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Lantern Festival, since ancient times, there have been lantern festival customs, the most lively. Especially in the Tang Dynasty, under the prosperity of the Taiping Dynasty, the Lantern Festival was not curfewed on the night, the people appreciated the lanterns, the fish and dragons sang and danced, and the school was prosperous. During the two Song Dynasties, the Lantern Lantern Festival was even more prosperous, and the emperor would go out of the palace to admire the lanterns, and organize the palace women to sing and dance and enjoy with the people.
Such a festival is indispensable to the literati chanting poems and filling in the words to prosper in the era. In the Tang poems, there are Su's "Fifteen Nights of the First Moon", "The Fire Tree and Silver Flowers Are Combined, and the Star Bridge Iron Locks Open"; in the Song Dynasty, there are also Xin Renjie's "Qingyu Case", "The East Wind Night Blooms a Thousand Trees, And Blows Down the Stars Like Rain", Ouyang Xiu's "Sheng Chazi" "On the First Night of last year, the flower market lights up like day", Li Qingzhao's "Yong Yu Le" "The sunset melts gold, the twilight clouds merge", Su Dongpo's "Butterfly Love Flowers" "Lights and Fire Qiantang Three or Five Nights, Bright Moon Like Frost, Illuminating People Like Pictures" and so on are all good works describing the Lantern Festival.
In addition, there are many excellent Lantern Festival poems in the Tang and Song dynasties, but they are relatively unpopular and little known. Today we will enjoy 6 unpopular Lantern Festival poems. Among them, there are three Tang poems and three Song poems. And first enjoy the first Tang poem:
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Shangyuan
Don Guo Lizhen
Nine strange lights and shadows, a thousand doors and moonlight.
Fall out of the treasure ride, turn the road to incense car.
I was worried about it, and I traveled around without asking home.
More every time the pipe is cleared, plum blossoms fall everywhere.
There is a song in the Tang poem that describes the Lantern Festival, which is Su Wei's "Fifteen Nights of the First Moon", the first sentence of which "The fire tree and silver flowers are combined, and the iron lock of the star bridge is opened" is a classic sentence throughout the ages. Guo Lizhen's "Shangyuan" and Su Wei's "Fifteen Nights of the First Moon" were simultaneous works, and were also known as absolute songs at that time.
During the Wu Zetian period, the world was at peace, and the eastern capital luoyang held the lantern festival on the fifteenth day of the first month, and there was no curfew at night, and the princes and nobles in the city, industrialists and merchants all went to the streets to admire the lights. Wu Zetian ordered the civil officials to compose poems to give this grand event. At that time, hundreds of people wrote poems, and in the end, only the poems of Su Wei, Guo Lizhen and Cui Li were pushed to be sung for a while. Su Wei's poem is the well-known "Fifteen Nights of the First Moon", which has become a song for eternity. And Guo Lizhen's is the above "Shangyuan", although it is a temporary song, it is gradually submerged in the long river of history and has become an unpopular article.
The following song "Shangyuan Night" was the work of Cui Li in the three people's singing at that time:
One of the six songs on the night of the first century
Don Choi Lee
Jade leak silver pot and Mo urge,
The iron gate gold lock is clearly open.
Who can sit idly by when they see the moon?
Where does the smell of the lights not look?
At that time, Su Wei and Guo Lizhen each composed a five-law poem, while Cui Liu composed six absolute sentences, the first of which was pushed as a song. Unfortunately, under the verification of history, only the works of Su Wei have been circulated for a long time, while the works of Guo Lizhen and Cui Li have become unpopular.
Although this poem is now unpopular, it is still a good work. The first two sentences, "Jade leaks silver pot and Mo Urge, Iron Gate Golden Lock Opens Brightly" shows people's feelings of joy and bitterness and the all-night prosperity of the Taiping Prosperous Lantern Festival. The last two sentences "Who can sit idly when they see the moon?" Where does the smell of the lights not look? "Using two questions in a row reflects the bustling scene of thousands of empty alleys and busy traffic from the opposite side." The whole poem does not have a positive description, but it makes people imagine the night scene with bright lights and flowers, which can be described as endlessly evocative. It is indeed extraordinary to be able to be pushed into a momentary singing.
Let's enjoy another poem of the Late Tang Dynasty Lantern Festival:
New Year's 15-Night Light
Don Zhang Hu
A thousand doors open and lock a thousand lights,
Teikyo in the middle of The New Year.
Three hundred people with sleeves dancing,
For a moment there was a sound of words in the sky.
Compared with Cui Li's "Shangyuan Night", Zhang Hu's "Fifteen Night Lights of the First Moon" is written very intuitively. "A thousand doors open and lock ten thousand lights, the middle of the month to move the imperial capital" overlooking the city of ten thousand lights Qi Ming, a thousand doors unlocked scene, can be described as spectacular, magnificent, lively and extraordinary. The next two sentences closely depict the scene of many palace women dancing, and the song and dance music of the world soared into the sky and spread to the heavens. The grand bustle of extreme singing and dancing.
