Huanxisha is the most frequently used epigraph in Song Ci, with 775 times. Tangjiao Fangqu is known as "Huanxisha", which is slightly different from the tune of Ci. Tang Shi Sheng (a modern poem with music in the Tang Dynasty) also has the title of Huanxisha, and the lyrics are in the form of seven words and six sentences; There is also the name of "Huansha Girl", and the lyrics are in the form of five words and four sentences. From the word meaning, "Huan" means washing and rinsing; "Sand", the old saying "yarn". Therefore, the object of "Huan" can only be "yarn". The poems of Mao Wenxi, Yan Xuan, Mao Xizhen and Li Xun, which were unearthed in Dunhuang and collected by Zhao Chongzuo of Shu after the Five Dynasties, are all called "Huanshaxi".
From Huanxisha, we can see the trace of the transformation from poetry to ci. "Huanxisha" is different from other tunes in terms of long and short sentences, which are neat, fast-paced, catchy and scattered in three sentences. This is the primary stage from poetry to ci.
The story of Huanxisha:
According to the Southern Song Dynasty's "Huiji", "Gou Jian asked for a beautiful woman to present the king of Wu, and he got a wife, a stone, and a job in Zhuji Luoshan, and first taught in Tucheng Mountain. There are stones on one side of the mountain, and the clouds are sand stones. Today, at the bank of Huansha Creek at the foot of Zhuluo Mountain in the southern suburbs of Zhuji, Zhejiang Province, there is a Huansha stone with the word "Huansha" written by Wang Xizhi of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. According to legend, this is the place where beautiful women from the State of Yue used to put on the gauze during the Spring and Autumn Period. One said that Huangshaxi is Ruoyexi, which is twenty miles south of Shaoxing, Zhejiang. In short, the original intention of renaming "Huanshaxi" was named after a stone.
Shi, the word Shi, was born in Xialuo Village, Ruoluo Mountain, Zhuji City during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Father cuts and sells firewood, and mother washes and weaves. Around 490 BC, Fan Li took a beauty teacher and assisted Yue Wang Gou to teach etiquette and learn singing and dancing, and gave them to Fu Cha, the king of Wu, as his wife. At the time of national disaster, the teacher endured humiliation and made great contributions to the country, and together with him, he tried his best to charm Fu Cha, confusing the audience and going it alone. In 473 BC, the State of Yue finally destroyed the State of Wu, and Fan Li helped Gou Jian, the King of Yue, defeat the King of Wu and became a celebrity. After Gou Jian proclaimed himself emperor, he made a successful boat trip to the five lakes with stones, moved to Qi after three years of seclusion, and finally lived in seclusion in Tao, which is recorded in Sima Qian's Historical Records. Legend has it that it is Feicheng Taoshan. To a certain extent, Wu's demise is inseparable from his sacrifice and dedication. Shi's "Huansha" and his story of boating on the Five Lakes were widely circulated through the inscription of "Huansha".