Last time, after talking about the "ice pier" in ancient Chinese poetry, this time we talked about the "snow rongrong" in ancient poetry.
"Ice Pier" is the mascot of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games, "Snow Dungrong" is the mascot of the Beijing Winter Paralympic Games; the prototype of the "Ice Pier" is a giant panda wrapped in an ice shell, and the prototype of "Snow Dungrong" is a red lantern covered with snow; with the advent of the Beijing Winter Olympics, the "Ice Pier" has been too hot to be unwanted, and with the coming of the Beijing Winter Paralympic Games, "Snow Rongrong" is already on the way out of the circle of fire!
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In classical Chinese poetry, the poems describing snow are broad and profound, and wonderful. We are very familiar with the Tang Dynasty border poet Cen Shan, whose masterpiece is "White Snow Song Sends Military Judges Back to Beijing", which describes the snow scene in the western region of the Tang Dynasty; and the most famous sentence, "Suddenly like a spring breeze in the night, thousands of trees and pear blossoms", there is no "snow" word, but it is the "ceiling" that writes snow throughout the ages. It is worth mentioning that the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty, roughly today's Xinjiang, China, is really a magical and beautiful land, a land rich in athletes, ice and snow and poetry.
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Enjoy the snow and discover the "Hexagonal Warrior"
In the online world, young people like to use "hexagonal warriors" to describe star athletes who are strong and have no weaknesses, such as skier Gu Ailing and ping-pong king Ma Long. It is said that this comes from the hexagonal data analysis graph. Hexagons do not exist only in the digital world, there are also hexagons in the real world, the most typical of which is snowflakes:
To the snow
Tang Gaobiao
When the six flying flowers enter the house, sit and watch the green bamboo change into branches.
Now it is better to look up at the tall buildings and cover up the evil roads in the world.
The ancients did not have microscopes, they only looked at this incomparably wonderful world with the naked eye. They found that the snowflakes flying in the sky were six petals, so they called it "six out".
Snowflakes are both "six out", but no two snowflakes are the same; heavy and light snow, "dry" snow and "wet" snow, snow in the north and snow in the south, their crystal shapes are all different.
All day long, the snow fell so carelessly. The poet sat quietly by the window, one two three four five, pieces of snowflakes. A snowflake drifted in, encountered the heating emitted by the brazier in the house, and gradually melted, and the six small horns became more prominent.
I don't know how long I sat, but the green bamboo in the patio was draped in a white cloak. Looking out from the tall buildings, the yellowing grass and trees and dusty roads in the usual days have all disappeared. Snow, creating a beautiful world that is not quite real. Snow, let our minds fly into the vast world, it's good.
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The snow appreciation of the ancient Chinese poets is all-round and dead-ended. Most of the snow sports of the Winter Olympics will rely on mountains. So, let's go and see the snow on the South Mountain a thousand years ago:
Looking at the snow in the south
Tang Zu Yong
At the end of the South Yin Ridge Show, the snow floats in the clouds.
The forest shows a bright color, and the city increases the twilight cold.
In Chang'an in winter, it often snows. At that time, a young man named Zu Yong took the imperial examination, looked at the snow outside the city, and wrote "Looking at the Remaining Snow in the South". Speaking of this poem, there is also a small story: the exam requires eight verses of poetry, and the examiner asks Zu Yong: Why is it over in four sentences? He said: The meaning has arrived. This kind of unrestrained spirit is very much like those ice and snow athletes who let go.
Zhongnan Mountain is on the southern outskirts of Chang'an City, which is the back garden of Chang'an people's hearts. This kind of complex is like today's Beijingers who care about "Yanshan snowflakes are as big as a seat". Chang'an snowed heavily overnight, the sun began to rise, and everything was exceptionally bright. Looking at the South Mountain in the distance, the main peak is covered with snow, like wearing a hat of edelweiss. The snow reflects the light and adds a bit of bright color. Gradually, twilight descended on the international metropolis of Chang'an, and the slanting sun spread a golden yellow on the snow, and the people in the city felt a deeper chill.
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Engaged in outdoor snow sports, many times to "watch the sky to eat", what they most want to see is the weather is sunny, heavy snow. This kind of scene was also arranged by ancient Chinese poets, which is called "opening the door in the morning and filling the snow with mountains.".
After snow in the mountains
Qing Zheng Xie
In the morning, the door is full of snow, and the snow is clear and the sun is cold.
The eaves are not dripping plum jelly, a kind of loneliness and idleness.
Zheng Xie is the famous writer and calligrapher Zheng Banqiao. Perhaps, he once came somewhere in the mountains and old forest in the winter, looking for an old house made of stone to live in. After a night, "getting up in the morning and opening the door full of snow", it was a good day! As soon as the door was opened, half-man-high snow poured into the door, and there were clear claw marks on the door, perhaps the tiger had come to visit last night? In the snow there are footprints of pheasants walking by at dawn, like rows of bamboo leaves. On the eaves of the burrow, long ice skates hung down. The old plum tree in front of the door braved the cold and bloomed a lot of red flowers!
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Play snow, "Old Man Talks About Teenage Mania"!
Chinese not only are they quietly enjoying the snow, they also have to walk into the vast expanse of snow, race horses, hunt, and sprinkle some wilderness on this snowy land! In ancient Chinese poetry, there is no shortage of ice and snow sports.
