This poem on painting not only retains the image beauty of the picture, but also plays to the strengths of the poem. The poet used his flavorful, realistic and realistic pen and ink to show the spring scenery described in the original painting so fascinatingly. While describing based on the picture, Su Shi also came up with new ideas, which made the beautiful images in the painting more poetic and fascinating.
Two or three peach blossoms are blooming outside the bamboo forest, and ducks are playing in the water. They are the first to notice the warming of the river in early spring. The river beach is already covered with wormwood and asparagus has begun to sprout. At this time, pufferfish is in good season and can be sold in the market.
A good poem on painting must not only fit the theme of the painting, but also not be limited to the content of the painting. It must be able to reproduce the scene of the painting, and at the same time be able to jump out of the painting, create a new perspective, and leave the painting without losing its independence. artistic life. Su Shi's poem can be said to have achieved this. The first three lines of the poem chant about the scenery in the picture, and the last line is an association caused by the scenery in the picture. The whole poem is like a poet expressing his feelings at the scene. The images he gets at the moment are wonderful and natural. The first three sentences represent the painting scene, but in fact the two are not completely equivalent. In the second sentence, "water warmth" (temperature), "duck prophet" (perception) and so on cannot be drawn directly. Poems can describe picturesque things, but poems that praise the physical properties of things are too picturesque. This is because painting is a visual art, while poetry is a language art, with absolute freedom of expression. The last sentence further develops association and makes a judgment about the season of the scenery in the painting based on the objective description of the scenery in the first three sentences, thus adding a rich feeling of the beauty of southern scenery, which is something that paintings cannot do. Regarding the seasonal flavor of puffer fish, Mei Yaochen wrote in his poem "Fan Raozhou Sitting in Zhongguo and Eating Puffer Fish Fish": "Oil buds grow on the spring island, and poplar flowers bloom on the spring bank. When puffer fish is in season, it is more expensive than fish and shrimp." Ouyang Xiu's "Six One Poetry Talk" said: "Pufferfish often come out in the late spring, swim in groups, and eat catkins to get fat. People in the south often make soup with Di buds, and the clouds are the most beautiful." Zhang Lei, a student of Su Shi, also wrote in "Mingdao Magazine" It is recorded that the natives in the Yangtze River area eat puffer fish, but "cook it with three ingredients: artemisia, bamboo shoots (i.e. reed sprouts), and water spinach". They believe that these three items are the most suitable combination with puffer fish. It can be seen that Su Shi's association is well-founded and natural. The beauty of poetry also depends on this.
The poet first wrote from his side: In early spring, the earth revives, the bamboo forest has been dyed green by new leaves, and what is even more eye-catching is that three or two early peach blossoms have bloomed on the peach trees. The bright colors convey the message of spring to people. Then, the poet's gaze shifted from the riverside to the middle of the river. The ducks that had been waiting for the whole winter on the shore could no longer hold back and rushed to play in the water.
Then, the poet wrote from the middle of the river to the river bank, observing and describing the scene of early spring in more detail: Due to the moisture of the spring river water, the wormwood on the ground grew new branches, and the reed buds sprouted; this Everything shows the vitality of spring and is endearing. The poet then thought that this is the season when puffer fish are on the market, which arouses people's wider imagination. The whole poem is filled with a strong and fresh breath of life.