When we appreciate classical poetry, we must appreciate the beauty of artistic conception of classical poetry. We start by appreciating and grasping the artistic conception of poetry, so that we can truly understand the deep and beautiful realm of poetry and the graceful artistic charm of poetry. . The beauty of artistic conception is the highest artistic standard pursued by ancient Chinese poetry, and it is also the first thing that should be paid attention to when appreciating poetry.
The second starting point for appreciating Chinese classical poetry should be the beauty of language. Because Chinese classical poetry is also an art of language. It is the most essential, concise language and the most beautiful language. People say that this language is beautiful, which means that its language is like poetry. Therefore, the language of poetry is a very beautiful language. The language of poetry is like the paint of painting. No matter how beautiful the picture is, it must be painted with language. Therefore, the beauty of poetry's language can make the work show a kind of painting beauty. Ancient poetry has strong generalization power and small structure, so it requires relatively accurate, concise and vivid language.
The third entry point for poetry appreciation is formal beauty. Ancient Chinese poetry is the most particular about form. In the long-term development process, various laws and systems have gradually been formed. Combined with the characteristics of Chinese language and characters, ancient poetry has a kind of musical beauty and architectural beauty in form. Poetry It's nice to read, with rhythm and rhythm; it also has a kind of architectural beauty. The poem is very regular and neat, just like the buildings we build now, which are square from top to bottom. Western poetry or other foreign poetry also has its own arrangement in the form of a pyramid or a ladder. Of course, words have long and short sentences, but they are also a form, a form, so they show a unique musical beauty and architectural beauty. This formal beauty is also unique among the world's poetry gardens. The early stereotype of Chinese classical poetry was "four-character poetry". As we all know in the "Book of Songs", the earliest form of "four-character poetry" was four characters per sentence, but there was no special metrical requirement; in the Han, Wei and Six Dynasties, "four-character poetry" "Five-character poems" and "seven-character poems" emerged; in the Southern Dynasties, during the Yongming Dynasty of the Qi Dynasty, some people discovered that Chinese characters have four tones: Ping, Shang, Qu, and Ru. These rules are used to study the coordination of tones and rhymes in poems. It requires writing poems to "have all the different sounds and rhymes in one poem, and different weights in two sentences", and pay attention to antithesis. Therefore, during the Southern Dynasties, a new poetry style that focused on rhythm appeared - "Yongming style". "Yongming style" had a profound influence on the formation of later metrical poetry, as well as the emergence and development of subsequent literary styles such as parallel prose, lyrics, and songs. In the early years of the Tang Dynasty, it was on this basis that rhythmic poetry and quatrains were produced, which are the so-called "metrical poetry".
Ye Xie said in "Original Poetry": "It's about principles, it's about things, it's about emotions. These three words are enough to exhaust all the abnormalities of all things. All shapes, colors, sounds and appearances cannot be surpassed. This is something that can be expressed in terms of things, but there is nothing that can do it. It is called talent, it is called courage, it is called knowledge, and it is called power. These four words can exhaust the various forms of the mind. Sounds and appearances are all waiting for them to be expressed and expressed, and all of them are expressed in this way. It is the author's article. The great latitude and longitude of the world, the small movement and the plant, the chanting and the chanting, cannot be separated from the words."
Writer Cao Wenxuan said that the article is worth reading because it is reasonable. Being affectionate and interesting are all three in one.
So when appreciating poetry, you can simply start from these three perspectives. A poem that touches your heart is a good poem. In aesthetics, what causes aesthetic pleasure and shock is called pleasure. This pleasure may also come from emotional interest.
In addition, according to Roland Barthes, reading is also a secondary creation. Different readers may have completely different aesthetic pleasures from the same work, which depends on the individual characteristics of the readers. But in general, expand your aesthetic mind, don't set limits on yourself, continue to refresh your aesthetic concepts, read carefully and carefully, read over and over again what you don't understand, and improve your aesthetic ability. This is the basis for reading poetry.
How to appreciate new poetry, if you have the opportunity, you can refer to my work "Ten Lectures on Popularizing Modern Chinese Poetry: How to Appreciate Modern Poetry". You can get involved in poetry from multiple perspectives such as form, content, emotion, soul and thinking.
The first condition for identifying the quality of poetry is authenticity. This authenticity refers to literary truth, that is, true emotions, true thoughts, and true souls. To put it bluntly, the heart reflected in poetry is true. Nowadays, there are too many pretentious and fake poems with unique words and expressions, but the biggest taboo is the lack of authenticity and human touch.
The second is the presentation method. There are many aesthetic requirements for poetry presentation, and innovation is the most important and difficult one.
In short, everyone has a sincere heart for aesthetics. If you try to hide the truth and read more, you will naturally improve your appreciation