Author: Wei Ailing
Huai 'an is closely related to water, and water control is closely related to culture. Poetry, as one of the earliest manifestations of ancient literature, has an indissoluble bond with water since the day it came into being. The important beginning of Huai 'an history and culture comes from water, and the rich poems about Huai 'an are full of rich cultural vitality, which truly records the heroic epic history of Huai 'an ancient city.
Due to the special geographical location of Huai 'an, among the ancient poems describing Huai 'an, there are more than 100 poems related to water, which are as bright as pearls and scattered in the long river of Huai 'an culture. In particular, some poems praise and praise the heroes, spirits and activities of water conservancy, which fully embodies the poet's admiration and nostalgia for the water conservancy sages who benefited the people, and his praise for Huai 'an's water customs, and provides fresh materials for the study of Huai 'an's ancient history and culture, which is very precious.
During the Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties, Huai 'an had been developed to a considerable extent, and "the benefits of traffic irrigation spread all over the country". In ancient Huai' an, Huai' an had three islands: upper, middle and lower, which were rich in products and pleasant in scenery. Zhou Youwang once led his servants here to ring bells for fun. There is a poem Drum Bell in The Book of Songs Xiaoya Gu Feng, which is the earliest recorded poem in Huai 'an history.
In 243 AD, the general of Cao Wei, Deng Ai, was stationed in Baishui Village, Jinhu, and opened Baishui Reservoir. "With a sickle and a gun on his shoulder, two things look the same. Wu Mixiang and Shu Hegan, how can you beat Cao Ying's rice for nothing? Sesame is flat, peas are round, or the dishes in the village are all. " This song "Reclamation Song" was a ballad sung orally by soldiers while guarding the border and plowing the fields during the construction of farmland water conservancy at that time.
Yang Di has two palaces in Huaishang, one in the first mountain of Xuyi and the other in Sihong, Suqian. Crossing the Huaihe River early is Yang Guang's work of crossing the Huaihe River out of the palace.
In the early Tang Dynasty, Lianshui became one of the four major saltworks in China. In order to sell Huai salt, Huai salt was sold again, and Chuzhou and Sizhou gradually became two famous cities along the canal. Gao Shi, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, wrote in the Water Pavilion of Lianshui Fan Shi: "The wine on the pavilion is cooked first, and the fish is fresh in the kitchen. Ever since he said he was on a business trip, he has lived a biased life. Boil salt in the sea and grow rice in Huaihe River. Four times, if you keep doing this, you won't feel hungry with a hundred mouths. The beautiful sentence of "convenient water conservancy, developed agricultural economy and affluent people's lives". During this period, there were many poems describing Huai 'an water. For example, Yu Shinan, a poet and calligrapher in the early Tang Dynasty, wrote a poem about ancient Huai 'an: "The diving scales leap into the waves, and the waterfowl sinks in front of the waves. The ravine is not far away, and I am looking forward to it. "Han Gou in the poem refers to the oldest canal from Jiangdu to Huai 'an. "Raise four blasphemies, and explore the West and honour three Jing. Luo described the waterscape and human history of ancient Huai 'an in such a freehand way in Looking at Xuyi at Huaikou in the Morning. In the poem, "Four Disgraces" means that rivers, Huai, He and Ji all flow into the sea alone, and "Three Jing" means Three Chu. In the second year of the Tang Dynasty, Bai Juyi and Liu Yuxi were recalled to Luoyang and passed through Chuzhou. Guo Xingyu, the secretariat, kindly retained them and visited the scenic spots in Chuzhou, leaving behind a set of poems, among which Bai Juyi's famous phrase "The first state in the southeast of Huaishui is surrounded by mountains, and the water is used as a building" has been circulated throughout the ages.
