On the morning of June 1, 1956, Chairman Mao swam the Yangtze River for the first time, and it was also the first time that he crossed the Yangtze River by swimming. That evening, Chairman Mao and his party stayed at the East Lake Hotel and ate a local special dish, "steamed bream."
Afterwards, Chairman Mao happily found the chef Yang Chunqing and told the other party: This kind of "bream" was called "Wuchang fish" in ancient times, and Cen Shan in the Tang Dynasty and Matsu in the Yuan Dynasty often used it to write poems, which shows its long history.
As he was speaking, Chairman Mao took out a newly filled poem from his pocket, "Water Tune Song Head: Swimming", gave it to Yang Chunqing, and praised him once again: "The fish is very good, I can't write poetry without eating the Wuchang fish you made." ”
Of course, this is only Chairman Mao's praise for Yang Chunqing. Because this song "Water Tune Song Head Swimming" was actually written long before Chairman Mao ate the "steamed bream".
Although the beginning of "Water Tune Song Head Swimming" does mention "Wuchang fish", "Wuchang fish" is not the focus of the word, it is just an "element" that shows the landscape painting of the new China construction cause. So, what exactly does this song say?
Appreciation of "Water Tune Song Head Swimming"
"Water Tune Song Head Swimming"
Only to drink Changsha water, but also eat Wuchang fish.
Thousands of miles of the Yangtze River crossed, extremely eye Chu Tianshu.
No matter the wind and waves, it is better to walk idly, and today it is more than enough.
Son in Kawakami: The deceased is like a sif!
The wind is moving, the turtle and snake are quiet, and the grand plan is raised.
A bridge flys north and south, and the graben changes its path.
More erect the stone wall of the West River, cut off the clouds and rain of Wushan Mountain, and the high gorge comes out of Ping Lake.
The goddess should be unharmed, and be amazed by the world.
Vernacular Translation:
Not long after drinking the sweet water in Changsha's "White Sand Well", I tasted Wuchang's specialty "bream". When crossing the Yangtze River, look up at how vast the sky in Hubei is.
No matter how many storms and waves there are, as long as you bravely run and fight, it is better than taking a leisurely walk in the back garden. Not to mention that it is rare today, busy and idle. Confucius said: Time is like flowing water, hurrying by.
The sails paddle on the river, and the Turtle Mountain and the Snake Mountain behind it stand quietly opposite each other. The grand plan of transforming the century unfolds between this picturesque landscape. A bridge was lifted into the air, opening up the graben between the north and south of the Yangtze River.
Then build a dam on the west boundary of the Yangtze River, cut off the white clouds and rainwater on nawu Mountain, and turn the high Three Gorges into a large lake as flat as a mirror. If the water god in charge of Wushan were still alive, he would be surprised by today's changes.
The "Wuchang fish" mentioned in the word is now called "Tuantou Bream". During the Three Kingdoms period, Sun Hao, the king of Wu, wanted to move the capital from Jianye to Wuchang. So he ordered someone to find this fish, make it into a delicacy, and ask the courtiers to taste it, hoping to persuade everyone to agree to move the capital.
Therefore, the minister Lu Kai quoted the folk nursery rhyme "Rather drink Jianye water than eat Wuchang fish" to express his opposition. Chairman Mao used this allusion in his words, but the reference to "Wuchang fish" here does not have any special meaning.
According to Hu Ping, a staff member of Chairman Mao's special plane, the song "Water Tune Song Head And Swim" was written when the special plane arrived over Wuhan from Changsha. The reference to "Changsha water" and "Wuchang fish" in the words is only to show that Chairman Mao has been constantly running between the two places for several days.
In fact, before Chairman Mao flew to Wuchang, he did inspect the construction process of the Yangtze River Bridge in the Changsha area. At the same time, it is also because of the aerial view of the earth from the plane that the words will write such verses as "the wind is moving, the turtle and the snake are quiet, and the grand plan is up".
