Eight ancient poems look at the evolution of the Flower Dynasty Festival, from the Falling Flower Dynasty of the Tang Dynasty to the Flower Dynasty Festival of the Song Dynasty

Eight ancient poems of the Flower Dynasty Festival: Flowers fall on the long trunk road, and flowers move the spring heart towards the night of the moon

On the fifteenth day of February in the middle of the lunar calendar, spring is exactly half of the season, when a hundred flowers bloom and the spring moon is full and bright in the evening. This day was called the Flower Dynasty Festival in ancient times. So how did the Flower Dynasty Festival come about?

Originally, there was no fixed festival of the Flower Dynasty Festival, which refers to the most beautiful flowering period in spring, because many flowers are the most beautiful in the morning, and people walk in the early spring and mid-spring, that is, to appreciate the most beautiful and energetic morning or daytime flowers.

The earliest text of the Hua Dynasty is the poem of Xiao Xuan, emperor of the Liang State of the Southern and Northern Dynasties.

"The moonlight in Kunming at night is like practice, and the flowers in the Shanglin Dynasty are like thunder.

Flowers move the spring heart towards the night of the moon, who can't bear to miss each other and don't see each other. "Nanliang · Xiao Xuan's "Spring Farewell Should Order Four Poems" (and Jianwen. Part 1 》

This is the scenery he saw when he was the king of Xiangdong, and in such a spring he met his brother who was also the king of the county. But the older brother had been made a hussar general. The two brothers, who have been away for many years and have deep feelings and equal literary talents, can only meet in the spring feast of their father and emperor. Only they can stay overnight in the Royal Garden, in this limited relationship, night and day play.

But this trip has time, or it is only a short period of three or two days, perhaps on the eve of the lunar month of February or the spring ploughing festival to be held, or maybe it is the March three shangwei festival.

He said that the lake water of this royal garden, the moonlight at night is like practice, and the spring flowers of this royal garden bloom in the forest tops, and the flowers are like red rain, opening and falling. Here is very clever, with upside down and reception, the morning of flowers, the night of the bright moon, let people move the emotions of spring, who can endure lovesickness without meeting?

This is a farewell poem. The night of the flower moon describes the spring of the most beautiful royal garden, and it is also the most emotionally beautiful time.

Of course it is possible that they got along on February 15, because that night the moon was full.

The night of the flower moon is used to describe the most beautiful mid-spring scenery and time period. The flower dynasty here refers to the time when the flowers bloom in mid-spring.

"Dawn three spring twilight, new rain and hundred flowers."

Cui Guan greeted the oblique photo, and Dan Lou looked at the falling tide. Chen Chao · Excerpt from Jiang Zong's "Poetry of The Waiter Feast Xuanwu Guan"

So the Southern and Northern Dynasties Chen Dynasty's Cheng Xiangjiang accompanied the emperor to visit Xuanwu Lake, there is a Hundred Flowers Dynasty, is this the Flower Dynasty Festival or the birthday of the Hundred Flowers?

It is said that the Hundred Peanuts Day is the twelfth day of the second month of the lunar calendar, but obviously, in the Southern and Northern Dynasties Chen Dynasty, that is, when it was close to the Sui and Tang Dynasties, there was no such thing as the Hundred Peanuts Day and the Flower Dynasty Festival.

Because Mr. Chen wrote about accompanying the emperor to march on the March 3rd Festival at Xuanwu Lake.

Saying that this day was the last month of spring, after a rain, the morning when the flowers were in full bloom, he and the emperor went to Xuanwu Lake for a day of excursions. See a hundred flowers blooming here.

"Tianjin Royal Willow Bi yaoyao, Xuan Riding Xiang from half down to the north."

Happy and glorious cold food borrowing, Taiping song and dance late spring Rao.

Red makeup downstairs east back to the road, grass island side of the south crossing bridge.

Sit down and see Sikong sweeping the Western Di and watching the king's attendants fall from the flower dynasty. Chu Tang · Shen Qi's "He Shangwei Lian Cold Food has Huai Jingluo (a poem by Sun Ti)"

The Flower Dynasty in the Tang Dynasty refers to a period of time when the flowers bloom luxuriantly, and does not specifically refer to which day.

For example, this work by Shen Qi, a scholar of the Wu Zetian era, is written about the Shangwei Festival, that is, in late spring and March, and he recalls the scenery of the Shangwei Festival in Chang'an and Luoyang in his hometown. The willow trees in the palace were lined up and lush, and the ministers descended and rode to the outskirts, where there were song and dance parties by the water.

The men and horses of the brigade let the upstairs in the city well make red makeup, and they all leaned out to see the liveliness, and saw these people dressed in fresh clothes and angry horses, crossing the bridge to the vast curved water.

The attendants there had already cleaned up many of the houses in advance to welcome these people to play by the water's edge, and it was time for many flowers to bloom and fall.

Remember the falling flowers here, which have been clearly defined until late spring and March.

"The tide of the Spring River is even with the sea level, and the bright moon on the sea is born together."

The river flows around Fangdian, and the moonlit flowers are like thunderbolts.

Last night's idle pond dream fell flowers, poor spring half did not return home.

The river flows in the spring, and the river pool falls and the moon slopes to the west. "Don · Excerpt from Zhang Ruoxuan's "Spring River Flower Moon Night (A Composition and Lyrics Spring River Flower Moon Night)"

Zhang Ruoxuan's "Spring River Flower Moon Night" of the Tang Dynasty clearly writes that people in the coastal Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas in mid-spring february look at the beautiful scenery of flowers and moons in the bright moon on the sea.

The spring half here refers to the mid-spring February, and the bright moon is naturally the spring moon of February 15.