During the Northern Song Dynasty, the territory was relatively peaceful, and water transportation and salt transportation further developed. The government encourages reclamation, repair and construction of irrigation facilities, and introduces and promotes "Zhancheng Rice". Su Shi left in Sizhou's Goodbye to Si, there is a quatrain of "yellow orange and purple crabs look at the rivers and seas, and Redmi white fish feed their children", which is a vivid portrayal of this period. Hangou is one of the oldest canals in China. Qin Guan, a famous litterateur in the Northern Song Dynasty and one of the four bachelor's students in Sumen, once wrote a poem "Cold Gully": "Cold Gully first frost has clear water, and there are countless cold stars beside the boat. There is nowhere in the depths of the river, and suddenly someone laughs. " The whole poem uses line drawing to outline the beautiful and quiet natural scenery in late autumn and the happy and comfortable life of fishermen on the water. During the confrontation between the Southern Song Dynasty and the Jin and Yuan Dynasties, the territory was once again ravaged by war, and frequent floods caused by the Yellow River's capture of the Huaihe River made people's lives worse and the economy was depressed. During the Song and Yuan Dynasties, official, state and county schools were generally established, and there were many cultural celebrities in previous dynasties. Su Shi's officialdom ups and downs, after at least ten times in Huaishang, left a poem of "silently counting ten times in Huaishang". What is particularly worth mentioning is the inscription on the First Mountain of Xuyi in Song and Yuan Dynasties, among which there are many treasures of Su Shi, Huang Tingjian, Mi Fei, Cai Jing and Zhao Mengfu. Wang Anshi, one of the eight masters in Tang and Song Dynasties, wrote Looking at Huaikou and Southern Fujian —— Mi Fei's Red Shore Against the Wind, Wen Tianxiang's Xiaoqingkou, Yang Wanli's Zhihongze, Sadula's Crossing the Huaihe River and Chen Fu's Yellow River Ballad. Among them, "if the cirrus clouds are empty, chasing the waves with the wind is harmless" and "Huaihe moss flies down Tongbai Mountain. The Yellow River suddenly came to the west and overflowed the Huaihe River; Poems such as "Feng Yi drums waves, towering snow cliffs fall" are often quoted by modern people.
Both the Ming and Qing Dynasties appointed officials to govern the Huaihe River, which made the poems on water control in this period enter its heyday. These works either describe water control activities, or cherish the memory of the sages of water control, or praise the spirit of water control. For example, Li Dongyang's Send Gong Cao at Pingjiang to Huai 'an, Wang Dian's Repair the River Embankment, Ding Dalai's Temple at Pingjiang, Gu's Battle of Damming on Huai River, Geng's Huai Shui Yan, etc. Chen Xuan has made great achievements in river transportation and water transportation. Huai 'an people built Pingjiang Boci Temple on the south bank of Liyun River to commemorate the famous minister of water control. The poet Ding Dalai left: "It is a shame to worship the temple, and it is a sigh for the public." Good deeds are reserved, and cigarettes are important. Water flows in the new sun and moon, and people worship in the old crown. Mingde is still a compliment of "Danqing Half Sunset". At the same time, there are many poems that show the high winds, high waves and dangerous environment of the Huaihe River, such as Li Dongyang's Crossing the Yellow River, Wu Cheng'en's Ruilongge, and Wanshouqi's Qingjiangpu. In their poems, there are no poems that have been told through the ages, such as "Yunlong drives wildly, and manpower kills it for no reason" and "thousands of miles across the Yangtze River and Huaihe River, turbid water is uneven", which also expresses admiration.
Appreciation of Water Culture in Classical Poetry
Author: Jiang Benhong
Abstract: Water is not only the source of life, but also the source of culture. When the poet stopped by the water and stared at the surface of the rivers and lakes, he was passionate and enterprising, singing heroic and generous ambitions; Or sad, sigh sad lost; Or affectionate, praise the love of heaven and earth. Water stimulates the poet's ambition, soothes the poet's soul and purifies the poet's emotion; The poet endowed water with different emotions and immortal soul.
Feel the Charm of Water Culture from Literature —— Comment on 100 Water Poems
Author: Wei Tianjiao
Reading water poems is one of the ways of water culture education. Since 1980s, there has been a "cultural craze" in China's ideological and cultural circles. At the same time, there are other hot spots, but many of them are short-lived and the scenery is no longer there. Only "culture" has been paid more and more attention and has become a topic of great concern to the whole society. "Representing the orientation of advanced culture" has been written into Theory of Three Represents's theory of joining the Party. As an important aspect in the cultural field, water culture has gradually developed into a hot topic of national and even global concern.