Abstract: Memory is one of the resources for poems and poetics,and memory image frequently appears in Bei Dao’s poems.In the earlier stage of his creation,Bei Dao’s “memory”,carrying a sense of history,is mainly mixed with hardship,vicissitudes,and future expectation;and in his later poems,which are full of cultural reflection,he presents a strong homesickness,a sentimental attachment to native language and local culture as well as a deep concern for individual circumstances.The autonomy and individuality in Bei Dao’s memory poetics has not only enriched aesthetics in his poems,but also raised a significant topic in the ideological history and shown self-consciousness in poetic construction,enlightening present Chinese composition.

Key words: Beidao&rsquo, s poems, memory image, memory poetics