Hit the water in the middle of the stream, the fun is endless
Wang Zhensheng
"Hit the water in the middle of the stream, the fun is endless" is an award-winning essay I once published in the "Bieliang Evening News", recounting my joy of swimming on the Atlantic coast of Long Island in New York and "making waves" in the valley of the peaks and waves.
And in the "ocean" of writing, it is also a pleasure to interact with editors— the deep friendship between readers, authors and editors.
Kaifeng Daily has been around for 70 years, and its address has changed many times. At the end of the 1950s, when I was a student, I was an enthusiastic reader of Kaifeng Daily, and the newspaper was the spiritual accompaniment of my junior high school readers who "cherished the motherland and looked at the world". Every time I read the "Kaifeng Daily" of the day, the world situation is in full view, the city's news is relished, the supplement works are carefully savored, and the articles in each edition are wonderful. After entering high school, Kaifeng Daily Newspaper was in the northern neighbor of Kaifeng Yigao, where I studied in Dongsimen. Later, whether it was in the eastern section of Freedom Road, Laodong Road or today's Seventh Avenue in Songmenli, I went many times to submit articles.
Suddenly, a spring breeze came. After the third resumption of Kaifeng Daily in 1982, I still have a fondness for it, and I always feel that there are shortcomings in not reading the newspaper every day.
In the spring of 1982, I received a rejection letter from the editor of the supplement, Mr. Li Yunjiu, and I remember that it was written with a brush dipped in red ink: "1. Poetry is eternal." 2. Individual verses are still not refined. "I was overjoyed that a literature lover who was new to his studies was ordered by the editor while trekking through the border. Although this little poem did not appear in the newspaper, it aroused my passion for writing and is still unforgettable.
On April 14, 1985, one of my essays, "Acquaintance in Badaling," was published on the front page of Kaifeng Daily And Star Journal, which was a great encouragement for me to continue my literary creation. The article recounts my friendship with my Japanese friend Mr. Kunisaka Yoshida, and the manuscript was tempered repeatedly and published quickly after the trial submission. I was overjoyed to see my article become the ink-scented lead letters in the newspaper. I remember that at that time, the Star Journal had just been founded, and the director was Mr. Kim Ju-tae. The editor in charge is Gao Lianheng, a tall man and a very handsome young man.
Later, I participated in various essay collection activities held by the newspaper for many times, and won many awards for many articles, such as "Readers, Authors and Editors", "My Book Collection Experience", "This Page of History, Always Remember" and so on.
Over the years, many of my articles have been published in the press, and I have known many editors and formed deep friendships with each other. These editing comrades have worked hard to be a ladder for people and made wedding dresses for people, and their professionalism is invaluable. Whether the manuscript is published or not, regardless of whether the relatives are distant or distant, has always been based on quality.
"The friendship of gentlemen is as light as water". This divine water watered my poems into seedlings that broke through the soil in the Garden of Literature and Art, adding new greenery to the blossoming Kaifeng Wenyuan. It's poured out of my hard work and the hard work of the editors.
Riding the waves in the ocean of words, to the middle of the current hitting the water, the fun is endless!
(The author is a research librarian of Henan University Library and a member of Henan Writers Association.) ）
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