Chapter 22 After reading Yu Dafu's "Man Jianghong"

On the edition of "Dongfeng" on September 18 this year, "Yu Dafu's Patriotic Poems" was published. There is a poem in it. For the convenience of reference, it is copied as follows: Worked by Man Jianghong in 1937 - Yuewu Mu Yun Weilie was used as the inscription on the wall of Qi Jiguang Temple in Yushan, Fujian.Draw the sword to light the Japanese pirates' gall, and move the clouds to point to the sky and the moon.Up to now, the leftover cakes have been conquered in the east, and the people are full of love. The shame of Kuaiji will eventually become snow.The three households of Chu taught Qin to destroy.May the heroic spirit live forever, and the world is safe.The class teacher by the stage is drunk with stone, and the Sizi by the pavilion is crying blood.Sprinkle tears into the sky for a thousand cups, Penglai Que. A popular light cake among the people, that is, the one made by Qi Jiguang in the time of the Japanese pirates to replace the rice.

This poem was written by Yu Dafu in 1937, I don't know if it was before or after "July 7th", in short, it has been twenty-five years!The day when this poem was published happened to be "September 18".Nowadays, we don't seem to care much about "September 18". The reason is that "Huaiji is ashamed, and it finally snows." "Strong", reorganized the country after the liberation from the beginning, diligently carried out socialist construction, and joined hands with the Japanese people to work together to defeat our common enemy, US imperialism.On September 9th, the Chinese Air Force, which has become more and more trained, shot down an American-made U-2 plane from high altitude. This kind of "Chinese prestige" that makes hundreds of millions of peace-loving people in the world applaud, the poet knows it when he is dead. How to rejoice; on the occasion of celebrating the thirteenth anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, read the two lines of "may the heroic spirits live forever, and the world is safe", thinking of our territory Taiwan, which is still under the control of the US imperialists, Today, we are not weeping and toasting the sky, but we are holding up thousands of pens like rafters, and together with the people all over the world who hate the US imperialists, we are trying to eliminate this culprit.And use the greatest strength!

Here, by the way, light cakes and Zhengdong cakes are mentioned. These two kinds of "Danliang" are not the same thing.The light cake is only as big as the mouth of a small teacup. It is made of leavened dough. There is a small hole in the middle. After baking, it can be threaded with a string and hung on the neck and upper arm. It is very convenient to pick it up and eat it.Zhengdong cakes are slightly larger than Guangbing cakes, a little sweet, and can be worn.These two kinds of cakes are very common in Fujian, just like Beijing sesame seed cakes, and their taste is as delicious as sesame seed cakes.As far as I know, among the most common cakes in our country, the ones directly related to patriotic deeds are Guangbing and Zhengdong cakes. The "cutting" of "Minhuai" made these two kinds of cakes popular in the places where they were created, and also made everyone think of the story of the patriotic hero Qi Jiguang when eating Guangbing and Zhengdong cakes every day. is profound.I hope that these two types of cake bait will continue to be popular among Fujian folks forever.

(This article was originally published in "Guangming Rifu" on September 29, 1962.)