Food delivery man wins Chinese poetry competition

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APD Writer Hua Jiangliu

A food deliveryman from east China’s Hangzhou Province has gone viral across China. who defeated a master from a top university to win the championship of the Chinese Poetry Competition, a TV game show that tests competitors' memory and ability to recite Chinese poetry.

His story and poetic lifestyle has won widespread admiration from Chinese people.

Lei Haiwei, 37, has been a long-term lover of poetry since he was a child. He showed great interest in Chinese culture when started reading book for the first time. The book he read named Meaning for Poetry Writing.

Why is Lei Haiwei so obsessed with poetry?

“The ancient poetry is beautifully refined, and the rhythm is wonderful with a profound artistic conception. It also inspires people and we can learn a lot from it. It is though a great enjoyment just to read a verse.

His success has proved that poetry has nothing to do with one’s careers, and many other poetry lovers have also contributed to the popularization of ancient poems.

Ancient poetry is not merely a written language, but can enlighten people with the rich content.

As the popular post online, a mother said: ”I hope after my children grow up, what comes to their minds is ‘The autumn river shares a scenic hue with the vast sky; The evening glow parallels with a lonely duck to fly.’ when see the sunset and the birds flying back home, not just ‘Look, so many birds, it's nice!’ ”

Actually, the craze set off by poetry has shown that the public is becoming more and more interested in traditional culture. There is also a national lineage that remains consistent with the ancients no matter how long it takes.

(ASIA PACIFIC DAILY)