Hunting
Tang Wangwei
The wind horn bows, and the general hunts Weicheng.
The grass is dry and the eagle's eye is sick, and the snow is light on the horse's hooves.
Ignored Xinfeng City, it also returned to the Xiaoliu Camp.
Looking back at the archery, the twilight clouds are flat.
"Watching the Hunt" depicts military life, the protagonist is based on the famous Han Dynasty general Zhou Yafu, and the whole poem is full of the competence of the mighty master.
In winter, after the snow, outside Chang'an City, the wind suddenly rose, cutting in the face like a knife. Snow covered the ground, revealing the remnants of slightly dry grass. In the sky, crows and sparrows have long disappeared. Only a few eagles in the sky were still circling. The sun behind the snow is bright and dangling, but the air is still cold. The exhaled breath in the mouth quickly condensed into a smoke screen in front of his eyes.
The earth is vast and lonely. Suddenly, there was a crackling sound, breaking the silence. The sound of horses' hooves came from afar, and a heavily armored horse general appeared on the horizon, holding a painted bow in his hand and filling a pot of arrows with large feathers around his waist. Behind him, followed by four or five light horsemen. The general took a bow and shot an arrow, and the big eagle fell in response.
It was dusk to return to the camp on horseback. Looking back at the place where the eagle was shot, the sky was thick with clouds. The light snow is followed by heavy snow, and this heavy snow will fall tonight.
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Hunting in the snow has always been very exciting, let's look at this one again:
Jiang Chengzi Mizhou went hunting
Song Sushi
The old man talks about juvenile madness,
Left lead yellow, right Qing cang,
Nishiki hat mink fur, thousand riding roll Hiraoka.
In order to repay the city with the taishou,
Shoot the tiger and see Sun Lang.
Drunken chest is still open,
Sideburns, why bother!
In the clouds, when will Feng Tang be sent?
Will draw a bow like a full moon,
Look northwest, shoot the wolf.
Su Shi was in charge of Mizhou (present-day Zhucheng, Shandong) at that time, and he was thirty-eight years old, in fact, he was not old, "the old man talked about juvenile madness", and there was a bit of "Versailles". Su Shi was very diligent and advised the people to cultivate and weave and work all day. In the winter agricultural and leisure season, military exercises are organized according to the custom. In order to make the exercise lively and interesting, Su Shi decided to hold it in the form of hunting. You see him and his entourage, riding on high horses, leading dogs, carrying eagles, wrapped tightly, interspersed among the mountains and forests, and snow splashing under the hooves of horses... This kind of equipment and battle already has a sense of ceremony in ice and snow sports.
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From the archery eagle in "Watching the Hunt" to the "Shooting Tiger and Watching Sun Lang" in "Hunting in Mizhou", what is hunted is actually not important, what is important is the sportsmanship. In fact, sports originate from life, and the origin of many Winter Olympics projects has military and hunting colors. For example, "biathlon" is a combination of cross-country skiing and shooting.
Whenever it snows, see the way of "tolerance and melting" of Chinese
The prototype of "Snow Melting" is a big red lantern covered with snow. Seeing it always reminds you of a poetic snowy night. On this rare snowy night, what should you do? Solo music is not as good as crowd music, of course, invite friends to eat and drink together:
Ask Liu Nineteen
Tang Baijuyi
Green ant new wine, red clay small stove.
Late to the day want snow, can you drink a cup of nothing?
At dusk in winter, the sky is cloudy and looks like it is about to snow. Bai Juyi quickly wrote a note and sent someone to liu mansion. Liu Nineteen took the note and took it apart to see that it was such a poem.
After a while, Liu Nineteen came to the door. Bai Juyi said: "The new wine just brewed this year is still foaming. Come and go, let's have two drinks together. "Green ants, not green ants, but the foam of new winemaking. While the two were talking, the small red clay stove had been set up, the fiery red charcoal had been burned, and hot pot must be eaten in winter. According to research, Chinese began to eat hot pot shabu meat in the Bronze Age, which is evidenced by excavated cultural relics.
On this cold winter night, on this winter night when the snow is falling, what is more comfortable than talking to one or two confidants and raising a glass of wine? In today's Beijing Winter Olympic Village, buns, dumplings, roast duck, spicy hot, eight major cuisines... Athletes from all over the world happily enjoy Chinese food and happily send social media to share. Food warms the stomach and warms the heart.
Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhu Yue
The name of "Xue Rongrong" has the meaning of "tolerance" and "harmony", and this is also the wisdom and attitude of life of Chinese, reflecting the values of Chinese and the way of dealing with others. In one word, it is - warm.
Host of Hibiscus Mountain
Tang Liu Changqing
The mountains are far away at dusk, and the white houses are poor in the cold.
Chai Men smell the barking of dogs, and the wind and snow return to people on the night.
The north wind is cold, and the snow is fluttering. Travelers walk between heaven and earth, unconsciously sunset on the western mountains, green mountains turn into the sky. Gradually, I saw the roof of my old friend's house, and there was a dog barking in the distance. "Squeak" and push open the wood door. "Oh, so much snow, you're still coming!" Come in and roast the fire, the wine is ready! The old friend greeted him with a smile. Following the rhythm of its owner, the attitude of the rhubarb became unusually friendly, wagging its tail with joy...
Even if it is a cold winter night, even if it is a big snowstorm, you can always trust your "snow melting" friends.