Wenshi | three classic Lantern Festival poems

The traditional Lantern Festival, also known as Shangyuan Festival and New Year's Eve, is the fifteenth day of the first lunar month every year.

In ancient times, especially in the Tang and Song Dynasties, the night of the Lantern Festival, the lanterns were colorful, the men and women of all ages and children fell out of the city, and the flower lanterns were appreciated, which was a festival celebrated by the whole people, and during the participation of poets, many wonderful poems were left. These poems became part of the Lantern Festival carnival; compared with the three poems of the Tang and Song Dynasties depicting the Lantern Festival: Su Wei's "Fifteen Nights of the First Moon", Ouyang Xiu's "Sheng Cha Zi Yuan Xi" and Xin Zhiyi's "Qingyu Case", from different aspects, while showing us the tang dynasty and the Song Dynasty style picture scroll, it also expressed the lyricist's own inner most secret emotional world - using the lantern festival lights and the moon to express his heart song.

The first song: Su Wei "Fifteen Nights of the First Moon"

The fire tree and silver blossoms, the star bridge iron lock open. Dark dust goes with the horse, and the bright moon comes one by one. The wandering tricks are all plums, and the songs are all plums. Kingo couldn't help but be at night, and the jade leaked uncontrollably.

Datang was founded for about sixty years, and there was no National Day at that time, as if the Lantern Festival was a National Day.

In fact, the Lantern Festival is really a festival for the masses. To celebrate and enjoy this festival, it is the joy of the people, and the grandeur is unprecedented! Every conceivable way to celebrate has been thought of, including a light show, including the relaxation of martial law in the capital, and the "Poetry Contest on the Fifteenth Night of the First Moon" for the Lantern Festival.

In this competition, more than 200 poets participated, and at the same time, they wrote poems, titled "Fifteen Nights of the First Moon", and Su Wei's poem, together with two other poems, became the winner's work.

Why did this poem win the championship? What's so good about it? Reading a lot of poems about the Lantern Festival, including the words of Ouyang Xiu, Li Qingzhao and Xin Zhiyi in the Song Dynasty, there is a feeling that many poems and words are "sideways" to write about the Lantern Festival; that is, to use the Lantern Festival as the "head" to write their feelings during the festival. For example, Ouyang Xiu wrote about dating his lover on the Lantern Festival; Xin Zhiyi wrote on the Lantern Festival to find his other half, not in the colorful lamp language, but in the lonely desert.

Su Wei's "Fifteen Nights of the First Month" was not only written early, but also described "positively" from the beginning to the end. One of its values is to leave the most beautiful pictures of the Tang Dynasty Lantern Festival.

The fire tree and silver blossoms, the star bridge iron lock open.

The first sentence, "Fire Tree Honeysuckle Combination", does not need to be explained, only from the descendants of the same kind who originated here to describe "Fire Tree Honeysuckle Never Sleeps", etc., it appears to shock the reader's eyes and soul. Writing lights, "fire tree honeysuckle" is the best combination of four words, there is no one; if you change it to "brilliant lights", it will become the instruction manual of the Lantern Festival. "Unity" means that the lights in all directions have converged into an endless ocean. "The iron lock of the Star Bridge is opened", the iron lock of the access control is all opened, all traffic control is canceled, and the people who go out are watching the lights.

Dark dust goes with the horse, and the bright moon comes one by one.

It is really a sea of people; everyone looks at the lights, people look at people, BMW cars, songs and laughter. Because of the crowds, the dust in the darkness rolled under the horses' hooves; as the crowd flowed, the moonlight shone in waves. Therefore, it is known that "the dark dust goes with the horse, and the bright moon comes one by one" is a good sentence in the poem.

The wandering tricks are all plums, and the songs are all plums.

Between light and shade, between movement and stillness, people's passions are touched by the beautiful women, "wandering tricks"; they float like colorful clouds, while walking, while singing the elegant and soul-catching tune of "Plum Blossom Fall", emitting aroma all over the body. Xin Zhiyi has read this poem, and the most unforgettable thing is to transplant this poem into his "Qingyu Case" and turn it into "laughter and dark incense". In order to find "her", he is the word person with the highest "return rate" in the lights, and he must look at the "wandering tricks" of "Yong Li" one by one.

Kingo couldn't help but be at night, and the jade leaked uncontrollably.

At this time, the poet seems to have heard the dripping sound of the timed "jade leak", which is the echo of time on the palace wall; Jin Wuwei, who is in charge of the vigilance of the capital, has canceled the night ban in the capital. Don't drip too fast, let time stand still, let everyone sing and dance, and enjoy this beautiful night.

