Remember Haizi

A poem festival to honor famous Chinese poet Haizi will take place on July 25 in Delingha, capital of Haixi prefecture, Qinghai province - the poet's favorite place.

Located in the northeast Qaidam Basin on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Delingha boasts a diversified landscape including vast grasslands, lakes and glaciers.

In 1988, Haizi traveled to Delingha and wrote the poem, Sister, Tonight I Am in Delingha, a sentimental poem that reflected the poet's loneliness on a dark night.

Haizi, who committed suicide at age 25 in 1989, had a strong influence on popular Chinese literature and poems.

To remember Haizi, 18 steles in different shapes engraved with his poems will be unveiled during the festival.