Appreciation of poems about peach blossoms in "Peach Blossom·Peach"
Li Qiao
A unique place for success, and the flowers bloom next to the well.
The mountain breeze condenses the smiling face, and the morning dew makes up.
The hermit's appearance should be changed, and the road to immortality is getting longer.
I also enjoy going to Linyuan and serve the king for a thousand years.
Peach blossoms are well known to everyone and are planted all over the world. Although they are delicate and beautiful, they are not free from vulgarity and beauty. They are full of passion and love, so there are many poems about peach blossoms in the past, and there are few extraordinary ones. However, Li Qiao's poem cleverly uses virtual brushwork to express reality, which is touched by reality. His thoughts turn darkly, and the poetic environment changes and becomes blurred, which is quite strange and interesting. The peach poems in the poem do not choose one place at a time, but trigger a series of scenes, making people feel like they are on the "Ten Thousand Miles of Peach Blossom Road". They can only see peach blossoms everywhere in various poses, which makes people appreciate it endlessly.
An ancient proverb goes, "If the peach and plum trees are silent, they will cause trouble." It is said that the peach blossoms are delicate and fragrant, and there are many people who appreciate them. The poet first used this ancient proverb to write about the beauty and joy of peach blossoms: "There is a unique place where the flowers bloom near the well." What is written here is the spring peaches that bloom early in the garden near the water. The poet uses narration instead of description, and does not deliberately depict, but the original rich connotation of the ancient proverb is enough to open up the realm of the poem: Beside the dew well in the garden, a peach tree is in full bloom. Here comes the warmth and vitality of spring. For people who have just experienced the cold, who doesn’t want to look for the beauty of the sun and feel the warmth and brightness of spring? No wonder there are paths under the trees: the word "lone" expresses people's preference for peach blossoms. Peach blossoms bloom early in the spring, and are full of spring sentiment. They are not like plum blossoms that bloom in the middle of winter, and the chill is still strong. Therefore, the spring breeze makes people feel more intimate with peaches and plums. This is the luck of peach blossoms at the right time. "秧华" describes the red and fiery peach blossoms, which reminds people of the famous line in "The Book of Songs" that "the peach blossoms shine brightly".
The poet below has a change of direction and paints another wonderful realm for us, "The mountain breeze condenses the smiling face, and the morning dew makes up." The wind bathes and dew washes, and the mountain peaches are red, this is the poem It's common, but when Li Qiao writes, he always avoids overcooking and renovates to surprise. He thought of the amorous mountain breeze and put all his rejuvenation power on the peach blossom, making its smiling face extra charming. The word "coagulate" contains rich and harmonious meaning, which suddenly opens up the realm. Mountain peaches have a mountain flavor, and are indeed more red and beautiful than peach blossoms in the garden. This feature is written in the poem. For the peach with dew, the poet does not simply compare it to the tears on the beautiful woman's pink face, but compares it to the beautiful woman's skillfully applied makeup through a layer. "Book of the Later Han Dynasty·Five Elements Chronicles" records: "In Emperor Huan's Yuanjia period, women in the capital made up their eyebrows and cried... those who cried makeup, wipe the area under the eyes with a thin layer of powder as if they were crying." If they cry but still wear makeup, this difference can be seen. For a kind of beauty. Reading this, people are reminded of Yang Guifei's moving appearance of "a pear blossom with spring rain" when her makeup was wet with tears. These two sentences are known for their skillful imitation of carvings and paintings, but they are similar in form and spirit, and vivid in charm. They describe the beauty of mountain peaches so realistically that they are really "the beauty is as good as a meal, and the flowers are as beautiful as a hand." (Bai Juyi's "Poems in Dreams") ).