Su Wei was a great talent, and in the history of the Tang and Song Dynasties, he could be both a high official and a famous poet, and he was one of the earlier ones. Shiwen, together with Du Zhenyan, Cui Rong, and Li Zhao, is called the "Four Friends of the Article".

Finally, Su Wei was a native of Luancheng, Zhao Prefecture (present-day Nanzhao Village, Luancheng District, Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province), and his tenth generation grandson Su Xun, the eleventh generation Sun Su Shi, and Su Rui all worshiped him, including this poem.

The second song: Ouyang Xiu's "Sheng Cha Zi Yuan Xi"

On New Year's Eve last year, the flower market was lit up like day. The moon is on the willow tip, and the person is about after dusk. On New Year's Eve this year, the moon and lights are still there. Not seeing last year's people, tears wet spring shirt sleeves.

The Lantern Festival provides opportunities for men and women to meet and date - using the opportunity of "watching the lights" to "see people" and "make appointments".

Although Ouyang Xiu was an important cadre in the state organs of the Northern Song Dynasty, his disposition to like the beauty of the opposite sex was the way he had always maintained his own youth.

The whole word is eight sentences, divided into two parts. Shang yan writes about last year's Lantern Festival; Xia Yan writes about this year's Lantern Festival.

On New Year's Eve last year, the flower market was lit up like day.

Last year's Lantern Festival was "the flower market is as bright as day", and the lights are as bright as day. But the "lights like day" here are only a cover, and what this man is looking for is the two brightest and brightest of thousands of lights—the girl's eyes.

The moon is on the willow tip, and the person is about after dusk.

"After dusk", we must pay attention to the word "human covenant", the hero and heroine did not meet under the lamp, but had a secret appointment earlier. Is it a private booking for the Lifetime Lantern Festival? At least it's the love of risking being discovered; as for why it's about "after dusk," you know.

"Willow head on the moon" is the time of the date, but also the place of the date, at this time, they see the moon of the "willow head", not the lantern festival lights that have disappeared behind them. Dating this kind of thing, young men and women have experienced, and surprise, and sweet, the taste of the word, all in this.

Xia Yan used a contrasting technique to write about this year's Lantern Festival——

On New Year's Eve this year, the moon and lights are still there.

"The moon and the lights are still the same" means that the Lantern Festival is still the same, the "flower market" is still the same, the "lights" are still the same, the "moon" is still the same, the "willow" is still the same, the old weather is still the old lights.

Not seeing last year's people, tears wet spring shirt sleeves.

But – last year's people are gone. Why did she "disappear"? There is not a word involved in the word, or there is an unspeakable hidden, or a trick, yin and yang error; but judging from the "tear wet spring shirt sleeve", the unsustainable old feelings may be blocked by external forces, which makes the author and the reader wet.

Because the words are too touching, singing everywhere, is the favorite of the prostitutes, some people think that the "lyrical protagonist" in the words is the author himself. But the author is the famous Ouyang Xiu!

Ouyang Xiu was a politician, a leader of writers, and a serious man. This poem did not match the image of his mentor Ouyang Xiu at all, and the students and admirers who maintained Ouyang Xiu's image defended him, saying that those words were written by Ouyang Xiu's enemies and deliberately slandered Ouyang Xiu. It is also said that this poem was written by a female lyricist named "Zhu Shuzhen". But Zhu Shuzhen was more than a hundred years younger than Ouyang Xiu, and when there was no Zhu Shuzhen, there was this word.

These people and things that were entangled in words a thousand years ago have been slowly blown away by the wind of time because they have been separated for too long. People who don't understand Ouyang Xiu's politics, literature and greatness will leave this youthful date in our hearts!

The third song: Xin Renjie's "Qingyu Case, New Year's Eve"

Flowers and trees bloom at night in the east wind. More blowing down, the stars like rain. BMW carved car fragrant road. The sound of the phoenix vibrates, the jade pot turns, and the fish and dragon dance all night. Moth snow willow golden wisps. Laughter filled the dark incense. The multitudes looked for him a thousand times. Suddenly looking back, the man was there, and the lights were dimmed.

The Northern Song Dynasty poet Ouyang Xiu wrote about the Lantern Festival and his lover's date, and more than one hundred and thirty years later, the Southern Song Dynasty general lyricist Xin Shuyi also wrote about the Lantern Festival in the "Qingyu Case".

What is written in "The Qingyu Case"? Now the saying is very abstract and philosophical, saying that what Xin Is looking for is actually himself. It is inevitable that the meaning of chen is too high, and it does not match the actual situation of the words. Because in the "Lantern Festival", the symbol of the first reunion of the moon in the year, it is all related to love. Therefore, the word Xin abandoned the disease is also a date with a lover.

