Use the crystallization of ice and snow to compare the loyalty of the soul and the nobility of character. For example, "Luoyang relatives and friends ask each other, and a piece of ice heart is in the jade pot." (Wang Changling's Farewell to Xin Jian at Furong Inn) Bing Xin: A noble soul. The ancients used "as clear as jade pot ice" as a metaphor for a person's open and aboveboard mind.
2. Willow
Fold the willow to say goodbye. Since the Han Dynasty, people have often expressed their feelings of parting by folding willows, which triggered the yearning for distant relatives and the homesickness of travelers.
3.cicada
Knowing is virtuous. The ancients thought that cicada eating wind and drinking dew was a symbol of nobility, so the ancients often used cicada's nobility to express its noble character. "Tang Poetry" says: "Every time a cicada sings, it respects its nature." Because cicadas live on high branches, eat wind and sleep outdoors, and don't eat fireworks, so their moral character belongs to lofty type.
4. Nanpu
In ancient Chinese poetry, Nanpu is a place where water is sent to the frontier. Qu Yuan's "Nine Songs of Hebo": "Go to Nanpu, a beautiful woman." Jiang Yan's "Biefu": "Spring grass is green and spring water is surging. It's so sad to send you to Nanpu!"
5. Plum blossoms?
From the Warring States Period to Liang Chen, a large number of Yongmei's poems appeared. Most of the plum blossom poems in this period are descriptions of flowers themselves or used for farewell, and there is no obvious symbolic sustenance. By the Tang and Song Dynasties, plum blossom had become a symbol of noble personality.