"Children Making Ice" is a poem written by Yang Wanli in the Song Dynasty. The translation of the whole poem is as follows:
In the early morning, the childish child took off the ice cubes that had been frozen on the plate at night. Hold it in your hand. When knocked gently, the ice cubes made a sound like passing through the forest. When the spectators were fascinated by the sound passing through the forest, they suddenly heard another sound - the ice cubes fell to the ground, making a sound like breaking glass. .
Original poem of "A Child Makes Ice": A child takes off the ice from the golden basin at dawn, threads the colored silk through it and uses it as a silver jade. The sound of a jade chime made its way through the forest, and suddenly there was the sound of broken glass.
Introduction to Yang Wanli, the author of "Children Making Ice":
Yang Wanli (October 29, 1127 - June 15, 1206), also known as Tingxiu and Chengzhai. Han nationality Jiangyou ethnic group. A native of Jishui, Jizhou (now Kuantang Village, Huangqiao Town, Jishui County, Jiangxi Province). A minister of the Southern Song Dynasty, a famous litterateur and patriotic poet. Together with Lu You, You Miao and Fan Chengda, he was known as the "Four Great Masters of the Southern Song Dynasty" (also known as the "Four Great Poets of the Zhongxing Dynasty"). Because Song Guangzong once personally wrote the word "Chengzhai" to him, scholars called him "Mr. Chengzhai".
In the twenty-fourth year of Shaoxing (1154), Yang Wanli became a Jinshi and served in the four dynasties of Gaozong, Xiaozong, Guangzong and Ningzong. He held the post of secretary, supervisor, etc., and became a bachelor of Baomo Pavilion. He was granted the title of Marquis of the Founding of Luling County. In the second year of Kaixi (1206), Yang Wanli died of illness at the age of eighty. He was awarded Doctor Guanglu and was given the posthumous title "Wen Jie".
Yang Wanli composed more than 20,000 poems in his lifetime, and has 4,200 poems handed down from generation to generation. He is known as the master of poetry of his generation. He created the "Chengzhai style" with simple, clear, fresh and natural language and full of humor. Most of Yang Wanli's poems describe natural scenery, and he is famous for this. He also has many works that reflect the sufferings of the people and express patriotic feelings. He is the author of "Chengzhai Collection" and so on.
Appreciation of "Children Making Ice":
The whole poem captures moments and avoids direct description, using vivid "through the forest" sounds and appropriate metaphors, and using the eyes of an old man. Discover the childish taste.
The scene of children making ice in the poem is full of fun: in terms of mentality, "making ice" in cold weather, children's heart is hot; in terms of color, "gold" plates, "colorful" silk strings and "silver" ice; in terms of form , is a "silver zheng" taken out of a "golden plate", round; in sound, there is a high-pitched "jade ring through the forest", and suddenly it turns into a crisp "sound of broken glass". The whole poem is full of shapes and colors. It is both beautiful to the senses and pleasing to the ear, and vividly expresses the joy of children enjoying themselves in the ice.
The whole poem highlights the word "childishness" and fun. It can make children forget the coldness of winter and keep them as energetic and happy as ever. There are many similarities in the psychological characteristics of children and the elderly. Only for this reason, the scene of children "taking off the ice to play" is only in the eyes of the elderly. There is a sense of dependence.
It is based on the psychological characteristics of old and young as the basis of aesthetics that Yang Wanli turns childishness into poetic interest through the method of "taking childishness to be old". On the one hand, he starts from the childish psychology. , describing the details of the action of "taking off the ice"; on the other hand, based on the psychology of the world, you can feel and appreciate the details of the behavior, so that the childishness of the children and the "innocence" of the old people complement each other and blend into the poetic expression of the poet. Only by respecting children's innocence from the bottom of our hearts can we depict children's interest in playing ice so truly and heartily.