Unlike Ouyang Xiu's "Sheng Cha Zi", Ouyang Xiu wrote the Lantern Festival for two years and compared it with "this year" and "last year". Xin only wrote about the Lantern Festival for one year; another difference is that Ouyang Xiu wrote the whole process of "last year's" date, from meeting to breaking up; while Xin Abandoned Disease's date ended as soon as they met. The rest of the part is in the "Quiet Daughter, I am in the corner of the city." Love does not see, scratching the head" ("Shijing Shaofeng, Jingnu") in the waiting torment.

Flowers and trees bloom at night in the east wind. More blowing down, the stars like rain.

The first sentence "East Wind Night Flowers and Thousands of Trees", that is, thousands of trees and thousands of trees and lanterns bloom, or there is still the shadow of Su Taste's "Fifteen Nights of the First Moon" "Fire Tree And Silver Flower Combination". First look at the sky - "stars like rain", the writer said that it was "blown down", in fact, it was "falling", fireworks were like rain, it was full of fireworks.

BMW carved car fragrant road. The sound of the phoenix vibrates, the jade pot turns, and the fish and dragon dance all night.

Look at the ground, princes and nobles, noble horses, gorgeous cars, because carrying beautiful people, everywhere they pass, there is dark dust with horses, and the aroma follows the car. Where is the joyful blowing of the phoenix? The dazzling lanterns like white jade pots are constantly turning; because there is no curfew, fish lanterns and dragon lanterns fly all night, which is a performance on the color stage.

Moth snow willow golden wisps. Laughter filled the dark incense.

Shang yan wrote lights, wrote BMW, carved cars, listened to phoenixes, watched fish and dragon dances; Xia Yan began to write people. Writing lights is not the purpose, it is the exterior, the purpose is to write beauty. Just like the seven characters of "moth, snow willow, and golden wisp" in the lower xiaxia, they are all ornaments worn on the heads of ancient beauties. The lyricist does not simply write about these ornaments, but uses ornaments to refer to the beautiful people who are dressed everywhere to attract attention and return rates. Sure enough, the phrase "laughter is full of dark incense" came. Note that in this poem, the word "incense" has been used twice.

How do you know that "laughter is full of dark incense to go"? One is that you are looking at them intently, the second is that you are listening to them, and the third is that you are sniffing their fragrance. The beauties in the Xin lyrics did not sing "Plum Blossom Fall", but laughed and talked to each other, they knew that men would stare at them, and they were likely to turn their heads from time to time and glance at an "electric light" in the eyes, and from the word "Yingying", they could see that their smiles were full and waved everywhere.

Why would the writer use the radar of the eye to track them? Because he was looking for someone. That's the best part of the word —

The multitudes looked for him a thousand times, and looked back, but the man was there, and the lights were dimmed.

The eyes kept searching, looking where the lights were shining, and didn't find it. The "he" here refers to "she", and in ancient times, there was no word "she", so it was replaced by "he".

Where is she — in "Looking Back", before you withdraw your unnecessary gaze, in the most inadvertent place, in the "dim light" place, the beauty you are looking for is there.

When we read three Lantern Festival poems together, we have a new experience. Su Wei's "Fifteen Nights of the First Moon" was written by participating in a poetry competition, the title determines the content, and the praise is the "prosperous world" of the Tang Dynasty. This makes Su Wei's poem full of praise.

Second, Ouyang Xiu's "Sheng Cha Zi Yuan Xi" changed the theme of Su Wei's praise of the country and the festival to the theme of the Lantern Festival with a lover's Lantern Festival, which is where he boldly exposes himself and boldly innovates.

Third, we are accustomed to stacking and symbolizing people who are defined as heroes; for example, Xin Abandoning Disease. In fact, a politician and a general cannot be a politician and a general twenty-four hours a day, and their every move cannot be regarded as too great. In the Lantern Festival with the reunion as the allegory, the lyricist finally found his other half - Bing Qing Yujie, standing outside the Lantern Festival lights, indifferent and elegant, extraordinary - she - The ending of this reunion is also humane. Poetry should be like ploughing deeply, reading something new in a place where there are no words and no eyes.

The Lantern Festival is like an immortal lantern, from ancient times to the present, hanging on the fifteenth day of the first month, hanging in the sky, hanging in people's hearts. The light does not diminish every year, and every year is a symbol of reunion.

Today's Lantern Festival is still a festival of lovers in the world, that is the beginning of a new year, a new round of expectations.