Wu Xueliang
The traditional drum song "Big West Wing" of the Big Drum of Le Ting, also known as "Red Lady's Next Book", its plot is very simple, that is, Red Lady is entrusted by Miss Cui Yingying to go to the West Wing to send a letter (letter) to Zhang Sheng (Zhang Junrui). Although the plot is simple, the content it contains is very rich.
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The scenery that The Red Lady saw all the way to the West Wing: "The painting of the shadow wall 'Deer Crane and Spring', the four-corner setting of 'Yuqiao Farming Reading' ... Strange flowers and grasses are as good as flowers and grasses, and the cypress and pine are fragrant..." Among them, there are dozens of flowers and plants, and then there are calligraphy couplets on both sides of the door pavilion, all of which reveal the elegance of Han Mo's fragrant fragrance. This alone draws us to the scenery depicted in the drum song.
Chinese Painting / Wu Xueliang
Then "The Little Red Lady opened the curtain with her hand and entered this study...", there are statues of Nanhai Guanyin Bodhisattva and Dharma Ancestors enshrined in the study, as well as the tablets of the Most Holy Ancestor Confucius and his descendants Yan, Zeng, Si, and Meng... In particular, the ancient paintings decorated contain allusions everywhere. The furnishings in the study room can be described as musical instrument ornaments and calligraphy paintings that permeate the elegant atmosphere of the reader.
The above is to describe the scenery and interior furnishings she saw from the perspective of the Red Lady, and then to depict the appearance and dress of the Red Lady through the perspective of Zhang Sheng... Just the section depicting the auspicious pattern on her embroidered shoes allows us to increase a lot of knowledge, "Danfeng Chaoyang", "Fengluo Wutong", "Fangzheng'er", "Swastika", "Peach Durian Buddha Persimmon"...
"Fang Chun He Mei Tu" / Wu Xueliang
Although the drum song of "The Great West Chamber" ("Red Lady Down Book") is only such a simple plot of the Red Lady West Wing Book, the content it contains is very rich, and it really makes us long-term knowledge. Taking the word "big" as the title, called "Great West Chamber", should also have some relevance to this.
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