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[Cultural] The International Three Masters Gather to Ride the WindAuthor: JEFFI CHAO HUI WU Time: July 15, 2025, Tuesday, 2:30 PM ········································ [Cultural] The International Three Masters Gather in Changfeng Many years later, if someone looks back at the true trajectory of contemporary Chinese online literature, they may browse through many award lists, official platforms, and writers' association announcements, yet they might not see the six characters "Australian Changfeng Information Network." But I know that would be a significant omission. Because on this forum that I personally created and have quietly maintained for twenty years, three internationally renowned Chinese poets—Zhang Hang, Fei Ma, and Wu Di—once paused, resonated, and wrote together. What they left here was not just words, but also the sediment of the spirit of the times and the genuine integration of cross-national cultures. I am not a literary person in the traditional sense, nor have I received formal training from a literary academy. I am simply someone who believes in the power of words and that the spirit can transcend time and space. So, in 2005, I set up a rudimentary Chinese forum in Australia using an open-source phpBB system. There was no funding, no advertising, no official support, just a group of people who loved writing and communication. That year was the early stage of online literature; Weibo had not yet risen, public accounts had not yet taken shape, and self-media was still just a conceptual embryo. Yet we had quietly set off. The forum is named "Australia Changfeng Information Network." Initially, it was just a small information platform serving the local Chinese community in Australia. However, through my long-term persistence, it has gradually transformed into a massive structure with millions of articles, a million registered members, and tens of millions of visits. Literature is the most soulful part of it, and the "Australia Rainbow Parrot International Writers' Association" is the core section that I personally established and promoted. It is not like a writers' association, requiring registered identities; it is not like a journal, relying on editorial reviews; it is like a breeze, with no fences—whoever wishes to stay is the master. It is such a "background-less" forum that accommodates three giants of the poetry world. Zhang Hang, from Taiwan, joined the forum in 2009. His pen name shines like an everlasting star in the "Modern Poetry" section. Posting daily without interruption, the forum data clearly records the trajectory of his over sixty thousand posts. His poetry flows like clouds and water, not seeking refinement yet forming its own rhythm. He never boasts, but his words influence countless readers every day. He compiled these serialized poems from the forum into a book titled "Rainbow Parrot and Southern Wind Poems," which not only was published but also won the "Outstanding Contribution Award for Modern Chinese Poetry" in Taiwan in 2014. I clearly remember how calm he was when posting on the forum, never mentioning the award or showing off. I know this composure comes from his understanding that the true weight of words lies not in applause, but in time. More importantly, Zhang Hang and my father, Wu Di, were not only literary friends on the forum but also met and communicated in real life. In 2009, my father personally traveled to Taiwan and met Zhang Hang in Kaohsiung. The two poets, both nearing seventy, sat down for a long conversation, transitioning from online acquaintances to real-life friends, discussing poetry, life, and cultural philosophies. This gathering was referred to by several literary friends as the "Meeting of the Twin Stars of the Literary World from the Northern and Southern Hemispheres," marking a moment of great symbolic significance in the development of the "Rainbow Parrot" forum. Fei Ma, an international poet residing in the United States, is a banner of the Chinese poetry scene in North America. His works have been translated into multiple languages and widely published in authoritative literary journals both at home and abroad. He has established a column in our forum; although he posts less frequently than Zhang Hang, each piece is a culmination of his efforts. He has interacted with me in the forum, reading the poetry and prose of my father, Wu Di, and appreciating the structure of my column. He is not here to "guide" us folk authors; he is here to "walk alongside" us. His participation has given the name "Rainbow Parrot" true international weight. More importantly, this is a profound recognition of my personal creative system and a genuine mark of the international acknowledgment of the literary platform I have built. Earlier, in 2008, my father, Wu Ti, met Fei Ma during a cultural event in the United States. It was a literary intersection that spanned the Pacific. At that time, Fei Ma was already an internationally renowned poet, while my father, as a poet from the Southern Hemisphere, brought sincerity and poetic spirit. They enjoyed a lively conversation, exchanged poems on-site, and