Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c10.s2.t10.16

v2.c10.s2.t10.16

At India’s request, Bing Xin wrote an article in English to celebrate Tagore’s 100ᵗʰ birthday, titled *Let’s Commemorate Tagore in Unity and Friendship*, which was included in *Rabindranath Tagore, A Centenary Volume*, published by the Sahitya Akademi in New Delhi in 1961. In this article she said, that when in her childhood, she found Tagore’s *Gitanjali*, *The Crescent Moon* and other poems on the library shelves. She felt they were fresh, rhythmic and full of oriental charm. She was impressed by the poet’s sympathy with women and affection for children, and Tagore became the most revered foreign poet in her youth.