Chapter 34 great friendship

When I came back from the Soviet Union, my family and neighbors surrounded me enthusiastically without unloading my luggage, and they rushed to ask me about my visit and what kind of things in the Soviet Union impressed me the most.Where should I start?My heart is hot, and memories bring tears of gratitude to my eyes.The people of the Soviet Union really love us like an ocean!Let me start with their lofty spirit of internationalism and their ardent friendship with the Chinese people. My personal feeling is that when you are in the Soviet Union, you will never feel like a guest. Once you step on the land of this great ally, you will be surrounded by the warm current of the sea of ​​people.In this warm current, there are leaders of party and government agencies, workers, farm workers, teachers, writers... there are old people with gray hair, and there are children who have not lost their milk teeth.They treat guests from China as if they were welcoming brothers and sisters they haven’t seen for many years, bouquets of flowers, pictures one by one, delicate gifts one by one, red scarves one by one... Stuffed into our arms, tied around our necks; they hugged us, kissed us, and sent us their kindest and warmest inquiries, which dazzled us.

During our three weeks in the Soviet Union, we received meticulous care.During our visits, the comrades in charge of the party and government agencies, factories, farms, schools... all took the time to introduce the construction of these units to us, which gave us a deep understanding. At the same time, they are also very concerned about China's construction situation, and they regard China's achievements as their own achievements, and cheer for them.When the comrades in charge of leading the people's communes in our delegation reported the harvest achievements of the people's communes to the members of the collective farm, the audience cheered thunderously, and tears glistened on their excited and joyful faces. Are you deeply moved by the emergence of sincere emotions related to solidarity?

We were particularly moved by the just and fierce sense of common hatred and hatred shown by the Soviet people in the struggle of the Chinese people against the U.S. imperialist occupation of the Chinese territory of Taiwan and the Taiwan Strait.They said with one voice, "Invading China is invading the Soviet Union." What a great and lofty spirit of internationalism this is! The most memorable are those occasions of mass gatherings.Needless to say, the gathering dedicated to welcoming us is always extremely lively.But twice in Moscow and once in Kyiv, instead of a meeting dedicated to welcoming us, we went to see vaudeville, ballet and cabaret performances, as theater managers, directors and directors of cabaret and concerts, announced on stage When the delegation of the working people of China was present and congratulated us, the audience applauded and cheered, and stood up twice.This kind of heartfelt and natural love for the Chinese people made us suddenly surprised and excited, and we didn't know how to express our gratitude.

At the various rallies that welcomed us, we also saw how much the Soviet people loved Chinese literature and art.They recited Lu Xun's works, played Chinese tunes, sang Chinese songs, and danced Chinese dances such as fan dance and lantern dance, and performed very wonderfully.The Belarusian Opera House in Minsk is also preparing to stage the opera "The White-haired Girl" on the 10th anniversary of our National Day.The theater manager said to us with great enthusiasm: "The Soviet people are very concerned about the lives of the Chinese people. Therefore, we must use stage art to promote our people's understanding of the Chinese people." We found that the Soviet people's understanding of the Chinese people is Very deeply, they pay close attention to all news about China in newspapers and magazines, listen to Chinese radio, and love Chinese dramas and movies.I saw Cao Yu's "Thunderstorm" staged in the street market of Moscow

and the advertisement for the movie "Mei Lanfang's Stage Art".In bookstores all over the country, we can see modern and ancient Chinese literature books published in various national languages ​​of the Soviet Union.A writer told me that during the era of the Soviet regime, the Soviet Union published 443 works by Chinese writers, with a total of 22,613,000 volumes.What a huge number of prints! Soviet writers are very interested in the creative life of Chinese writers in the construction of our motherland.At the welcome meeting of the Kyiv Writers Association, everyone surrounded our young writer Ma Feng and asked him about his writing after he became the secretary of the county party committee. Everyone beamed with joy and raised their glasses to congratulate, as enthusiastic and happy as a happy event at home!

