The ancient poem "Liangzhou Ci"
Original text of the work
Liangzhou Ci
(Tang Dynasty) Wang Zhihuan
Far up the Yellow River among the white clouds, there is an isolated city called Wanren Mountain.
Why should the Qiang flute blame the willows?
The spring breeze does not pass through Yumen Pass.
Translation of the work
The yellow sand blown up by the wind seems to be connected with the white clouds.
Yumen Pass stands alone in the mountains, looking lonely and craggy. Silence.
Why use the Qiang flute to play the plaintive song "Breaking Willows"? There were no willows to break in the Yumenguan generation!
It turns out that the spring breeze cannot blow in the Yumenguan area!< /p>
Source
"Liangzhou Ci" is the name of a tune. "Jin Shu Geography": "The Han Dynasty changed Yongzhou to Liangzhou", "Le Yuan": "Liangzhou Palace Ci and Music was entered by Guo Zhiyun, the governor of Xiliang in the middle of Kaiyuan Dynasty". The Liangzhou referred to in ancient times is the current Liangzhou District of Wuwei City, Gansu Province. During the Kaiyuan period, Guo Zhiyun, the military governor of Longyou, collected a batch of music scores from the Western Regions and presented them to Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty. Xuanzong gave it to Jiaofang to translate it into Chinese music scores and sing them with new lyrics. The tunes were named after the places where these music scores were produced. Later, many poets liked this tune and filled in new words for it. Therefore, many poets in the Tang Dynasty wrote "Liangzhou Ci", such as Wang Zhihuan, Wang Han, and Zhang Ji. The most famous one is Wang Zhihuan's "Liangzhou Ci". Also known as "Out of the Fortress".
Creative background
Region
Liangzhou is in the middle of Gansu Province and at the eastern end of the Hexi Corridor. It is where the Silk Road enters the Hexi Corridor and Xinjiang from east to west. Dongdaemun. It is located between 36°29′~39°27′ north latitude and 101°49′~104°16′ east longitude. It borders Baiyin City and Lanzhou City to the south, is adjacent to Xining, the capital of Qinghai Province, across the Qilian Mountains to the west, and Yinchuan City, the capital of Ningxia Province, to the east. , Hohhot, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, with Xinjiang Urumqi in the north and the east gate of Xinjiang, 276 kilometers away from the provincial capital Lanzhou City in the southeast, and 74 kilometers away from Jinchang City in the northwest. Wuwei City is 326 kilometers long from north to south and 204 kilometers wide from east to west, with a total area of ??33,238 square kilometers.
Liangzhou is located at the intersection of three plateaus: the Loess, Qinghai-Tibet, and Mongolia-Xinjiang. The terrain is higher in the south and lower in the north. It slopes from southwest to northeast, forming three landforms: the Qilian Mountains in the south, the corridor plain in the middle, and the desert in the north. Unit, the altitude is between 1020-4874 meters. It has a typical continental climate. [5] "Liangzhou Admonition" by Yang Xiong of the Western Han Dynasty said: "The black water of the West River cuts across the Kunlun River. The evil refers to Changhe, and the painting is Yongyin. Every time in the season, I often lose my mood. God is restless, The Han Dynasty was ordered to be in charge of Liang. Longshan was listed as Xihuang, and Jinyue was arranged in the south, and Qianghu was linked to the north to protect Youdu. "Guwenyuan". The eighth chapter of "Ji Xue Ji" divides "Yongzhou Proverbs" into "Liangzhou Proverbs".
About the author
Wang Zhihuan (688-742). ), a famous poet in the Tang Dynasty, named Jiling, was from Jiangzhou (now Xinjiang County, Shanxi Province). He was bold and unrestrained, and often sang tragic songs about fencing. Many of his poems were composed and sung by musicians at that time, and he became famous for a while. He often sings with Gao Shi, Wang Changling, etc., and is famous for his ability to describe the scenery of the frontier fortress. His representative works include "Climbing the Stork Tower" and "Liangzhou Ci". If you want to see a thousand miles away, reach a higher level" is a household name.