Xiao Yan
I heard that the well was opened, and now I see the Longmen.
Few trees know that it is not a plug, and the height of the flower is different from the source.
I shouldn't kill time, so I want to go back to the porch.
It is better to be turned over by the wind than to pick words.
This is a poem about planting peach blossoms in Longmen.
Peach blossom is one of the most popular famous flowers in China, and it is also the theme of songs written by many ancient poets. In The Book of Songs, there are poems praising the peach blossom: "Peach flies away, burning its glory" (Nan Zhou), "Let's go our separate ways and blossom peaches and plums" (Zhao Nan). In the fourth year of Jinglong, Tang Zhongzong hosted a banquet in the Peach Blossom Garden to entertain his ministers, and Li Qiao, a bachelor, and other ministers presented peach blossom poems. The emperor asked the ladies-in-waiting to sing, and ordered the officials of Taichang Palace to select more than 20 of them to enter Yuefu, which was called Peach Blossom Tour. As for peach blossom as a place name, there are countless more. People not only value the beauty of peach blossom, but also regard it as a symbol of happiness and auspiciousness. Folk customs call the fruit of peach tree Shoutao, which is a symbol of longevity and happiness.
Xiao Yan's Longmen Peach Blossom Poems borrowed the meaning of flowers. The first two sentences of the poem directly get to the point, writing that peach blossoms are transplanted into Longmen. "Old news uncovers the well, but now I see the Longmen", and the poem "Peach grows on the well, next to the peach in Li Shusheng" in the poem "Peach Blossoms Fly into the well, and Flowers Blow through the Flower Pond" by Emperor Liang Jianwen. A well without a cover is called an open well. Well is a place where people often gather. After work, they carry bottles to draw water, so they plant more flowers and fruit trees by the well. Peach and plum trees, in particular, are common trees beside wells. In the folk songs of Han Yuefu, the author means old news. Compared with Longmen, well has its difference between lowliness and nobility. Since ancient times, rulers have believed that dragons are the home of rich emperors. Wells are places where people drink water. Peach blossoms were transplanted from open wells to Longmen, with a natural value of ten times. Longmen may refer to the place name Longmen Mountain, and at the same time it is worth a hundred times, implying the meaning of the military gate.
Three or four sentences in the poem describe the nobility of Longmen peach blossom, which is different from Yuanye peach blossom. "The tree knows less than the plug, and the flowers vary in height." The number of peach blossoms in Longmen is limited, unlike the peach forest that is blocked. Because the peach blossom in Longmen is located in a high position and the flowers are bright, it is unknown and nobody cares, which is different from the peach blossom in a small mound. These two sentences describe the characteristics and advantages of Longmen peach blossom. Peach blossom can be cultivated and managed differently due to different varieties, and its flower beauty can be divided into advantages and disadvantages, but there is no distinction between high and low. Both Longmen and Yuansai can cultivate beautiful peach blossoms. On the surface, these two poems are about two peach blossoms, but the difference is that they have infiltrated people's hearts. Because their situation is different, it implies different official positions. The peach blossoms in Longmen can never compare with the common flowers in digging wells and original plugs. Specifically, it develops the first two poems and enriches the connotation of this poem.
Five or six sentences are about discussion and writing feelings. "I should not send it at that time, so I want to return to the porch." According to the season, the peach blossom should not have bloomed yet, but the Longmen peach blossom bloomed before the season came, which made them very interested and wanted to go back when the sun set. Xuan, the luxury car used by ancient Qing doctors, is not difficult to see that the audience is dignitaries, meaning "to serve peace." The first four sentences about Longmen Peach Blossoms are extraordinary, and the flower watchers are not much better than civilians. Flowers are more expensive, and people match flowers. It can be seen that things and feelings in poetry are integrated, and an aesthetic pursuit is developing to infinite time and space, with the feeling of "forgetting the distance of the road" and "forgetting yourself by leaning on the stone".
Write a meaningful conclusion in the last two sentences. "It is better to be turned over by the wind than to pick words." If you gently pick this blooming peach blossom, it is better than the peach blossom falling with the wind and drowning in the mud. It is the custom of ancient women to break peach blossoms and wear peach blossoms. Folding branches into bottles and watching flowers bloom from time to time can satisfy the psychological desire for beauty. This is more meaningful and valuable than flowers falling with the wind. These two poems may also imply that people in high positions hope to appreciate themselves, simply choose to quote themselves, climb the Longmen and become dignitaries, unwilling to fall with the wind. Bury yourself.
This little poem, which blends with the superior, has the meaning of dry admiration, but it does not directly show color, but borrows the meaning of Longmen Peach Blossom. By using twists and turns to express its potential ideology, readers will naturally realize this profound meaning. This kind of poem, which uses metaphors to support quotations, is more common in Tang poetry.