When the ancients wrote poems, most of them liked drinking. That's because drinking can stimulate nerves and express emotions. Whether it is happy or sad, drinking can not only add fun, but also relieve anxiety and get inspiration.
First, drinking and writing poems can stimulate the poet's inspiration, stimulate the poet's nerves and make better works.
As we all know, as an artist, he needs to be inspired when he creates. Moreover, those artists in ancient times all like to be independent and special. Simply reciting poems is too monotonous, so they will entertain themselves with wine. Drinking can stimulate people's nerves and make people excited. Therefore, many artists in ancient times have a special liking for wine, and they can even be said to be alcoholics. For example? Eight immortals in wine? , that is, we are familiar with Li Bai, He Zhizhang, Li Shizhi, Su Jin and others. Du Fu once wrote a poem "The Eight Immortals in Drinking" for eight of them, expressing that they like to drink and their unrestrained appearance.
Second, drinking is a way to express emotions. Most ancient poets were worried about the country and the people, so they used alcohol to drown their sorrows.
In ancient times, there was a great gap in social status. Some people used wine to drown their sorrows, while others used wine to entertain them, which made them spiritually free and inspired. Wine? Tao Yuanming wrote Drinking, and? A hundred poems of Li Bai's fighting for wine? In ancient times, many poets and artists shared the same interest in wine, and both the authorities and bystanders agreed that wine played a wonderful role in culture and art.
Third, wine is the most common communication among people, and ancient literati poetry meetings are often held, so wine is essential.
Poets like to improvise poems. In ancient times, literati liked to get together and make friends with poems. There were many reception parties for poets, and they made poems in seven steps and gambled on poems. Many people used drinking to inspire themselves. Slow wine has become one of the sources of poetry creation, such as Li Bai's "Going into Wine".