The Historical Background of Song of Seven Sons

Wen Yiduo, a native of Hubei, was originally named Wen Jiahua, a representative poet and scholar of Crescent School. 13 was admitted to Beijing Tsinghua Preparatory School for Studying in the United States at the age of 19 12, and spent ten years as a student in Tsinghua. 1In July, 922, Wen Yiduo went to the United States to study, and studied in Chicago Academy of Fine Arts, Colorado Kequan University and new york Art Institute successively, specializing in fine arts. During his stay in the United States, Wen Yiduo developed a strong interest in literature, especially poetry, and wrote Song of Seven Sons during his study in the United States in March 1925.

Song of Seven Sons is a group of poems. It compared China's seven ceded and concession areas, such as Macau, Hongkong, Taiwan Province Province, Ahava, Guangzhou Bay, Kowloon Island and Lushun Dalian, to seven children whose mothers were taken away, and asked them to talk about their sadness of "being deprived of their motherland and being abused by others" and "expressing loneliness and death". Later, "Song of Seven Children in Macau" was adapted and selected as the theme song by the large-scale TV documentary "Macau Years" and became the theme song of Macau.

Song of the Seven Sons is a work written by Wen Yiduo while studying in the United States. When Wen Yiduo studied in the United States, he personally realized the gap between China and the United States, and deeply realized that as a weak compatriot, Wen Yiduo was extremely divided by all kinds of discrimination and bullying in a powerful country. At this time, Wen Yiduo especially loved poetry, so he used the situation of writing poetry to express his strong national pride and deep love for the motherland.

1925 In May, Wen Yiduo ended his career in the United States ahead of schedule, and when he returned to China, it coincided with the May 30th tragedy, which made Wen Yiduo both disappointed and desperate. Therefore, for the first time, he contributed several patriotic works such as Song of Seven Sons to Modern Review. In the 1920s, it was the climax of China people's anti-imperialist and anti-feudal struggle, and Song of Seven Sons really aroused strong repercussions from all walks of life.