"Red Flag Canal" by Ji Yun (Hongqi Canal Series Poem 1)

Red Flag Canal

Canal

Someone asked

Why is your name called HongqiQu

In my opinion

There must be a reason for your name

I don't see you

The banner of the party is the red flag

The flag of the Red Army is the Red Flag

The flag of the Republic is the red flag

This red flag

It is the fire that ignites the people and burns away the darkness

It is the torch that leads the poor to turn around and seek liberation

A place to raise a red flag

There will be a surge of hope

People who raise red flags

There will be an invincible creative drive

Raise the red flag

The masses of the people will be full of confidence and courage

The people of Linxian County can build a red flag canal on the cliffs

In that year, Chairman Mao received Yang Yang, secretary of the Linxian County CPC Committee

The construction of water conservancy in Linxian County is encouraged

Migrant workers repairing canals were at the construction site that year

Hand in hand mao selection in learning

A hundred thousand troops were drawn into Lin Zhan Taixing

Red flags fly up and down the hill

Jun did not see the red flag guiding

The cannons that opened the mountain rumbled and shook the sky

The canal repairers won the victory against all odds

Usher in the thriving new world of Linzhou today

You talk

This artificial river of heaven

How can we not call it the Red Flag Canal

———— was written in the autumn of 2018.