Because of the ancient poets' love for pipa, pipa has become a frequent image in poetry. Generally speaking, pipa mainly appears in two cases of ancient poetry, which has two meanings.
Ancient frontier poems are the poems that describe pipa the most. Since the pipa was introduced from the western frontier fortress, the poet borrowed the description of the pipa to reflect the scenery of the frontier fortress and the thoughts and feelings of the frontier fortress soldiers. One of the most famous is "Farewell to Tian Shuji Wu's Home" in Song of Snow. Cen Can's poetry has always been famous for its strangeness. This poem was originally a farewell poem about snow. Based on China's military account, the author praised Xue: "China army bought wine and drank customers and played barbarian pipa, guitar and harp for him." The poet wrote the pipa and two other musical instruments together, which indirectly conveyed a sad scene and the meaning of "always closing the mountain and keeping old feelings". Pipa and other musical instruments touched the homesickness of the people who were sent off and sent off. Soldiers stationed in the frontier can only pin their homesickness and patriotism on music. Similar to Cen Can, Wang Changling's "Joining the Army" says: "The new sound of pipa dance always stays behind the mountain. I can't stop listening to chaos, and the high autumn moon shines on the Great Wall. " Pipa, for the garrison, is exotic and easy to arouse strong homesickness. Who are the soldiers who have never left their homes or even abandoned their young women? Who can understand this "different feelings"? Pipa can play new tunes, but it can't change the profound and complicated emotions in the hearts of soldiers. Meng Haoran, who is good at pastoral poetry, also wrote a pipa in Liangzhou Ci: "Muddy rosewood makes the pipa sound into the clouds." Alakazam has gone to Wan Li. You can send Mingjun right away. "Farewell to friends, in the wilderness, all you can do is play a lute. Compared with "there is no reason to persuade you to drink more, and there is no reason to go to Yangguan in the west" and "Mochow has no confidant in the road ahead, and everyone knows you", only pipa can better reflect the heroic feelings of frontier fortress soldiers. The poem with the same effect as Meng Haoran's "Liangzhou Ci" is nothing more than William Wang's poem of the same name: "Night glass of grape wine, if you want to drink pipa, you should be urged immediately. Drunk lying on the battlefield, you don't laugh, there have been several wars in ancient times. "I was about to raise a glass and drink, when suddenly there was a clanking pipa from my horse, and I was about to go to war. However, the tune plucked by the pipa finally lifted the sorrow; The drunkenness and homesickness caused by pipa music hit my heart and made people fall to the ground. " It may be impolite to lie on the battlefield drunk, but "how many people fought in ancient times", who can laugh when you think of these? The soldiers drank and played music in the pre-war tension, and there was a kind of pain that it was difficult to return to World War I, but the poems were written in heroic language. Are they really broad-minded? In luxurious scenes and beautiful words, poets seem to reveal the soldiers' more painful hearts in their drunken words. There is also "Pipa Travel" written by Li Qiao, a poet in the early Tang Dynasty: "The general once composed music, and Sima kept company. This is Hu Zhongle, and Xijun will play immediately. "The poet used the pipa to bid farewell to his friends, showing his deep affection for parting.
In the frontier poems of the Tang Dynasty, pipa is often used as the object of singing, expressing the feelings of serving the country and homesickness, seeing off friends and lamenting long-term exile. At this time, the pipa is no longer a musical instrument in a specific sense, but has become a specific image of the moon, willow and plum blossom in ancient poetry, which has a relatively fixed significance and represents a kind of feeling and pursuit of ancient poets.
Pipa not only often appears in frontier fortress poems to express soldiers' patriotism and homesickness, but also appears in poets' works to express their deep admiration for life experience, profound understanding of life experience and deep reflection on youth impermanence.
Liu Ying in the Jin Dynasty wrote "Night Cry": "I am far away from hate, and my dream grows around pear blossoms. The blue man remembers the chapter, the platform is on the moon, and the jade whip is oblique. Green mirror tears sleeves, red wall drunk ink cage yarn. When the meeting is not over, the spring thoughts enter the pipa. " This word euphemistically wrote the thoughts of pregnant people on a spring night. In the last part, I used the scenery to express my feelings: I was reluctant to part with it, dreaming long, having a bright future, and shining pear blossoms in the moonlight; The scenery in front of us is very attractive. The next part is intended to be lyrical: crying marks print sleeves, drunk ink cage yarn; Meet occasionally and say nothing. In the end, "spring thoughts enter the pipa", turning infinite lovesickness into a wisp of pipa rhyme, which will be heard by people and will remain in their hearts forever. Pipa entered the ci at the end, adding infinite charm to the whole ci. In Song Dynasty, Zhang Yuhu wrote in Pipa Pavilion: "On Xunyang River, there is the Pipa Moon, and in front of Pengze, there is the willow wind. The two sages are not similar, although their sorrows and joys are different. " Standing by the Pipa Pavilion, thinking about the past and the future, we can truly appreciate the pains of the ancients. From Bai Juyi to Tao Yuanming to Zhang Yuhu himself, although the times are different, how different are the sighs of life? Yan, a romantic talent, sang in Qingping Music: "The apricot at the bottom of the leaf is small, and it is idle with the pipa. Snow fragrance is slightly transparent to gauze, just a kind of exquisiteness. The banquet is independent and beautiful. " Under the green apricot, lovers in tulle embrace the pipa and play it leisurely in the light song and dance. This situation makes people can't tell whether apricots are delicate, plums are delicate, or their lovers are more delicate. This charm, this emotion, and that delicate taste can't help but make people stunned! For Su Shi, a great writer who is also an essayist, poet and calligrapher, everything can be put into his poems. Of course, the pipa is indispensable in his poems. His "Picking Mulberry Seeds" wrote: "Affectionate is still sick. In a multi-scene building, we met in a bottle of wine, turned around happily and talked and laughed. Stop the cup and listen to the pipa, gently twist it, and the drunken face melts into spring, and the red light shines on the river. " Here, Mr. Su used pipa and wine to tell people the vicissitudes of life and the joys and sorrows of life, and also expressed his attitude towards opportunities.
There are so many ancient poems in China that the description and description of pipa and its music cannot be listed one by one. In a word, there are too many essences worth learning in ancient poetry. Let's read slowly and understand carefully!