Said by: Passing the Old Village is a five-rhythm poem written by Meng Haoran, a poet in the Tang Dynasty.
Guogurenzhuang
Tang Dynasty: Meng Haoran
This old friend prepared a delicious meal and invited me to his hospitable farm.
Green Woods surround the village and green hills are located outside the city.
Open the window facing the valley vegetable garden and pass the glass to talk about crops.
Please come here to see chrysanthemums when the ninth festival comes.
Translation:
My old friend prepared a sumptuous dinner and invited me to visit him in Tian She.
Green Woods surround the village, and a green hill leans vaguely outside the city wall.
Pushing open the window to face the threshing floor and vegetable garden, drinking wine and chatting about farming.
The Double Ninth Festival is coming, and I will come here to see chrysanthemums.
Extended data:
Creative background:
This poem describes the author's seclusion in Lumen Mountain and his visit to Tian She at the invitation of his friends. The author is relaxed and happy, enjoying the beautiful rural scenery and creating this poem.
Appreciate:
"Prepare chicken rice for me, old friend, you entertain me on your farm" is about an old friend entertaining a poet, and an old friend whom I haven't seen for years kills chickens and cooks, and invites me to his house. At first glance, this is not a poem, but a random note or a random sentence.
No exaggeration, no suspense, very straightforward. After careful reading, a sense of sincerity and kindness arises spontaneously. Because it is a "Tianjia", there is no delicacy, and because it is a "Tianjia", a plate of chicken and millet reflects the kindness and hospitality of old friends.
Chicken and Xiaomi may be old friends who can give me the best food. This simple and natural poem not only shows the sincere friendship between the poet and the old friend, but also does not become a mere formality or ceremony. At the same time, it reflects the ease of rural life.
Savoring it carefully makes people feel particularly cordial and warm. "We look at the green trees surrounding your village, and the mountains in the distance are light blue" describes what the poet saw when he entered the village. The last sentence depicts a close-up of the village surrounded by green trees.
Here, the poet uses the word "green tree" to point out that the overall environment of the village is bright and full of vitality. The whole village is so fresh and quiet that people have no feeling of darkness and loneliness. The next sentence outlines the vision.
"and the pale blue of remote mountainous areas", looking from a distance, accompanied by distant green hills, gives people a feeling of broadening their horizons. The poet just showed the truth and tranquility of the mountain village scenery with ordinary and natural scenery.
Here, the poet did not use the words commonly used in pastoral poems such as "deep mountains, lonely temples, bamboo forests and fallen flowers" to describe the loneliness and tranquility of mountain life, nor did he use Tao Yuanming's "Dongli Nanshan" to give people an illusion of being aloof from things and not eating fireworks.
Instead, it uses the most common scenery of "green trees and green hills", which sets a fresh and clear style for the whole poem and gives people a sense of life and real life. It shows the poet's love for life, love for life, courage and willingness to face real life.
It is precisely because the "old village" is in such a fresh, natural and bright environment that the next sentence "Let's open your window, cross the garden and field, and talk about mulberry and hemp with the cups in our hands" is even warmer and more natural. The first two sentences are about the outside of the village.
These two sentences are about interior and close-up. The poet and his friends are drinking indoors. Through the window of Xiao Xuan, in the vegetable field in front of the house, there are several kinds of vegetables that farmers eat every day. Next to the vegetable field is a small bare threshing floor surrounded by green hills in the distance.
The village is surrounded by green trees. Inside, a pair of old friends are drinking rice wine at home. When the poet saw the lush vegetable garden outside the window and the threshing floor not far away, he unconsciously asked about the quality of that year. So the poet and his old friend were at home, and they talked about Summer.
The warm, harmonious and sincere atmosphere between friends is vividly reflected. I can't help crying when I read this. A few ordinary words, a rural scenery in early autumn will jump from the paper.
In the village surrounded by green trees and green hills, poets and old friends sat under the window and drank and had fun. Outside the house are several vegetable fields and a threshing floor. We even heard the birds singing in the trees outside the village and smelled the earth in the vegetable fields by the window.
I saw men, women and old people working in the fields, and children came back from school. "I'm happy" doesn't necessarily exist, but "I'm worried about my hair" does. Castle Peak, green trees, villages, farmhouses, vegetable gardens, grain fields and Sang Ma harmoniously form a landscape map of the mountain village.
It is different from the illusion of Peach Blossom Garden, giving people a real sense of reality. The unique environment of the farmhouse and the harmonious atmosphere with old friends deeply infected the poet. Home cooking, home-brewed wine, rural scenery, sincere friendship and simple topics, the poet is completely immersed in such a beautiful atmosphere.