Later, this seemingly nonexistent girl's poetic dream fell asleep for nearly thirty years. Until around 20 16, due to various work and family problems, perhaps to escape all kinds of trivial and troubles in life, by chance, I found that so many people liked ancient rhyme poems. So when I am intoxicated every day, I either consult, discuss or buy various books recommended by my poetry friends. Maybe it's personality or experience. After struggling for more than a year on the road of poetry learning, the literary dream that has been sleeping for more than 30 years has awakened again.
First, Li Qingzhao's ci collection, and then to Nalan ci. Then he dabbled in various theories of Ci, such as Wang Guowei's Poems on Earth and Yuan Mei's Poems and Gardens. I thought I would never see it again in my life, which made me crazy and hard to extricate myself. The words I understand are not only words written according to music scores, but also the products of the historical development of music art and literature art. Later, influenced by Jiang Xun's Talk about the Red Chamber, I still feel unfinished after listening to Jiang Xun's Literature. I made a lot of reading notes, so I bought Jiang Xun's Tang Poetry and Song Poetry. When you encounter a creative bottleneck, turn it out and look at it. You are hungry day after day. Later, I bought Mr. Wang's Ten Lectures on Ci Poetry, Mr. Wang's College Poetry Writing Tutorial, Zhang Dai's Night Flight recommended by Mr. Jia Pingwa, and Professor Wang's video class "Learning Power" and so on. In fact, I didn't realize I was studying at all, just like two words.
Of course, the process of learning is not only reading, but also learning with everyone in the poetry groups on various apps, playing various games related to poetry, such as solitaire, writing Tibetan poems for group friends, and playing the game of killing poems by werewolves. Quietly tell everyone that this poetry werewolf killing game has great charm, and there are a group of poetry lovers playing from Momo Group to WeChat. Unconsciously, everyone played for more than three years and created many works. Of course, in addition to acting, there are more than 1000 unpretentious works. First, learn to write poetry from mechanical imitation, then to the later level-leveling rhythm, and then to the later composition learning. I was really emotional along the way! Every work records the joys and sorrows, joys and sorrows and small emotions experienced in the process of growing up. Life is a little more elegant, and people have become peaceful.
Poetry is charming, and metrical poetry has its infinite charm. The ultimate beauty of dancing in chains can't be written without a certain observation imagination and heavy cultural accomplishment. It is really not easy for too many people to write a work that conforms to the rules smoothly and naturally. Jue, Fa and Ci belong to different categories and of course have different characteristics. There is a specialization in the art, and I have to admit that the seven laws are my shortcomings, and I still need to keep reading and accumulating. Take quatrains as an example. The reason why quatrains are called quatrains is that every word is highly concise and irreplaceable, which puts forward higher requirements for the creator's ability to refine words and needs to be scrutinized repeatedly like the ancients. The fewer words, the more difficult it is to create. It can only be said that ordinary people write a standard work according to the rules, and it can really become a classic. It is almost impossible for modern people to reach that height. Therefore, reading a lot of Tang poetry and Song poetry must be the basis of creation, and you can't write well without accumulation.
Words, for ordinary people, are convenient to express personal feelings, joys and sorrows in life and subtle emotions. Most of us modern people are in peacetime, so we naturally lack Su Shi's "outstanding" bold style. For female poets, personal preference is even more graceful.
Why are there two schools of words? Personal opinions are caused by the musicality of words. From Nanliang to Sui Dynasty, there was a song called Yanle, which was probably the earliest prototype of Ci. Because it is a chorus, it has different names in different periods, also called tune, Yuefu, music movement, long and short sentences, poetry, piano music and so on. Ci was also called long and short sentences in Song Dynasty, which emphasized the syntactic features of Ci, because the "sound" on which Ci was based mostly came from "song and dance pavilions". According to its tune, most of the lyrics are sung for "seventeen-year-old girl with red teeth". Naturally, its style is soft. As the saying goes, "Be happy and fragrant, save for a rainy day" (Hu Yin's Preface to Wine), but only a genius like Su Shi can be "willing but unable", which is suitable for expressing the lofty aspirations and lofty aspirations of heroes. What he did was to draw a clear line with Huajian Ci School with great fanfare and make Ci stand out from the mother's womb of music. So, it opened a bold precedent.
