The lyrical style of describing scenes in the frontier fortress poems of the prosperous Tang Dynasty, whether they are surprising in the ordinary or heroic in the tragic, are always permeated with a positive and enterprising spirit, reflecting the "weather of the prosperous Tang Dynasty". The frontier fortress poems of the prosperous Tang Dynasty can be expressed as heartily praising the majestic frontier fortress scenery or cheering for the victory of the battle, or they can also be expressed as the courage and sincerity to face the serious reality.
The scenery of the frontier fortress has its strange side. Poets like Cen Shen can sing about it with a novel and romantic vision. Facing the scene of wind and snow, they can think of "Suddenly like a spring breeze coming overnight, thousands of The beautiful imagination of "Ten Thousand Pear Blossoms in Bloom" ("Bai Xue Ge Sends Magistrate Wu Back to the Capital") reminds people of the warm memories of spring in the severe cold environment; but the environment of the frontier fortress has its harsh and desolate side, and the poets also But like Wang Zhihuan, when faced with the desolate and cold weather that "the spring breeze does not reach Yumen Pass" ("Liangzhou Ci"), he neither blames the willows nor the spring breeze, but looks at it with a normal mentality, without feeling sad or happy. Poets in the prosperous Tang Dynasty could even face death with pride. Wang Han's "Liangzhou Ci" even said, "Don't laugh when you lie drunk on the battlefield. How many people have fought in ancient times." These are all written with awe-inspiring character. What this poem expresses is a breakthrough in the aesthetics of the people in the prosperous Tang Dynasty and the unique spiritual outlook of the people in the prosperous Tang Dynasty. The heroic sentiments in the poems about the frontier fortresses of the prosperous Tang Dynasty are not pretentious and broad-minded, nor are they empty rhetoric. Rather, they are able to laugh off hardships and even death without fear. Only in poetry. Similarly, the beauty of the desolate and cold amidst the vastness of the northwest frontier was only appreciated and expressed in poetry in the prosperous Tang Dynasty. This unrestrained attitude of smiling at death, this appreciation of the beauty of splendor and desolate coldness, are ultimately the result of the strong national power and increased national self-confidence of that era. Only those who understand the prosperous Tang Dynasty can understand the poetry of the prosperous Tang Dynasty. Although frontier poems are not equal to war poems. There are many frontier poems in the prosperous Tang Dynasty that describe the love and separation between husbands and wives. They seem to have no fighting feelings and are far away from the "vibe of the prosperous Tang Dynasty". However, the poets showed great concern and deep sympathy for the misfortunes and pains such as the separation of couples caused by the husband's long-term guarding the frontier, and the breakdown of the family caused by frequent wars, and were full of profound humanitarian spirit. This itself It's amazing. It is under this familiarity that the voice against militarism appears in frontier poems. "The people who have marched thousands of miles without returning" have been the tragedy of frontier wars throughout the ages, and the Tang Dynasty was no exception. Some of the occurrences of this kind of tragic situation are entirely due to the fact that the monarch is overjoyed in his merits and the border commanders are in favor of them. Therefore, some poets directly point the finger at these monarchs and ministers: "Death is the death of a conscript, merit is the merit of a general" (Liu Wan's "Out of the Fortress") "Qu"), "The Emperor Wu had already opened the border, and the border court bled into sea water" (Du Fu's "War Chariots"). Some poets can transcend the narrow national perspective, express deep sympathy for the sufferings caused by the war to other ethnic minority people, and place their beautiful hopes for peaceful coexistence of all ethnic groups. "When I heard that there was no fighting in western Liaoning, I always went to the wine shop drunk to sleep" (Cui Hao's "Song of the Hu People in Yanmen"), "The general won every game, and the bet was only as good as a sable fur" (Cen Shen's "Song of General Zhao") on Hu Doesn't the description of the Han people living in harmony in peacetime itself show how happy peace brings to people's lives?
These descriptions full of deep emotions and extensive and profound thoughts are always based on "Although Hu Qi relied on the mausoleum, the Han soldiers did not care about themselves" (Gao Shi's "Five Poems on Jimen" Part 5), It is based on such strong national self-confidence and national pride as "the troops are washed and the waves are flowing on the sea, and the horses are released on the grass in the snow in Tianshan Mountain" (Li Bai's "Battle City South"). It is precisely because of this spirit that the soldiers in Wang Changling's poems "Crossing the Fortress" (Mingyue in the Qin Dynasty and the Han Dynasty in the Han Dynasty) and Gao Shi's "Yange Xing" poems still advocated doing their best for the country in the face of bloodshed and sacrifice and unfair treatment in the army. , showing a lofty spirit of patriotism.