From "Remembering Jiangnan" by Bai Juyi, a poet in the prosperous Tang Dynasty
Jiangnan is good, and the scenery is familiar to me. When the sun rises, the flowers on the river are as red as fire, and when spring comes, the river is as green as blue. Can you not remember Jiangnan?
Appreciation
Bai Juyi once served as the governor of Hangzhou and stayed in Hangzhou for two years. Later, he served as the governor of Suzhou and served for more than a year. In his youth, he roamed the south of the Yangtze River and lived in Suzhou and Hangzhou. It should be said that he had a good understanding of the south of the Yangtze River, so the south of the Yangtze River left a deep impression on him. When he resigned from the post of governor of Suzhou due to illness and returned to Luoyang twelve years later, when he was sixty-seven years old, he wrote these three poems recalling the south of the Yangtze River, which shows that the beautiful scenery of the south of the Yangtze River is still vivid in his heart.
It is not easy to summarize the spring scenery of Jiangnan in a dozen words, but Bai Juyi did it skillfully. He did not start with the usual "flowers" and "orioles" in describing Jiangnan, but ingeniously wrote from "river" as the center. He also used "red as fire" and "green as blue" to contrast the different colors, showing a bright and dazzling Spring scenery in the south of the Yangtze River. The descriptive technique of contrasting colors can often be seen in Du Fu's poems, such as "Two orioles sing in the green willows, and a row of egrets ascend to the blue sky", "The green birds in the river are more than white, and the blue flowers in the mountains are about to burn." Two different colors complement each other. The contrast makes the poetry bright and picturesque. Bai Juyi also followed this path, and we can see the clues from his poems, "The sunset is redder than burning, and the clear sky is more blue than blue." , Red Column Three Hundred and Ninety Bridge". Therefore, the spring scenery in the south of the Yangtze River, in Bai Juyi's works, obtained its color from the early sun, river flowers, and river water, and formed the picture in people's imagination through the techniques of dyeing and contrasting. The colors are gorgeous and dazzling, and the layers are rich. There is almost no need for more. Think of it, the spring scenery of Jiangnan is in front of you.
This poem describes the spring scenery in the south of the Yangtze River. The first sentence "Jiangnan is good" uses a shallow and flexible word "good" to capture all the beauties of the spring scenery in the south of the Yangtze River. The author's meaning of praise is consistent with The longing is also reflected in it. At the same time, only because the "goodness" is too great, can we "remember" it endlessly. Therefore, this sentence has also implicitly teased the concluding sentence "can we not remember Jiangnan" and is related to it. The second sentence, "Landscapes were once familiar to each other," points out the "goodness" of Jiangnan scenery. It is not a rumor, but the author's personal experience and feelings when he went to hangzhou. This not only implements the word "good", but also takes care of the word "memory", which can be regarded as a wonderful pen and ink to connect the meaning of an article. The third and fourth sentences vividly interpret the "goodness" of Jiangnan, highlighting the bright colors of river flowers and red and green water, giving people a strong and dazzling impression. Among them, there are both the mutual contrast between the same colors and the mutual contrast between different colors, which fully demonstrates the author's skill in coloring. At the end of the chapter, the whole poem is concluded with "Can I not remember Jiangnan", which not only expresses the author who was born in Luoyang, infinite admiration and nostalgia for the spring scenery of Jiangnan, but also creates a long and profound charm, bringing readers into the lingering emotions. in the realm.