In his poem The Song of the Land of China, Chilean poet and Nobel laureate Pablo Neruda (1904-73) wrote: "The land of China, I wish to speak to you, only in the language of land, only in the free language of paddy, only in the crimson language of flame …"

The passion mixed with a deep sentiment underlying the lines of Neruda has touched the hearts of the people in the country, and these days, members of different social sectors are "speaking" to their homeland by endeavoring in the extensive fields under the banner of "Beautiful China".