Chapter 52 people of the world and beijing

The topic of "Me and Beijing" has turned in my mind countless times. It's not that I don't have any articles to write, but I don't know where to start.Can a person who has lived in Beijing for most of his life have nothing to say about today's glorious Beijing in the eyes of people all over the world? I sat in front of the window, picked up a pen, suppressed the boiling emotions, and thought quietly: Because I have spent most of my life in Beijing, I have countless ties to it, and I have strangely complicated emotions for her. , especially today, fourteen years after liberation, no matter where I write from, I can't describe her earth-shaking changes in a comprehensive way!Holding a wave in your hands, how can you describe the depth and greatness of the sea?

I remember forty years ago, when I was young, far away on the other side of the earth, recalling my beloved Beijing, I wrote this bitterly: "Beijing is just dusty streets, muddy alleys, gray The city walls, the running of sweaty rickshaw pullers, my Beijing, my hometown, is nothing!" Was there really nothing in Beijing from then until fourteen years ago?Under the weight of the three mountains, she was in poverty, in pain, in anger, and in shame... She struggled and cried out in a pool of dust and blood. Finally, fourteen years ago, tens of thousands of pairs of steel-like arms came to help her up, and a loud voice like a bell proclaimed to the whole world on her Tiananmen Square: "The Chinese people have stood up!" From all corners of the world, thousands of white, black, yellow, and brown faces all turned around, looking up at Beijing with shocked expressions.

Since then, my beloved Beijing, like a hibiscus blooming in the morning sun, is bright, clean, upright, majestic, and beautiful. In the majestic east wind facing us, under the shadow of the revolutionary banner held high by the Chinese people, we have heard so many excited and passionate words from friends with white, black, yellow and brown skin: Beijing's prosperity and joy deeply encouraged them; Beijing's leap forward gave them the strength to struggle; Infinite light. They said: Do you know?Today, how many pairs of eager ears are listening to the voice from Beijing?How many pairs of excited eyes are looking up at the flag raised from Beijing?We all know deeply that in Beijing, there is a great heart as simple as the truth, which is integrated with the hearts of all Chinese people, oppressed nations and people all over the world, and beats at the same rhythm !

My Beijing with nothing, my Beijing full of scars, in just fourteen years, turned into a glorious Beijing that people all over the world love and look up to. dreamed of? Oh, my new great Beijing!With crystal clear tears of prostration, I hold to you a tiny heart that is grateful for your efforts. This heart will always be under the leadership of your great heart, and it will beat firmly with the hearts of people all over the world. , until the tomorrow when our struggle is completely won! (This article was originally published in "Beijing Evening News" on December 27, 1963.) 823 The Complete Works of Bing Xin