Song of a Stream

Author: Yan Wenjing
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Publish Date: 2004-03-01
Features: "The Song of the Little Stream" is a hymn of progress. The author compares the little stream to us ordinary people. The little stream flows forward day and night, piercing through obstacles and bending around corners. Together with other streams, it flows into rivers, merges into rivers, and eventually reaches the sea. Along the way, it helps villagers grind grain, generates electricity, carries heavy wooden boats, evaporates into clouds and rain to nourish the land. It repeats this cycle without ever tiring, always moving forward bravely. The metaphor is both natural and perfectly suited to various physical properties. After reading it, one can dispel the gloom in their heart and rejuvenate their spirit. Such profound truths are conveyed in just over three thousand words, and even more so in the language of poetry.