"Everyone has a dream, and so are migrant workers." The dream of farmer worker He Zhenzong is-

Use creation to speak for migrant workers

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　　As a member of hundreds of millions of migrant workers, He Zhenzong's creative path is very difficult-not only to strive for survival, but also to persevere in literary creation. However, under the guidance of his dreams, he went forward with a heavy load and created many excellent works "with dewdrops", "breath" and "sweat".

　　Father was there/no Father’s Day/with Father’s Day/without father...This is the poem “Father’s Day” created by farmer worker He Zhenzong on June 21st. He was a member of hundreds of millions of migrant workers, created more than 5 million literary works, published 9 autobiographical novels, and won several first prizes such as the first national Kunpeng Literature Award poetry award.

　　In these years, drifting all the way, He Zhenzong entered the city from the countryside, and experienced a lot of pain and suffering: when he was helpless, he slept in a barren mountain; when he was in trouble, he was shy in the bag, and he could not return home; but he all took one. This kind of optimistic mentality, toughness has survived adversity. Recently, the long poems "Working Past" and "Factory Past" are being published in the media one after another.

Everyone has dreams, and so are migrant workers

　　In the early 1990s, 19-year-old He Zhenzong, a young man in Chaoyang Village, Wuling Town, Wanzhou District, Chongqing, needed money to heal because his father was seriously ill. "I really want to go to college, I have good grades, especially love literature, and I dream of being a writer." He Zhenzong told the Worker Daily.

　　After wandering on the streets of Shenzhen for more than two months, He Zhenzong, who could not find a job, returned to his hometown. But faced with his father who was seriously ill and lacked money to heal, he went south again to Dongguan, and finally entered a plastic factory after three months.

　　The factory is closed and remote, life is boring, and work is hard. He Zhenzong feels, "I want to write something, I want to record myself and the people around me." He began to lay on the iron frame bed to create poetry. The first one was published in Guangdong "Migrant Workers", which became a popular poem at that time. He also became a "star" among the local migrant workers. Since then, He Zhenzong has become more passionate about literary creation, and his poems have been published one after another.

　　He Zhenzong said that he was most gratified that his 2005 poem "Monument" not only won the first prize in the poetry category of the "Kunpeng" Literature Award of the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League. Recitation, and on this basis, submitted 10 proposals on protecting the rights and interests of migrant workers. "I did a little practical work for migrant workers, which is my happiest." He Zhenzong said.

　　His "City is also ours-A 18-year History of Migrant Workers in Guangdong" is known as China's first autobiographical novel for migrant workers, condensing the living conditions of 300 million migrant workers in China and describing their mental states . This 260,000-word novel was collected by more than a dozen university libraries and sold out in some places in Guangdong. With his own experience and special feelings for migrant workers, He Zhenzong described both misery and hope in the book.

　　"My experience and feelings are a microcosm of migrant workers. I have the urge to speak out, and it is essential to express the underlying real voice." He Zhenzong said.

　　In recent years, He Zhenzong returned to his hometown in Chongqing to edit the internal publications of his work unit, but he always paid attention to the theme of migrant workers. "Everyone has dreams, and so are migrant workers. Although life in a big city is difficult, there is hope in dreams." He Zhenzong said.

Legendary poet who is a leader in part-time work literature

　　"Life is the source of literary creation." He Zhenzong said that he has been living at the grassroots level. After returning to work in his hometown, his poetry began to pay attention to the rural people in the city, but also to his hometown's humanistic history and long-term culture. The heaviness of history and the new appearance of reality merged in the poems, expressing their love for the Bayu land.

　　The rapid changes in his hometown made He Zhenzong feel familiar and unfamiliar, and also brought him countless inspirations. In his creation, he tried to "transform" from the theme of working to the theme of urban and rural areas, and wrote a lot of "urban and rural" theme poems with "My Urban and Rural Geography", which has been published in "Workers Daily", "Star Poetry" and other publications. Also published poems "Warm City" and "My Urban and Rural Geography". Among them, "Warm City" won the 8th Taiwan Xuelin Huaixiang Youth Poetry Award, the 4th Artistic Excellence Award of the Chongqing Academy of Literature, and "My Urban and Rural Geography" won the second prize in the 25th National Lu Qi Poetry Award Poetry Collection.

　　"This may not be a good result. My creation is still very rough, and it is still 108,000 miles away from the "peak", but I have felt the care of government departments at all levels." He Zhenzong said, a reasonable support mechanism for literary creation With the reward method, he effectively inspired his creative enthusiasm.

　　"After returning from another country, I worked hard for more than ten years and lost a lot of things, but I didn't lose the books!" He Zhenzong said.

　　The reporter saw that in He Zhenzong's home, there were two study rooms with a collection of more than 2,000 books. In 2019, he was awarded the title of "Top 10 Readers" in Chongqing in the "Reading for All" activity in Chongqing.

　　"He Zhenzong was one of the earlier working poets who wrote literary works on the topic of work. His early "work poetry" has attracted a lot of attention, and his influence in society has even penetrated into people's lives." The famous poet Lai Tingjie Commenting on the works of He Zhenzong, he said that it can be called a "legendary poet of the leading figure in working literature".

　　As a migrant worker in the city, He Zhenzong's creative path is very difficult. Like him, struggling at the grassroots, it is not easy to struggle hard for survival and persevere for literary creation. "I am always grateful and bear the utmost burden. In the future, I entreat literary predecessors and colleagues to help me to create more excellent works with the dewdrop "sweet" and "sweat". He said.

　　Author: Li Guo