The Song of Picking Lotus is written by Wang Changling, a poet in the Tang Dynasty.
The original poem is as follows:
The girl who picked the lotus put the girl who picked the lotus into the lotus leaf, as if the color was the same, and the girl's face was hidden in the blooming lotus, which reflected each other.
Lotus is mixed in the lotus pond, and it is difficult to recognize the lotus pond. Only when you hear the song do you know that someone is picking lotus in the pond-picking lotus.
Vernacular translation:
The skirt of the lotus picking girl is as green as a lotus leaf, and the lotus flower coming out of the water is opening towards the face of the lotus picking girl. The lotus face of Robbie's skirt is mixed in the lotus pond, which is difficult to identify. When I heard this song, I realized that someone was picking lotus in the pond.
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Literary appreciation
This poem is about a girl who picks lotus, but there is no positive description. Instead, the lotus leaf is green as a skirt, the lotus flower is red as a face, and no one can hear the singing, which skillfully blends the beauty and nature of a lotus picking girl. The whole poem is lively, poetic and full of life interest.
The first two sentences of the poem make people feel that these lotus-picking girls are simply a part of beautiful nature; The last two sentences are about people standing together and gazing at each other for an instant. The first two sentences focus on objective description, while the last two sentences focus on subjective feelings. The combination of objective description and subjective feelings well shows the beautiful artistic conception that people can't compete with each other.
If this poem is regarded as a picture of picking lotus, the center of the picture is naturally the girls picking lotus. However, the author did not let them appear in this picture from beginning to end, but let them blend in the lotus leaves and colorful lotus bushes, looming, as if nothing had happened, and let the lotus picking girls blend in with the beautiful nature. The whole poem is beautiful and imaginative. This artistic conception is original.
The hibiscus in the second sentence is lotus. It is not new to say that the girl's face is ruddy and gorgeous like a hibiscus. But "hibiscus opens to both sides of the face" is not only a metaphor, it also depicts a beautiful picture: the girl's face is hidden in the blooming lotus, which looks like a bright lotus is opening to the girl's face.
Combining these two sentences, the reader seems to see that in that piece of violet and red lotus, the green Luo skirt of the lotus picking girl has been integrated into the lotus leaf in the field, and it is almost impossible to tell which is the lotus leaf and which is the Luo skirt; The girl's face contrasts with the bright lotus flowers, making it difficult to distinguish people from flowers. People think that these lotus-picking women are just part of the beautiful nature, or they are actually lotus spirits. This description has a real sense of life.
The third clause "you can't see it when you mix it into the pool" comes from the first two sentences. To blend in, to blend in, to blend in. Lotus leaf skirt, lotus face, this is like an organic whole, it is difficult to distinguish, only when it is clear and fine, it can barely be distinguished; So something is wrong. The girl who picked the lotus and the green lotus and red lotus are one and suddenly disappeared.
This description adds vivid interest and poetic connotation to the picture, making people imagine the scene of ten acres of lotus pond, lotus in full bloom, lingge everywhere, and the scene of onlookers standing and staring at the song. The girls picking lotus flowers are full of youthful and energetic joy.