"Idle dreams of Jiangnan plum ripe day, night boat playing flute rain Xiao Xiao." Jiangnan has a unique beauty, small bridges and flowing water, smoke and rain people,pink walls Dewa; in the quiet night rain, the boats in the river come from the melodious whistle, the surrounding green plums have just matured, and the Jiangnan at this time is picturesque. Tang poetry has added more humanistic atmosphere to Jiangnan, which shows that in the minds of the literati, Jiangnan has become a symbol, making countless literati and inkers haunt their dreams.
In the poems about the description of Jiangnan, most of the literati focus on describing the small bridge flowing water in Jiangnan, and do not highlight the natural scenery of jiangnan countryside; in fact, the beauty of Jiangnan is reflected in all aspects, in addition to the artificial landscape combined with the flowing water of small bridges, the beauty of Jiangnan countryside is also amazing, in Ouyang Xiu's poem "Tian Jia", it is focused on describing the natural scenery of the countryside in Jiangnan, so this poem is still different from other works.
Ouyang Xiu is a Luling Yongfeng person, but also belongs to the Jiangnan region, in his pen Jiangnan is another kind of beauty, and in this poem to create a simple and unpretentious beauty, so that the language of the whole poem is fresh and natural, with a light and lively tone to describe the joy of rural life in the Jiangnan region. Although this poem is not too famous, due to its clever writing and Ouyang Xiu's integration of more personal feelings, the Jiangnan countryside in the spring rain is full of vitality.
The green mulberry is high under the Hirakawa River, and saitsuda (god) is laughing and talking.
Outside the forest, the doves are resting in the spring rain, and the apricot blossoms are blooming on the first day of the house.
The first two sentences of this poem, first from the rural environment and the joy of pastoral life, are not unique from the literal point of view; but Ouyang Xiu's words are very beautiful, so that these two sentences have a unique charm, "Green mulberry high under the Pingchuan, Sai Baotian (god) laughter and noise." "In the distance is a high and low mulberry tree, the sun shines on the mulberry tree, making the whole plain full of vitality, because it is the day of the community people in the worship of the gods, singing and dancing loudly, the whole plain is full of laughter and singing, people are very happy.
The countryside described by Ouyang Xiu is the countryside of the Jiangnan region, where the hills are undulating and the houses are scattered under the hills. In front of the house is a rice field that stretches forward and flattened, and in front of and behind the house, many mulberry trees are planted, and the season is just spring, and the mulberry trees have re-grown their leaves and grown very luxuriantly, adding endless fun to the countryside. In ancient times, spring was the season when spring ploughing began, and according to the customs of the south, between spring ploughing, gods were sacrificed, and people, under the leadership of the patriarch, began to pray for a smooth new year.
From the first two sentences, we can roughly know the rural areas in the south, how people live, and the state of life, and Ouyang Xiu is also extremely familiar with those, so in this poem, only a few words are used, that is, to write the unique characteristics of Jiangnan, and how people in the rural areas of Jiangnan live, for this delicate description, but also makes the whole poem more distinctive, but also highlights the unique beauty of Spring in Jiangnan.
The last two sentences are still writing scenes, this way of writing is also more unique, most poets, may focus on describing the scenery in the first two sentences, but Ouyang Xiu is the opposite, in the last two sentences once again highlight the spring scenery of Jiangnan, "outside the forest singing doves spring rain rest, the first day of the house apricot blossoms." "Outside in the woods, there is a group of partridges chirping in the branches, the original light rain has stopped at this time, a round of rising red sun, is rising high, sending warm sunlight to thousands of households, but also let the first blooming apricot blossoms, more gorgeous.
Ouyang Xiu was a literary leader in the Northern Song Dynasty, and also one of the eight masters of the Tang and Song Dynasties, with high attainment in literature, this poem "Tian Jia" seems to be written very generally, but as long as you taste it carefully, you will find that the whole poetry is beautiful, and writes a simple and unpretentious unique beauty; it creates a natural picture of the countryside for the reader, and it is vivid, so that people will have an immersive feeling.