There are two ancient poems of the first Tang Dynasty, one with 23 spring characters and one with 30 new characters, all of which write about the beauty of early spring
New Year, contemporary generally refers to the contemporary Spring Festival, which is the New Year of the Lunar Calendar.
But in ancient times, New Year and New Year were two similar festivals, but not the same concept.
The traditional New Year refers to the first day of the first month of the lunar calendar from the Han Dynasty and the New Year stage that extends to the fifteenth day of the lunar calendar.
The traditional New Year is the spring of the festival, the day when spring returns to the natural world. Chinese New Year is very important in traditional Chinese culture. In the history of Sima Qian, it is emphasized that Lichun is the first of the four seasons that has been handed down since ancient times. The Zhou Dynasty Tianzi would greet the spring gods and spring with grand ceremonies in the suburbs, and successive rulers would sacrifice as scheduled. For the ancient agricultural country, the spring ceremony represents reverence and gratitude to nature, spring returns to heaven and earth, and the earth will bring people's society and the country a rich harvest and a stable life.
The beginning of spring also opened the prelude to praising and praising spring.
Although Tang poetry was the heyday of classical Chinese poetry, with countless verses praising spring, the origin of poetry must have predateed the Tang Dynasty. And there is no shortage of poetry before the Tang Dynasty, which is the cultural basis for these works to become the flourishing of Tang poetry.
Today, I will explain two poems of The Tang Dynasty before the Tang Dynasty, the Lichun Yingchun poems of the Pre-Tang Dynasty.
"Spring is still beautiful, and spring breeze has passed."
Spring hearts change with each passing day, and spring love is everywhere.
Everywhere spring moves, spring birds change every day.
Spring has flourished, and spring people have disappeared in spring.
I don't see the people of Huaichun, but I hope that the spring is new.
Spring sorrow spring self-knot, spring knot can be shen.
Want to be interesting in the spring garden, reminisce about the people of spring.
Where are the spring people, empty on the spring.
Remember the spring flowers alone, and cherish the spring time. Nanliang · Xiao Xuan's "Spring Poetry"
First, let's talk about the origin of poetry, the earliest poetry is the "Book of Poetry" in the pre-Qin era, mostly with three words and four words as a sentence.
In the Qin and Han dynasties, poetry began to develop into five-character poems, because the five characters could accommodate the subject and the object, the form was more diverse, the expression was more specific, and it was easier to express. In the Wei and Jin dynasties of the Han Dynasty, the five-character poems began to develop, and the five-character poems of Cao Zhi and Tao Yuanming were well written, able to express deep emotions, suppress ups and downs, and have a beautiful rhythmic rhythm, which is in line with the rhythm of the poem.
In the period of the Southern and Northern Dynasties, it was the period when the five-character poem was widely circulated in the upper class, and it began to pay attention to rhymes and battles. But the whole is mainly to express inner emotions, and the poetry is clear and fluent. These two poems were produced during this period.
Second, let's talk about who Xiao Xuan is?
Emperor Xiao of the Liang Dynasty during the Southern and Northern Dynasties, but only served as emperor for two years, and died at the age of 47. He was not the crown prince, but the seventh son of his father, who was crowned the King of Xiangdong at the age of 6 and the Assassin of Jingzhou at the age of 18, and then won the trust of his father and was in charge of the military. But such a seemingly majestic monarch, when he was a teenager, was a man who liked to read. And because he was blind at first sight when he was young, he had years of depression and sentimentality and sadness.
This "Spring Poem" is a poem written before he was 18 years old in the era of the King of Xiangdong.
Third, the spring day here is not an ordinary spring day, it is a special spring day. In the Southern and Northern Dynasties era, Lichun was an important festival, and many poems at this time referred to this day as "Spring Day", because the emphasis was on the return of the spring sun, and the nobles, like the people, had the custom of welcoming spring, stepping on spring, and appreciating spring, while the nobles had more gatherings and banquets. Sing spring together.
This poem fully reflects the talent of the young Xiao Xuan. In a poem of 90 words, there are 23 spring words, writing the joy of welcoming spring, the beauty of spring in early spring, and the thought of spring.
Spring returns, the beauty of the Spring Festival, under the spring sun, the spring breeze blows.
The beginning is ten words, four springs, full of spring, but flowing brightly. And it is quite mature for the battle.
The heart buds of the spring of the grass and trees are thriving, and every day is different, and the scenes and feelings of spring are presented everywhere.
"Everywhere spring moves, spring birds change every day."
I don't see the people of Huaichun, but I hope that the spring is new. “
Here is written specifically, everywhere the spring flowers are budding and blossoming, at this time should refer to the most beautiful plum blossoms in early spring.
The plum blossom is the plum blossom that blooms in early spring, sensitive to the sun, and in the early spring sun, the second flower blooms, forming a spectacular flower sea in one or two days. The early spring yellow oriole oriole cuckoo magpie is based on plum blossoms as food, they come and go between the branches, noisy and fluttering, singing gracefully.
This is the early spring when the most beautiful plum blossoms bloom, and spring is on the plum blossoms and on the flowers, which is the time when the birds are singing.
It's just this beautiful spring, this bright sun, do you see someone sad in this beautiful spring flower, because there is one less person around him to accompany him.
"Spring sorrow spring self-knot, spring knot can be Shen."
Want to be interesting in the spring garden, reminisce about the people of spring. “
Spring sorrow has been knotted in the heart since there is spring, and who can unravel it.
Li Shangyin said that when the lotus leaf was born, the spring hated the birth, which meant that the small lotus leaf curled in the twilight spring was like an unhappy look, but Xiao Xuan 300 years ago was more affectionate than him, and it was simply that spring was sad as soon as spring came.
