【註】

①焦裕禄当年为了防风固沙,帮助农民摆脱贫困,提倡种植泡桐 .如今,兰考泡桐如海,焦裕禄当年亲手栽下的幼桐已长成合抱大树 ,人们亲切地叫它“焦桐”。《念奴娇·追思焦裕禄》原载一九九〇年七月十六日《福州晚报 》一版。
②焦裕禄临终前说“我死后只有一个要求,要求党组织把我运回兰考 ,埋在沙丘上.活著我没有治好沙丘,死了也要看著你们把沙丘治好 !”

【詩人簡介】習近平，男，汉族，1953年6月生，现任中国共产党中央委员会总书记，中共中央军事委员会主席，中华人民共和国主席，中华人民共和国中央军事委员会主席。陕西富平人，1969年1月参加工作，1974年1月加入中国共产党，清华大学人文社会学院马克思主义理论与思想政治教育专业毕业，在职研究生学历，法学博士学位。

習近平於1979-1982年任国务院办公厅、中央军委办公厅秘书（现役）；1982-1983年任河省正定县委副书记 ；1983-1985年任河北省正定县委书记，正定县武装部第一政委、党委第一书记 ；1985-1988年任福建省厦门市委常委、副市长 ；1988-1990年任福建省宁德地委书记，宁德军分区党委第一书记； 1990-1993年任福建省福州市委书记、市人大常委会主任，福州军分区党委第一书记 ；1993-1995年任福建省委常委，福州市委书记、市人大常委会主任，福州军分区党委第一书记 ；1995-1996年任福建省委副书记，福州市委书记、市人大常委会主任，福州军分区党委第一书记 ；1996-1999年任福建省委副书记，福建省高炮预备役师第一政委； 1999-2000年任福建省委副书记、代省长，南京军区国防动员委员会副主任，福建省国防动员委员会主任，福建省高炮预备役师第一政委 ；2000-2002年任福建省委副书记、省长，南京军区国防动员委员会副主任，福建省国防动员委员会主任，福建省高炮预备役师第一政委；1998-2002年清华大学人文社会学院马克思主义理论与思想政治教育专业在职研究生班学习，获法学博士学位； 2002-2002年任浙江省委副书记、代省长，南京军区国防动员委员会副主任，浙江省国防动员委员会主任； 2002-2003年任浙江省委书记、代省长，浙江省军区党委第一书记，南京军区国防动员委员会副主任，浙江省国防动员委员会主任 ；2003-2007年任浙江省委书记、省人大常委会主任，浙江省军区党委第一书记；2007-2007年任上海市委书记，上海警备区党委第一书记； 2007-2008年任中央政治局常委、中央书记处书记，中央党校校长 ；2008-2010年任中央政治局常委、中央书记处书记，中华人民共和国副主席，中央党校校长 ；2010-2012年任中央政治局常委、中央书记处书记，中华人民共和国副主席，中共中央军事委员会副主席，中华人民共和国中央军事委员会副主席，中央党校校长； 2012-2013年任中央委员会总书记，中共中央军事委员会主席，中华人民共和国副主席，中华人民共和国中央军事委员会副主席 ；2013-至今任中央委员会总书记，中共中央军事委员会主席，中华人民共和国主席，中华人民共和国中央军事委员会主席。

Notes:

① In those years, Jiao Yulu promoted the planting of paulownia trees in order to guard against wind and fix shifting sands, and to help farmers escape poverty. Today, paulownia trees flourish across Lankao like a sea. The saplings personally planted by Jiao Yulu have grown into great trees that take two arms to encircle, and the people affectionately call them “Jiao Trees.” The poem "Tune: To the Melody of Nian Nu Jiao · In Memory of Jiao Yulu" was first published on July 16, 1990, in the Fuzhou Evening News, front page.

② Before his death, Jiao Yulu said: “I have only one request, after I die I ask the Party organization to bring me back to Lankao and bury me on the sand dunes. While alive I did not succeed in controlling the dunes; after death I still want to watch you finish the task of taming them!”

Introduction to the Poet:

Xi Jinping, of Han ethnicity, was born in June 1953. He is currently General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, Chairman of the Central Military Commission of the CPC, President of the People’s Republic of China, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission of the PRC. A native of Fuping, Shaanxi Province, he began work in January 1969 and joined the Communist Party of China in January 1974. He graduated from the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Tsinghua University, majoring in Marxist Theory and Ideological and Political Education, with an in-service postgraduate education and a doctorate in law.

