On January 7, 2022, the first poets' Spring Festival Gala in Chongqing's history, the Chongqing School Poets Ensemble "Meijian Poetry Night", was grandly held at the Jiangjin Jiangji Winery Land Art Museum, where hundreds of Chongqing poets and cultural guests gathered to share the grand event of poetry.
At the event site, Zhao Xiaomeng, a famous poet from Chongqing who came from Chengdu, passionately recited the poem "There is Wine". Yu Yan, a famous poet from Chongqing who lives in Chengdu and Beijing, was pleased to serve as the guest of honor for the first Chongqing Poetry Magazine Youth Poetry Award.
△ Poet Zhao Xiaomeng
Zhao Xiaomeng:
The poetry and poets of Sichuan and Chongqing are extremely close in expression and feelings
Zhao Xiaomeng was born in Hechuan, Chongqing and now lives in Chengdu. As a "Chongqing cub", he was very happy and excited to return to his hometown this time because of Mei Jian's poetry night activity. Zhao Xiaomeng said: "If poetry is the expression of spiritual emotions, then wine is an outlet to help release emotions."
In Zhao Xiaomeng's heart, Chongqing is a very comfortable city, with mountains and waters, nostalgia, and a very deep cultural heritage, "For example, Li Bai, Du Fu, and Li Shangyin have all come to Chongqing, and modern Ba Jin and Guo Moruo have also come to Chongqing, it can be said that the literary peaks that have risen from the Tang and Song dynasties to modern times have a deep relationship with Chongqing."
Zhao Xiaomeng believes that the land of Chongqing has inspired countless poets, and has also shaped the hard-working, tenacious and courageous character of local poets, all of whom are as passionate as the rolling Yangtze River. Zhao Xiaomeng gave an example: "For example, the poet Li Haizhou, he looks casual, playful and rough on the surface, but his poetry is very delicate and gentle, with a rare Tang and Song poetry style, which is actually inseparable from the spiritual landscape nourishment of Chongqing." ”
△Poet Zhao Xiaomeng is passionately reciting the poem "There is Wine"
Speaking about the connection between Sichuan and Chongqing poetry, Zhao Xiaomeng said: Chengdu and Chongqing have always been two "poetry towns". The poetry of the two places can be said to be that you have me and I have you. One of the reasons for this relationship is that poets from both places always communicate "across regions". The poets Liang Ping, Yu Yan, Bai Hua, including Zhao Xiaomeng themselves came from Chongqing, and the poets Fu Tianlin, Liu Qingquan, Li Yuansheng, Wu Xiangyang and others came from Sichuan. This blend makes the poetry produced by the two places extremely close in expression and feeling.
Zhao Xiaomeng believes that the "Mei Jian Poetry Night" activity of the Chongqing Poets Group is very meaningful. He said: "Writing is something that everyone is very 'personal', so poets always write alone, but poetry cannot be passed on without communication and transmission." Through similar activities, you can huddle for warmth, group communication, and group development, which has greatly contributed to the development of poetry. ”
△ Poet Yuyan (first from right) and calligrapher Jiang Shengwu at the event
Parable:
Umemi Poetry Night is a pioneer in the development direction of poetry in the post-Internet era
Yu Yan, a well-known Chongqing poet who lives in Chengdu and Beijing, said that he will always be a Chongqing native and a Chongqing poet, and he believes that the Chongqing poet group Mei Jian Poetry Night has formed a huge brand, and this event has also "opened up the development direction of poetry in the post-Internet era".
△ Poet Yuyan (first from right) at the award ceremony
The parable says: "The relationship between poetry and wine is like fire and firewood, and wine is the fuel for poets to write poetry." Poets tend to love to drink, because drunken poets are often 'gibberish', and this 'gibberish' just fits the creative requirements of poetry. The glass of wine is in the belly, the human reason is closed, the sensibility is cathartic, and poetry is formed with this endless flow of emotions. ”
Speaking of the Chongqing School Poets Group and Mei Jian Poetry Night, he said: "Today, although poetry is relatively niche and marginalized, it is spiritual and advanced, and it is still full of tenacious vitality and artistic value. In the future, if poetry wants to develop better, it is imperative to break the circle, find a broader soil for survival, share poetry from the small circle of a group of people, and let more people understand poetry and fall in love with poetry. ”
The metaphor particularly emphasizes that this event can gather so many poets and use short videos to promote poetry, and the organizers of the event can be regarded as pioneers who open up the development direction of poetry in the video era. ”
Editor + Peng Qianlong