Frontier fortress poetry is the main theme of Han poetry in the Tang Dynasty. It is the most profound, imaginative and artistic part of Tang poetry: some writers who have experienced life in frontier fortresses and military life, and They wrote based on their personal experiences; other poets used old Yuefu titles to renovate their creations. The large number of participants and the large number of poems written were unprecedented in previous generations. His creations run through the four stages of the early Tang Dynasty, the prosperous Tang Dynasty, the middle Tang Dynasty and the late Tang Dynasty. Among them, the frontier fortress poems in the early and prosperous Tang Dynasty are full of high-spirited style and have the strongest artistic quality. King Luo Bin, one of the four heroes of the early Tang Dynasty, was a poet who wrote many frontier fortress poems in the early Tang Dynasty. On the one hand, his frontier fortress poems had broad themes, including:
1. Frontier fortress scenery;
2. The hard life of frontier soldiers;
3. The ambition to kill the enemy and serve the country and make achievements
4. The homesickness of frontier soldiers. The content not only covers most areas of frontier poems in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, but also has a high-pitched style.
After that, other famous poets such as Yang Jiong, Chen Ziang, Du Shenyan, Lu You and others also wrote frontier poems. The creation of frontier poems became popular for a while. The representative figures of frontier fortress poetry are: Wang Changling, Cen Shen and Li He.
Envoy to the fortress
Author: Wang Wei
The bicycle wanted to ask about the border, but it belonged to the country and passed Juyan. Zheng Peng left Hansai, returned to Yan and entered Hutian. The desert is solitary and the smoke is straight, the sun is setting over the long river. When Xiao Guan is waiting to ride, he will always protect Yan Ran.
Yu Jia Ao·Autumn Thoughts
Author: Fan Zhongyan
The scenery is different when autumn comes in the fortress, but the geese in Hengyang leave without paying attention. Sounds ring out from all sides, thousands of miles away, long smoke sets, the sun sets, and the lonely city closes. A cup of turbid wine can lead to a home thousands of miles away, but Yan Ran has no plan to return home. The Qiang pipes are covered with frost, people can't sleep, and the general's hair is white and his husband is in tears.
Two poems from Liangzhou·Part 1
Author: Wang Han
A luminous cup of grape wine, if you want to drink pipa, you will be reminded immediately. Lord Don't laugh when you are lying drunk on the battlefield. How many people have fought in ancient times?
Two poems about leaving the fortress, one of them
Author: Wang Changling
The bright moon of the Qin Dynasty and the Pass of the Han Dynasty, the people who marched thousands of miles have not yet returned. But the flying generals of Dragon City are here, and Hu Ma is not taught to cross the Yin Mountain.
Two poems about Liangzhou, one of them
Author: Wang Zhihuan
Far above the Yellow River, among the white clouds, there is an isolated city called Wanren Mountain. Why should the Qiang flute blame the willows? The spring breeze does not pass through Yumen Pass.
Remembering my brother-in-law on a moonlit night
Author: Du Fu