Six ancient poems of the Song Dynasty: the ribbon cutting is more human, and the appearance is new
"People's Day" is the seventh day of the first lunar month.
Its source is the ancient myth of Nüwa to create man. In the pre-Qin era, the legend of Nüwa creating people has been circulated, she created chickens, dogs, pigs, sheep, cattle and horses in turn, created people on the seventh day, and created grain on the eighth day.
Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty firmly believed in the theory of immortality, reusing the Eastern Shuo, the seventh day of the first lunar month, called the Day of Man, and the Ban Gu "History" of the Eastern Han Dynasty recorded the legal calendar of the Han Dynasty, "Seven, the four hours of heaven and earth, the beginning of man." That is, the seventh day of the first month is the "day of people", which was officially written into the almanac of the Han Dynasty.
The Tang Dynasty established the country with Taoism and developed the Taoist cause, and this was the seventh day of the first lunar month, which was a grand festival in the Tang Dynasty, and the emperor personally led the courtiers to step on the green and ascend to the heights, holding banquets, folk customs and official celebrations.
In the Song Dynasty, Confucianism dominated and no longer preached "human day", at least the emperor would not lay out such a festival, but the folk were still widely popular. Renri returned to the folk in the Song Dynasty, which is a beautiful folk festival that welcomes the spring, feels nature, and expresses itself. Although there are no major official celebrations, officials are given holidays.
That is, the first festival to walk in the green after the human day became the early spring and spring.
"The Tang Dynasty is often seen in poetry.
It is said that the wind is far away, and the conversation must be chased.
With loftiness and no land, long-distance thinking is forgotten.
Want to send Jiang Dongdi, cut off the intestines plum full of branches. Southern Song Dynasty · Zhao Fan "Ren Ri Feels Nostalgia for Sending Yushan to Kiss the Old and Show The Cousins of Tu Liyang"
The official activities of the Song Dynasty on The Day of The People's Day decreased, of course, related to the main theme of the times. Emperor Xuanzong of Tang and several emperors of the Tang Dynasty emphasized Taoism and long-lived thoughts, which were criticized by historians and orthodox Confucians. Although Li Shangyin of the Tang Dynasty had been a Taoist monk, he denied the idea of immortality.
The Song Dynasty, which experienced the demise of the Tang Dynasty and the establishment of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, naturally would not imitate the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, so even the "Human Day" was also low-key.
High-end banquets are not held, naturally there are few high-end poems on this day, like the Tang Dynasty, led by the emperor, the grand situation of Hanlin and the ministers' poetry is gone, so Zhao Fan said that the Tang Dynasty people pay more attention to the people than the Song Dynasty, and there are often good poems circulating.
In the Tang poems, there are the famous poems of Gao Shi Dufu and the Wing Chun verses of the important courtiers. Good sentences, spring atmosphere fresh and cheerful verses abound, which can not help but make Zhao Fan feel a little lost.
The same is the day of the people, how can the atmosphere be so different?
However, since the Tang Dynasty, The People's Day has been celebrated, and the feeling of missing family and friends has been preserved.
For example, he missed his brothers this day. If everyone gets together, they can also compose poems and get together, how lively.
But the people's day of the Song Dynasty, because of the official low-key, but more real in the folk, filtered out the color of the myth, everyone appreciates the spring tour, thanks to the spring, has their own early spring play feelings and thoughts, extra fresh.
The people of the Song Dynasty mostly walked on the green every day, depicting the beauty of early spring, small and fresh, more real.
"On the first day, the light smoke creek was on the bridge, and the snow on the far peaks had not completely disappeared.
Dongjun is also sentimental, sending spring light to wicker first. "Song · Yu Liangneng,"Ren Ri Dao Zhongkou Zhan One"
Stepping on the green to feel the beauty of early spring has become an important part of the Song Dynasty people's day.
The sun rose that morning, the smoke flowed, the quiet creek and the bridge in the morning.
You should know that this is during the New Year, the vigil of the thirtieth, the bustle of the first day, the relatives of the first two and the third, to the seventh day, there is a small tranquility, you can really relax, feel the freshest spring, and of course, today is the beautiful day of people in the early spring.
Let's relax and feel it slowly.
Look at the snow of the distant mountains, which are still covering the top of the mountain like a hat, and I have come out to hang out and hang out, go up the bridge and cross the stream.
Where is the spring, spring is around, for example, the willow tree next to it pulls out a flexible green strip, which has a willow bud that is about to expand, light blue, but it is full of green, just like the growth of a child and a teenager, at this time it will look like a day.
Human Day, the most beautiful early spring, the sun shines on people, there is a kind of rebirth vitality.
"Bamboo hedges house waterside homes, windows are dimly lit and sloping.
The color of the grass is not much good in spring, and the thinning plum reflects the bamboo two or three flowers."
Continue to follow Yu Liangneng's spring journey to feel the beauty of the village in early spring.
The bamboo hedge hut, located on the water's edge, the doors and windows are clean and half hidden, and a small road leads to the door.
