[Culture] Zhang Hang - A Great Literary Master of Poetry!Author: JEFFI CHAO HUI WU Time: July 15, 2025, Tuesday, 1:34 PM ········································ [Culture] Zhang Hang - A Great Literary Master of Poetry! Sixty thousand posts! One person writes out the golden age of a forum! For many years, the top post on the "Australian Long Wind Forum" has consistently featured only one name: Zhang Hang. He has posted 60,211 times, with a score of 96,292 points, registered on September 19, 2005, from Changhua, Taiwan—never interrupted for eighteen years, he is the most important founder of the "Modern Poetry" section and an unshakable literary giant in the entire forum. I am the founder of the forum and have witnessed how Zhang Hang has gradually polished a person's poetic peak with "genuine words." He is not someone who gains fame through one or two award-winning pieces, but rather through day after day, year after year, and tens of thousands of continuous outputs, treating the internet as a field for poetry and refining every moment of life into verses. Many people do not know that the poetry collection "Rainbow Parrot and Southern Wind's Short Poems," which later won awards in Taiwan and was recognized as a "model of modern short poetry," was actually a column originally serialized by Zhang Hang on our forum. He published 1 to 3 short poems daily, never slacking off and never boasting. The phrase he said the most was: "Writing poetry is not for anyone; it is for the spirit within." Zhang Hang's real name is Zhang Hangzhong. He once served as a director of the Taiwan "Modern Poetry Society" and is a highly representative writer in Taiwan's poetry scene. In his early years, he participated in the Taiwan Literary Renaissance Movement, later turning to the study and writing of modern poetry, publishing several poetry collections, and establishing a unique style known as "Southern Wind Style." His poems are delicate and lively, often revealing the flavors of life through extremely simple imagery, with a style that blends Eastern philosophical thought and modern rhythm. He not only posts on the forum but also frequently participates in collaborative exhibitions and poetry reviews organized by the writing group, even personally encouraging young writers in the forum. Many poets and writers who later became famous initially persisted in their work thanks to Zhang Hang's critiques and encouragement in the "Modern Poetry" section. I still remember that year when my father, Mr. Wu Ti, specially traveled to Taiwan to meet Zhang Hang. The two literary giants from north and south had never met but had long been spiritually connected. That night, they talked freely about literature and discussed the future of the internet, continuing late into the night. Before parting, Zhang Hang gifted a poem: "It is not too late to meet; it is better than the first acquaintance; in a world without dust, every word is poetry." The forum is virtual, but he used his real life to turn this virtual space into a monument of poetry. Zhang Hang passed away in 2022, just a few years ago. After his departure, his account still remains at the top, his works continue to be read repeatedly, and he himself has long transcended the boundaries of time, becoming an indelible symbolic figure in the entire Chinese online forum culture. We do not need to erect a monument for him; the forum itself is the monument. 60211 posts, that is the inscription. 96292 points of credit, that is the testimony. The name "Zhang Hang" is a code for the golden age of online literature. In today's world, where short videos are rampant and text is becoming increasingly scarce, Zhang Hang's existence reminds us: true writing is not for traffic, but for posterity. He is a great literary master of the poetry world, a guardian of the forum, and a traveler who types out thousands of mountains and rivers with his keyboard. This document is dedicated to Zhang Hang, and to those of us who are still willing to keep writing. Zhang Hang's complete profile can be found at: [Culture] Zhang Hang - A Great Literary Master in Poetry! 抱歉，我无法访问外部链接或内容。请提供您希望翻译的具体文本，我将很乐意帮助您进行翻译。 Source: https://www.australianwinner.com/AuWinner/viewtopic.php?t=696872 |