Having had ambitions for a long time, I returned to Jinggang Mountain.

Excerpted from Mao Zedong's "Shui Tiao Ge Tou: Return to Jinggang Mountains"

The full text is as follows:

It has been a long-standing ambition to reach Jinggang Mountains again. After traveling thousands of miles to find the old place, the old appearance has changed into a new one. There are singing and dancing birds everywhere, gurgling water, and the high road reaches the clouds. After crossing Huangyangjie, there is no need to look at dangerous places.

The wind and thunder are shaking, the flags are flying, it is the world. Thirty-eight years have passed in a blink of an eye. You can go up to the nine heavens to catch the moon, you can go down to the five oceans to catch turtles, and you can talk and laugh and return in triumph. Nothing is difficult in the world, as long as you are willing to climb.

Translation

I have had great ambitions since childhood, and today I climbed Jinggang Mountain again. I have traveled thousands of miles to visit this homeland. This land has changed a lot and is no longer what it used to be. There are new late spring scenes of orioles singing and swallows flying everywhere, as well as gurgling water and winding mountain roads that go straight into the clouds. After passing the Huangyangjie Pass, there are no dangers to be seen.

The wind and thunder are moving, the flags are fluttering, this is the world. Thirty-eight years have passed, and time flies by like a snap of a finger. You can fly into the sky to pick up the moon, or you can dive into the ocean to catch fish and turtles, and sing triumphant songs to return the favor while talking and laughing. There is nothing difficult in the world, as long as you are determined to climb it.

Extended information

The poet uses line drawing techniques to not only echo the previous article "Revisiting Jinggang Mountains" and point out the time of departure; he also condenses the distance in time and space to express the rich emotions of recalling the present and recalling the past. For thirty-eight years, under the leadership of the Communist Party of China led by Mao Zedong, the indomitable sons and daughters of China withstood severe tests of blood and fire, life and death, including the Anti-Japanese War, the War of Liberation, and the New Democracy and Socialist Revolutions. and building rich connotations.

The land of China has undergone earth-shaking changes. This "past" seems easy to "flick", but it is full of heavy sacrifices and touching poems. The fruits of victory are hard-won. This is just the first step in a long journey of thousands of miles.

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