After leaving this mountain peach, we followed the poet into a peach orchard, where we saw several red peaches overwhelming the sky. The flowers are fragrant and the flowers are red. Seeing this beautiful scenery, "The hermit's face should change, and the path of the immortal becomes longer." This couplet reminds us of the peach blossom forest in Tao Yuanming's works. The poet's Taoyuan scene is all highlighted by the sky, with gods but no traces, like an immortal or an illusion. It really makes people know what they mean but they dare not point out the facts and put them into practice. But the poet's writing style must be hidden but yet exposed, hidden yet wanting to be exposed. Therefore, although there is not a word for peach in the whole poem, let alone the word peach garden, as long as we look at the whole poem, we can get it outside the picture: a hermit lives alone in seclusion, unmoved by worldly pleasures, and his mood is often indifferent , and now he will be filled with joy and smiles. Why? The sight of the dazzling peach garden made him heartbroken and fascinated. The immortal can control the wind with his own hands and travel unimpeded, but now he has been delayed in walking and feels that the road is long. Why? It should be the shining peach blossoms and the flowing clouds, which make him full of emotions. These two sentences describe the beauty and splendor of the peach garden, but on a different level, they reveal the unusual feelings and moods of the hermit and immortal. Yan Yu's "Canglang Poetry Talk" said that when writing poetry, "avoid direct language, avoid shallow meaning, and avoid revealing pulse." This poem is best used to contain and conceal.
Not only that, the hermits, immortals and so on here are all imagined by the poet, and are set off by traces of imagination to attract readers to imagine the beautiful realm of Taoyuan. In this way, the peach orchard, which is already extremely magnificent, becomes more erratic and confusing with virtual brushwork. Li Qiao also wrote a poem called "Serving at a Banquet in the Peach Garden and Ode to the Peach Blossoms" which says: "You can't follow the path to get lost in the celestial beings, and you want to leave the road to serve the sage." This poem is similar in conception, but has the opposite meaning. Similar writing techniques can be found in Li Qiao's poems, such as "The knight's strips are horses, and the immortal's leaves are boats." ("Gui") "The road to immortality is close to the clouds, but the folk customs of gin and wine are sparse." ("Fenghexing Wei Sili Mountain Villa Waiting for a Banquet") "Feathered guests arrive on the clouds, and immortals come with the moon." ("Boat") If you read these together with this poem, you can better understand the fun of it.
Walking out of the charming peach garden, the poet lifts us into a new world: "I still enjoy Shanglin Garden, and I will serve the king for a thousand years." When the poet points to "Shanglin Garden", it seems that his realm has not yet been opened, but one The word "Xin" reveals the message. We will draw a picture of peach blossoms in the Spring Garden from this: the Imperial Palace Garden, with winding paths and hidden flowers and rocks. Among the green bushes, a few spring peach trees are blooming toward the sun. It is colorful, gorgeous and enchanting, just waiting to welcome the Holy Emperor. The word "Xin" reveals the peach blossom's joy in serving the king, and the poet also uses this to skillfully express his attachment to the king.
This kind of thinking is also expressed in other poems of his, such as the line "I would like to say goodbye to the music of the Xiang River and go to the forest garden with evergreen trees" in his poem about oranges. The literal meaning and meaning are very similar. This seems vulgar, but as a feudal literati, it is inevitable, and the intention is far more than that. In his poem "Wild Chrysanthemums", Li Shangyin expressed his regret at not being able to borrow from the imperial court and not being able to appreciate his talents by saying, "I moved the flowers to the new garden of Ziyun, and did not take the frost to plant them near the imperial banquet." We don't care about the elegance or vulgarity of these feelings, but the natural and implicit expression of them cannot but be praised.
The beautiful peach blossom scenery passed by everywhere. We watched and lingered all the way, as if we were in a painting. Unknowingly, the beauty of Chuntao remains deeply in our memory, arousing countless beautiful yearnings.
"Poetry conveys the unexpected meaning of painting, and it is valuable to have the state in painting." (Chao Yidao of the Song Dynasty) "There is painting in poetry" has always been praised by people. This poem about peach is just like the painting carefully painted by Dan Qing's master. A series of spring peach writing intentions. The depictions in the paintings mostly focus on freehand brushwork, abandoning carvings and emphasizing meaning. At the same time, the poet skillfully blends galloping imagination, allusions, and meticulous painting to make the picture gorgeous, magnificent, and confusing, presenting a variety of fascinating and beautiful artistic conceptions, and combining the relatively monotonous chants with content. The flower poems are plump, graceful, elegant and graceful, showing the elegant and subtle style of poetry in the prosperous Tang Dynasty.