"No matter how the wind blows and the waves, it is better than idly strolling, and today it is more than enough" three sentences, which are introducing the international political background at the time of the creation of this song. In 1956, it was a period of intensification of Sino-Soviet contradictions.
After Stalin's death, the Khrushchev clique, out of fear, compromised with the Western forces and constantly attacked and smeared Stalin and the dictatorship of the proletariat.
In the face of the continuous deterioration of the situation of class struggle at home and abroad, Chairman Mao believes that a little bit of storm can arouse the fighting spirit of the revolutionaries in their hearts. Let us redouble our revolutionary enthusiasm for the construction of new China.
The construction of the Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge and the construction of the Three Gorges Dam, relying on the spirit of "Yugong moving mountains", opened up the grabens in the north and south of the Yangtze River, and then cut off the clouds and water vapor on the top of Wushan Mountain. Such a magnificent water conservancy project was completely unimaginable to the ancient Zheng Qu and Li Bing.
The "Goddess of Wushan" mentioned in the word comes from ancient Chinese mythology. In Song Yu's pen, this Goddess of Wushan can "do the clouds and rain in the twilight", and it is the water god who is in charge of the rain in the Wushan area.
But in Chairman Mao's words, the Three Gorges Dam was able to cut off the clouds and rain above Mount Wushan. If the goddess of Wushan had lived until now, she would have been surprised to see the scene in China today.
With this poem, Chairman Mao praised the cause of the construction of New China, and the grand vision, the transformation of time and space, and the handover of reality and mythology were all written in an extremely natural way.
At the end, "The goddess should be unharmed, and when the world is shocked", it fully shows a pioneering human hero who ridicules and teases the gods. Judging from the above indications, Chairman Mao was in a very relaxed mood when he composed this song "Water Tune Song Head And Swimming".
Chairman Mao has always been very approachable in his life, especially in the face of ordinary people, and there is no lack of humor. When he swam the Yangtze River, he was in a particularly happy mood. So he praised Yang Chunqing's cooking skills and gave this song as a gift.
As a chef, Yang Chunqing, after getting the "Water Tune Song Head And Swimming" given to him by Chairman Mao, was overjoyed, and everyone said that he used a dish and exchanged it for a word from Chairman Mao.
Although Chairman Mao's "Water Tune Song Head Swimming" was not created for Yang Chunqing's "steamed bream". However, Yang Chunqing really got chairman Mao's handwritten copy of "Water Tune Song Head Swimming" because he made a dish.
Since then, Yang Chunqing and the East Lake Hotel's "steamed bream" have become famous. Later, after Chairman Mao returned to Zhongnanhai, he sent this song "Water Tune Song Head Swimming" to his friend Zhou Shizhao. After Zhou Shizhao got this word, he was also happy.
Because Zhou Shizhao wrote a poem "Passing Xuchang" six years ago, Chairman Mao wrote to Zhou Shizhao, saying, "I often remember the autumn wind passing through Xuchang's sentence, and I can't answer it.", so he casually sent the newly filled words to him.
In this way, Zhou Shizhao also believes that this "Water Tune Song Head Swimming" was specially written by Chairman Mao to himself, and he also feels beautiful in his heart. Of course, Chairman Mao's words are so well written that whoever gets the words he copied by himself will inevitably have to be "self-indulgent."
epilogue
The lyrics of "Water Tune Song Head Swimming" were not originally written by Chairman Mao after eating Yang Chunqing's "steamed bream". However, Chairman Mao did give away his completed "Water Tune Song Head Swimming" because of Yang Chunqing's good cooking skills.
Chairman Mao has always been very concerned about the staff around him. He clearly knew what a handwritten copy of his handwritten book would bring to a chef, so he deliberately said to Yang Chunqing, "If you don't eat the Wuchang fish you make, I can't write poetry."
At the same time, Chairman Mao also helped "WuchangYu" and Yang Chunqing to set up an "advertisement" together. Because of Chairman Mao's propaganda and recognition, many years later, "Wuchang fish" became a home-cooked dish on people's dinner tables, and Yang Chunqing also became a famous chef.