"When picking lotuses in the south pond in autumn, the lotus flowers are bigger than people's heads. I lower my head to get the lotus seeds, and the lotus seeds are as clear as water" comes from "Xizhou Song". "Xizhou Song" is the name of a Yuefu folk song in the Southern Dynasties. It was first recorded in "New Odes of Yutai" compiled by Xu Ling. It is the longest lyrical poem among the Yuefu folk songs of the Southern Dynasties, and has always been regarded as a representative work of Yuefu folk songs of the Southern Dynasties.
The poem describes a girl's longing for her beloved from early spring to late autumn, from reality to dreamland. It is filled with a strong flavor of life and vivid emotions, showing a distinctive Jiangnan style. Water town characteristics and proficient performance skills. There are thirty-two lines in the whole poem, four lines have one interpretation, and they are connected in a continuous and continuous way. The "skillful" technique of the whole poem is amazing.
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Creative background: "Xizhou Song" is a famous Yuefu folk song in the Southern Dynasties and a representative work of Yuefu folk songs. The writing time and background are uncertain. One theory is that it was a folk song produced in the Liang Dynasty and included in the Yuefu Poetry Collection at that time. Another theory is that it was written by Jiang Yan and recorded in Xu Ling's "New Odes of Yutai".
There is also a saying that in the anthology of ancient poems compiled by people in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it was either called "Jin Ci" or thought to be written by Xiao Yan, Emperor Wu of Liang Dynasty. However, when exactly this poem was produced and by whom, there has not been enough evidence to explain it for thousands of years, and it has been difficult to form a conclusion amid the confusion.
Baidu Encyclopedia——Xizhou Song