The meaning of the ancient poem "On the River in Autumn Evening": The bird that wants to fly back to its nest is tired. The sun before dusk shines on the bird's back and wings, as if it is carrying the setting sun back to its nest. Same. With the flapping of the bird's wings, the dusk sun seemed to fall from the bird's wings onto the river. At that moment, the top of the white reed looked like the beautiful face of a woman. "On the River in Autumn Evening" is a 1923 work by the modern poet Liu Dabai, which was included in the 1926 edition of the "Postal Kiss" poetry collection by Kaiming Bookstore. The overall framework of this poem adopts the popular short verse style at the time, with small descriptions, concise outlines, prose sentence patterns, and impromptu expressions, depicting a riverside scene at dusk in autumn. The poem describes what the poet saw at dusk in autumn. This scene is like a painting, but the things in the painting are moving, not static.
The creative background of "Autumn Evening on the River"
In the 1920s, poets who wrote new poems were greatly influenced by old poems, so the new poems at that time had a strong sense of old poetry. Poetry style. Except that they are expressed in vernacular, the artistic conception and expression techniques of poems are often not much different from those of old poems. This was a major feature of poetry at that time. The same is true for Liu Dabai. Although he wanted to write pure vernacular poetry, the rhythm of this poem still followed the original requirements of classical poetry, so we can still see traces of its influence from old poetry. "Autumn Evening on the River" was created under this environment.
Although the poem "On the River in Autumn Evening" is written about the evening photos of the autumn river, it is full of life. The setting sun is the core of the whole poem's conception. Through the setting sun, the birds, the autumn river, and the reeds are connected to form a complete picture. The red setting sun is the main color of the whole poem, which expresses the characteristics of the evening photo of the autumn river. In addition, this poem is full of rich painterly and poetic sentiments. It has the beauty of painting with bright colors and the beauty of poetic and meaningful artistic conception. When tasting, people feel as if they are in this beautiful painting and gain rich enjoyment of beauty.
The overall framework of this poem adopts the popular short verse style at that time. Small descriptions, concise outlines, prose sentence patterns, and impromptu expressions all show the style of Tagore and Japanese haiku. Of course, from the perspective of the creation and expression of artistic conception, it is mainly derived from Song lyrics, especially Xiaoling and Yuan songs. Poems like Bing Xin and Zong Baihua focus on the suggestive philosophy of imagery, while Liu Dabai focuses on the fit between emotion and scenery in the process of describing nature. This is the so-called combination of poetry and painting and the blending of scenes in old poetry.
Original text of "On the River in Autumn Evening"
Birds returning to their nests,
Although they are tired,
they are still carrying the setting sun. Go back,
turn your wings,
drop the setting sun on the river;
the white-headed reeds,
also turn into makeup for a moment Of beauty.
Liu Dabai
Liu Dabai (1880-1932), a native of Shaoxing, Zhejiang, formerly known as Jinqing, was a scholar in the late Qing Dynasty. After the Revolution of 1911, he changed his name to Liu Jingyi, with the courtesy name Dabai. In the early years of the Republic of China, he edited the "Shaoxing Gazette" and published articles against Yuan Shikai. He fled east to Japan and joined the Tongmenghui. In 1915, he went to Singapore and other places to teach Chinese. The following year, he returned to China to compile "Hangzhou News" and served as Secretary-General of the Zhejiang Provincial Council. In 1918, he went to the First Normal School of Zhejiang Province as a Chinese teacher, and in 1919 he was appointed as the Director-General of Zhejiang Education. During the May 4th Movement, together with Jing Hengyi, Chen Wangdao, Xia Gaizun and others, he was known as the "Four Outstanding People of Zhejiang in May 4th Movement".