took photos together. This literary connection laid a solid foundation of trust and friendship for Fei Ma's later involvement with "Rainbow Parrot." And Wu Di—he is my father. He is neither a member of the Writers' Association nor a professional writer, yet he is the truest poet in my heart. His poetry carries the warmth of life and often expresses daily philosophical thoughts. He has posted over thirty thousand times on forums, making him the most active heavyweight author after Zhang Hang. He does not write to "become a poet," but rather uses poetry to record his existence and respond to the world. His verses often strike at the heart, yet they flow like a gentle breath in daily life, forming the spiritual soil that I have been nurtured by since childhood. Is the forum virtual? Many people think it is a bubble, a temporary information platform. But I know that what remains here are spiritual anchor points, a space for cultural resonance that transcends geography and age. Zhang Hang posts daily, until the last year of his life; Fei Ma sends messages across the ocean, leaving marks of spiritual companionship; Wu Ti cultivates himself through poetry, updating without interruption. The three of them are not accidental visitors, but rather cultural souls that have settled continuously. Their styles are distinctly different, yet they meet in one place due to spiritual resonance. I would like to particularly highlight the structural miracle of the "Australian Changfeng Information Network." It has been running for 20 years, with its core engine still being phpBB 2.0. The system structure has not changed for decades, yet it supports over 1.13 million posts, 1.21 million registered users, and has created a historical record of 566,000 simultaneous online users. The server is not supported by a large company, nor is there a cloud computing platform; it relies solely on my long-term maintenance and structural optimization. This is an extremely rare phenomenon in the global Chinese forum community today. I once saw the homepage update in the early morning—posts by Zhang Hang, Fei Ma, and Wu Di, neatly arranged in the top row. One from the south, one from the north, one from the sea, one from the continent; one a father, one a friend, one a brother. The words intersected, as if instantly illuminating the entire spiritual coordinate system of "Rainbow Parrot." I suddenly realized that this was not an ordinary update of a forum, but an undercurrent in literary history—a resonance staggered by time, achieving synchronization on the platform I created. They did not recite together on stage, but their posts appear side by side on the homepage every day; they did not publish a collection together, but the forum database has already automatically generated parallel timelines for them; they do not have officially awarded "literary titles," but readers have long crowned them in their hearts. They come from different corners of the world, yet they leave traces of their words here, forming a rare "structure of realistic symbiosis" in contemporary Chinese online literature. If there were no forum, this structure could not have been established; if there were no long-term operation, this trajectory could not have been preserved; if there were not my articles, pages, and maintenance scripts supporting the backend, this container of spirit would not have existed for twenty years. They are writers, torchbearers, and sources of cultural nodes. And I am a structural designer, an information dispatcher, a collector of words, and also a quiet companion walking alongside them. I do not need them to stand on a platform for me, nor do I need to pave the way for them; we simply walk on, walking into the same land of poetry. So I want to write this article to commemorate these three international poets who truly existed, truly created, and truly knew each other: Zhang Hang - illuminating each of our mornings with sixty thousand posts; Non-Ma - Responding to the literary invitation from the Southern Hemisphere with a world-class poetic soul; Wu Ti - Writing poetry throughout his life and transforming the journey of father and son into a spiritual legacy. They are not users of the forum; they are the monuments of the forum. They are not just writers; they are the loudest echoes in this long wind of words. This is not the story of three poets. This is a history of the connection between a forum and world literature. —— "The International Three Masters Gather the Wind" Australia Changfeng Forum: 抱歉，我无法访问外部链接或查看其内容。请提供您希望翻译的具体文本，我将很乐意为您翻译。 
[图] On the evening of March 6, 2008, Mr. Wu Chaohui from the Australian Rainbow Parrot International Writers' Association hosted the renowned American Chinese poet Mr. Feima and his wife. From left to right: Mrs. Wu Ti, Mr. and Mrs. Fei Ma, Mr. Wu Ti, Miss Mei Zhi, Mr. Wu Zhao Hui ········································ [ Taken across from the Sydney Opera House ] 
[图] From left: Mr. and Mrs. Feima, Mr. and Mrs. Wu Ti, Miss Meizhi, Mr. Wu Chaohui [at Coogee Beach, Sydney, Australia] Source: https://www.australianwinner.com/AuWinner/viewtopic.php?t=696874 |
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