Qi yi ling cha
Tang Dynasty: Yuan Zhen
Tea.
Fragrant leaves, buds.
Poets love monks.
Grinding and carving white jade, Luo Zhihong yarn.
Stir-fry the yellow core color and turn the bowl into dust.
Invite the bright moon into the night and greet the morning glow alone before dawn.
Wash away the tireless people of ancient and modern times, and you will be praised when you are drunk.
Poetry appreciation:
One-character to seven-character poems, commonly known as Baota poems, are relatively rare in ancient Chinese poems. This pagoda poem by Yuan Zhen expresses three meanings: first, it shows people's love for tea from its nature; Second, from tea cooking to people's tea drinking customs; Third, the function of tea is that it can refresh the mind. Green, fragrant, sweet, fresh and resistant to brewing. This kind of tea can not only relieve summer heat and quench thirst, but also help digestion and treat diseases with passion. At the beginning of this poem, it is pointed out that the theme is tea. Then I wrote the essence of tea, which is delicious and beautiful. The third sentence is an inverted sentence, saying that tea is deeply loved by "poets" and "monks", and tea and poetry always complement each other. The fourth sentence is about making tea, because in ancient times, we drank cake tea, so we first crushed the tea with a mill carved with white jade, and then screened it out with a tea tube made of red yarn. The fifth sentence says that the brewed tea should be fried into "Huang Rui color" at the arrow, and then the bowl should be filled with foam. The sixth sentence talks about drinking tea, not only in the evening, but also in the morning. Finally, the beauty of tea is pointed out. No matter ancient people or modern people, drinking tea will make people talk about it, especially drinking tea after drinking will help sober up.
This poem is very interesting, and there is a touching fragrance in the description: fragrant leaves, distinct shapes: buds, curved dust flowers, bright colors: "grinding white jade, Luo Zhihong yarn. Fried yellow core color. " Drinking tea should be accompanied by the bright moon after night and the sunrise before morning. You really enjoy a fairy-like happy life, which can be described as "sleeping with tea and rice, walking and watching the flowing water, sitting and watching the floating clouds" (Stupid Man). Tea can also wash away the unremitting efforts of the ancients and present people, which is the wonderful use of tea.
First of all, I want to talk about the uniqueness of this poem. Yuan Zhen arranged poems in the form of pagodas, which is not only unique in form, but also catchy to read. At the same time, it also describes the form, function and people's love for tea.