Looking at thousands of miles with a heroic heart,
The cold wind blows in the face and cuts off the love.
The edge of the sword is sharpened from the mountains,
The ice breaks through the past and present.
When a person is born, he does not know the way;
In middle age, he does not know the sorrow.
The handsome youth is gone,
The outstanding genius comes to cry in old age.
The definition of acrostic poetry
Acrostic poetry is a special form of poetry in poetry. It uses the first word of each poem to embed the content you want to express. One word. The first word in each sentence of the whole poem forms a complete name of a person, place, company or a blessing. Acrostic poems have profound meaning, high taste and great value. They can be said to be worth a thousand dollars.
A brief discussion of acrostic poems
In the Garden of Chinese Poetry, in addition to common poems, lyrics and songs, there are also a large number of alternative poems - miscellaneous poems. The representative ones include: loop poems, peeling poems, acrostic poems, pagoda poems, word puzzle poems, windlass poems, eight-tone poems, acrostic poems, doggerel poems, humorous poems, collection poems, couplet poems, hundred-year poems, There are more than 40 kinds of poems with embedded lines, poems in Juexian style, and theosophical style poems. These miscellaneous poems have their own characteristics. Some are purely games, while others have certain ideological and artistic qualities. They are deeply loved by people and have been passed down to this day.
Acrostic poetry, also known as "acrostic poetry", is a type of miscellaneous poetry. It has three forms: one is the first couplet and the second couplet in which the six sentences all describe the scene; Instead of revealing the meaning of the title, the theme is not revealed until the connection is made; the second is to hide the first word of the poem in the last word; the third is to hide what is said at the beginning of the poem. What is common now is the third type. The first word of each sentence is read together to convey some unique thoughts of the author. Therefore, from the day of its birth, acrostic poetry has been imprinted with both play and practicality.
Due to the "popular culture" characteristics of acrostic poems, they are destined to be difficult to enter the elegant hall and are not included in official histories and official anthologies. From ancient times to the present, acrostic poems have been mostly circulated among the people, or scattered in classical operas ,novel. For example, in "Water Margin", Liangshan wanted to recruit Lu Junyi to join the gang. Wu Yong and Song Jiang, who are both "intelligent," came up with a story about "Wu Yongzhi earns jade unicorns." Taking advantage of Lu Junyi's fear of avoiding the "bloody disaster", he wrote four lines of hexagrams:
There is a small boat among the reed flowers, and heroes travel from here.
If a righteous man can understand this principle, he will have no worries if he cannot escape.
The four words "Lu Junyi rebelled" were hidden and widely spread. As a result, it became evidence for the government to punish him, and finally "forced" Lu Junyi to Liangshan. In the Lu opera "Wu Shuang Yuan", the double writing also expresses the intention with an acrostic poem: "My makeup is still on early in the morning and my eyebrows are furrowed. I am worried about the purple swallows flying when I welcome the door. I am unable to return to the sky. I am already old in spring. It is better to return home than to live in a painted building." There are four words hidden in it: "Welcome Wushuang early".
There are also masters of acrostic poetry among literati and officials. For example, Xu Wei (also known as Wen Chang), a scholar of the Ming Dynasty, visited the West Lake and faced the beautiful scenery of the autumn moon over the Pinghu Lake. He impromptuly wrote a poem of seven unique poems:
The Pinghu Lake is a vast expanse of autumn, the lake light is dim and the water is flowing.
The full moon in autumn is rare in the world, and the four seasons of the year are most suitable for autumn when the moon is bright.
Among them are the four characters "Pinghu Qiuyue" in the hidden head. Among today's literate people, there are some who can use acrostic poetry just right. Wu Xiaoli, the leading female dancer of Phoenix TV in Hong Kong, sent a congratulatory message when she was a guest of "West China Metropolis Daily":
The light of China, the leader of the west, the magnificence of the city, the pride of the town, and the pioneer of the newspaper industry.
If you read it carefully, it is also an acrostic poem. The first word of each poem is "West China Metropolis Daily".
With the advent of the Internet age and the rise of online communication, acrostic poetry has become even more popular on the Internet. Not only does there have a dedicated website "China Acrostic Poetry Network", but writers in various poetry forums have also created a large number of Acrostic poems with the theme of the Internet name. For example, one of the two acrostic poems written by the author at the invitation of netizen Tang Sheng, "Continuing to Tsinghua University, I like you so much":
Continuously and continuously for hundreds of steps, the clear light is dim and the heavy haze is locked.
Every road in Huashan is difficult and dangerous. Sometimes we are sent on missions.
The good scenery naturally closes the bird's path, and the body appears with a happy face.
Singing joyfully to shout out the red sun, you and Tang Sheng are in love.
Under today's market economy conditions, some people are impatient and eager for quick success, and they have also turned their attention to this traditional poetry, dreaming of gaining fame or profit by going sideways. Then there emerged Mr. Yu Leping, who used acrostic poems as a commodity and was known as "the first person to set up a stall to sell poems." He uses his name to write poems for people, which is very popular during the tourist season. At most, his monthly income reaches nearly 10,000 yuan. Wang Fen, a 31-year-old young man from Haikou, used acrostic poems as a breakthrough to set a "world record". He used more than a thousand acrostic poems to comment on more than a thousand famous people at home and abroad, both ancient and modern, in an attempt to apply for the Guinness World Record.
For example, "Liu Xiaoqing":
There are small flowers in front of Sister Liu's door, and the Xiaobao River is spicy.
I am glad that the Tang Palace is full of splendor, and my whole life is just for my family.
"Tse Tingfeng"
Thank you guest for your drunken cup of wine, and the rain clouds dispersed in the sky.
After a long absence from the battlefield in the cold front, I sing the cool breeze of Lisao League.
"Zhang Yimou"
If Zhang Gong does not follow Hou Yi's footsteps, there is no way he can be highly skilled.
Plan to capture Oscar alive and kill the Palme d'Or in Cannes.
Wait.
In recent years, the educational community has also begun to pay attention to this kind of weird poetry style, believing that acrostic poetry has a certain promoting effect on speeding up the brain operation efficiency of young people, enriching their vocabulary, and improving their language proficiency. On March 30, relevant people from Beijing Federation of Literary and Art Circles, Beijing Folk Literature and Artists Association and other organizations announced the official launch of "Learning to Write Acrostic Poems and Creating a Folk Literature Inheritance Base" at Chongwenmen Muslim Primary School in Beijing. This practice of allowing children to try out weird poetry creation aroused controversy in academic circles as soon as it became known. Zhao Shu, vice chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and chairman of the Beijing People's Political Consultative Conference, believes: "Acrostic poetry is a unique cultural phenomenon in our country. As a kind of folk cultural heritage, it should be penetrated into the education of primary school students so that it can be passed on."
Of course, acrostics, like other literary forms, can cause unnecessary trouble if used improperly. On November 15, 2004, Convenient Glasses City published an advertisement provided by itself in the "Qian'an News" newspaper, which read:
Convenience and integrity are large-scale, and the people's aspirations are bright.
Great achievements are neither arrogant nor humble, and bold innovation is unprecedented.
Each sentence of the advertisement was arranged up and down in the newspaper. The first word of the four sentences read "Convenience is Great", and the last word read "Great Ming Dynasty". After the advertisement was published, Daming Optical Co., Ltd. took it to court. The court held that Convenience Optical City publicly promoted itself and belittled others, damaging the reputation of Daming Optical Co., Ltd., which was illegal. In view of the defendant's subjective and intentional fault, it was ordered that Convenience Optical City should restore the reputation of Daming Optical Co., Ltd. in the "Qian'an News" newspaper and apologize.