From 1979 to 1982, Xi served as secretary at the General Office of the State Council and the General Office of the Central Military Commission (active service); 1982–1983, Deputy Secretary of the CPC Zhengding County Committee, Hebei Province; 1983–1985, Secretary of the CPC Zhengding County Committee, concurrently First Political Commissar and First Secretary of the Party Committee of the Zhengding County Armed Forces Department; 1985–1988, Standing Committee Member of the CPC Xiamen Municipal Committee, and Vice Mayor of Xiamen, Fujian Province; 1988–1990, Secretary of the CPC Ningde Prefectural Committee, concurrently First Secretary of the Party Committee of the Ningde Military Sub-district; 1990–1993, Secretary of the CPC Fuzhou Municipal Committee, Director of the Standing Committee of the Fuzhou People’s Congress, concurrently First Secretary of the Party Committee of the Fuzhou Military Sub-district; 1993–1995, Standing Committee Member of the CPC Fujian Provincial Committee, Secretary of the CPC Fuzhou Municipal Committee, Director of the Standing Committee of the Fuzhou People’s Congress, concurrently First Secretary of the Party Committee of the Fuzhou Military Sub-district; 1995–1996, Deputy Secretary of the CPC Fujian Provincial Committee, Secretary of the CPC Fuzhou Municipal Committee, Director of the Standing Committee of the Fuzhou People’s Congress, concurrently First Secretary of the Party Committee of the Fuzhou Military Sub-district; 1996–1999, Deputy Secretary of the CPC Fujian Provincial Committee, concurrently First Political Commissar of the Fujian Provincial Reserve Anti-Aircraft Artillery Division; 1999–2000, Deputy Secretary of the CPC Fujian Provincial Committee, Acting Governor of Fujian Province, concurrently Deputy Director of the National Defense Mobilization Committee of the Nanjing Military Region, Director of the Fujian Provincial National Defense Mobilization Committee, and First Political Commissar of the Fujian Provincial Reserve Anti-Aircraft Artillery Division; 2000–2002, Deputy Secretary of the CPC Fujian Provincial Committee and Governor of Fujian Province, concurrently Deputy Director of the National Defense Mobilization Committee of the Nanjing Military Region, Director of the Fujian Provincial National Defense Mobilization Committee, and First Political Commissar of the Fujian Provincial Reserve Anti-Aircraft Artillery Division. From 1998 to 2002, he pursued in-service postgraduate studies at the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Tsinghua University, majoring in Marxist Theory and Ideological and Political Education, and received a doctorate in law.

2002–2002, Deputy Secretary of the CPC Zhejiang Provincial Committee and Acting Governor of Zhejiang Province, concurrently Deputy Director of the National Defense Mobilization Committee of the Nanjing Military Region and Director of the Zhejiang Provincial National Defense Mobilization Committee; 2002–2003, Secretary of the CPC Zhejiang Provincial Committee and Acting Governor of Zhejiang Province, concurrently First Secretary of the Party Committee of the Zhejiang Military District, Deputy Director of the National Defense Mobilization Committee of the Nanjing Military Region, and Director of the Zhejiang Provincial National Defense Mobilization Committee; 2003–2007, Secretary of the CPC Zhejiang Provincial Committee, Director of the Standing Committee of the Zhejiang Provincial People’s Congress, concurrently First Secretary of the Party Committee of the Zhejiang Military District; 2007–2007, Secretary of the CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee, concurrently First Secretary of the Party Committee of the Shanghai Garrison; 2007–2008, Member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Central Political Bureau, Secretary of the CPC Central Secretariat, and President of the Party School of the CPC Central Committee; 2008–2010, Member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Central Political Bureau, Secretary of the CPC Central Secretariat, Vice President of the People’s Republic of China, and President of the Party School of the CPC Central Committee; 2010–2012, Member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Central Political Bureau, Secretary of the CPC Central Secretariat, Vice President of the People’s Republic of China, Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission of the CPC, Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission of the PRC, and President of the Party School of the CPC Central Committee; 2012–2013, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, Chairman of the Central Military Commission of the CPC, Vice President of the People’s Republic of China, Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission of the PRC; 2013–present, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, Chairman of the Central Military Commission of the CPC, President of the People’s Republic of China, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission of the PRC.