This week, the 10th National Congress of the Chinese Writers Association is being held in Beijing, and the 107-year-old literary circle Ma Zhitu has participated in nine congresses before this, but this time due to the epidemic and physical reasons, he cannot participate. On December 15, Hou Zhiming, deputy head of the Sichuan delegation, secretary of the party group and executive vice chairman of the Sichuan Writers Association, forwarded Ma Zhitu's handwritten letter to Tie Ning, chairman of the China Writers Association.
Tie Ning (left) receives a handwritten letter from Ma Zhitu
Elder Ma said in his letter that not long ago, Tie Ning went to Chengdu, and when they met, he had promised to go to Beijing to attend the Tenth National Congress, but who knew that the evil disease had blocked him from the delegates' seat and could not come to participate, and he regretted it. Ma Zhitu said, suddenly remembering what he had said, "There is never the word 'surrender' in my dictionary. Therefore, he rose up, carefully selected words and sentences, and created a poem "Sending Qinyuan Spring" to congratulate the opening of the Tenth National Writers' Congress. The following is the original text of Ma Lao's poem:
Send Qinyuan Spring
Congratulations on the opening of the Tenth National Congress
A hundred flowers bloomed together, a hundred families competed, and the grand event was unprecedented. Look at handsome men and women, Beijing Yaju, old phoenix and new chicks, chorus competition. Masterpieces have been produced one after another, huge works have been written one after another, and the peak of art has risen first. Looking up, I saw that there were many talents and celebrities were envious.
Now in the past hundred years of great changes, we are "daring to teach the sun and the moon for a new day." We should sing the praises of the times, commend heroes, carry forward righteousness, and sing the main melody. People-oriented, innovation is obvious, leaders earnestly admonish and so on. Writers, quickly light up the screen flying pen, welcome the New Year.
Horse knows the way
He was 107 years old
9 December 2021 (129Th anniversary)
Ma Lao also specially noted that there are three sentences that he values more:
First, the peak of art has actually ascended to the forefront
Second, dare to teach the sun and the moon to change into a new day
Third, the leader advises him to wait for idleness
Red Star News reporter Chen Mou editor Jiang Qing Photo courtesy of Sichuan Writers Association
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