The cherry blossom can be used as Japan's national flower, thanks in large part to Japanese literature since ancient times. This article will introduce the representation of cherry blossoms in several classical Japanese literary works.
The Manyoshu of the Nara period was the first to include cherry blossom verses. There are probably more than 40 poems about cherry blossoms in this work. Most of them describe the splendor of cherry blossoms.
比如说这样的语句: "The capital of Nara is now full of blooming flowers. "此句的意为:"樱花的盛开使得奈良都城都变得繁华。 (万叶集3卷328)
还有这样的: "For today, I thought it was a mark, and I was sakura on the peak of Ashihiki. "此句的意为:"为了今天能够看到山上那绚丽的樱花,我等了很久。"(万叶集19卷4151)
Naturally, you are a woman, beauty丽adjective为樱花的: "If you go along the way, if you shake the blue mountains, you will see the azalea flower, the daughter and child, the cherry blossom, the prosperous daughter and child, and thou shalt draw thee to me, and thou shalt draw thee, and thou shalt draw thee, and thou shalt not think thou shalt think thou shalt think thou hast thought, and thou hast spent eight years in thy way, and thou hast passed the haircut, and tickled the flops of the tachibana, and thou shalt look forward to thou hast long under this river." (万叶集13卷3309)
而在这段中不仅叙述了几个男子同时爱恋上了一位女,更是将樱花的美丽而短暂的花期直接隐喻成了与女的爱恋:"Spring Farewell to the Cherry Blossoms May Be Scattered My Sister Hangs on the Name Cherry Blossom Blossom Kaba Always and Love Himuiya Year Hani. (万叶集13卷3786、3787)
Through the above verses, we can see that the description of cherry blossoms in the Manyoshu is full of praise, but most of this praise is in the season when the cherry blossoms are in bloom, but in the "Ancient and Modern Waka Collection", the verses praising cherry blossoms are increased to the time when they wither.
Phrase 3: "Flowers scatter silently on a spring day when the light of a long time shines, spring breeze blows around the flowers and looks at them with all their heart, cherry blossoms scatter and wind blows only in the snow. "(春歌84、85、86)其大致的意就是在阳光绽放,樱花盛开的时节,希望这样的美景永远不会消失。 因此希望春风blow过的时候能够绕过樱花,但是狂风blow过的时候,樱花还是犹如飘雪般落。 这3句看似独立的语句,排在樱花即将凋谢的美景下被串联了起来,其实这也是因为樱花周期的短暂让作者及赏樱者对樱花有了无限的伤感。
In addition to such falling cherry blossoms, the "Ancient and Modern Waka Song Collection" also contains many sentences of scattered cherry blossoms.
特别这几句: "Vermicelli must spare no tears or cherry blossoms." (Shunka 88)
Cherry blossoms scatter and the lukewarm wind makes waves stand in the waterless sky. (Shunka 89)
Regret and regret each flower that is scattered by the thread. (Shunka 114)
If you cross the mountainside of Azusa Yumiharu, the road will be scattered with flowers. (Shunka 115)
At night when you finally sleep on the mountainside in spring, you can see flowers scattered in your dreams. (Shunka 117)
In these sentences, cherry blossoms "shed tears" in the spring rain, or drift in the wind, or fly in the mountains, so that the reader can no longer tell whether it is reality or dream. However, the scene of cherry blossoms scattered in Waka is full of sadness. In particular, the scene of the cherry blossoms withering in the song is depicted beautifully.
In addition, the "Ancient and Modern Japanese Song Collection" also includes a combination of cherry blossoms and natural scenes.
Hinyo 说樱花与风相结合: "The dwelling of the wind that scatters flowers, I go to the teachings of the one who knows and grudges. " (春歌76)这句和歌映像的是当风吹散樱花时凄美的景象,因此风成了"摧花"的"祸首"。
也有与水的结合: "If it is scattered more than a branch, and if it falls, it will be a bubble of water. "(春歌81)这种樱花落随水漂流的情景,和中文中的"落花significant,流水无情"有相近的意。
还有与雪的结合: "Flowers scatter from the sky in winter, you are in the spring" (winter song 330)Cherry blossoms disappear while snow falls in spring (春歌75)描的都是樱花飘落如雪的意境.
And when the reader sees this beautiful image of the wind blowing down the cherry blossoms, falling cherry blossoms with flowing water, and looking at cherry blossoms on a snowy night, they also have infinite fantasies. It makes readers feel as if they have traveled through time and space, under the cherry blossom trees, and feel the unique charm of the combination of cherry blossoms and natural scenes.
In addition to waka, cherry blossoms also appear in classical literature, such as "Pillow Grass".
在卷20清凉殿的春天中这么一段: "Under the high balustrade, the great blue turtle is a big rousu, and the cherry blossoms are interesting, If you are willing to do so, it will bloom all the way to the high balustrade. "此句的意是在一个青花瓷的花vas中有着已经长到5尺的樱花。
The mood of this sentence is to indicate that someone deliberately planted cherry blossoms in a vase, indicating that cherry blossoms at that time were not only loved by nobles, but also a symbol of auspiciousness, so they appeared in Qingliangden, a place where nobles lived.
然后在卷33中还有这样的depiction: "Well, for more than twenty days, I became a teacher of the Zhongnagon. Scattered cherry blossoms are also the usual of Nahosei. "此句所想表达的是当贵族出家当和尚后,世事无常就addressed 如樱花飘落的瞬间。
From the statement about cherry blossoms in "Pillow Grass", it is not difficult to see that cherry blossoms were often used among aristocrats to express all aspects of life. And such an example is also reflected in another literary work, The Tale of Genji.
我们先看《Genjimono语卷8·花宴》对于樱花宴的depiction: "On the twentieth day of February, there was a cherry blossom feast in the Purple Shrine. On the left and right sides of the throne were the middle palace and the crown prince's viewing rooms. The lady of the Korokuden felt uncomfortable with the fact that the Fujitsubo Palace had become the middle palace, but she liked to watch the event and watched it from the East Palace seat. ”
The cherry blossom banquet in this section has been used not only as a "state banquet". Moreover, most of the seating order of the royal family present is centered on cherry blossoms, indicating that cherry blossoms have become a necessity for the royal family and nobles.
其次是《Genjimono语卷24・蝴蝶》中对于景物的Description: "Here and there there treetops of flower trees that seemed to assimilate with the haze were passing the brocade, and the palace was looked all the way, and on the bank there stood willows with branches and flowers that bloomed magnificently. The cherry blossoms, which were a little past their prime, were beautiful here. ”
In this passage, the image expressed by the purple Shibu is the residence of Zi Ji: "Elsewhere the cherry blossoms have begun to wither, but the cherry blossoms here are still blooming and accompanied by water birds." When the reflection of the cherry blossoms appears in the water waves, the scenery is not only full of poetry, but also adds a lovely look to Zi Ji, who lives here.
From the above waka books and literary works, it is not difficult to see that cherry blossoms have an extraordinary status in Japan. And this status has actually begun in classical works.