Cover news reporter Zhang Jie
On the afternoon of December 18th, the 2021 · 5th Chengdu International Poetry Week Du Fu Caotang Special Poetry Recitation Meeting with the theme of "Li Bai and Du Fu in World Time" was held at the Du Fu Caotang Museum in Chengdu. Before the chanting activities began, the poets approached the breath left by Du Fu and felt the poetic beauty in the warm winter sun. In the grass hall, Many foreign poets such as Anna, Irina, and Li Ge interacted with the "little sisters" wearing Hanfu and listened to them play folk music.
Irina is a Russian poet who has long lived in Beijing. This is her second participation in the Chengdu International Poetry Week. Irina said that during poetry week, she deeply felt the unique charm of Chengdu. Born in Rostov on the Don River in 1974, Irina began writing poetry at the age of 5. Since 2001, she has moved to China and has lived in Beijing ever since. He has published poems such as "The Swallow Becomes an Owl" and "The Book of Self-Writing", and has won many Russian awards such as the "Akhmatova Prize", the "Yesenin Prize" and the "Heritage Star" Award. She loves Du Fu Caotang, and for the theme of this poetry week, "Li Bai and Du Fu in World Time", she said that the works of Li Bai and Du Fu were the objects she began to read very early, "these two poets are the two peaks of traditional Chinese poetry." In my heart, they are equally great. It's hard to tell who's high and who's low. ”
Irina (4th from right) poses with Chinese poets
Li Ge is a poet and painter from Colombia. From 2006 to 2011, he studied at the Beijing Film Academy. He has lived in Beijing for a long time and married a Chengdu girl. "I am a son-in-law in Chengdu!" Almost every year, I return to Chengdu to visit my family. Li Ge said with a smile. Speaking of Li Bai and Du Fu, he revealed that when he studied Chinese, he often encountered their works, "The appreciation of these poems of them is deepened step by step. ”
Colombian poet Li Ge
The 5th Chengdu International Poetry Week is under the guidance of the Propaganda Department of the Chengdu Municipal Party Committee and the overseas edition of People's Daily, sponsored by the Chengdu Municipal Federation of Literature and Literature, Chengdu Radio and Television Station, Chengdu Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism, Sichuan Shuijingfang Co., Ltd., and co-organized by Chengdu Municipal Federation of Literature and Literature "Caotang" Poetry Publishing House, Chengdu Radio and Television Station News Comprehensive Channel (Chengdu Television Development Co., Ltd.) and other units.
Due to the epidemic prevention and control factors, many foreign poets have adopted the method of online video participation, sending their poems and good wishes to Chengdu through videos, and the foreign poets who can participate in the scene and offline are poets who teach or work and live in China.