These two poems are from Two Poems of Picking Lotus, a seven-character quatrain by Wang Changling, a poet in the Tang Dynasty. The complete original text is: "The lotus leaf skirt is cut in one color, and the hibiscus opens to both sides of the face. I can't see it when I enter the pool. I feel someone coming when I hear the song. "
This poem is about a girl who picks lotus, but there is no positive description. Instead, the lotus leaf is green as a skirt, the lotus flower is red as a face, and no one can hear the singing, which skillfully blends the beauty and nature of a lotus picking girl. The whole poem is lively, poetic and full of life interest.
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If this poem is regarded as a picture of picking lotus, the center of the picture is naturally the girls picking lotus. However, the author did not let them appear in this picture from beginning to end, but let them blend in the lotus leaves and colorful lotus bushes, looming, as if nothing had happened, and let the lotus picking girls blend in with the beautiful nature. The whole poem is beautiful and imaginative. This artistic conception is original.
From the beginning, the lotus picking girl skillfully formed a harmonious and unified whole with the surrounding natural environment-"the lotus leaf skirt is cut in one color, and the hibiscus opens to both sides of the face." It is just an ordinary metaphor to say that a woman's skirt is as green as a lotus leaf.
What is written here is a girl picking lotus, staying in the lotus pond, saying that the lotus leaf is the same color as the skirt, which is "local scenery" and "fu" rather than "comparison". It is vivid and gratifying, both simple and enchanting.
The hibiscus in the second sentence is lotus. It is not new to say that the girl's face is ruddy and gorgeous like a hibiscus. But "hibiscus opens to both sides of the face" is not only a metaphor, it also depicts a beautiful picture: the girl's face is hidden in the blooming lotus, which looks like a bright lotus is opening to the girl's face.
Combining these two sentences into one, the reader seems to see that in that piece of green lotus and red lotus, the green Luo skirt of the lotus picking girl has been integrated into the lotus leaf in the field, and it is almost impossible to tell which is the lotus leaf and which is the Luo skirt.
The girl's face contrasts with the bright lotus flowers, making it difficult to distinguish people from flowers. People think that these lotus-picking women are just part of the beautiful nature, or they are actually lotus spirits. This description has a real sense of life.