Legend has it that the phoenix is nirvana and reborn from the fire. Once in 500 years, at the end of its life, Phoenix will collect branches of buttonwood and set itself on fire, and be reborn in the fire, with richer feathers, clearer voice and more bone marrow.
Nirvana of the Phoenix is the masterpiece of Guo Moruo's new poetry during the May 4th Movement and his masterpiece Goddess. Phoenix is a divine bird in ancient myths and legends of China. It drinks morning dew and phoenix tree, which is regarded as a symbol of auspiciousness and beauty, leaving many beautiful stories and legends.
The whole poem consists of six chapters: overture, phoenix song, phoenix song, phoenix song, bird song and phoenix song. The overture plays up the tragic atmosphere of phoenix's self-sacrifice; Feng's "Elegy" exposes the evils of the old society. Singing songs is a confession of women's grief; Phoenix chorus once again shows the tragic and beautiful self-sacrifice that revolutionary youth yearn for; Song of Birds is an episode, which makes the image of the phoenix and the image of the bird form a sharp contrast between beauty and ugliness. The song of phoenix nirvana is the main part of a long poem. With Wang Yang's wanton style and numerous duets, The Phoenix is repeatedly staged, which shows the extreme joy of phoenix rebirth, symbolizes the light, freedom and happiness after the birth of China society, and is full of fierce and fiery volcanic passion for the pursuit of light and ideals.
The poet wrote this famous poem with an ancient and interesting legend and his pen that turned decay into magic, expressing his ideal of hoping the motherland would be reborn in the fire. It fuses Chinese and foreign myths about the Phoenix into one furnace, endows it with new contents, and shapes the image of the Phoenix symbolizing the demise of old China and the birth of new China. Phoenix is the image of the motherland, and the proposal of "phoenix nirvana" means that the Chinese nation will be reborn in the fire of this anti-imperialist and anti-feudal revolutionary struggle. At the same time, the "Phoenix" in the poem also symbolizes coming back to life in the fire of revolution, abandoning the old and establishing a new self. Phoenix's grief, pain and self-sacrifice are exactly the same as the poet's passion for the country and the people and his determination to join the revolutionary fire and turn himself into a new self. Phoenix stubbornly took the initiative to create conditions for self-immolation, mercilessly criticized and denied the old universe and life, burned the old self without reservation regardless of the jealousy and ridicule of birds, and showed the poet's deep affection for the motherland, his incomparable hatred for the old world and his eager pursuit of the rebirth of the motherland, revealing the truth that only in the fire of revolution can the old cloth be removed.
"Burning Love Song" is delicate, low-key and true. In The Burning Song, the poet gave full play to the wonderful use of metaphor. The poet compared the situation of Phoenix to a leaf "boat" in the vast sea, with no lampstand in front and no coast behind. The ship is "broken sails, rafters and rotten rafters" and is driven by the "ship" in a tired moan. Phoenix's "ethereal floating life" is compared to "a deep dream in the night" and "a moment of wind and smoke in sleep" All the old traditions, old constraints and all their internal influences are strongly cursed by the poet as "dead bodies moving around us" and "dead bodies running through us". From the pictures formed by this series of artistic images, it is not difficult for people to understand: to what extent the old China was dark and decadent, and people living in such a world have lost their due value; It is urgent to burn the old China and innovate the new China. The Burning Song focuses on historical review and personal experience to further expose and accuse the old world. "Huang" lamented the "humiliation" and "filth" in his 500-year life, with tears like waterfalls and drops like candles. Deeply aware of her tragic and sinister situation, she couldn't help asking questions and asking such a serious question: "Where are we going to settle down, this ethereal floating life?" Where is the realm of "truth, goodness and beauty" in life? She naturally recalled the "freshness, sweetness, brilliance and love" she had when she was young. This memory of the long history, splendid culture and glorious tradition of the Chinese nation is not only a powerful exposure to the dark and corrupt social reality, but also an untapped desire. Therefore, although the reality is "only some sadness, worry, loneliness and decline", although Huang also has a faint dreamlike life sadness, it is valuable that she is not pessimistic and depressed. At this solemn moment of "Nirvana", she felt that "everything has passed, everything has passed". The blazing flame will burn the old world and you will live forever.
From "phoenix nirvana" to today's era, a lasting great economic and social change, great ideological emancipation and massive "twin city construction" also require people to have a "phoenix nirvana", a big ideological baptism, an era of innovation, and meet a greater tide of economic construction with a vision of reform and development.
After watching "Phoenix Nirvana", we young people should face and solve setbacks and difficulties bravely like Phoenix. Only in this way can we, like a phoenix, be reborn from suffering, find our true selves, maintain our noble character, determine our pursuit goals, and be firm in a materialistic society.