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What was Poland like when it was ruled by the czar in Chopin's time? Why did Chopin leave the motherland?
1830, the July Revolution broke out in France. It not only attacked the feudal rule of the reactionary "Holy Alliance" in Europe, but also promoted the revolutions of European countries. At this time, Polish patriotic forces revived and secret patriotic organizations became active. They ignored the arrest and repression of the reactionary authorities and are brewing a new uprising. It is in such a turbulent situation that Chopin's relatives, teachers and friends urged Chopin to go abroad for further study and win glory for his motherland through his music creation and performance. Therefore, Chopin is in a fierce ideological struggle, and patriotism makes him nostalgic; His career made him want to leave again. He wrote: "I am still here, I can't decide the date of departure." I feel that if I leave Warsaw, I will never go back to my hometown. I am convinced that I will bid farewell to my hometown forever. Ah, how sad it is to die where you were not born! " The pain of parting and the premonition of farewell tormented him, but the encouragement, persuasion and expectation of relatives and friends inspired him, making him realize that he has the responsibility to go abroad and praise the motherland and the nation with art, and he was excited about it. He wrote: "I am willing to sing all the voices inspired by anger and unrestrained emotions, so that my works (at least some of them) can be regarded as John Sobiesky,/Kloc-the king of Poland's besieged city in the 0/7th century. He defeated the Turkish invaders, recovered the territory of the motherland, expelled the Turks from Vienna and Hungary, and made him famous in Europe. ) The battle song sung by the troops. Warsongs are dead, but their echoes will still ripple on both sides of the Danube. "

1830165438+1On October 2nd, 20-year-old Chopin left the capital Warsaw by carriage. In the suburbs, Chopin accepted a silver cup filled with the soil of the motherland presented by a friend, symbolizing that the motherland will always accompany him in a foreign country. What moved Chopin even more was that when his relatives and friends saw him off and came to Valia, the birthplace of Chopin on the outskirts of Warsaw, his teacher Elsner and some students from Warsaw Conservatory of Music were already waiting there, singing a chorus. Even if you are far away >>

"Your talent comes from our country. May it be fully developed anywhere. Through the sound of your music, through our Mazubek and Krakowiak (Polish folk dance music), show the glory of the motherland. "

Such a farewell scene and such exciting words made Chopin feel mixed feelings and burst into tears when he boarded the journey.

A few weeks after Chopin went abroad, an uprising broke out in Warsaw and was successful. It is said that Chopin was very excited when he heard the news of the Warsaw Uprising and planned to return to China. It is his close friend titus who is trying, and he doesn't want to go back. When Titus left for home to take part in the uprising, Xiao hired a post car to catch up with him and prepare to return home with him. As a result, he failed to catch up and returned to Vienna. At this time, Zheng Xiao wrote in a letter to Warsaw's good friend Matusinski: "Why can't I be with you? Why can't I be a drummer! ! ! "

1830165438+10 Warsaw Uprising once won a brilliant victory, drove away the Russian aggressors and established Poland's own regime. This heroic achievement of the Polish people shocked the whole of Europe and was a glorious page in the history of European revolution. However, less than a year after the victory, the achievements of the uprising were destroyed by the betrayal of Polish big noble. The Russian invaders captured Warsaw again, and the Warsaw uprising was suppressed. Another cold day, Chopin heard the news that Warsaw had fallen again during his trip to Paris. At this point, he was filled with indignation and grief. In a letter to Titus, he expressed great resentment against the invaders: "Oh, God, you exist! Existence without giving them retribution! You don't care about crimes in Moscow, or, or you are from Moscow! My poor father! My noble father, maybe he is starving, and he has no money to buy bread for his mother! My sister may be ravaged by wild scum in Moscow! Pass Kevic (Pass Kevic is the commander-in-chief of the Russian army who captured Warsaw. ), Mo tomb Lev this bitch has occupied the residence of the first-class monarchy in Europe! ? Moscow will be the coordinator of the world? Ah! Why can't I even kill a Moscow guy! " Although Chopin's father repeatedly advised him not to give up Russian nationality (all Polish residents under Russian rule were Russian nationality at that time), Chopin never extended his Russian passport in Vienna, but was willing to give up Russian nationality and become a stateless Polish exile. At the same time, Chopin did not use the letter of introduction written by Archduke Constantine, the reactionary leader of Russian occupation of Warsaw, to the Russian ambassador in Vienna, and made a clean break with the Russian rulers. The Polish national independence movement marked by the Warsaw Uprising, like a patriotic university, has trained countless Polish national fighters and a number of Polish national artists. When he first left Warsaw, Chopin, who was twenty years old, was quite naive. But Chopin, who was 21 years old after the Warsaw Uprising, has been tempered by the disaster of the motherland. His love for the motherland and hatred for the enemy have also become stronger.