Song and poetry Lantern
Just after the Spring Festival, the Lantern Festival has arrived. This is the first full moon night of the year, and it is a festive festival that the Chinese nation has attached great importance to since ancient times. The most important content of the Lantern Festival is Zhang Lantern, so the Lantern Festival is also known as the Lantern Festival. The Song Dynasty scholar Hongmai wrote in the first volume of his Rongzhai Three Strokes: "'The Han family worships Taiyi, and the temple reaches the Ming Dynasty at dusk.'" 'This man is looking at the lights day and night on the moon, which is his legacy. "The day of the first lunar month" refers to the day of the fifteenth full moon of the first month. It can be seen that the ancient Chinese Lantern Zhang Lantern originated from the Han Dynasty more than 2,000 years ago.
The Sui Dynasty Emperor Yang Guang once wrote a beautiful poem "On the fifteenth day of the first month, the south building of the lamp was built in Tongqu at night": "The lamp tree shines a thousand lights. Seven branches of the flower flame bloom. Moon shadow condensed water. Spring breeze with night plums. "It can be seen that the Lantern Market has become popular more than 1,400 years ago.
The Lantern Festival flourished even more intensely in the Tang Dynasty. Emperor Taizong's son Li Ye of Tang even changed his era name to "Shangyuan" (also known as Shangyuan Festival). Coincidentally, Tang Xuanzong's son Tang Suzong also used the era name of "Shangyuan". At that time, a poet Cui Li wrote six poems of "Shangyuan Night", one of which was: "The jade leaks the silver pot and does not urge, and the iron pass gold lock is clearly opened." Whoever sees the moon can sit idly, where the lights do not look. "It shows that people were looking at the lights at that time. The scene of the surging crowd is especially expressed in the Tang Dynasty Zhang Hu's "Fifteen Nights of the First Moon": "A thousand doors are opened and locked, and the imperial capital is moved in the middle of the first month." Three hundred people danced with their sleeves, and for a moment there was a sound of words in the sky. ”
Lantern Night is a jubilant night, so some people call the Lantern Festival a Chinese carnival. Lantern Night is a festival that conveys love, and the ancients have no shortage of such poems. In particular, the Song Dynasty poet Xin Renjie's "Qingyu Case , New Year's Eve" is the most romantic: "The East Wind blooms flowers and thousands of trees at night." 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. ”
Tang Bohu, a talented man of the Ming Dynasty, had his own talent: "There is no lamp without a moon that does not entertain people, and there is no moon without lights that is not a spring." Spring to the human world is like jade, and the lamp burns the moon and the next month is like silver. The streets are full of green pearls to tour the village women, boiling land sheng song Saishe god. Don't show Fangzun to laugh, how to get rid of this good day! ”
The poet's pen and ink are beautiful and reserved, while folk songs are another style. In the 1950s, musicians unearthed a folk song "Look at the Lights" in Tongling:
"A more child,
The old dragon wants to travel,
Lantern Festival flower lanterns,
The crowd rejoiced.
I'm dressed up today,
Freshen up and change into new clothes,
Wearing a golden flower on his head,
Feet wear embroidered shoes.
In the second branch,
Too many people are too crowded,
Fireworks soaring into the sky,
Singing and dancing are everywhere.
Grandma smirked,
The old man with the beard cocked,
The little boy ran everywhere,
You see how lively it is.
The girl looked at the lamp,
The boy strokes,
If you look at the lights,
We'll be together.
Boy don't make a fuss,
There are so many people that you scream,
One by one,
Hurry up and look at the lights.
The little boy dressed up cleverly,
Qi put the basket flowers to pick,
Flattened two-headed,
Hundred Flowers opened their mouths and smiled.
Land can sail,
The dry boat twists the song,
Beautiful people in the cabin,
Paddle yourself.
Double Joy Carp Lamp,
The mouth greets the guests,
Leap higher than the wave,
Two jumps over the gantry.
Colorful old dragon lamp,
Head moving and tail outstretched,
Play beads and coiled pillars,
Eyes to the sky.
The first six straightforward lyrics render the eagerness of a village girl to see the lights, the expressions of various characters when they see the lights, and the entire scene of playing with the lights very realistically, and the character images are also vivid. The last four paragraphs describe several common lanterns: basket lanterns, dry boats, carp lamps, and old dragon lanterns. This jubilant scene, the joyful crowd, and the cheerful flower lanterns vividly jumped in the singing of the rural slang.
This is a true portrayal of the lantern festival in Tongling folk tradition.
After the Lantern Festival, the countryside was in a big mood of spring, and the preparation for the new year was launched. Farmers chewing on the afterscent of the Spring Festival will begin to sow hope and cultivate the future.