2. In the pre-Qin period, most of the poems about cicadas were about the chirping of cicadas. In the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, scholars not only described cicada's voice, but also described its sound, shape and lifestyle in many ways. For example, in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Fan Yun's poem "Chanting Early Cicada" said, "Spring is thin and ice is lighter than autumn dust. After all, the sound of flying is clear. " This poem gives a detailed description of cicadas in many aspects.
3. When Wei and Jin poets created cicadas, they endowed them with emotional color. Tao Yuanming wrote in "September 9th of the first year": "Cicadas don't cry, Cong Yanming flies in the sky"; Lu Ji of the Western Jin Dynasty wrote in "Bright Moon in the Sky": "The cool wind goes around the house. Cold cicadas sing high willows. " The "mourning cicada" and "chilling cicada" here are exactly the feelings given to cicada by the author.
4. In the Tang and Song Dynasties, poetry creation reached its peak, and articles about cicadas also increased greatly. Cicada and literati in the poem reach the realm of unity of things and me. For example, Wang Guowei said in "The Thorn on Earth": "In the past, there were differences between scenery language and emotional language in poetry. I didn't fully understand the scenery language, but I fully understood the emotional language." Literati in Tang and Song Dynasties often express their feelings by sending things, and cicadas are endowed with many emotional symbols. Let's analyze the image of cicada in ancient poetry.