Like a dream
New Year’s Day
Year 1930
Ninghua, clear stream, naturalization, road pass forest deep moss slippery. Today, where to go directly to the bottom of Wuyi Mountain. Down the hill, down the hill, the wind shows the red flag like a picture.
[Interpretation], 1: Ru Meng Ling: is a kind of banner, is the tang after the Five Dynasties period ZhuangZong (that is, Li Cunxunxu) created the tune, the real name is "Yi Xian Zi", because there is a sentence in the word "like a dream, like a dream, the moon falls into smoke", it was renamed "Ru Meng Ling", later also known as "Yan Taoyuan", "No Dream Order", "Ruyi Ling" and so on.
2: Ninghua, in Sanming City, Fujian Province, is located in the western part of Fujian Province, at the eastern foot of Wuyi Mountain.
3: Qingliu, located in Sanming City, Fujian Province, on the south side of Wuyi Mountain.
4, naturalization, located in the northwest of Fujian Province, the eastern foothills of Wuyi Mountain.
【Background of the Times】In 1929, the main force of the Red Army went on an eastern expedition, established a base area in western Fujian, and conquered Shanghang County in Fujian in September. However, at that time, there were differences of opinion within the Red Fourth Army on the principles of army building and the establishment of base areas, and Mao Zedong was forced to leave the main leadership position of the Red Fourth Army in June and July. Three months later, the Party Central Committee corrected the mistakes of the former commander-in-chief of the Red Fourth Army, and in November Mao Zedong returned to the Red Fourth Army and resumed his position as the main leader. At the end of December, Mao Zedong presided over the Ninth Party Congress of the Red Fourth Army in Gutian Village, Shanghang, and a resolution drafted by himself was adopted at the meeting, namely the famous "Gutian Conference Decision" on correcting the erroneous thinking within the Party. This meeting unified thinking and laid the foundation for consolidating and developing the Red Army and the revolutionary base areas. The growth of the revolutionary forces aroused great fear among the reactionaries. At the beginning of this meeting, Chiang Kai-shek instigated Jin Handing in Jiangxi, Liu Heding in Fujian, Chen Weiyuan in Guangdong, and other reactionary troops to organize the "suppression of the three provincial capitals" and launch an offensive against the base areas in western Fujian. In order to smash the enemy's conspiracy attempts, the meeting decided: The Red Fourth Army will carry out a strategic transfer, the local armed forces will remain in western Fujian to persist in the struggle, and Mao Zhu will lead the Red Fourth Army to march in the direction of Jiangxi separately, to Jiangxi to carry out guerrilla warfare and expand the revolutionary base area. In the spring of 1930, Mao Zedong led a part of the Red Fourth Army from Gutian, north through Liancheng, Ninghua, Qingliu, Naturalization and other places, and crossed the Wuyi Mountains to reach Jiangxi. The "suppression of the three provincial capitals" once again declared bankruptcy. This day happens to be the first day of the first lunar month, which used to be called New Year's Day. The soldiers of the Red Army celebrated the Spring Festival and celebrated the victory, and the atmosphere was very warm. Mao Zedong was also very excited, recalling the conquest of the past month, and the scene of the arduous trek from western Fujian to gannan appeared in front of the poet's eyes and improvised this poem.
【Art Appreciation】 The main feature of this song writing method is that it is near and far, and it uses white painting techniques to show a very similar picture of the march. The rapid, hidden and difficult characteristics of the march. The three place names at the beginning of the word outline the route of this march, concise and powerful, and fully express the speed of the march. It is a novel and chic way of writing, unprecedented in poetry. The three counties listed in the word are only typical. Along the way, "road pass", "forest deep", "moss slippery", there are many difficulties, in order to be surprising, it was decided to take this road that the enemy could not imagine, which was more difficult. Of course, all these difficulties were not enough to stop the heroic Red Army from advancing. These two sentences are a total of 12 words, two words a meal, especially the second sentence is composed of three main verb structure of the phrase, so that the rhythm of writing is bright, which coincides with the urgency of the march. It reads sonorously and powerfully, as if you are immersed in the scene.
"Where today is, pointing directly to the bottom of Wuyi Mountain" is a transitional sentence from near and far. Use a question-and-answer sentence pattern to clearly point out the direction of the advance of this mighty army. After the Gutian Conference, the Red Army had a new atmosphere. In order to highlight that "today" is different from before the Gutian Conference, Mao Zedong specially asked here "where is today?" to make people feel refreshed, and then replied "pointing directly to the bottom of Wuyi Mountain", which was sonorous and powerful. The word "pointing directly" fully demonstrates firm confidence and certainty of victory.
"Under the mountain, under the mountain, the wind shows the red flag like a picture", the author led the Red Army to Wuyi Mountain, ascended to the far horizon, only to see the red flag under the mountain waving in the wind between the pines and cypresses, rolling torrents, and is advancing forward with an unstoppable momentum. This is a very magnificent picture, very contagious and inspiring.
In addition, the combination of highly generalized words and specific depictions is both concise and specific, full of changes and full of charm to read. "Ninghua, Qingliu, and Naturalization" clearly wrote out the marching route of the three counties. The sentence "Pointing directly to the bottom of Wuyi Mountain" writes how crisp it is to reach the destination of the march. "The road pass forest is deep and slippery" and "the wind exhibition red flag is picturesque", the description is meticulous, showing the scene at that time in front of the reader, enhancing the appeal of the work.
Mao Zedong read cordially with the peasants in Yan'an