The first poem reflects the rampant schistosomiasis in the old society and the tragic experience of the working people in the epidemic area through the description of the bleak scene in the vast rural areas. The second one is a touching scene in which the broad masses of working people conquer nature, manage mountains and rivers, and fill ditches and kill snails on a large scale.
Although the whole poem is divided into two poems, it is actually an organic whole. The first poem is about the old society, and the second poem is about the new society, which plays a sharp contrast role. Its organization is like the ups and downs of a word, and the poem is vivid and profound, which is thought-provoking.
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Creation background
Schistosomiasis has been prevalent in China for more than 2,000 years, seriously endangering people's health. The central government attached great importance to the prevention and treatment of schistosomiasis, and around 1953, it sent more than 100 medical staff to yujiang county county, the hardest hit area, to eliminate schistosomiasis and cure more than 1000 people.
1on February 27th, 956, Supreme the State Council emphasized that "the whole party should mobilize and the whole people should mobilize to eliminate schistosomiasis", and wrote the eradication of schistosomiasis into Article 40 of the agricultural development program. In the same year, a leading group for schistosomiasis control was established in the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, and a large number of medical teams were sent to the epidemic areas to carry out schistosomiasis control.
This work has achieved remarkable results. The people of yujiang county County in the epidemic area put forward the slogan of "prepare for half a year, fight for half a year, and wrap up for half a year" to give full play to their enthusiasm and fight against the plague. Vigorously build water conservancy projects, fill gullies and eradicate breeding grounds for schistosomiasis. It took only two years to eradicate schistosomiasis.