The poems describing Dingzhou are introduced as follows:
1. Source
Jiang Feng, Fishing Fire and Chou Mian comes from "Night Mooring on the Maple Bridge" by Zhang Ji, a poet of the Tang Dynasty: "The moon is setting, crows are crying, and the sky is filled with frost. The rivers and maples are fishing and the fire is facing melancholy."
Night Mooring at Fengqiao is a seven-character quatrain composed by Zhang Ji. This poem takes Maple Bridge, a water town in the south of the Yangtze River, as the background. By describing the scene on the riverside at night, it expresses the poet's loneliness and sadness during the journey. The whole poem has concise language and beautiful artistic conception, giving people a profound artistic feeling. It is one of Zhang Ji's representative works of poetry.
2. Poetry analysis
In this poem, "Jiangfeng" refers to the maple trees in the Jiangnan water town, representing the environment in which the poet lives; "Fishing Fire" refers to the night The lights on fishing boats are a characteristic sight in Jiangnan water towns. The author connects this scene with his own inner sorrow through the words "to melancholy", vividly expressing his loneliness and helplessness.
The whole poem has a beautiful artistic conception, expressing the poet's appreciation of the night scenery of the Jiangnan water town and his inner sadness.
Author's introduction and life
1. Author's introduction
Zhang Ji, courtesy name Shuda, was a famous poet in the Tang Dynasty. He was born in about 718 AD and died in About 779, he was born in Fan Yang (now Dingzhou City, Hebei Province). He lived during the Tang Dynasty's prosperity and decline, and was an important writer in the literary history of the Tang Dynasty.
Zhang Ji's poetry creation is mainly focused on describing scenes and expressing feelings. His poetic style is fresh and natural, and has high artistic value. His poetry works are widely circulated, among which "Mooring at Maple Bridge at Night" is one of his masterpieces. In addition, he also has popular masterpieces such as "Send to the Taoist Priest in Quanjiao Mountain" and "Spring Night with Happy Rain".
2. The author's life
Zhang Ji was erudite, good at talking, and understood the way of governing the country. In the twelfth year of Tianbao (about 753 AD), he became a Jinshi, but was elected and returned to his hometown. In the early years of Dali, he was appointed as Yuanwailang in Zhengxi Prefecture for dispatch, and he abandoned his writing and joined the army. Later, he successively held the positions of wailang, a member of the inspection school temple, a doctor in the inspection school, and a judge of salt and iron, etc., and was responsible for the wealth in Hongzhou.
Zhang Ji's poems are hearty and exciting, without any refinement, deep in metaphor, and both logical and logical. They have a great influence on later generations. At the end of the Dali calendar, Zhang Ji died of illness while serving in Hongzhou. His friend Liu Changqing wrote a eulogy for him, "Crying for Zhang Ji's successor."