Lotus leaves will not turn green the next day, and lotus flowers are particularly bright red in the sun.
From Yang Wanli, a poet in the Southern Song Dynasty, "Seeing Lin Zifang at Dawn in Jingci Temple"
It is the scenery of the West Lake in June, which is really different from other seasons.
Lotus leaves will not turn green the next day, and lotus flowers are particularly bright red in the sun.
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The beauty of the West Lake has always been described by literati, and this song by Yang Wanli has been passed down through the ages with its unique technique, which is worth savoring.
"After all, the scenery of the West Lake is different from that at four o'clock in June." The first sentence seems abrupt, but the actual sentence is atmospheric. Although readers have not yet appreciated the beauty of the West Lake, they can already feel it from the poet's amazing style. This sentence seems to be blurted out, which is the most intuitive feeling after shock and ecstasy, thus strengthening the beauty of the West Lake. Sure enough, "the lotus leaves in the sky are infinitely blue, and the lotus flowers in the sun are of different colors." The poet used "blue" and "red" to highlight the strong visual impact of lotus leaves and lotus flowers. The lotus leaf is boundless as if connected with the sky, and the weather is magnificent, which not only depicts the infinity of the lotus leaf, but also renders the grandeur of heaven and earth, and has an extremely rich sense of spatial modeling. "Reflecting the sun" and "Lotus" set each other off to make the whole picture beautiful and vivid. The whole poem is easy to understand, and the outstanding thing is to write feelings first, and then write the real situation, thus creating an effect of being empty first and then real. After reading it, you can really feel the beauty of the West Lake in June, "the four seasons are different".
The poet stopped at the West Lake in June to bid farewell to his friend Lin Zifang, and the whole poem expressed his deep affection for his friends by praising the beauty of the West Lake to the extreme. The poet began by saying that the scenery of the West Lake in June is different from that of the four seasons. These two simple poems show that the scenery of the West Lake in June is different from other seasons, which is enough to make people want to stay. Then, the poet painted a beautiful picture of red and green for the reader with sentences full of strong color contrast: the green lotus leaves rushed to the horizon, making people feel as if they were in endless green; And the beautiful lotus, in the sun, is more gorgeous. This transformation in the sketch, although ups and downs, has no sense of suddenness. The seemingly dull pen and ink presents an evocative artistic situation for readers. Zhu Xuanxian, an artist, created a Chinese painting "Reflecting the Sun" based on Yang Wanli's poem "Dawn in Jingci Temple —— Seeing Lin Zifang off", which vividly reflected this kind of poetry.