Mao Zedong's poem describing the Long March is as follows:

The Red Army is not afraid of the difficulties of the expedition, and the thousands of rivers and mountains are just waiting for it. The five ridges are meandering and the waves are flowing, and the fog is majestic and the mud balls are walking.

The golden sand and water beat against the clouds and the cliffs are warm, while the iron cables crossing the Dadu Bridge are cold. I am even more happy that there is thousands of miles of snow in Minshan Mountain, and the three armies are all happy after the passing.

Background:

The poem was written in October 1935 when Mao Zedong led the Central Red Army to cross the Minshan Mountains. When the Long March was about to end in victory, he reviewed the difficulties and obstacles he had overcome since the Long March and wrote it with great pride. magnificent poem. In October 1934, after the failure of the fifth anti-"encirclement and suppression" campaign, the Red Army, the main force of the Central Committee, was forced to implement a strategic shift in order to escape the encirclement and pursuit of the Kuomintang troops, withdrawing from the central base area and embarking on the Long March.

Full text appreciation:

1. The first couplet goes straight to the point and praises the Red Army’s brave and tenacious revolutionary spirit of not being afraid of difficulties

This is the central idea of ??the whole article and also the whole article. The artistic tone of poetry. It is the beginning of the spiritual spring of the whole poem and the knot of the artistic conception of the whole poem. The word "not afraid" of the Long March poem is the poetic eye of the whole poem. "Just wait and see" strengthens and reiterates "not afraid"; "the expedition is difficult" encapsulates this extraordinary historical process, and "thousands of rivers and mountains" summarizes the "difficulty" of the poem. "The internal and external implications. "Just wait and see" is a light-weight, which shows the poet's commander-in-chief demeanor as he regards the enemies of nature as if they are like ladders, and plays with the enemies of society in the palm of his hand.

2. The four sentences of the chin couplet and the neck couplet describe the Red Army's victory over difficulties from the aspects of mountains and water respectively.

It is derived from the "Thousands of Mountains" and "Ten Thousands of Waters" in the above text. . According to the route of the Red Army's Long March, the poet chose four geographical names with typical significance. They are all famous natural dangers and highly summarized the "thousands of rivers and mountains" of the Red Army's Long March. "The five ridges are meandering and the waves are rolling, and the Wumeng is majestic and is walking on the Niwan." One couplet describes a mountain, but it is jokingly called a "Niwan." This also describes the Red Army's thousands-mile expedition, the brave and fearless revolutionary spirit, and is also a common heroic spirit of Chairman Mao The technique of imitation.

Then "The golden sand waves beat against the clouds and the cliffs are warm, and the iron cables across the Dadu Bridge are cold." The first couplet is about water, and it is also about the Red Army's conquest of water. The Red Army's crossing of the Jinshaque Nianjiang River and the Dadu River was of great significance in the history of the Long March. The pair of antonyms "warm" and "cold" in the neck couplet are two emotional acupuncture points carefully designed by the poet. The word "warm" is warm and joyful, expressing the excitement of overcoming difficulties; the word "cold" is cold and harsh, conveying the aftertaste after a narrow escape.

3. The last couplet is a response to the first couplet

The beginning is "not afraid" and the end is "more joy", which strengthens the theme and sublimates the purpose of the poem. "Gengxi" comes from the above and is also the emotional conclusion of the above. The Red Army crossed the Five Ridges, crossed Wumeng, crossed Jinsha, and captured Dadu, and fought their way out of the enemy's siege. It is naturally gratifying. "Beautiful Faces" describes the laughter of the three armies, which is the laughter of the impending final victory. It ends with this, further embodying the optimistic spirit of the whole poem.