While chanting flowers, the poet's image connotation has been continuously expanded and enriched, and gradually formed a specific spiritual core, which has been integrated into the profound traditional culture of China and has been passed down to this day.
To appreciate the flower image in poetry, it is natural to start with plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum.
Plum blossom, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum are called "four gentlemen in flowers". With their proud, calm, firm and indifferent characters, they have become symbols of the feelings and aspirations of the people in China, and are also common themes in poetry and painting creation.
Throughout the ages, countless literati have praised the modest four gentlemen in different forms.
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Mei, who is proud of exploring waves and cutting ice and snow, is proud of herself.
It's for the nobility.
Plum blossom is a common aesthetic image in ancient China. Because of its frost resistance and cold resistance, it was repeatedly sung by ancient literati. With the help of this objective image and his own subjective meaning, the poet endowed plum blossom with various beautiful characters.
There are six main images of plum blossom:
One is the courage to lead the public and be the best in the world.
The second is cold ling's unyielding tenacity.
Third, noble and refined personality, distinctive mind.
The fourth is the symbol of hermit's high comfort.
The fifth is the beauty of Leng Yan.
The sixth is to convey emotions and blessings.
Speaking of plum blossom, we have to say "Plum Blossom" written by Wang Anshi in the Northern Song Dynasty.
Chinese plum
Wang Anshi
There are some plums in the corner, and cold ling opens them alone.
I knew from a distance that it wasn't snow, because there was a smell coming.
Reading this poem, it seems that a beautiful picture emerges in my mind, and I smell a faint fragrance in the cold air. But after reading the image of "Mei", I will have a deeper understanding of poetry.
In the first two sentences, the plum blossom in the corner is not afraid of the cold, but proudly independent. In the last two sentences, the plum blossom is brightly white and fragrant, which praises the demeanor and character of the plum blossom and is a portrayal of the poet's cold and stubborn character.
The poet described the purity and beauty of plum blossom with snow by appreciating its noble character of not being afraid of cold, and pointed out that plum blossom has a "dark fragrance" more than snow, which shows the great charm of a strong and noble personality.
In the extremely complicated and difficult situation of the Northern Song Dynasty, the author actively reformed, but failed to get support. His lonely mentality and difficult situation naturally have something in common with Meihua.
Therefore, only by understanding the image of "Mei" can we really understand this poem. When we face difficulties and hardships, if we can inherit the noble quality of this plum blossom, we can really learn the essence of this poem and internalize it in our hearts and use it in our lives.
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Orchids, empty valleys, narcissistic, fragrant and elegant.
It's for the sages of the world
An empty valley gives birth to orchids, and the most fascinating thing about orchids is "seclusion."
Because of growing up in the deep mountains and valleys, we can wash away the beautiful and fragrant posture and retain the beauty of nature with a clear and simple fragrance. A gentleman's demeanor of "people don't know and don't do it", an open mind that does not seek career access, fame and fortune, but only ambition in the chest, is just suitable for many literati and painters to show their lofty, elegant and elegant.
They use orchids as a carrier to show their ideals, tastes, aesthetics and personality to the fullest.
orchid
Cuitu
As many people know, the fragrance is just hidden.
Since there is no gentleman worthy of admiration, it is not the decline of the country.
The Millennium comes early, and the spring breeze comes every night.
Why don't you be a grass? Fenfu has everything he wants.
Shi Lan
mei yao chen
Shi Yan was not born on a stone, but the famous orchids are orchids and so on.
Healing is the calligraphy of Emperor Yan He, and I am interested in learning from Chen Chu.
The image of "Lan" enriches the aesthetic and connotation of the poems about objects, and the poet also endows the Lan of Nature with all kinds of new meanings, which makes it have all kinds of profound meanings. Some scholars have concluded that the images of orchids can be summarized as "hermit", "gentleman", "beauty" and "friend of Jin Lan", which express different emotions in different poetic contexts.
Do you like elegant orchids?
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Bamboo, screen the wind and play the moon, natural and unrestrained life, elegant and elegant
This is for a modest gentleman.
Bamboo has a natural property of combining rigidity with softness, and it will not wither when it is frosty and snowy. It is vigorous and tall, swaying and fragrant; Not afraid of the heat, unyielding frost and snow, living in poverty, cutting and resurrecting; High morals and bright festivals, cool breeze and thin bones, modesty and restraint make the poet create colorful "bamboo" images.
House of Bamboo
Wang Wei
I leaned alone in the dense bamboo, playing the piano and humming a song.
It's too light for anyone to hear, except my partner, Mingyue.
As a bamboo, it was born in the forest and grew by a quiet spring, which combines natural and unrestrained manner and charming posture. Its cold-resistance, tenacity and straightness have made countless literati linger and sigh.
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Chrysanthemum and Shuang Ling are elegant, maverick and not aggressive.
This is for hermits.
When it comes to chrysanthemums, we have to mention Tao Yuanming, the originator of China pastoral poets and a hermit in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Everyone says that they love to "get close to wine" and "appreciate strange articles and analyze doubts" The quality of chrysanthemum is actually a symbol of Tao Yuanming's "cool breeze and noble purity" in his life.
Noble chrysanthemums, distant Nanshan and free birds constitute a quiet artistic conception, which sets off the poet's quality of "cool breeze and noble purity".
Tao Yuanming drinking (5)
Building a house is human, and there are no horses and chariots.
What can you do? The heart is far from being self-centered.
Picking chrysanthemums under the east fence, you can see Nanshan leisurely.
The mountains are getting better and better, and the birds are back.
That makes sense. I forgot what I wanted to say.
"Picking chrysanthemums under the hedge, leisurely see Nanshan. The mountains are getting better every day, and the birds are back. " With the help of the beautiful scenery after his retirement, he expressed Tao Yuanming's inner peace and tranquility, and a song "Leisurely" showed the author's mood incisively and vividly!
Sue: "Seeing the mountains because of picking chrysanthemums is the most wonderful thing."
No wonder this sentence was sung through the ages. At present, our life is very fast. Should we also spend time to experience beautiful scenery and "leisure"?
In addition to Mei Zhu Lan Ju, there are countless poems about flowers in ancient poetry. Different flowers have different images, express different feelings and convey different qualities in poetry, and are endowed with different cultural and spiritual beauty.
While chanting flowers, the poet's image connotation has been continuously expanded and enriched, and gradually formed a specific spiritual core, which has been integrated into the profound traditional culture of China and has been passed down to this day.
Only by understanding the image of flowers can we really understand the poems about flowers.