Wine Culture in Li Bai's Poems _ Special Topics of Modern Literature Reading
As a material culture with a long history, wine has a far-reaching influence on the creative inspiration, creative mentality and creative style of literati. Nine times out of ten, China ancient literati, especially poets, had an indissoluble bond with wine. As the saying goes, "a drinker is eloquent as a poem." Drinking is a common interest of poets. " Moreover, in the history of ancient poetry in China, many poets have written about wine, among which Li Bai is the most outstanding representative. Li Bai is a great romantic poet in the history of China ancient literature. He is famous not only for his poems, but also for his drinking. Therefore, it has the title of "Poet Fairy", as well as "Brewmaster" and "Wine Sage". It can be said that wine has directly become an eye-catching and independent literary image in Li Bai's works. Wine not only has a great influence on his creation, but also reflects the poet's true temperament to the greatest extent, enhancing the appeal of his poems, especially the wine culture reflected in his poems, which has high cultural significance and artistic value.
As a cultural phenomenon, wine broadly refers to the sum of material wealth and spiritual wealth created by human beings in the process of social and historical development; In a narrow sense, it refers to the spiritual wealth created by human beings about wine. Although drinking is a secular behavior, it can reflect the spiritual world and spiritual world of literati through drinking and poems related to alcohol. China's wine culture has a long history. It is deeply rooted in the fertile soil of our national culture. In the long history of world wine culture, it has been emitting its own unique fragrance.
Wine and poetry in Li Bai's works are closely linked. His wine is full of poetic wisdom and poetic thinking of the soul. Li Bai upgraded the pleasure of drinking from a material enjoyment to an advanced spiritual enjoyment. It can be said that the wine culture in Li Bai's poems is a very distinctive art. Li Bai is ambitious, and when he was young, he had the great ambition of "helping the poor". Therefore, in Li Bai's wine poems, he often intends to express his ambition through wine. On the one hand, he wants to attract the attention of the ruling class at that time and is eager to be reused; On the other hand, I also use this as a self-motivation to truly express my ideals and ambitions.
For example, "Guangwu Deng's Ancient Battlefield Nostalgia": "Lu Qin rushes to weeds, like climbing over the eaves. Wang Xiang is full of breath, and his eyes are bright and purple. Breathe 8,000 people and run wild in Jiangdong. Red essence beheaded the white emperor and entered the customs. Two dragons don't jump together, and the five latitudes are in the same sky. Chu has no ambition, Han has success. Press the sword to clear the eight poles and return to the wind. " By praising Liu Bang's achievements in unifying the world, the poet expressed his ambition and desire to make contributions.
From Li Bai's wine poems, we can see that the poet is full of confidence in himself and the future, such as "Laughing in the sky, going out, are we Artemisia?", which is the most passionate and sonorous voice in the vigorous wine poems. However, the darkness of society leads to the irreconcilable contradiction between the poet's ideal and reality. Therefore, in Li Bai's poems, he also expressed an idea of "eat, drink, and be merry in time", such as "Oh, let a man with spirit take risks where he likes, and never tilt his golden cup at the moon!" "Cook a sheep, kill a cow, sharpen your appetite, and let me, 300 bowls, take a long drink!" And "getting drunk on the platform under the moon" all reflect Li Bai's mentality of seeking to eat, drink and be merry in time when his ideal has not been realized.
Li Bai's poems and songs, wine and poetry blend together, thus forming a unique wine poetry culture. Drinking and getting drunk is a secular thing, but in Li Bai's poems, he entered a unique and magical realm of poetic life through the enlightenment of his poetic heart, the promotion of poetry and the urging of poetry. In drunkenness, the poet's life has been liberated from body to mind, which has aesthetic significance. Therefore, Li Bai's drunkenness is the best state of spiritual detachment and the best display of the beauty of life. In the world of poetry and wine, Li Bai is the real king of spirit and the immortal "Poet Fairy" and "Brewmaster" in the literary world.