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Parting poems and willows
The variety and customs of willows are full of poetry. Scholars of all ages especially like it, and there are about a thousand poems written by Liu. Famous sentences throughout the ages include Tao Yuanming's "Under the eaves of Liu Yin, peaches and plums are full of halls", He's "I don't know who cut the thin leaves, and the spring breeze in February is like scissors", Liu Yuxi's "The willow is green, and Jiang Shuiping sings on the Langjiang River", Han Yu's "The benefits in spring are the most, and it is better than the smoke and willow in the capital", and Gao Ding's "Grass grows in February, and willow is drunk in spring". Willow walks into poetry to add color to poetry; Poetry dresses up willows and lets them express their feelings.
Starting from the Book of Songs, "I was once absent, and Liu was reluctant to part" is the first time to use Liu to express feelings and hurt others. There are thousands of trees in the world. "Changan devoted to infinite trees, only weeping willows can stay. "People have to fold willows to write willows when they bid farewell. This is because "there is another village" and "everything is affectionate". The ancients took their meaning to show their reluctance and stay with Liu. " "Liu" means "stay", and "stay" and "stay" are homophonic, so "folding willows" stay with each other to express sincere feelings of farewell. Folding willows to bid farewell has been around since the Han Dynasty. There was a folk song in Yuefu in the Southern Dynasties, which said, "You don't push the whip when you get on the horse, but you break the willow branches and play the flute on the plate, worrying about killing pedestrians. "It reflects the farewell at that time, and people and horses are folded.
Farewell is inevitably painful to leave. The environment and conditions of ancient people made it difficult to meet again after parting, and some even became farewell. In this way, parting shows the freedom of life. In order to realize the value of life, people have to bear the pain of space barrier, move towards unknown fear, and bid farewell to the emotional torture of relatives and friends' hometown. All this casts a layer of sadness, sadness, pain and confusion on parting. Although spring is infinite, people will feel dejected. Yang Liuan became a sad place, while The Broken Heart of Willow made it clear that Liu's artistic conception was sad.
In the Tang dynasty, it was even more popular to fold willows to bid farewell. Chang 'an Baqiao specially planted many willows for people to climb when they left. According to "Three Auxiliary Huang Tu", "Baqiao is in the east of Chang 'an, and crossing the water is the bridge. It is also called ecstasy bridge, because the Han people send guests off on this bridge. Since the Han and Tang dynasties, I don't know how many human tragedies have been staged here, and I don't know how many literati have absorbed them into poetry. "Willow smoke and spring, climbing pedestrians every year" and "willow color every year, Baqiao hurts farewell" show how deep the feeling of parting is in Baqiao, and the poet wrote the hatred of parting selflessly. "There are many farewells near Doumen, and the long strip folds reduce the spring breeze." Everyone bid farewell, walked out of Doumen and left, and the long strip folds, reducing the spring scenery by a few minutes. The willow tree, which "will leave people with infinite meaning", thus acts as the carrier of people's sorrow and hatred, and "makes the spring breeze", leaving a series of tearful stories. These parting poems are all wrapped in a thousand twists and turns of sadness, shrouded in a melancholy color. Until Wang Wei sang, "The rain in Weicheng is light and the dust in the guest house is light and the color of the willow is new." A refreshing and bright rain washed away the "light dust" and "willow color" that have been so sad for so long, and the final parting revealed a feeling of hope.
After all, Wang Wei's "Facing the Rain" can't wash away the poet's too much sadness and helplessness. Liu Yong's Where Do You Wake Up Tonight consists of three scenes, Yang Liuan, Xiao Feng and the waning moon, which form a desolate and quiet environment. Together with a sober "I" without a lover, it sets off the inner pain of the parting person and makes readers fully feel the sadness and hardship contained in it. "Baling Bridge staggered smoke tree, scenery power. The weeping willows have climbed several times and languished at the waist of the Chu Palace. " As a young willow branch, it has now become an aging willow. This is really a sad story. The poet wrote the human tragedy of breaking the willow to bid farewell, and the word "several" wrote all the sorrows of many people and generations. On the surface, Zhou Bangyan's "Changting Road, when the years pass, should bend the soft strip to cross thousands of feet" cherishes the willows, but the deep meaning is lamenting the frequent parting between people, which is meaningful and intriguing.
Zhao Mengfu's "Wild Shop peach blossom powder Zi, Strange Head Willow Smoke" in Yuan Dynasty. Just because I want to go to Dongcheng to see Fujian, I don't know the spring scenery. Described the beauty and perishability of willow trees in the suburbs in spring, and the melancholy mood when I saw Fujian. George's poem "A thin horse carries a poem far away, and there are several villages where birds are tired and sad." Flying willow flowers and adding others' flowers expresses the melancholy thoughts of wandering poets in their journey.
"Refers to the green willow, and light climbing. When you are depressed, you will know when it will be. " "The willows in the west side are gentle. Tears can't be collected when you are away from troubles. I still remember my affection and once returned to the boat for the department. " Generations of people will leave the willow tree and hate it. In a foggy water, there are too many sorrows and hatreds, which are so rich that people can't breathe. No wonder "Who is drunk in first frost?" Always leave tears for people. "
The sadness of parting spread to later generations and became a traditional emotional appeal. So there is a saying in the idiom "Where will you go", and there is a saying in the old saying "Parting is sad." This gloomy mood is full of spring and poetry because of the lingering of willow tips as an image. The ancients said that love and scenery are "mutual collectors", that is, love is hidden in scenery and scenery is hidden in love. It is not an abstract writing of love, but a hiding of scenery when writing sadness and joy. Willow has graceful charm and charming posture, "a small willow, an inch of tenderness", so it is endowed with lingering feelings, which coincides with the sadness of parting, "Liu is reluctant to part" and "reluctant to part". Poets like to use willow into poetry, which is probably the reason.