Chapter 36 Our New Year Gift - A Bouquet of Prose Flowers

It was sunny after the rain, and I was touring the hundred gardens. I heard someone say expectantly: "The flowers of poetry, novels, and scripts have already bloomed in full bloom. Why are the flowers of prose so long in coming?" I want to say: Flower lovers, you are wrong. Prose is a literary form with a wide range. Outside of poetry, novels, and plays, especially those short and concise lyrical works, almost all of them can be classified into the category of prose.According to this, in this hundred gardens, the flowers of prose are not blooming for a long time, but they are already full of spring!

Since ancient times, China has been a country with the most brilliant achievements in prose and the largest number of prose authors.According to the ancient literary forms, apart from the parallel prose, "Fu", "Ming", "Zhuan", "Ji", "Biao", "Wen", "Yan"... all belong to the category of prose.Our predecessors writers used prose to narrate emotions, express sorrows and joys, and empathize with others. In a short space, they freely and vividly. This colorful and unique tradition has not been lacking in us for thousands of years. inherited.

Needless to say, in the 30 years after liberation (except for the rampant period of the "Gang of Four"), our prose creation has achieved very good results.The new people and new things everywhere in New China have influenced and inspired many authors. The overwhelming construction projects and lively characters are like thunder and lightning, knocking on the ears and eyelids of the authors. At this time, they quickly capture the moment Inspiration, in the form of short and free prose, kindly and fluently written on paper. It is these emotional and stylized prose works that are written sonorously like poems, majestic like military songs, vivid and twisted like novels, and lively and sharp like dialogues in dramas... In this way, prose works With its unique charm, it inspires its readers to advance on the road of socialism.

Today, as we stride into the 1980s, prose work is busier than ever.Life is so rich, time is so short, and in this tense work and life, people need adjustment and encouragement more than ever.At this time, the beautiful, short and touching prose is like a cup of mellow wine, like a clear song, which makes people feel the lingering fragrance and lingering sound for a long time! Here, we respectfully present a bouquet of prose flowers, which we recently picked in the Hundred Gardens.It is worth advocating that these essays are short and fresh. Yuan Ying, the author of "Suddenly Looking Back", Xu Kailei, the author of "The Gathering in Remembrance", and Guo Feng, the author of "Camphor Tree and Water Mill", are all proficient essayists, and their writing styles are familiar to readers appreciated."Fairy Blossoms" written by Ding Ning, "Call of the Ruins" written by Zong Pu, "Yun Tian Yi" written by Wang Yanjun, "Fu Tian Fu" written by Zhang Qing, and Yang Xinghuo, reflect our era from different angles life.It is worth mentioning that these authors are all lesbians. With their unique insightful eyes, they combine the magnificent mountains and rivers of the motherland, the daily life experience with delicate emotions, rich resources, and struggling people. Writing, full of a fresh, optimistic and brave breath of the new era!Tu An's "Night on the Island" is known for its brevity."Girls from the South Country" written by a young worker Zhou Wenhai depicts a character with a few pens and inks, which is very kind and moving. We are delighted to see a prose work that reflects rural life.

When the bouquet of flowers of our prose is delivered to readers' desks, it is the Spring Festival when "a year's plan lies in spring". In our daily work and rich and colorful life, we will not let go of a flash of inspiration, write more and better prose, to inspire 900 million people to move forward with joy and encouragement; for the beginning of our new life; for the "four "Modern" future! ...