I was ready to talk about the fun of this spring garden trip, but I always felt almost happy, why is that, because I miss the people who accompanied me last spring.
"Where are the spring people, the air is in the spring."
Remember the spring flowers alone, and cherish the spring time. “
Where is the beautiful man now? Let me be alone in this most beautiful spring day, is she happy with the appointment?
I think that when the spring flowers fall, when the beautiful person leaves, I should cherish the spring with her.
Maybe I should cherish this beautiful spring day too.
How could a teenager who was less than eighteen years old, as a prince, have such sorrow?
Xiao Xuan was blind in one eye at an early age, and the reason was unclear, which definitely affected his appearance and psychology. There are definitely women around him, but for the women he likes, he is afraid that he is inferior, because he wants to get equal love because I like you, and you just like me.
It is the beauty of love, so he does not overdo it, but silently lets love linger in his heart until the other party never comes again. And before the spring, the more distant admiration, is it last spring when the royal family visited the garden and met the girl of her choice, or did she miss a commoner woman with a huge disparity in status?
I think such a time of pure affection was really rare in his life, because after the age of eighteen, he guarded the country as a general, killed and decided, and even cut off political enemies on the way to the emperor, especially cruel to his brothers. From a psychological point of view, his childhood and adolescence must have suppressed too much inner unhappiness. Maybe it also contains the loss of this relationship.
"The new warbler starts and returns, and the new butterfly returns to fly."
New flowers are full of new trees, and the new moon is beautiful and new.
New light and new atmosphere early, new hope and new embrace.
New water, new green floating, new birds new listening well.
The new scenery is renewed, and the new leaves are restored to new climbing.
Although new branches can be knotted, new sorrows can be relieved.
New ideas are unique, new knowledge cannot be heard.
New fans are like a crescent moon, new covers learn new clouds.
New drops of tears, new dot pomegranate skirts. Nanliang · Bao Quan's "Fenghe Xiangdong Wang Chunri Poem"
Then it is very interesting that the young Xiao Xuan has no shortage of confidants and auxiliary courtiers around him, for example, this Bao Quan is Xiao Xuan's son who consulted and joined the army. He and Xiao Yi were similar in age and smelled the same, similar to the relationship between Kangxi and Cao Yin.
Although the two young people have a difference in the status of the king, the companionship of youth is the best friendship.
In this garden tour activity, he saw Xiao Xuan's poems, of course, the clever he immediately knew Xiao Xuan's mood, wrote a spring poem that should be harmonious, with the same youthful fresh talent, comfort Xiao Xuan.
Xiao Xuan's poems are written with the spring characters of Lichun as the main content, while Bao Quan takes the new characters of the new spring as the care, and of the 90 words, as many as 30 new ones write the new nature of spring, and also skillfully comfort Xiao Xuan, who is almost the same age.
When the two poems are compared, there is no amazing new beauty.
"New flowers are full of new trees, and new moons are beautiful and new."
New spring warblers are back, new spring is coming, new butterflies, flying up and down.
New plum blossoms are full of new trees, new moons, and new radiance.
If Xiao Xuan focuses on writing about the old feelings and connects the past with spring feelings, Bao Quan emphasizes the new of spring.
"New light and new atmosphere early, new hope and new embrace."
The new scenery is renewed, and the new leaves are restored to new climbing. “
The new year's condition, new spring, new eyes, new bosom.
The surface of the water was fresh green water, and the branches were new yellow orioles.
New scenery comes from the new spring, and the leaves are new, and each climb is fresh and interesting, different from the past.
"Although new branches can be knotted, new sorrows can be relieved."
New ideas are unique, new knowledge cannot be heard. “
Bao Quan specially wrote in this sentence, which corresponds to Xiao Xuan's spring sorrow.
Of course, spring will give rise to spring sorrows, just like the flowers on the tree that have not yet bloomed, like a knot in the heart. But only if your mind is particularly contained, how can others know?
Here is a praise for Xiao Xuan's deep affection and chic, in fact, it also implies that such loneliness belongs to the imperial level. This is Bao Quan's wise heart.
I know your loneliness, but this lonely feeling can only be uniquely possessed by you, and no one can understand it or say it. However, it also reminded Xiao Xuan, I know.
This is like comforting a confidant's lost love, the so-called genius, are all borne alone from the lost love, I wish you to become a genius of the world.
"The new fan is like a crescent moon, and the new cover learns the new cloud."
New drops of tears, new dot pomegranate skirts. ”
Come, let us enjoy the beauty of this spring day, you see the distance, the song and dance troupe fan, like a beautiful new moon, the man flowing horses, like the clouds in the sky.
I know what you like is right in the middle.
She must have missed you too, and in the place closest to you, the tears of spring, wet the pomegranate skirt.
Writing this, Bao Quan is comforting Xiao Xuan, she has always been, she also loves you, but because of the reason that she has to, she is watching for you, and I am also guarding you.
These two poems can be called the double wall of poetry and emotion. The two aristocratic teenagers, especially Bao Quan, understood Xiao Xuan's state and psychology, and responded with talent and the lonely prince to save Xiao Xuan's mood. The two poems are fresh and beautiful, Xiao Xuan's deep affection is subtle and moving, and Bao Quan focuses on freshness, with the brightness and hope of spring.
After Xiao Xuan became emperor, he appointed him as the Assassin of Shinshu and gave him his own son to assist.
Xiao Xuan's family was not smooth in his life, and his family emotions were lacking, but it was bao Quan's existence that made his imperial road less lonely.
Their poems have taken many people back to their youthful years when they were white or green.
"Such a good spring, I fell out of love."
"If there is any lost love, we are guarding you."
O beautiful early spring spring boy lang.
Hatsuyoshi Katsuyuki interprets the love and beauty in the poems for you. Image from the web.