After the spring, the weather gradually warmed up, and many people posted photos of going out to play in the good spring light, which brought up several topics about travel and play.
"On the third day of March, the weather is new, and there are many beautiful people by the water in Chang'an", Du Fu's "Li Ren Xing" of the Tang Dynasty describes the scene of a woman swimming in the spring on the qushui river in the south of Chang'an City. However, this refers to the third day of the third month of the lunar calendar.
The third day of the third month of the lunar calendar is originally the folk tradition of Shangwei Festival. According to the custom of the festival, on that day, people go to the water's edge to pray for blessings. It is worth noting that women are also allowed to go out to participate, so the Qujiang River is temporarily dressed and beautiful. From the history books, it can be understood that by the Tang Dynasty, the various requirements and restrictions on women from the system to etiquette had been very cumbersome and strict. In particular, those girls from high-ranking official families and famous families usually live in deep boudoirs, except for festivals like the Shangwei Festival, they basically stay at home. "The world is so big, I want to see it!" For the girls of that era, it was more like a legend, and the chances of realization were slim. Therefore, it is not difficult for us to understand how these women who are "home" in the deep boudoir almost all day long, once they get a chance to go out, but also travel in the spring, how excited they will be, so, as described in Du Fu's poem, they are all in a happy mood, carefully dressed, and each flower is displayed, and the people are bright.
So, how do they spend their days at home? If the family is more open-minded, they may have the opportunity to read and read, or learn some poetry and songs, or practice some piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. There are also many leisure and entertainment activities, not only the common piano playing, chess, swinging, kicking shuttlecocks, some can also participate in various games. Of course, if the family discipline is strict, girls are not so easy to play.
In daily game activities, playing swing is a very popular and popular one. As for the reason, I think there are nothing more than the following aspects: first, this way of playing is simple and easy, two pillars or two trees are tied to a rope in the middle, and a wooden board can be tied in the middle; second, there is no need to coordinate many people, and when they really can't find a partner, they can play alone; third, this way is really relaxing, and it is the kind of relaxation that is relaxed physically and mentally. In the history of literature, many literary works have been created on the theme of girls playing swings, and many good works have appeared.
One of the most famous works, when counting Li Qingzhao's "Dotted Lips", "Kick off the swing, get up and straighten your hands." Dew is thin and thin, and the sweat is lightly clothed. See the guests come in, the socks are cut off and the gold is slipped. And shy away. Leaning on the door and looking back, he sniffed the green plum. "The beauty of the work is that there is no narrative like a running account and the restoration of the bland process of playing on the swing, but a fragment of a little girl's life after playing the swing, and the character's actions, expressions, and psychology are combined, the scene is picturesque, the emotion wants to say and rest, and it also clearly reflects the characteristics of the Qingzhao word "using shallow words, sending fresh thoughts". Sun Chong'en, a well-known expert in classical literature, believes that this poem "may be Li Qingzhao's early work", the first film depicts the delicate mood of the girl after swinging, and the next film has a sharp turn, depicting the shyness and delicate look of the girl, Qing Jun is bright and bright. Xu Peijun, another well-known expert in classical literature research, also believes that "it should be a qingzhao early work", but it is written that "the girl's first budding love is true and vivid", the upper part of the word writes the mental state of the swing, the magic moves in the quiet, and the next film writes about the various moods of the first visitor, several actions are clearly layered, twists and turns, and the psychological activities of a young girl's surprise, trepidation, shyness, curiosity and love are vividly portrayed.
Regarding this poem "Dotted Lips", some researchers interpret that it was Li Qingzhao who wrote herself, and the purpose of her writing this poem was to give it to Zhao Mingcheng, at this time, the two were not yet married. This statement is inconclusive, but it is quite interesting to think about it from this point of view. It is worth mentioning that Li Qingzhao is a big player without compromise, and in her case, playing swing can only be regarded as "pediatrics". Li Qingzhao grew up in an enlightened family, and his married life was not closed, so he played more "wild". She once wrote a volume of the Book of Horses, which is a chess art that many people use to gamble. From the "Preface" written by Li Qingzhao for the "Book of DamaTujing", it can be seen that she is extremely familiar with various gambling games and has in-depth research, for example, it is mentioned, "And the long line, leaves, bosai, and chess have not been passed down in recent times." If you open up, size, pig nest, ghost, nonsense, counting warehouses, gambling fast, etc., they are all contemptible and unseen. Hidden wine, pu pu, double melting, almost gradually abolished. Select immortals, add or subtract, insert fire, quality Lu appoint, and do not use anyone's wisdom. Big and small elephants, chess, but also can accommodate two people. Solo selection, horse playing, especially for the boudoir elegant play. Taste hate to pick and choose a lot of clumps, labor and review, so there are few people who can pass, and it is difficult to meet the enemy. The horse is simple, and the bitterness is uncivilized. "If you don't gamble often, you certainly can't write such accurate feelings and evaluations." And Li Qingzhao's gambling skills are extremely superb, she wrote herself: "Give sex to the bo, all the so-called bo are delayed, day and night every day and night forget to sleep and eat." And what about those who have not tasted how much in their lives? Fine. This sentence roughly says that I like to gamble, all kinds of gambling games like, and it is the like of those who indulge in it and forget to eat, especially worth boasting that no matter how big or small gambling is in a lifetime, I have never lost. How? She unabashedly prides herself on herself: just fine. Because of these, like her compliments she is "God of Gamblers". Think about it, such a good gambler, as long as there is time and opportunity to definitely soak in the gambling table, how can they care about the swing?
