The New Literary Tradition of Modern Literature in Hong Kong

The New Literary Tradition in Hong Kong Although the British authorities in Hong Kong strongly advocated the enslaved cultural education of "respecting Confucius and reading classics" in order to consolidate their rule, the progressive trend embodied in the May 4th Movement was unstoppable. Under the guidance and encouragement of the new historical trend, Hong Kong intellectual youth broke through many obstacles and joined the new culture movement. From 65438 to 0927, the progressive youth of Hong Kong YMCA warmly invited Lu Xun to give a speech in Hong Kong, which effectively broke the local dull atmosphere. After the failure of the Great Revolution, many progressive young people came to Hong Kong from the mainland, which also brought vitality to Hong Kong's literary world. In recent years, the works of young authors such as Rossi (Ouyang Shan) have been published one after another, which shows the gratifying situation in the pioneering period of Hong Kong's new literature. Xu Dishan, one of the founders of the Literature Research Association, went to the University of Hong Kong to teach in the autumn of 1935. In the spirit of the May 4th Movement, he reformed the liberal arts teaching in the University of Hong Kong, and at the same time enthusiastically trained young artists and organized literary activities. After the outbreak of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, Xu Dishan presided over the work of the Hong Kong branch of the All-China Anti-Japanese Federation of Literary and Art Circles and devoted himself to the patriotic anti-Japanese literary movement until his death in August 194 1.

Shortly after the full-scale outbreak of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, Shanghai and Guangzhou successively fell, and a large number of patriotic and progressive cultural figures came to Hong Kong, including Cai Yuanpei, Tao Xingzhi, Sakon, Zou Taofen, Mao Dun, Cai Chusheng, Hui Minsitou, Yu Ling, Ye Yuqun, Xiao Hong, Duanmu Hongliang, Luo, Dai Wangshu and others. So many cultural celebrities gathered in Hong Kong, which led to the unprecedented activity and prosperity of the New Literature Movement. At one time, Hong Kong, like Yan 'an, Chongqing and Guilin, became one of the cultural centers of China in the early days of the Anti-Japanese War.

Mao Dun was the first writer who made great contributions to Hong Kong literature in the early days of the Anti-Japanese War. Mao Dun came to Hong Kong twice in 1938 and 194 1 and stayed for 9 months each time. During his stay in Hong Kong, he not only engaged in the United Anti-Japanese War in literary and art circles, edited literary publications and cultivated literary youth, but also wrote and published many novels, essays and comments, the most important of which were The Story of the First Stage and Corruption.

1in the summer of 946, the third civil war broke out in an all-round way, the Kuomintang authorities stepped up their suppression of the mainland pro-democracy movement, and a large number of progressives moved to Hong Kong one after another. Besides Mao Dun, Cai Chusheng, there are Liu Yazi, Guo Moruo, Huang, Feng Naichao, Ba people, Zhou Fufu, Shao Quanlin, and some Lingnan writers who grew up in the bonfire of the Anti-Japanese War. Hong Kong's new literature flourished again and became an important cultural stronghold for democracy and progress. At this time, literary publications were quite prosperous, including Literary Life (edited by Sima), Weeds (edited by Xia Yan), Novels (edited by Mao Dun), Popular Literature Series (edited by Shao Quanlin), Tea Pavilion (edited by Xia Yan), China Business Daily Supplement, Wen Hui Daily Literature and Art (/kloc-0

The emergence of a group of Lingnan writers' works has aroused people's extensive concern with their distinctive southern colors and rich marine customs. For example, Sima Vinson, a writer of returned overseas Chinese, wrote a novel about the life of overseas Chinese, The Gold Rush in the South China Sea. Hong Kong native writer Lu Lun wrote a novella about endless love before and after the fall of Hong Kong. Chen Canyun's screenplay Tears of the Pearl River, especially Huang Guliu's novel The Story of Shrimp Ball, is full of local characteristics and has a far-reaching influence on later Hong Kong literature.

On the eve of the founding of the People's Republic of China, except for some people who stayed in Hong Kong and insisted on progressive cultural activities, most patriotic and progressive cultural workers returned to the mainland one after another. Hong Kong literature ended a glorious chapter that had a wide influence on the national literary movement and opened a new chapter of relatively independent development.