Today, I want to share with you a very interesting poem "After Snow in the Mountain" by Zheng Banqiao, which is also a typical poem about snow. Although the whole poem is not superb in expression, it is only so handy, but it is also beautifully written, and every sentence is a classic. There are many such works in Tang poetry and later Song poetry, but Zheng Banqiao's poems are deeply loved by people because of their vivid and interesting writing style.
Opening the door in the morning is full of snow, the snow is clear, the clouds are light and the sun is cold.
There is no drop of plum blossom frozen on the eaves, which is a kind of loneliness.
When Zheng Banqiao wrote this poem, he woke up one morning and saw the snow on the ground. I believe many people have this experience. They just feel cold at night, but they don't know what happened outside. But when they got up at dawn, they suddenly found that it was snowing and saw the thick snow outside. The same is true in Zheng Banqiao. When he got up in the morning, he saw the snow, which triggered his poetry. So he easily wrote such an interesting poem and made it a classic.
Snow is a very common scene. Whenever it gets cold in winter or early spring, it will snow. For us ordinary people, we may not feel anything when we see the snow scene, but we just think it is snow. But it's different for poets. When they see the snow on the ground, they will naturally be full of poetry, so many classic poems about snow are created in this situation.
Literally, Zheng Banqiao's poems will make people feel ordinary, but this is also the uniqueness of poets in the Qing Dynasty. Although it looks ordinary, it is also full of poetry and beauty. In this song "After Snow in the Mountain", Zheng Banqiao vividly and interestingly described everything he saw with very delicate brushstrokes, which is catchy to read and makes people feel immersive.
The first and second sentences clearly explain the topic and the time and place. This description also makes the whole poem more tense, corresponding to the following two sentences, making the whole poem more beautiful. "The mountains are covered with snow in the morning, the snow is clear and the sun is cold." After getting up in the morning, I opened the door and saw that it was snowing heavily outside. The whole earth is covered with snow. After the snow, the white clouds in the sky became very bleak when they were in Chu Qing. In this weather, the sun becomes very cold.
The third and fourth sentences are even more interesting. The poet further described his inner feelings. "Plum blossoms are not dripping under the eaves, which is a kind of loneliness." The snow on the eaves has not completely melted, and the plum blossoms in the yard have been covered with snow. Look at the plum blossoms in this yard, how strong and unusual they are. These two sentences seem to write about scenery, but in fact the poet has another meaning. It is through the description of plum blossoms that many great truths are told to the world.
Zheng Banqiao, formerly known as Zheng Xie, was a famous poet, artist and thinker in Qing Dynasty. In this poem "After Snow in the Mountain", he tells the world a lot of truth through the delicate description of the surrounding environment. No matter what kind of environment, one should stick to oneself and have a positive and optimistic attitude. Only in this way can he truly achieve a career and realize his ideal in life, which is also the most unique place of this poem.