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Red Yan'an(with an additional poem)

Huo Zhushan

Mao Zedong: Five minutes for hair-cut

In a song, I knew he was people's savior

I looked up at him in the badges pinned on people's bosoms

This initial bounty benefited me to grow up


However, in the central hall of Yangjialing Yan'an

We could see his wood carving head with short hair

While seeing my eyes full of doubts, the female guide smiled and said

“Chairman Mao was so busy with Anti-Japanese war

That he only allowed the hairdresser to cut hair in five minutes”


Five minutes, just five minutes

Our leader was smoking, while thinking and having his flowing long hair cut by the hairdresser

His determined eyes looked at distant mountains

Yellow River surf brought the sounds

Of invaders'cannonballs

North China, north China, a dull pain in his heart


He tidied up his patched collars

He walked quickly into the cave dwelling

On the rough paper, he completed the article On Protracted War

Which was better than million soldiers

Zhu De: Two acres of vegetable field

The monster of adversity had no where to hide its whoop

In 1942, the air was full of ardent work song, whoo yes

Our commander in chief stood aside the gate of the military commission in Wangjiaping

He reclaimed two acres of wastelands into a small Nanniwan


At the moment, I stood seriously on the two acres of vegetable field which grew with Yan'an spirit of self-reliance and arduousness

Listening to a folk song of Northern Shaanxi called Great Production

Time ran through people's fingers

In the bowls filled with celeries, dandelions and white tarragons

And on the clothes dyed with birch bark, walnut root and black Chinese Kale root

It flew out free birds which made nice Jiangnan's sky clean and blue

Fiery-red chili reflected warm sun luster

It seemed to share uncontrollable joys

Potatoes broke yellow earth and noisily

Competed to witness the army and the people doing the Yangko dance for celebration of the harvest


The fragrances flowers in a basket were wafting from a song far away

The spinning wheel's pleasant song inspired the pace of pulling plough

I listened carefully to the rhythm of the waving grains

I listened carefully to the strength of unity

Groups of donkeys in supporting the front were walking down from the hill

Nine hundred and twenty-four thousand pairs of military shoes

And many affections of days and nights

Formed a great wall to resist any invasions

Commander in chief's two acres of vegetable field were really very small, very small

So only that cabbages, chilis and potatoes could settle down

Commander in chief's two acres of vegetable field were very big

So they could attract the world's attention and became our eternal memories


Huo Zhushan: Male, the director of Shaanxi Writers Association, member of Chinese Writers Association. Participated the 22nd“Youth Poetry Club”held by Shikan.