Of course, it is not a day's work to write lyrics. Professor Liu Yongji, a famous poet, said, "There are three things in writing lyrics, one is Gongdiao, the other is phonology, and the third is lyrics". As far as Gongdiao is concerned, each tune has its own voice and emotion, and flirting can complement each other. As far as phonology is concerned, preserving phonology helps to preserve tone and singing. As far as lyrics are concerned, it includes the choice of path, emotion, structure, sound selection and so on. Therefore, if you want to fill in the words, you must study the unique level and rhyme method, unique content and artistic conception of each epigraph. The epigraph represents the tonality of a song. However, the literary performance of the words handed down is relatively stable, while the musicality of the words is gradually lost in the long river of history.
I like writing lyrics. Every time I observe the scenery, the characteristics of this object will suddenly appear. I will determine the epigraph and rhyme according to my mood, and then write lyrics around my mood. Unconsciously, words also influenced my thoughts. I stopped complaining about others and became optimistic and cheerful. The road to personal growth is getting wider and wider. Participated in the collection activities at all levels in provinces and cities, and created a large number of poems. It is also because in various social activities, I have met many like-minded poets and literary friends, walked through many different places, broadened my horizons, and my works have become atmospheric, lacking many personal feelings. This proves that where there is effort, there is gain. Of course, I also won some insignificant honors.
My major is English, and I always feel that I lack knowledge of ancient literature. There is no better way. There is no shortcut except reading the Bible and learning constantly. Therefore, for myself and for my children, I try not to use my mobile phone to read books, and I buy paper books when I like. Last Spring Festival, a row of bookshelves was added at home. Everything is changing unconsciously.
As for my cognition of myself, I used to be a simple and even a little confused and impetuous person, which was completely inconsistent with my age and experience. With reading and broadening my horizons, I have come into contact with a large number of people in the cultural circles. Their tireless learning spirit infects me almost every day, and I have a rational plan for myself. I no longer like reading and singing. I consciously let myself sink, calm down and think, and learn to write articles and poems. All this changed my life again. In addition to a large number of poems, he also wrote articles and couplets for the poverty alleviation work in the county-Shuangta Park. As long as it is related to words, you should keep learning. Qin, president of Yuncheng Poetry Society, said: "We don't want to be famous calligraphers. At least we should go out to the pen club and collect ideas. At least we should be able to write our own works? " So I know I should learn calligraphy.
I'm shallow. In front of real intellectuals, I feel ashamed or inferior, so I have no reason not to study and no reason not to work hard. Looking at Mr. Yue, an 80-year-old couplet activist with officialdom experience, looking at Mr. Retired Director of Tax Inspection in Yuncheng City, looking at the professor who has been engaged in foreign language teaching and research for a lifetime in Yuncheng College, and Mr. Qin Jianhua, my teacher, all unconsciously influenced me. Age is not a problem, level is not a problem, and learning is always on the road. Their love for traditional culture deeply touched me and influenced me. It also affects my students. I often tell my children not to listen to some people saying that officials are corrupt officials and overeating. Most of the officials are excellent and have strong learning ability, otherwise how can they walk in front of others? I see too many retired officials still working and studying hard. It is really never too old to learn! For example, Mr. Cao Zhonghou, the mayor of Taiyuan, went to Beijing to study calligraphy for three years at the age of 72. I am still young, and people who are much better than me are still working hard. Why don't I work hard? Maybe I will never surpass these teachers in my life, but I will continue to work hard. Thanks to the encouragement, help and spur of the teachers, I have gained the direction and strength to move forward!
In a word, poetry can become a beautiful scenery in China's traditional culture, a beautiful pearl in the field of literature, with infinite artistic charm. It attracts me to keep learning and exploring. Born with limits, knowing that there are no limits, I have a deeper understanding. It is a pleasure to spend your whole life trying your best to wander in the ocean of poetry.