The Spring Day in the Capital expresses the poet's incomparable attachment and love for all things in Luoyang.
"Spring Day in Beijing" is a seven-character poem by Du Shenyan, a poet in the early Tang Dynasty. This poem was written in the spring of 702 or 703 AD (the second or third year of Chang'an). The poet expresses his longing for his friends and their separation, and expresses his incomparable attachment and love for all things in Luoyang.
Luoyang was the eastern capital in the Tang Dynasty. Du Shenyan once served as the Prime Minister of Luoyang, and later worked in Luoyang when he served as Wailang, a member of the catering department, and Zuo Lang, a writer. His home was in Xigong County, Luoyang, so he had a particularly cordial feeling for Luoyang. Wu Zetian stayed in Luoyang for a long time, and only returned to Xijing once in Chang'an. At that time, Du Shenyan accompanied him to Chang'an.
The poem begins in a gentle tone, "This year I am traveling to Qin alone." The title "Beijing" succinctly explains the time and place of the official tour, and outlines the background of the entire poem. . Official travel is a common thing for poets, but what is different this year is "traveling to Qin alone". The three words "Traveling to Qin alone" express the poet's lonely feelings of being a stranger in a foreign land both abundantly and implicitly.
"Spring Day in Beijing"? Appreciation:
The couplet: "The flowers in Shanglin Garden are bare, and the leaves in front of Xiliu Camp are covered with new leaves", depicting the scenery of Chang'an, in Shanglin Garden The flowers are in full bloom but no one appreciates them. In front of the thin willow camp, the willow branches are green but no one is looking after them. Flowers and trees bloom and bear fruit with the seasons, which is a natural law. There is no such thing as "tufa" or "manxin". However, the poems use "tu" and "man" to give the scenery human nature.
It is in line with what Wu Qiao, a man of the Qing Dynasty, said: "Scenery does not originate by itself, but is transformed by emotion." The painting of scenery is to express feelings. This couplet is the epitome of the first couplet in the poem "I am worried about seeing spring when it is not spring." Concrete description vividly expresses the poet's melancholy mood after seeing things.
The neck couplet: "The prince should have all the fun in Nanqiao, and the general in the west will have some guests", which depicts the poet's imagination of friends in Luoyang enjoying the spring feast. Xidi: Liang Ji, a relative of the Eastern Han Dynasty, was a general and his residence was in the west of Luoyang City. Because Ma Rong once wrote "Ode to the Great General", later generations called it "Xidi". This generally refers to a luxurious mansion. Staying guests: Chen Zun, a Han knight-errant, was a hospitable man who drank heavily and often took the guests' cars and threw them into the well during banquets to prevent the guests from leaving midway. Liu Bin comes from this song.
They returned from a group tour in Nanqiao and had a feast in Xidi. This joyful scene is in sharp contrast to his "alone trip to Qin". The poet uses this empty pen to reflect his loneliness and highlight his deep yearning for his friends and his longing for home. Due to the use of Chen Zun's allusions, it not only expresses the heroic and heroic character of his friend, but also gives the poem a bold momentum.
Although the sentence "Gongzi Nanqiao" does not directly describe the scenery, the scenery is already at ease in it. The spring outings are graceful, and their free and contented expressions appear on the page. At this point in writing the poem, it seems that the "feeling" in the title has been completed. But the poet still felt that it was not enough, and introduced a famous line in the last couplet that has been passed down through the ages.