The owners who are still in the Middle of the Year have already cleaned up the courtyard to welcome the arrival of spring and guests.
If you look at this clean place, it is enough to see the diligence of the owner.
The plan of the year lies in the spring, and the plan of the spring lies in the morning.
Although the grass on the ground at this time was still sporadically green and did not form a patch, the farm's courtyard was lined with bamboo forests and plum blossoms.
The plum blossom pink bamboo forest is emerald green, and this is already spring in the human world.
Although there are no people written here, the spiritual outlook of the family can be seen from the cleanliness of this courtyard and the opening of the plum blossom bamboo forest.
This is a well-off family that greets spring with a full heart.
"The ground is full of mushrooms and sprouts, and Qingqing knows that he has arrived at the mountain home."
The east wind blew the window rain overnight, and there were two red plum trees and flowers. Southern Song Dynasty · Han Chun's "Human Day"
After the spring, it is obvious that there will be more cloudy days and rainy weather. This is because the ocean air mass gradually penetrates deeper inland, bringing spring and also bringing moist and abundant rain.
This is the spring rain that moisturizes the growth of grass and trees, and in temperatures above zero degrees, it quickly promotes the germination of grass and trees.
Although at this time it is only the bud of all things, just sprouting, but the power of growth, but people rejoice.
The ground is full of small grass buds after a night of spring rain, and the spring is so intimate that it has reached the people in the mountains.
You see, only a night of light rain that hits the window, in the morning, not only the ground is grass buds, the plum blossoms bathe in the spring rain and bloom, two red plums, moist and beautiful in the rain.
This is not a plum blossom in the wind and snow, this is a spring plum in the spring rain, stretching out more than winter, you look at the flowers that flourish in the rain, you know how much plum blossoms like this spring rain.
This is the sweet rain dew that comes from bitterness, so that the flowers and trees that have been weathered by wind and snow are as moist as moisture, as bright as bright, so moving.
So don't people also get the best stretch in such rain, in such air?
It is the spring of plum blossoms, but also the spring of people, let us also pick up a tree of plum blossoms today.
"Yuan Zheng is a good day, wading into seven lanes of spring."
When the rain is good, the green wave is good.
New poems such as Shuzhou, sentences have a plum willow flavor.
Seven liters of years to fix the abundance, a stone public drunk. Southern Song Dynasty · Wang Shipeng "He Xianyun of The Rain of The Day of Man"
The first day of the first lunar month of the new year is a good day, but on the seventh day of the first lunar month, the heavens begin to spread the spring qi and turn the clouds and rain.
But this is also true, spring is time to go to work, the first task is to sow spring rain and moisten the land.
Looking forward to a winter, cold and bitter, is not waiting for the spring wind and rain?
Good rain is really the right time, spring ploughing is imminent, is waiting for the spring rain to make the land loose. I almost doubt Du Fu's spring rain, it was also at this time, good rain knows the season, when spring is happening.
Obviously, wang Shipeng's rain on the seventh day of the first lunar month of this year was not small, because the spring water on the river was already ready for boating.
My poem has the friendship that Gao Shi missed Du Fu on the Sichuan People's Day, friend, you may feel?
I am willing to make a troubled friend with you like Du Fu and Gao Shi, like a plum willow tree after experiencing the cold.
If this year is a good rainy and abundant year according to my expectations and predictions, let us celebrate at the end of the year and take a drunken break.
Here we use the poems written by Du Fu and Gao Shi in the Tang Dynasty on the Day of People, one is to express friendship, the other is to recognize that the other party and themselves are good officials who are worried about the country and the people, looking at the spring rain, thinking of the abundance of grain, the peace of the country, and the prosperity of the people.
This is also the profound connotation of the people's day, being a person and an official, when there is a sense of family and country.
"Flowers have won the spring, and the ribbon cutting is more human."
The scenery is good today, and the appearance is new. Northern Song Dynasty · Liu Yu,"Ren Ri Li Chun"
Written here are the decorative customs of the Tang and Song Dynasties Folk Day.
Spring and People's Day festivals are often during the New Year, not far apart, and sometimes overlap.
To welcome the spring, you will wear a flower spring flag and other headdresses on your head to welcome spring.
On human days, there will be additional human-shaped ornaments on the head.
This cute flower insect bird with a human-shaped headdress makes people feel more rich and prosperous.
In the Song Dynasty, on the people's day, the official will take a day off, so that is to say, after this day, it will begin to enter normal work.
People re-sort and take care of themselves on People's Day, put into social work for the next day, and prepare new people and new atmosphere.
In fact, this is more in line with the contemporary Annual Festival schedule, because around the seventh day of the first year, it is also the time when all walks of life go to work and open the market, facing the new year and new people, everyone dresses and meets each other, which is always a good start.
I wish you a new look, a new year and a new atmosphere, facing work and life!
Hatsuyoshi Katsuyuki interprets the love and beauty in the poems for you. Image from the web.