People in Gangnam place, popular the most beautiful spring to see the most beautiful flowers to appreciate the most beautiful moon.

This poem is written about real flowers towards the spring moonlit night. It's February 15th.

It also points out that this is the season when many flowers and trees are in full bloom and floating flowers. Not only are the flowers on the river like snow in the moonlight, but even the pool of dreams is full of falling flowers.

And it is precisely this kind of beauty of the flower moon in Shaohua that the Tang Dynasty had a "Falling Flower Dynasty" after Zhang Ruoxuan.

"Falling Flowers Dynasty", that is, the fifteenth of February in mid-spring, the early Tang and Middle Tang still maintain the ancient style of the pre-Tang Dynasty, and like the beauty of flowers and snow. There is a great magnificence that falls from the sky on the tree, and the tree falls on the ground.

"The flowers fell on the long trunk road, and The envy was rewarded."

The lower basket has been pitied and the goose is hot, and the cage is not helped by the duck medium. "Don · Han Hong,"Send Danyang Liu Taizhen"

This is the poet Han Hong of the Tang Xuanzong era of the Middle Tang Dynasty, who bid farewell to friends in Nanjing, which was the "Falling Flower Dynasty" on the fifteenth day of the second month of the lunar calendar in Jiangnan. During the most beautiful flower blossom period, the two walked to the riverside, telling the old story while sending off.

The content of the conversation is unknown, in short, he said that the place he went to was beautiful and had the freshest ducks to eat. It can be seen that the Falling Flower Dynasty and the Flower Dynasty are prevalent in Jiangnan, after all, it is a place where flowers and trees flourish and the humanities are vivid.

"Shore is quiet and talks about the bright moon night, and the bed is idle and the flowers are falling.

In February and March, Rao Chun slept, and did not go early for seven or eight years.

Turbid water and dust are difficult to meet, and high peng and low eagles are free.

Seeing that qingyun was going up again, it was even more like a night or two. "Don · Baiju Yixi Yang Liu Shu Yu Tong Su (Yi Xi Xia has a word)

On the fifteenth day of February of this lunar calendar, Bai Juyi was blessed and was personally named by the emperor to accompany him on a spring tour to the imperial garden, and it seemed that the situation was a three-day tour. At the same time, there was also the emperor's attendant, and Bai Juyi was assigned to live in the same house with this Yang attendant.

The elderly Bai Juyi must know that this is the trust of the emperor, and this Yang Mou is young and promising, so what he wrote is good.

Say, such a bright moon night, I and you are fortunate to spend the "Falling Flowers Dynasty".

I myself am old, in february and March of previous years, I always dozed off a lot, I have not been to the dprk for seven or eight years, and I retired at home.

I myself am old, and you are young and prosperous, the future is immeasurable, seeing that you are going to rise straight up, I have the opportunity to spend a night or two with you in this beautiful spring that no one else can reach, this is old decay, my blessing.

Of course, this poem clearly expresses that after the Middle Tang Dynasty, the fifteenth day of February in the lunar calendar is the Flower Dynasty, the Flower Dynasty Festival, but the name is called "Falling Flower Dynasty", also referred to as "Flower Dynasty".

After the Song Dynasty, there was officially a festival of the Flower Dynasty, which was familiar to the majority of people.

The Song Dynasty paid attention to the cultivation of flowers, trees and fruit trees, social stability, and also produced more festivals than the previous dynasties, and the Flower Dynasty Festival was carried forward.

It is recorded in the "Dream Liang Record And February Lookout": "The fifteenth day of mid-spring is the flower festival, and the custom in Zhejiang is that when the spring order is in the middle and the hundred flowers are in bloom, it is the most rewarding." "Of course, the flower festivals in the northern region, or in other regions, depending on the bloom of their own flowers, some are set on February 2, and some are set on February 12.

"Four days of flower festival." Red and purple scramble.

It is rumored that the Jade Girl was born into the Dynasty. Misu Light Link Wusu, Brilliant Clouds. "Song · Excerpt from Liu Gongzi Yu Meiren's "Shou Woman February 11"

A beautiful woman written here celebrates her birthday on February 11, and this Liu Gongzi uses the Flower Dynasty Festival as a coordinate to bless.

Your birthday is four days earlier than the Flower Dynasty Festival, it is simply a jade woman in the sky, for your arrival, a hundred flowers red purple list, to greet you. Your destiny is so beautiful.

The poem is not about the content, but about determining the Flower Festival of the Song Dynasty, most of which is identified as February 15.

"It has only been two nights since the flower was pointed out, and the auspicious smoke was fragrant.

Ask Liaokong, what has fallen into the human world, Chang Geng Su. "Song · Excerpt from the anonymous "Manjiang Hong Shouxi Garden February 13"

This is also a poem written for a friend's birthday, with the Flower Dynasty Festival as the coordinates, and this person is two days in advance for his birthday.

It seems that those born before and after the Flower Dynasty Festival are all reincarnations of gods and immortals, either flower gods or stars in the sky.

It is also enough to see the Song Dynasty people's love for the flower dynasty festival date, the freshest and most beautiful flower in spring when the moon is full.

Since the beginning of the Song Dynasty, the Flower Dynasty has been the most anticipated festival in mid-spring, with countless poems describing the scenery of the Flower Dynasty.

There are two sentences that I feel particularly beautiful.

"The warbler world is half in spring, and the lights are round in the building."

Mid-spring is the halfway time of spring, it is the most beautiful birds and flowers, and the Flower Festival, on February 15, copes with the beautiful scenery of the good day and the full moon.

Hatsuyoshi Katsuyuki interprets the love and beauty in the poems for you. Image from the web.