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Column | Poetry Lesson 23: Weiyang Bamboo Branch Words

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Huang Shen: Weiyang bamboo branch word

Weiyang bamboo branch word (Qing) Huang Shen

Life only loves Yangzhou to live, and the shore is hanging on the Yang Spring Qi.

Self-picking garden flowers idly dressed, poolside green reflection water red dress.

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Weiyang is another name for Yangzhou, bamboo branch word is a kind of poetry evolved from Bashu folk songs, the meaning of Weiyang bamboo branch word is clear at a glance, this is a poem written in Yangzhou.

The author, Huang Shen, is a native of Fujian, so why would he write a poem about Yangzhou? In fact, he wrote not only one, but four, why write and write again? Naturally, it is because I like Yangzhou.

Yangzhou, which is the Yangzhou where Li Bai fireworks fell in March, is also the Yangzhou where the ancients "wrapped their waists around 100,000 guan" and rode cranes to dare to go up.

What was Yangzhou during the Kang Yong Dynasty of the Qing Dynasty?

It was a prosperous place with developed economy and culture, and it was a must-visit place for countless literati and painters in their lives.

Huang Shen, who was excellent in poetry and calligraphy, came to Yangzhou in this way, and stayed in Yangzhou for a long time, becoming one of the famous "Eight Monsters of Yangzhou".

Huang Shen's bamboo branch words, written lightly and flexibly, at the beginning of which he showed his intentions, I just like to live in Yangzhou, why? You see, Yangzhou is beautiful, the river bank is weeping willows, and spring is full of beauty.

In the tone of a woman, he wrote: I pick flowers on the plug, green water and red dress, how good to look at, how good to look.

Jing Meiren is beautiful, such a beautiful beauty, how can Huang Shen not like this place?

Bamboo branch words are similar to the seven absolute forms, but because of their customs and customs, witty and funny, they can be included in poetry, which is different from the absolute sentences.

Huang Shen's four poems vividly express the characteristics of bamboo branch words, light, playful and bright.

Huang Shen

Huang Shen (1687-1770), a native of Ninghua, Fujian, was a Painter of the Qing Dynasty who excelled in figures, landscapes, flowers and birds. During the Kangxi Dynasty, he went to Yangzhou to sell paintings, which was very popular and was one of the "Eight Monsters of Yangzhou".

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Huang Shen is one of the "Eight Monsters of Yangzhou", do you know which eight people the "Eight Monsters of Yangzhou" are?

The Eight Monsters of Yangzhou refer to eight calligraphers and painters with similar styles, who were active in the Yangzhou area from the middle of the Qing Kangxi Dynasty to the end of the Qianlong Dynasty, and are often called the "Yangzhou School" in art history.

The eight were: Jin Nong, Zheng Xie (xiè), Huang Shen, Li Peng (shàn), Li Fangjian (yīng), Wang Shishen, Luo Ping, and Gao Xiang.

Column | Poetry Lesson 23: Weiyang Bamboo Branch Words

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Column | Poetry Lesson 23: Weiyang Bamboo Branch Words

Yan Huile

Founder of Lixue Educational Institution and senior book practitioner.

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