The Chinese People Have Stood Up!, papercut and poem, Foshan People's Commune, People's Republic of China 1972 -- Daily LIFT #1188
Celebration
Sunshine
Inauguration
Of the Peoples Republic
October 1st 1949
A few months previously
Mao had written
That there could be
No complacency about victory
Make trouble fail
Make trouble again fail again
That is the logic of the imperialists
Of all reactionaries the world over
In dealing with the cause of the people.
They will never go against this logic.
When we say imperialism is ferocious
We mean that its nature will never change
The imperialists will never lay down
Their butcher knives
They will never become Buddhas
Until their doom.
Celebration
Sunshine
People gathering
At Tien An Men Square in Peking
October 1st 1949
There in the square
The crimson dawn unfurled
Mao issued a message to the entire world
His first words
His first words
Met by a huge approving roar
His first words
Said it all
Met by a huge approving roar
After long night
Of suffering and war
His first words
His first words
As people sip the tea of freedom
From victory cup
His first words said it all
THE CHINESE PEOPLE HAVE STOOD UP!