This year marks the 74th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Hungary, the 6th anniversary of the establishment of China-Hungary comprehensive strategic partnership, and the 6th year that Yunnan Province and Bac-Kirskon have established sister provinces and states.Since the establishment of the friendship, the exchanges and cooperation between the two provinces and prefectures in the fields of personnel exchanges, tourism culture, health care, and people-to-people exchanges have continued to deepen and become more solid.

This year marks the 74th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Hungary, also the 6th anniversary of the China-Hungary comprehensive strategic partnership and the Yunnan and Bács-Kiskun ties. 6 years on, Yunnan and Bács-Kiskun have cooperated in personel exchanges, tourism, culture, healthcare, and people-to-people exchanges.

Make friends with poetry.Let us experience the song of friendship between sister provinces and states in the poems of the famous Hungarian poet Petofi.

Let's immerse ourselves in the poetry of Sándor Petőfi, a renowned Hungarian poet, to see the Yunnan-Bács-Kiskun friendship.

【Business Card of Sister City】

Bach - Kiskun region -

Bács-Kiskun County

Bachi - Kecskemet Zfra Palace, the capital of Kiskun State

TheNumerical Art Gallerystandsin Kecskemét, capital of Bács-KiskunCounty.

Bac-Kiskun Oblast is located in the south of Hungary, on the border with Serbia.With an area of ​​8,445 square kilometers, it is the largest state in the country.The capital, Kecskemét, is located in central Hungary and is the eighth largest city in the country.Bazhou has developed agriculture and is rich in fruits, vegetables, corn, and wheat. It is also famous for its beautiful natural scenery. The UNESCO key biological protection base - Xiaokunsha National Park is located in this state.The hometown of the famous Hungarian poet Petofi is located in the city of Male Krösz in Bac-Kiskun State, which is about 110 kilometers away from Budapest and has a population of 15,000.

Located in south Hungary and bordering Serbia, the Bács-Kiskun County covers 8,445 square kilometers, making it the largest County in the country. As the eighth largest Hungarian City, Kecskemét, the County capital, is situated in central Hungary.

Known for its advanced agriculture, the county produces fruits, vegetables, corn, and wheat. It is also famous for its beautiful natural landscapes, including the Kiskunság National Park, a UNESCO-designated biosphere reserve.

The hometown of the renowned Hungarian poet, Sándor Petőfi, is Kiskőrös, a town in Bács-Kiskun county.It is located about 110 kilometers from Budapest, capital of Hungary, with a population of 15,000.

Yunnan Province——

Yunnan Province

Yuanyang Rice Terraces in Honghe Prefecture, Yunnan Province

The Hani terraced paddy fields lie in south Yunnan’s Honghe prefecture.

Yunnan is located in Southwest China, with a total area of ​​394,000 square kilometers and a total population of 47 million. It is located in the junction of East Asia, Southeast Asia and South Asia, and borders Vietnam, Laos, and Myanmar. It is the radiation center of China towards South and Southeast Asia.With a long history and culture and beautiful natural scenery, Yunnan is known as the "Kingdom of Plants", "Kingdom of Animals" and "Garden of the World".At present, Yunnan Province makes full use of its unique location advantages and rich natural resources, vigorously develops resource economy, port economy, and park economy, actively creates a first-class business environment, and continuously promotes the high-quality economic and social development of Yunnan.

Located in southwestern China, Yunnan covers an area of 394,000 squarekilometersand has a population of 47 million. Sharing borders with Vietnam, Laos and Myanmar, it’s a powerhouse for China’s opening up to South and Southeast Asia.

Yunnan has a long history and splendid culture. It’sknownas the Kingdom of Flora and Fauna, and the World Garden for its rich biodiversity and fascinating landscapes.

By leveraging its unique advantage in location and rich natural resources, it’s vigorously developing resource-based economy,landport economy and industrial park economy, and creating an enabling business environment to promote the high-quality socioeconomic development.

In Petofi's poems, love and beauty go hand in hand

Petőfi's poetry beautifies Yunnan-Bács-Kiskun ties

"Life is precious, but love is more expensive; if it is for freedom, both can be thrown away!"

"Liberty, love! These two I need. For my love I will sacrifice life. For liberty, I will sacrifice my love."

This popular line comes from the classic work "Freedom and Love" by the Hungarian patriotic poet and founder of national literature Petofi Sandor.His poems such as "Freedom and Love" and "Song of the Nation" are well-known all over the world. After being disseminated by the famous Chinese writer Lu Xun and others, they became one of the most familiar foreign poems to Chinese readers. In 1849, Petofi died in the war He died for his country, and his life was fixed at the age of 26.During this short but wonderful time, Petofi's name was closely linked with "love", "motherland", "freedom" and "people".

