Chapter 9 Bodhisattva Man·Yellow Crane Tower

The vast nine factions flow in China, penetrating north and south in one line. , The turtle and the snake lock the river. . , my heart surges higher and higher! This poem was first published in the January 1957 issue of "Poetry". The Yellow Crane Tower in Wuchang, Hubei, Tengwang Pavilion in Nanchang, Jiangxi, and Yueyang Tower in Yueyang, Hunan are the three famous buildings in the south of the Yangtze River.Literati and poets of all dynasties visited and sang, imitated the scenery and expressed their feelings, and left a large number of excellent poems. Among them, "Yellow Crane Tower" by Cui Hao of the Tang Dynasty is the most famous, and was recommended by Yan Yu of the Song Dynasty as the "No. 1" seven-character regulated poem in the Tang Dynasty.It is said that Li Bai wanted to compose a poem when he climbed this building, but when he saw Cui Hao's work, he withdrew his hand and put down his pen. Someone wrote a Xiaoling with the same title and less space, but with a more grandiose style, a broader mind, and a more condensed style of writing.This small order is Mao Zedong's "Bodhisattva Man·Yellow Crane Tower".

The lyrics were written on the eve of the defeat of the Great Revolution in 1927.The author climbed up to compose the poem with a desolate mood. In the first film, the layout of the law is overlooked, and the pen is written with a high-level eye, taking the vastness and distance. "The vast nine schools flow through China, and the deep and deep line runs through the north and the south." The Yangtze River waterway connecting the east and west and the railway trunk line running through the north and south cross vertically here. The location and shape of the hub.These two sentences are opposite to each other, one horizontal and one vertical, one water and one land, one crowd and one widow, one natural and one artificial, one magnificent and the other long and far-reaching; the words "flow" and "wear" make the picture dynamic and extremely The earth expands the space; "Boundless" and "Sinking" describe the unclear distant scenery in the mist and mist, and the more unclear the scenery, the more faintly visible, the more boundless it appears.The next sentence "Yin Yu Mang Cang Cang", as a scene language, enveloped the river and sky, so that the first two sentences received the artistic effect of looking at thousands of miles away; as a love language, it also rendered a unique and solemn atmosphere.Then follow it with the phrase "turtle and snake lock the river", expressing the change of the overlooking angle, and the level of the spatial picture from far to near.The two mountains of Guishen and Snake face each other across the river, sandwiching the river, and the situation is precarious. It has been a fortress guarding the river and Han since ancient times.Here the river is narrow and the waves are rushing.In the Southern Song Dynasty Lu You's "Journey into Shu Ji" wrote about the search for the former site of the Yellow Crane Tower, he once quoted Li Bai's "Jiangxia Sends Hanyang Fulushi" poem: "Who said this water is wide? It is as narrow as a horse. Jiangxia Yellow Crane Tower, Qingshan Hanyang County. Big words can still be heard, but it is difficult for old people to see." I thought it was "the best description".However, Mao Zedong came up with an ingenuity and wrote a "lock" between "Turtle and Snake" and "Dajiang", "The scene that is difficult to describe is as if it is in front of you, and the endless opinions are beyond the words" (Song Ouyang Xiu "Liu Yi Shi Hua" "Quoting Song Mei Yaochen's words), forming a vigorous and boundless artistic conception.Turtle and Snake Jiajiang, looking down in the misty rain and fog, seems to lock the surging river in the middle.The word "lock" echoes the word "wear" in the second sentence.At that time, the Beijing-Han Railway and the Guangdong-Han Railway were not yet connected due to the barrier of the Yangtze River, but they seemed to be connected as a thin line.Therefore, the words "lock" and "wear" not only vividly describe the scenery, but also reflect the height of the author's residence and the breadth of his vision.And the misty rain, the tortoise and the snake locked in the river are consistent with the author's depressed mood at this time and place, which symbolizes that the flourishing workers' and peasants' movement at that time was violently attacked by the Kuomintang forces and the right opportunism in the party. The ever-changing reality implies the author's anxiety about the future of the Great Revolution.

"In the past, people have gone by the yellow crane, and the Yellow Crane Tower is vacant here. Once the yellow crane is gone, it will never return, and the white clouds will be empty for thousands of years." (Tang Cuihao's "Yellow Crane Tower") The beginning of the second film uses the poetic flavor of the ancients, giving people a sense of Rich associations and aftertaste.The yellow crane in myths and legends is originally an illusory thing. The author uses this as a metaphor for things changing and people changing, and time passing by. "Where does the yellow crane go? Where there are still tourists", there are deep reflections and endless emotions. The concept is profound, and there are rich meanings between the lines.And when the author shifted his eyes from the "tourist's place" to the rushing and rolling eastward river, he suddenly felt broad-minded and passionate.Although "turtles and snakes lock the river", it is difficult to lock it.The tide of the workers' and peasants' revolution suppressed and attacked by the reactionary forces is like a river bounded by two mountains, roaring and rushing forward, unstoppable and indomitable.This is just as the author predicted in March of the same year, "In a short period of time, tens of millions of peasants will rise from the central, southern and northern provinces of China. They will not be able to suppress them. They will break through all the snares that bind them, and run quickly on the road to liberation. All imperialists, warlords, corrupt officials, local tyrants and evil gentry will be buried in their graves (Mao Zedong's "Investigation Report on the Hunan Peasant Movement" "). "Splash the wine, and the tide of the heart rises." The author expresses his inspiration to Jiang, and is determined to fight the reactionary forces to the end. The surging heart tide corresponds to the turbulent river tide, leading readers to a lofty realm of impassioned enthusiasm. The words come to an abrupt end, but it is endlessly evocative, as if seeing the waves of the river rushing towards the sky, and the sound of the waves is endless.

This poem describes the scenery in the first film, and expresses emotions in the second film.Thoughts and passions that are closely related to the pulse of the times run through the whole article, showing the author's firm revolutionary belief, great revolutionary ambition, and heroic revolutionary spirit.