However, although the scene is spectacular, the straightforward description makes it lack of aftertaste, compared to the timeless aftertaste of Cui Li's "Shangyuan Night", Zhang Hu's poem is slightly inferior.
After reading the Tang poems, and then appreciating a few Song poems, the following Zhou Bangyan's "Interpretation of the Flower" can be described as a vivid description of the lively and prosperous Lantern Festival of the Northern Song Dynasty:
Explanation flower shangyuan
Northern Song Dynasty Zhou Bangyan
Wind extinguishing wax, dew red lotus, flower market light phase. Guihua liuwa, thin clouds scattered, Geng GengSu'e want to go down. The clothes are light and elegant, and I see that Chu Nu has a slim waist. The drums are noisy, the shadows are jagged, and the road is full of fragrant musk.
Because of the night in the capital city, looking at a thousand doors like day, laughing and swimming. Tungsten car Ropa, where they meet, have their own dark dust with horses. Years of light is also. Only see, old feelings fade. Clear the leaks, return the fly cover, and stop from the dance.
This poem is the best one in the Northern Song Dynasty to write the bustling scene of the Lantern Festival. The opening paragraph of the word depicts a brightly lit scene, full of spring colors and boundless state, extremely ingenious and chic. Immediately after the description of the lights and moons, the hazy moonlight is compared to the fairy in the middle of the moon, which is amazing. In the end, the brushstrokes return from heaven to the earth, depicting the beauty of the woman who watched the lanterns and admired the moon during the Lantern Festival and the clamor of the drums.
Xia Yan recalls the prosperity of the Lantern Festival in the past from the current scenery: a thousand doors like day, laughter and youye, tungsten car Ropa, dark dust with horses! Euphemisms implicitly tell the bustling bustle of the Fenjing Lantern Festival. The last few sentences are the sighs of the lyricist's self-pity and lack of old feelings.
The language of the whole song is extremely concise and beautiful, Zhou Bangyan can be called gentle and authentic, the old Du in the word, from this "Interpretation Flower" can be seen that the next pen is extraordinary, worthy of the name. If you talk about writing the prosperous Song ci of the Lantern Festival, the most classic one, except for Xin Renjie's "Qingyu Case", is Zhou Bangyan's "Interpretation Flower".
The following song "TaSha Xing" by the dashing sect patriarch Mao Huan is also very chic:
Tasha Line, New Year's Eve
Northern Song Dynasty Mao Huan
Pluck the snow to seek spring, burn the lights to continue the day, and the dark incense courtyard is opened. For no reason, the night lusts over the spring, and the heavenly sect moon goes up to the palace bridge willow.
The flower market is dust-free, the Zhumen are embroidered, and the jiaoyun rui fog cage star bucket. Agarwood fire cold small makeup residue, half light dream as strong as wine.
Mao Huan's word style is dashing and bright, known as the "Ancestor of the Dashing Sect" by the word circle, this song "Tasha Xing" is very typical, others write the Lantern Is extremely lively and prosperous, and Mao Huan is in the Lantern Lantern Festival of "Burning Lights for The Day" and "Flower Market Is Dustless" to walk on the snow and admire the plums, looking for spring colors. Qingli wan, the charm is pure, especially the closing two sentences "Agarwood fire cold small makeup residue, half of the light dream is as strong as wine" especially the aftertaste is long, like intoxicated.
Finally, let's enjoy a lantern poem by Jiang Jie, a lyricist at the end of the Southern Song Dynasty:
Female Crown Princess New Year's Eve
Southern Song Dynasty Jiang Jie
The fragrance of the flowers is also picturesque, and the snow clear pond hall is picturesque. The spring wind flew in, and the baochao was upstairs, a piece of sheng zhen, and the glass light shot out. And now the lights are hanging, not the dark dust and the bright moon, then the First Night. Over the years, lazy and timid, shy to fight with the moths.
The people of Jiangcheng quietly fought more at first, asked the prosperous who solved, and then borrowed from Tiangong. Culling the red incense, but hidden in the dream, tungsten car Ropa, Wu Ji silver powder. To write the old home scenery into gossip. Laughing green beard neighbor girl, leaning on the window and singing, the sun is setting.
Jiang Jie was in the last years of the Southern Song Dynasty, and experienced the destruction of the country in the Southern Song Dynasty and the destruction of the country and the death of the family. Especially a festival like the Lantern Festival, it is easier to recall the prosperity of the past and affect the thoughts of the homeland. This is the case with "Female Crown".
On this poem, It is first written from the scene of recalling the Lantern Festival in the past, a beautiful and prosperous image, and then the brushstrokes turn to today's Lantern "And now the lantern is hanging", "Lazy and timid", which can be described as interesting. Xia Yan expressed the mood of the lyricist through such a contrast, and said countless sadness and bitterness with a sentence of "ask the prosperous who understands, and then borrow from Tiangong". How many homeland thoughts do the "old home scenery" have. It is both emotional and touching to read.
What other unpopular Lantern Festival poems have you read? You may wish to leave a message to enjoy together!