Poetry of Mao Zedong
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Mao Zedong, the first Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and leader of the People's Republic of China for nearly 30 years, wrote poetry, starting in the 1920s, during the Chinese Red Army's retre
Mao Zedong's poem "Shuidiao Getou – Swimming" (《水调歌头·游泳》, 1956) on the pedestal of the 1954 Flood Monument in Wuhan (built 1969)
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Changsha (poem)
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"Changsha" is a poem written by Mao Zedong in 1925. It was written in the shen yuan chun form for both Changsha and for his other major poem Snow.
Poetry of Mao Zedong
…Fu. Mao's poems are frequently quoted in popular culture, literature and daily conversations. Some of his most well-known poems are "Snow" (1936.02), "Changsha" (1925), "The Double Ninth" (1929.10), "Loushan Pass" (1935), "The Long March" (1935), "The PLA Captures Nanjing" (1949.04), "Reply to Li Shuyi…
A statue of Mao was completed in 2009 in Orange Isle to mimic the scenario in the poem.