Let’s take a look at this poem: Han Dynasty Yuefu Folk Song "Jiangnan": Lotus can be picked in the south of the Yangtze River, where there are fields of lotus leaves, and fish play among the lotus leaves. The leaves of the lotus are to the east, the leaves of the lotus are to the west, the leaves of the lotus are to the south, and the leaves of the lotus are to the north. This poem is concise and brisk to read, catchy and easy to recite, so it has also been selected as a Chinese textbook for the first grade of primary school. Many people sneered at the inclusion of this ancient poem in primary school textbooks. Many people bluntly asked, "Is this an ancient poem?"
The reason why so many people sneer at this poem is because they do not understand the beauty of this poem. The connotation of the simplest poem is conveyed by the technique of line drawing. Many people misunderstand this poem and think that the last four repeated sentences are meaningless. In fact, this is a rhetorical technique called intertextuality. Intertextuality is a rhetorical technique that expresses a complete sentence by intertwining and interpenetrating contextual meanings. The upper and lower sentences or the two parts of a sentence seem to say two things, but in fact they echo each other and complement each other to say one thing.
In fact, this ancient poem is very interesting and it is a very good ancient poem. As we all know, ancient people began to write poetry since the Qin Dynasty, and the Book of Songs is the most famous representative. Later, during the Han Dynasty and the Western Jin Dynasty, poetry was given new connotations on the basis of the pre-Qin period, among which Yuefu folk songs were the most unique representatives.
This Jiangnan poem uses many repeated sentence patterns, which makes the folk song very simple and perfectly describes the beauty of lotus picking in Jiangnan. Folk songs are lively and lively. After reading this poem, we seem to be in the lotus fields in the south of the Yangtze River. It seems that you can also see people coming and going, fish passing back and forth, and people's cheerful laughter next to them.
I can’t help but think of a modern poem that is similar to this poem: "Pyramid" One, two, three, three pyramids are arranged on the bank of the Nile. Is it the Nile? One is high, one is low, and the other is the lowest. It was written by Mr. Guo Moruo, a famous litterateur in modern my country. Although there are only three short sentences, there is nothing special on the surface. But the technique used in this poem is the same as Jiangnan. The words are simple and read the purest way.