"Spring has a hundred flowers and autumn has a moon, summer has a cool breeze and winter has snow", in many ancient poems, they describe the beautiful scenery of the four seasons of the mainland. Among them, the beauty of spring is especially loved by poets. Whether it is the early spring of "the sky street is as moist as a crisp", or the mid-spring of "the peach outside the bamboo is exceptionally bright", or the late spring of "the smoke trees in the creek", it can always give us the enjoyment of beauty.
This article allows us to explore the beauty of early spring with a very classic ancient poem written by the Tang Dynasty poet Han Yu, "Early Spring Presents the Water Department Zhang Eighteen Members Outside", to explore the beauty of the early spring of "the rain on the heavenly street is as smooth as crisp". Judging from the title of the poem, we can see that Han Yu's poem was written to the poet Zhang Yuan, who was serving as a water clerk at that time. It is said that Han Yu wanted to ask Zhang Zhi to travel with him in the spring, but he was unexpectedly resigned by Zhang Zhi for his old age, so he wrote this poem to talk about the beauty of early spring, hoping that Zhang Bi would change his mind after seeing it.
"Early Spring Presents the Eighteen Members of the Water Department"
The light rain on the sky street is as moist as crisp, and the grass color is close but not there.
The most is the benefit of spring of the year, which is better than the smoke and willow full of imperial capital.
First of all, the first sentence of the poem, "The rain on the heavenly street is as moist as crisp", is written about the early spring rain over the streets of Beijing, which is characterized by being as smooth and moist as ghee. Although it is not unusual for us to have light rain in early spring, it is difficult for you to say its characteristics. I believe that the vast majority of people have a real and accurate understanding and feeling of the early spring rain through this ancient poem of Han Yu.
In addition, as the saying goes, "spring rain is as expensive as oil", although the amount of light rain in early spring is not much, it can moisturize everything. For example, Du Fu once said in "Happy Rain on Spring Nights", "Good rain knows the season, when spring is happening." The wind sneaks into the night, and the moisturizer is silent", and the first thing it moisturizes is the green grass. Because it is a light rain in early spring plus grass, the visual feeling for Han Yu is that the second sentence says that "the grass color is close but nothing", and it is connected from a distance, but it is sporadic and sparse at close range.
Then, in the three or four sentences of the poem, "The most beneficial spring of the year, the victory over the smoke and willows of the imperial capital", Han Yu compared the early spring of the imperial capital Chang'an with the scenery of late spring. The scenery of early spring is the light rain and grass mentioned earlier, and the scenery of late spring is the smoke willows of the city. Although the spring colors at different times have their own beauty, for Han Yu, the scenery of early spring, which is renewed and full of vitality, is better than the scenery of late spring that is about to decline. It is Han Yu's intuitive psychological feeling at the moment.
It is worth mentioning that when Han Yu wrote this poem, he was already 56 years old, and Zhang Zhi, like Han Yu, was nearly old and had complicated official affairs. Therefore, the twilight of the city full of smoke and willows is very likely to make Han Heal sad. Perhaps this was Han Yuli's psychological activity of inviting Zhang Zhi to enjoy the scenery of early spring.
Looking at Han Yu's "Early Spring Presents the Water Department Zhang Eighteen Members Outside", although it is only 4 short sentences, it can be said that it depicts a fresh picture with elegant language, and the beauty of early spring presented is an expression of Han Yu's love and praise for spring. For us readers, the vibrant early spring scene brings infinite beauty to the enjoyment. I don't know if after reading this poem, do you have any ideas for you?
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