What does "beautiful women meet for a thousand years" mean?

"Beautiful women meet for a thousand years" means: spend the Dragon Boat Festival with Chaoyun, and grow old together forever.

"Chaoyun" here refers to Wang Chaoyun, who is Su Shi's concubine, twenty-six years younger than Su Shi. When Su Shi was in the most difficult situation, his concubines left one after another, but Wang Chaoyun stayed with him all the time. He was Su Shi's confidante, and Su Shi wrote the most poems to Wang Chaoyun, calling her "Goddess Vimo".

The original text of Su Shi's "Huanxisha Dragon Boat Festival" in Song Dynasty:

The light sweat slightly penetrated Biwan, and the Ming Dynasty bathed in fragrant orchids during the Dragon Boat Festival. Qing Chuan is full of fragrance.

the colored thread is lightly wrapped around the red jade arm, and the small symbol hangs obliquely on the Lv Yun cup. Beautiful women meet for a thousand years.

Translation:

Slightly sweaty and soaked through the blue silk, I will bathe with vanilla grass in the Dragon Boat Festival tomorrow. Bath water like fragrant wine and greasy water are all over the sunny river.

multicolored flowers are gently wrapped around the ruby-colored arm, and the small character seal is obliquely hung on the black bun under the ear. Spend the Dragon Boat Festival with Chaoyun, and grow old together forever.

Extended information

Creation background

In 195, the Dragon Boat Festival was held in the second year of Zong Shaosheng's reign in Song Zhe. At that time, Dongpo was in Huizhou for the second year. On the reunion day of the Dragon Boat Festival, I thought of my concubine facing the clouds, so I made this word for her.

Appreciation of Poetry

The first film indicates that there will be orchid bathing activities on Dragon Boat Festival, and the atmosphere is very rich. Dragon Boat Festival is in the early summer season. Dress naturally and luxuriantly to set off the identity of the participants. For Yu Chaoyun, it is best to wear green fine silk-"Bi Wan", which is just in line with her elegant and quiet personality. When the weather is a little hot, it's easy to sweat, and it's slightly transparent. The word "Tou" is used appropriately, which sets off the hazy beauty of the half-bright and half-dark skin.

"Bathing orchids in the Dragon Boat Festival in the Ming Dynasty" seems to have a pleasant aesthetic, which not only reflects the pure and noble sentiment beauty of facing the clouds from fragrant body to orchid heart, but also reflects the simple and pure beauty of bathing orchids to celebrate festivals. At the bathing place facing the clouds, the lingering fragrance is still there, and the fragrant flowers are bathing in orchids all over the society. The participants are crowded with people, and the atmosphere is warm. As the poet wrote, "The fragrance is flowing and the Qing Chuan is full of boredom", which is the manifestation of the development of ancient festival culture.

In the next film, the lyricist joins Chaoyun to participate in specific Dragon Boat Festival activities. The poet focused on two popular fitness activities of the Dragon Boat Festival. First, "colorful thread lightly wraps the red jade arm" and "tying the arm with colorful silk", which exorcises evil spirits and makes the cloud "jade arm" and "red" and live long, which has the same significance as wrapping zongzi with colorful thread to hang Qu Yuan's soul.

Secondly, the "small charm" hangs obliquely on Lv Yun's charm, with the "red spirit charm in front of the heart", which can connect the gods and make the morning clouds "green" and healthy. It has the same significance as wearing a tiger's waist and belly and hanging a sword on the door to ward off evil spirits and protect the body.

The poet focuses on describing the activities of winding lines and hanging symbols, and uses antithetical sentences in order to "meet beautiful women for a thousand years", hoping to be proved by the efficacy. Really hit the nail on the head, make the finishing point.

Quanci is a folk poem, full of ancient folk customs, and it is the most vivid and precious material for studying the folk customs of the Dragon Boat Festival.

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