The friendly atmosphere of this big communist family is no exception in factories, farms...etc.In the precision electrical instrument factory in Kyiv, the report given by the factory director was as cordial as a family conversation, combining the production situation of the factory with the inventions and creations of Chinese students studying abroad under the guidance of Soviet experts.When he mentioned that visitors from capitalist countries were too surprised to believe Chinese instruments, while visitors from Asian and African countries admired them from the bottom of their hearts, his face shone with joy and pride. Vividly expresses the enthusiasm of flesh and blood.While we were moved, we also thought that this was not unique.From the mouths of Chinese students studying in the Soviet Union, we also heard how they were generally loved and helped by the teachers, classmates and staff brothers of the Soviet Union.This is how the Soviet people cultivated talents as they cultivated their own children.

When we recall the great friendship of the Soviet people to us, we will never forget the beautiful flowers irrigated by the Soviet people with the lofty spirit of internationalism—the children of the Soviet Union!In Leningrad, we visited the Shaoxian Palace named after Zhdanov.All members of our delegation thought that afternoon was the most memorable and youthful afternoon for us. In the Young Pioneers Palace, hundreds of young pioneers enthusiastically danced with us hand in hand, sang the song "Moscow-Beijing" with us, took us to visit the planetarium and fairy tale hall in the palace...and recited for us Pushkin's poems.Because there were other meetings in the evening, we had no choice but to take the red scarves they tied for us, shake hands and say goodbye to them, and left this beautiful and lively place.That night, we all fell asleep soundly with joy.

On our way from the Republic of Belarus to the Republic of Ukraine, we passed a small town called Bachmachi, which belongs to Ukraine and Chernigov Oblast, and stopped there for three hours.To our surprise, a welcome crowd gathered at the station, more than half of them were elementary school students, and there were always about one or two hundred people.They surrounded us, held our hands with smiles, and gave us many pictures with their names and addresses written on them, hoping to correspond with us.A young pioneer also gave us a welcome speech.It was a very cold day, and there were scattered snowflakes floating in the sky from time to time, but the children were full of enthusiasm and kept laughing. They held our hands, and seven or eight people lined up in a large group and took a walk on the station square. Three hours!

At the friendship evening held for us by the Ukrainian Association for Foreign Literature and the Soviet Union-China Friendship Association, young pioneers and kindergarten children gave speeches.They are dressed in bright national costumes: the girls wear flower crowns with fluttering ribbons, and the boys wear embroidered lace shirts and black shorts, looking extremely neat and energetic under the lights.The children came to the stage to face the audience and recited their congratulations and wishes in turn. We only saw that everyone in the audience was smiling and cheering, and one sentence especially won the applause of the audience.We asked the Soviet friends sitting next to us in a low voice, only to realize that this sentence was "May the children in China live to be a thousand years old!" Afterwards, they presented us flowers and tied red scarves on us.We were deeply moved, and we hugged them warmly, and we couldn't let go of them for a long time!

The last meeting with the children was in the No. 1 Kindergarten of the Arsenal Factory in Kyiv.From all aspects of management equipment, this kindergarten is very good. We can see Chinese hanging paintings in almost every game room.The children rushed to point it out to us and said, "This is your Chinese child!" The director told us with a smile that they often copied Chinese paintings and told them Chinese children's stories to make them care about Chinese children. life.After we visited room by room, in the music room, the children performed many songs and dances for us, and recited for us. They recited:

We welcome guests from far away to visit our country. May our congratulations be spread all over the world, and our warm greetings be spread to the Chinese children far away. Although we are separated by thousands of mountains and rivers, we will always be sisters and brothers. ... We send our greetings to the children of China, and we wish Mao Zedong a long life. When we heard the name of our beloved leader sang from dozens of bright red flower-like mouths, our eyes were moistened with love and excitement! What more can I say?The lofty and great friendship of the people cultivated by the great Lenin and the glorious Communist Party of the Soviet Union made our visit a profound memory that we will never forget! Woke Up Spring". )