Chapter 13 children's work

On the eve of International Children's Day, newspapers and periodicals published children's works, articles, and pictures.It's really exciting to see, and I like it.I even thought, why do newspaper editors always nervously ask adults for manuscripts every year on Children's Day?If more children's own works are published at this time of year, it will be refreshing. The children have been observed and encouraged, and the adults have also been happy and inspired. Literary and artistic works are the barometer of the times, and they inevitably reflect the thoughts and feelings of the society at that time. For example, the article written by the child Tong Tianqi (People's Daily, page 6, May 29, 1962), He said, "Good rain!

I really want to thank you, you work generously for the harvest, you are as beautiful as the winter snow, what benefits you have brought to agriculture! ","rain!How wonderful it would be if you always go underground like this in time! ’ He said what was in our hearts, but in shorter, more forceful sentences, like “Good rain! " is the applause from the heart of joy. "Rain! " is the pleading "one more" after the applause! In addition, when he described the rain, he also had very vivid sentences, such as "the raindrops kept hitting the ground, as if there was a big watering can in the sky, bathing the earth". Seeing this, I Smiled, if I wrote rain, I would not be able to think of such a sentence? I seem to see this fifth grade kid, under the shower faucet, with wet short hair stuck to his forehead, laughing loudly, Use both hands to wipe away the drops of water from the eyes... I also love to see the pictures drawn by children, they are so bold, so full of imagination, and full of life, not bound by "rules and precepts" at all. For example, the five-year-old The cat drawn by the painter Huang Heini - the one who won the first prize in the 2nd International Children's Art Exhibition was very energetic, and the pair of glowing eyes were surprisingly bright!

That brilliance and that shape cannot be obtained from "copying".Also, when young painters title their paintings, they are often unexpected, reasonable, and amazing. For example, Huang Heini called her painting of three children looking at flowers "" You can only see but not pick it", which also includes her views on how children should appreciate flowers! Seeing the moving works of the children, apart from admiring them, what best expresses our joy and gratitude is the sentence "Children in Mao Zedong's era were happy".Our tender buds will surely bloom in full bloom in broad daylight and in good weather, but as the previous generation, we are still everyone's responsibility.In order to care for our lovely successors, we must carefully and deeply induce them to walk on the path of nature, freshness, simplicity and health in our own positions.

(This article was originally published in "Beijing Evening News" on June 3, 1962.)