Nanny is one of the most unforgettable poems in my middle school. I still remember that he was called "the poet who plays the flute" for this reason. At that time, I was still thinking about the poet playing the reed flute, playing the kind of music surging in the blood by the Dayan River, and affectionately shouting "Dayan River, my nanny". I think the poet is crying.
Dayanhe, My Nanny is also the clarion call for Ai Qing to formally enter the literary world of the times. She is a nurturer of life, a grateful person with hardworking people, and has come to the times. This poet from Jinhua, Zhejiang, is covered in blood, for his beloved hometown and motherland.
Ai Qing has a poet's sense of melancholy, but also takes "the earth" and "the sun" as images. This reminds me of an ancient writer, Fan Zhongyan, who said, "Worry about the world first, and enjoy it later." . The profound image is that he is full of deep love for his motherland. The poets of "Grey", "Yellow", "White" and "Turbid" have a real understanding of nature and also reflect the feedback of that era.
"Why do I always have tears in my eyes, because I love this land deeply?" Ai Qing abandoned the slightly detached imagination of modern poetry school in the style of free poetry school. He returned to the land, the peasants and the times, leaving a deep footprint and tone in the history of China's poetry.
It is difficult to determine his position in the history of modern poetry in China, but I know that he is not only a poet, but also has attainments and opinions on painting, literature and art. Before the founding of New China, he taught in the Literature Department of Lu Xun College of Literature and Art in Yan 'an and edited Poetry Magazine. After the founding of New China, he served as the deputy editor of People's Literature. Most of his poems reflect the suffering and fate of the nation and the working people, and reflect the real life and struggle of the grassroots people. It shows the yearning for a better future and eulogizes a better future. Its style is rich and simple, with its own characteristics. He is the author of a collection of poems, Towards the Sun, Dayan River, North China, Song of Return, Poetry Criticism on Poetry, novel Oasis Notes, and translation of Yuan Ye and the City. It advocates the unity of content and form and the unity of nationality in poetry theory. At this point, Ai Qing's position should be decided by the people, not by individuals!