These famous lines are taken from the poem Liberty and Love written by Petőfi Sándor, a patriotic Hungarian poet and founder of the nation’s literature. His poems, including the said one and Song of the Nation, are well-known worldwide. In China, readers got to know the poems via renowned Chinese writers like Lu Xun.

In 1849, Petőfi sacrificed his life for Hungary during the war, at the age of 26. Petőfi lived a short but brilliant life, and his name was closely associated with words like love, homeland, liberty and people.

Petofi's Former Residence

Petőfi's former residence is now a cultural site.

The fervor of patriotism lingers in the lines of Pei Duofei's works, and the rivers and mountains of the motherland are also the objects of his pen and ink."There is a cottage on the banks of the Danube, ah, how nostalgic it is!" "I would like to be a torrent, a small river in the mountains." In Petofi's poems, the natural scenery is colorful.Creeks and rapids, wilderness and woods, clouds and the earth, and coral-like sunsets all appear in unrestrained attitudes, making people unable to help but imagine the mountains and waters of Bac-Kirskun, Hungary, where the poet's former residence is located.

The fervent patriotism permeates his works, and the landscapes of his homeland were the subjects of his writing: "There is a small house on the bank of the Danube. Oh, how enchanting it is!" "I would like to be a torrent, as well as a small river in the mountains."

 

In Petőfi's lines, the natural scenery is colorful. Streams and rapids, wilderness and forests, clouds and earth, and coral-like sunsets are freely juxtaposed in Petőfi's poems, reminding readers of the landscapes of Bács-Kiskun County, his hometown.

Petofi's Former Residence

Petőfi's former residence

Poetry and rhyme intersect, love and beauty go hand in hand.

In intertwined charm of poems, love and beauty grow side by side.

Portrait of Hungarian Patriotic Poet Petofi

A portrait of Sándor Petőfi

The beautiful nature always brings endless inspiration to poets and writers of all ages.In November 2022, in order to celebrate the 200th birthday of Petofi Santor, Yunnan Province and Hungary's Bac-Kirskon Prefecture jointly held the celebration of the fifth anniversary of the relationship and the Hungarian poet Petofi's poetry exchange meeting.

Nature has always been inspiring for poets and writers. On the occasion of the bicentenary of Petőfi's birth in November 2022, Yunnan and Bács-Kiskun jointly held a poetry event to celebrate the 5th anniversary of their friendly relations.

 

At the meeting, people from both sides performed bilingual poetry readings.Teachers and students of Yunnan University for Nationalities integrated landscape elements into Yunnan folk dances for performances, and interpreted the portrait of Pei Duofei in paper-cut paintings.Tian Fengtai, a young Chinese writer, shared his love and understanding of Pei Duofei's poems: "Poetry has no national boundaries, but poets have their own motherland. Mr. Lu Xun first introduced Pei Duofei's poems to China, and pointed out Pei Duofei's Fei is a national poet who "sings for love and dies for the country". Since then, Pe Tofi's poetry has been highly respected in China, and because of the sister state relationship between Yunnan Province and Bach-Kishkon State, His poems are more popular in Yunnan."

During the event, attendees from both sides chanted Petőfi's poems in Chinese and Hungarian. Students and teachers from Yunnan Minzu University incorporated elements of mountains and rivers into their folk dances and created Petőfi portraits via paper-cutting and pencil sketch.

Chinese young writer Tian Fengtai shared his view on Petőfi's poems: "Poetry knows no national boundaries, but poets have their own nations. Lu Xun was the first to introduce Petőfi's poems to China, noting Petőfi was a national poet who 'sang for love and died for the country’.

“Since then, Petőfi's poetry has been widely welcomed in China. Thanks to the friendly relations between Yunnan and Bács-Kiskun, his poems have gained even greater popularity here."

Young writer Tian Fengtai sharing

Young writer Tian Fengtai shares his view on Petőfi's poetry.

Petofi's paper-cut statues were displayed at the meeting

Petőfi's portrait is rendered in paper-cutting during the event.

At this time, there are green grass and shimmering lakes in Little Kunsha National Park in Baqi-Kishkon Prefecture; the green lake park in Kunming is also full of flowers, which is good on a sunny day.All these make the poems have the beauty of endless praise, and also make the friendship between the two sides flourish and last forever.

In the Kiskunság National Park of Bács-Kiskun, the grass is lush, and lakes shimmer. In the Kunming Cuihu Park of Yunnan, flowers are blooming in sunshine.

The poetic beauty is endless, just like the friendly ties.