It is very interesting that many works with the theme of women playing swings are written by big masters. Looking at the history of literature, we will find that there has always been a very interesting and common phenomenon in literary creation, that is, anti-string, there are male anti-string women, there are also female anti-string male, male anti-string female is more common. Many works seem to be female perspectives, female tones and even female experiences, but they are actually written by men. It is often seen that there are men with thick skins, imagining themselves as handsome and talented beautiful men or chivalrous and heroic martial arts heroes, and then borrowing women's mouths or directly fantasizing about a beautiful woman, writing about how she admires and misses herself. The most incredible thing is that the depth of women's lovesickness and the pain of the broken intestines, they can write thousands of dreams, which is really admirable from the bottom of their hearts.
Ouyang Xiu wrote a melancholy poem "Butterfly Love Flower": "The courtyard is a little deep, the willows are piled with smoke, and the curtains are weightless." Yule carved saddle you smelting place, the height of the building does not see Zhangtai Road. Rain and winds frantically in the twilight of March, the door covers the dusk, and there is no way to stay in the spring. Tearful eyes asked Hua Hua without saying a word, and the red flew over the swing. "Words are written with grievances, lingering with pity, and the scenes are blended and natural. The woman lived in a deep courtyard, and although the spring color was infinite, she had no intention of appreciating it, because she felt that she had been greatly snubbed. Where did his husband go without him? Although the height of the building blocked the invisible, I knew that he had gone to the Zhangtai to have fun. Here, Zhangtai refers to Fireworks Willow Lane. Just when such a low mood, it coincided with bad weather, and the wind and rain outside stirred up even more uneasy in the heart. Think about it from a distance, your youth is like flowing water, gradually passing away, and your face is like a falling flower, slowly withering away, how can this sadness be discharged? Therefore, tearful eyes asked the flowers, flowers like people, and non-human, poured out affectionately, flowers seem to understand, but not understand. The petals were finally silent, flying one by one, floating over the swing. "Tearful eyes ask flowers and flowers without words, and the red fly over the swing", superimposed on a layer of amorous but ruthless meaning, so that the meaning of the word extends to the far-reaching infinity. Shen Jifei of the Ming Dynasty praised this poem and said, "If you are concerned, if you are not concerned, and your emotions are boundless." Stepping out of the mood of the word and savoring it again, can the person who can experience the sorrow of a young woman so truly and express it so delicately, and who is actually Ouyang Xiu, who is the official and the supreme ruler, have a different sense of dislocation and trance?
To this day, the customs of March 3 are not as strong as before, and the older generation may remember some legends of "March 3, passing the gods". As for playing swings, including many places in the province, there is still the custom of "Qingming Festival, swinging". In our rural hometown, playing a swing is called playing a long line. In the 1960s and 1970s, playing swing was a game that rural children liked to play very much, mainly because life was not rich at that time, and there were no electronic devices such as mobile phones and IPADs, so in the children's game library, playing swing naturally became a very popular option. At that time, every family would plant a few poplar trees, locust trees or plane trees in the courtyard and alley, which could be used to play furniture when they grew up. When the children want to play on the swing, find two trees with the right distance, tie the rope to the tree at both ends, and tie a thick fertilizer bag containing urea to the middle of the rope as a cushion or pedal. I have read many writers write essays recalling their youth lives, which have vivid plots that recreate the swing with relish. Now, the living environment in the countryside has changed a lot, although many people have moved upstairs to live, but the village basically has a small square for leisure and fitness, and there are often swings in the equipment and facilities. However, this swing is no longer another swing.
The years are ticking. Whether it is the spring of the song water or the entertainment of the swing, in the washing of time, some things related to it have disappeared, some have changed, and some have been passed down to this day. For us, these are all nostalgia that cannot be erased. (Reporting by Yu Guopeng, client reporter of Dazhong Daily)