What are the characteristics of scenery writing and lyricism in the poem Qingming by Huang Tingjian?
This is the poet's touching work, and he uses the method of contrast to express the impermanence of life. The first antithetical couplet contrasts the laughter of Tomb-Sweeping Day Taoli and the sadness of the lonely grave, revealing a merciless sigh to the world. With a turn of the pen, the couplets show the scene of the revival of all things in nature, which is in sharp contrast with the barren hills of Artemisia which are full of eyes in the latter two couplets. From sweeping graves in Qingming Festival to begging by Qi people, from banning cold food to pushing mesons to burn them, no matter whether they are virtuous or stupid, they are all a pile of loess in the end. The poet saw the vitality of nature, but thought of the inevitable fate of death in the world, and expressed a negative and nihilistic thought, with sad emotions tangled between the lines. This is inseparable from the poet's life-long political ups and downs and the strong influence of Zen thought on him. However, the work embodies the author's life value orientation, whipping the ugliness of life, seemingly negative, but actually angry.