day of mourning
(Tang) Du Mu
A drizzling rain falls like tears on the Mourning Day; The mourner's heart is going to break on his way.
Excuse me, where is the restaurant? The shepherd boy pointed to Xinghua Village.
Introduction to the ancient poem Qingming:
Qingming is a poem by Du Mu, a writer in the Tang Dynasty.
This poem, written in the drizzle of a clear spring, has been widely read because of its light color and cold artistic conception.
1, the first sentence explains the scene, environment and atmosphere.
2. The second sentence describes the characters and shows their sad and confused mentality.
The third sentence puts forward how to get rid of this mentality.
The fourth sentence is about answers and actions, which is the highlight of the whole article.
The whole poem adopts the technique of rising from low to high, with the climax at the end, which is memorable and intriguing.
Qingming appreciation;
During the Qingming Festival, the weather is changeable, sometimes the spring is bright, the flowers are red and green, and sometimes it is drizzling.
The first sentence "It rains in succession during the Qingming Festival" describes the characteristics of "throwing fire and rain". The second sentence "pedestrians on the road want to break their souls" is about the mood of pedestrians.
"Soul-breaking" refers to feelings that are very sad but not exposed.
Why does this pedestrian "want to break his soul"? Because Tomb-Sweeping Day is a big festival in ancient China, as usual, families get together to pay homage to the grave or go for an outing.
Now that pedestrians are traveling alone in strange places, the taste in their hearts is already bad. It happened that he was caught in another rain, his clothes were all wet, and his mood was even more sad.
How to dispel melancholy? Pedestrians will naturally think: it is best to find a hotel nearby to have a rest and shelter from the rain; Second, drink some wine to relieve the cold; More importantly, you can use wine to dispel the sadness in your heart.
So he asked the way: "Excuse me, where is the restaurant?" Who did you ask? I didn't specify. The word "shepherd boy" in the last sentence "the shepherd boy points to Xinghua Village" is both the subject of this sentence and the object of the previous sentence.
The shepherd boy's answer replaced words with actions. Pedestrians looked in the direction of his finger and saw a son (a symbol of ancient hotels) vaguely exposed in a treetop full of red apricots.
This poem came to an abrupt end here. As for how happy pedestrians are when they hear this news, they are excited to catch up and find a hotel to have a few drinks, so as to get satisfaction such as shelter from the rain, relieving the cold and eliminating worries. These are left to the reader to imagine.
Due to the widespread spread of this poem, the word "Xinghua Village" became another name for this restaurant in later generations.