Introduction: It was quiet outside, as if only snowflakes were falling gently, and a good show was going on. It was really like a silver kingdom made of pink makeup and jade. Let’s take a look at the ancient poems describing snow and their meanings that I have compiled for you below.
(1) Song Dynasty Huang Tingjian's "Poetry on Snow":
Even in the sky, the spring snow is as bright as washing, and suddenly I can see the sand in the clear water of the river. Listen to the sparseness and density at night, and watch the whole thing become slanting again at dawn. The wind blows back and dances, and it is a coincidence that flowers bloom in an instant. Even if it is cold to the bone, you might as well spend your time with peaches and plums.
[Appreciation] "Listen at night, the sparseness becomes denser, and at dawn, the wholeness becomes slanted again." That is to say, the use of empty characters to move Qi, and the eight characters overlap each other, which can be described as ingenuity.
(2) "Snow" by Zhang Yuan of the Song Dynasty:
Wu Ding fought against Yunni with his sword and took the emperor's territory under the Tianhe River. After the battle, three million jade dragons were scattered all over the sky.
[Appreciation] "After fighting three million jade dragons, the defeated scales and armor are flying all over the sky." The flying snow in the sky is like the scales and armor that fell off the countless white dragons that were defeated by the heavenly soldiers and generals. Falling in the air. These two poems use the "defeated scales and broken armor" of three million defeated "jade dragons" to write about the falling snow. The imagination is fantastic and full of mythological romance.
(3) Lu You's "Song of Heavy Snow at Night":
The early wind blows the snow flying thousands of miles, and the window paper whistles in the middle of the night. At first I was suspicious of the goddess scattering flowers, but now I was afraid of Magu throwing rice.
[Appreciation] Compare the falling snowflakes to the goddess scattering flowers and Magu throwing rice.
Lu You's "Xie Xue Fang worships the sky and celebrates the snow again in the court": The jade is so beautiful that it comforts the tired people. Before I saw the dancing cranes covered by the wind, I was happy to have flowers gathering to worship. Thousands of people come out of the soil and paste in the fields, and the wine in the market is cheap for thousands of families. It makes you old and sad, and your talents have been exhausted. It is difficult to keep track of poems and keep things new.
[Appreciation] The four sentences in the poem use the poet to appreciate the snow, the farmers to plow the land, and the market to buy wine at the price of snow. The poem is clear and refreshing.
(4) Lu Meipo's "Snowy Plum"
The plum and snow are willing to fall when spring comes, and the poet puts aside his writing to spend Pingzhang. The plum blossoms are three cents whiter than the snow, but the snow is less fragrant than the plum blossoms. The main idea of ??the poem is: both plum blossoms and snow want to herald spring, but no one is convinced by the other, which makes the poet spend a lot of time and has to make some comments: plum blossoms are not as white as snow, and snow is not as fragrant as plum blossoms. Both have their own characteristics. It is difficult to distinguish between superior and inferior by their strengths. This is a dialectical point of view.
(5) "Snow" by Huang Geng of the Yuan Dynasty:
The pieces slanted with the wind, and the old temples drifted to add beauty. The mountains and rivers are never dark and the moon is thousands of miles away, and the heaven and earth are selfless and jade thousands of families. On the far bank, catkins are flying before spring, and plum blossoms are blooming at dawn in the front village. The lamb's gold tent should be vulgar, and the ice spring should be used to brew stone tea. The mountains and rivers are never dark and the moon is thousands of miles away, and the heaven and earth are selfless and jade thousands of families.
[Appreciation] "Yuwanjia" is used as a metaphor for heavy snowfall, and the roofs of every household are covered with thick snow.
(6) Zhang Zi's "Snow Poems":
In the heavy snow in Chang'an, it is difficult for birds to find each other. Among them, the noble family's house is surrounded by walls made of pepper and mud. Red stoves are burning everywhere, and Luo Mi comes back every week. Warm your hands to adjust the golden thread, and dip it into a cup of Qiong liquid. When you sing drunkenly, the jade dust flies away, and when you are trapped, the fragrant juice drops. Little did he know that the hands and feet of a hungry and cold person would be chapped.
[Appreciation] "Snowy day" explains the season and weather. How heavy is the snow? The poet vividly uses "birds are hard to find" to illustrate. The snow was falling heavily, and it was so confusing that even the birds lost their way. It was really a scene of ice and snow. This sets up a specific environment for subsequent descriptions and comparisons.
"Snow Poetry", after setting off the environment in the first two sentences, paints three pictures of the decadent life of the wealthy aristocrats: the picture of the wealthy family's pepper room, the picture of Luo Mi's red furnace, and the picture of the banquet with string songs. At the end of the chapter, "I don't know" turns around and reveals a new meaning, revealing the social reality of disparity between rich and poor and class opposition, and expanding and deepening the theme. Contrast is a prominent feature of the artistic technique of "Snow Poetry". This contrast is deeply rooted in real life and has achieved a high degree of harmony and unity with the content of the poem.