Analyze the reasons.
Keywords: Ai Qing’s land image
1. Why has land become an important image system in Ai Qing’s creation
From the perspective of the relationship between land and country, land witnesses and It promoted the development of the Chinese nation and became a symbol of Chinese civilization and the Chinese nation. During the Anti-Japanese War period when Ai Qing's land imagery system matured, the intensification of the Anti-Japanese War brought China to the brink of national subjugation and annihilation. The most intuitive manifestation of this desperate situation is the loss of a large area of ??land. In this way, the land naturally becomes a symbol of the entire China, and its appeal and appeal are naturally strong. This strong appeal and appeal can easily make readers "awaken their senses and get closer to the subject matter" and trigger a strong response.
From his own experience, his "deep love" for this land is the more important reason. It can be seen that he grew up in the land and was "the son of Dayanhe who grew up by drinking the milk of Dayanhe". The poor farmers represented by Dayanhe have been rooted in this land that bears the "wind and frost of the times" for generations. It can be said that the land also represents the poor people who gave birth to him. Therefore, he has a deep attachment to the land. When this land is gradually lost in the national crisis, its emotions become more passionate and deep.
From the viewpoint of his poetry creation, in "On Poetry", Ai Qing once mentioned, "Image is the poet's embrace from feelings to the materials he takes, and it is the poet's approach to awakening people's senses and approaching the subject matter. ”, and the themes of his creations during this period were mainly focused on rural areas, rural areas, etc. These materials are closely related to the land, so it is logical that the land becomes his embrace from feeling to material.
2. How to express the importance of land
It should be clear that land as an image itself will give people a deep and broad impression, and Ai Qing also gave it " The meaning of "depressed". The combination of the two aspects highlights the solemn and melancholy emotions contained in the land. This is reflected in several aspects in detail: the choice of subject matter, the arrangement of forms and the rendering of tones.
(1) Selection of theme. During this period, almost all of Ai Qing's masterpieces contained land and land-related images. For example, in "Snow Falls on the Land of China", the wind "looks like an old woman who is too sad", the farmer "full of painful wrinkles", the "unkempt young woman", and the "old mother"; "The lonely pedestrian" who "breathes in difficulty in the wind and sand", the donkey "bearing the painful weight of the land", the "dead trees and low houses" in "The Wilderness"; the "gray and tortuous" in "The Wilderness" "roads", "dark and dry fields", "barren swamp shores", "brown and dark hillsides"...the extensive use of these land-related images creates a scene that best reflects the crisis of China at that time. The atmosphere of the danger of survival and the suffering of the people, and this atmosphere effectively highlights the author's sadness and resentment towards the suffering of the nation and his deep attachment to the land.
This emotion, "not only is it not depression