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Long drought and sweet rain, other places meet old knowledge.
Cave room flower candle night, when the gold list is inscribed.
It is said that these are the "four happy events" that the ancients longed for in their lives.
Drought and thirsty crops, rainfall is the joy of "getting what you want".
A person wandering in a foreign country, lonely and lonely, and accidentally meeting a friend he knows, this is the joy of "unexpected encounter".
Jinbang High School, the spring breeze is proud of horseshoe disease, which is the joy of "spirit".
Red candle lamp, beautiful in the arms, hand over cups and hectic (jǐn), a moment of greed, this is the joy of "gentle and silky".
You might as well guess, if you put these four happy events at a price one by one, which one is the most expensive?
That must be: the cave is a candlelight night.
After all, in the newlywed bridge in costume dramas, the most common line is:
A spring dinner is worth thousands of dollars.
"Engraving" is an ancient unit of timekeeping, which in ancient times was timed by a leaky pot, and a day and night were divided into 100 moments.
One moment, that's about 15 minutes we have today.
In this way, it is indeed very expensive.
But you know what, it's not meant to be like this, it's pure and fresh.
The picture comes from the film and television stills "Son-in-law", and the copyright belongs to the original author
It originally came from a small poem by Su Shi "Spring Dinner":
Spring dinner is worth thousands of gold, flowers have clear fragrance and moon and cloud.
The sound of the singing building is soft, and the swing courtyard is dark at night.
It was a spring night.
The poet, who did not want to fall asleep early, walked out the door.
The flowers exude an intoxicating fragrance, and the moon is sometimes obscured by the clouds, faintly appearing from time to time, and there is a hazy beauty.
At the height of the building, the sound of singing is heard, and people are immersed in the joyful and lively song and dance vocal music.
In the swing courtyard, it was already a late night silence.
For this poem, there is an explanation that says:
Su Shi used this to satirize the luxurious life of officials and aristocrats, drunken gold fans.
But in my opinion, I prefer to think of it as a pure spring night hymn.
The ancients were limited to lighting technology and did not have our colorful nightlife today.
At night, apart from the moonlight, there is only candle lighting.
Unwilling to waste this precious time, there is a "candlelight night tour".
Su Shi is a person who often travels at night.
For example, in the poem "Begonia", "I am afraid that I will fall asleep in the middle of the night, so I burn high candles to shine red makeup."
Afraid that in the dead of night, the flowers will open alone and no one will appreciate it, so I specially lit candles to illuminate the beautiful appearance of begonias.
I have to say that Su Shi is a very romantic person.
Another example is this ancient text "Night Tour of Chengtian Temple", which is included in the middle school textbook:
"Undressed and sleepy, the moonlight entered the house, and gladly set off. Those who thought nothing and were happy, then went to Chengtian Temple to find Zhang Huaimin. ”
"The courtyard is like a stagnant water, the algae in the water are intertwined, and the bamboo and cypress shadows are also covered. What night and no moon? Where is there no bamboo cypress? But there are fewer idlers like me. ”
Under the dissolved moonlight, strolling with friends, bamboo shadows mottled, gossiping two or three, is indescribably comfortable.
The same is true of this song "Spring Dinner".
Some people love the lively and joyful night and sing and dance softly; Some people prefer the flowers and birds under the moonlight, which is beautiful and beautiful.
Although the things I love are different, the mood of wanting to retain the precious time of the spring night is the same.
Therefore, the original meaning of "a spring festival is worth thousands of gold" also refers to:
Spring nights are beautiful and precious, and people are warned to cherish them.
But why is it that this poem, which was originally pure and fresh, will be more and more crooked the more people think about it, and gradually become synonymous with "candlelight night in the cave room"?
The editor thinks that this may be Bai Juyi's pot.
Why do you say that? The editor has evidence (don't hit me if you say it wrong).
Because the word "Spring Festival" originally came from Bai Juyi's masterpiece "Long Hate Song":
The spring night was bitter and the days were high, and the king was not early from now on.
The preceding sentences are:
Looking back and smiling, the sixth house pink has no color.
Spring cold bath Huaqing pool, hot spring water slippery wash coagulation.
The attendant lifted up the delicate weakness, and it was the time of the new Cheng Enze.
The clouds and flowers are swaying, and the hibiscus tent is warm for the spring night.
Taken together, it is the scene where Tang Xuanzong Li Longji loves Yang Guifei, the two are tender and sweet, and you and I are nong.
On one side, the beauty jade arm blocks the waist, and the gentle township;
On one side are serious and cold ministers, and the tedious political affairs are endless.
Who will not give birth to a little "spring night bitter short" complaints and pity?
Because "Long Hate Song" is too famous, the word "Spring Dinner" also brings a layer of ambiguous color.
For example, Li Shangyin's poem "For Being":
For the infinite beauty of the cloud screen, Fengcheng is afraid of the spring night.
Marry the golden turtle son-in-law for no reason, and live up to the Xiangji early dynasty.
It is about a wife who complains about her husband, who goes early in the morning before dawn, leaving herself alone in the boudoir.
Therefore, I have to say that Scholar Su is really wronged.
Although he is ordinary, he has indeed written a lot of pornography.
But this song "Spring Dinner" is pure and fresh of the Eight Classics.
It can be seen that any literary work, any poem, is completed by the author and the reader.
Once the work is generated, the right to interpret it is given to each reader.
There are a thousand Lin Daiyu in the eyes of a thousand readers, and there are also a thousand kinds of "Spring Dinner" in the eyes of a thousand readers.
There is no right or wrong.
【Copyright Statement】This article was originally published by Poetry World. Author: Ye Han.