The original description of the ancients was not only to record this trip, but also to record the behavior of life and sacrifice.
Later, people began to have words. So the ancients began to write,
Ancient literati paid attention to the interaction between man and nature in tourism, hoping to add luster to the landscape and coexist with the world through the "culture" such as poetry, prose, ci and nominated calligraphy created by themselves in the process of tourism. In the eyes of China people, if you don't leave some snow claws for a lifetime, it will rot with the vegetation. This idea of "leaving a name" has existed since ancient times.
Therefore, when traveling, the ancients paid special attention to leaving traces in scenic spots, hoping to compete with ruthless time through inscriptions.
The ancients in China were originally carved on stones with epigraphy, which was common in official behavior.
For example, Qin Shihuang's Mount Tai meditation, there are famous Mount Tai stone carvings in the world.
And many times of meditation in later generations are also recorded in stone carvings. Moreover, almost all the famous mountains in China have more or less left official records of stone carvings. Or show merit, or sacrifice, or pray, and so on.
For intellectuals, it is more about writing poems.
Before the Tang Dynasty, there were fewer literate people, and the government also prohibited the movement of non-governmental people, so there were not many opportunities for free exchanges. People are not used to writing inscriptions outside.
In the Tang Dynasty, due to the development of culture, poetry rose. In addition, the government at that time was relatively loose, and imperial examinations began. It is possible for cultural people to travel. Therefore, the ranger behavior in Tang Dynasty was very active. For example, Li Bai and Du Fu, the great poets we all know, all had the experience of a ranger. They write poems while traveling, and often write poems in the scenic spots they visit. Of course, the poems written by great writers are naturally sought after by later generations.
People at that time were more used to writing poems on the wall. Not only dare to write on the wall, but also dare to write on any wall, such as pavilion wall, building wall, temple wall, post wall and stone wall. In short, you dare to write anything you can. The hotel post office also specially prepared a clean wall for the topic.
What are the advantages of the title wall?
The ancients had no Weibo, no publishing house and no Internet. The way poetry spreads is primitive, and the wall just provides such a carrier. Hotel stations and scenic spots are places with a large flow of people, and good poems can spread quickly.
In addition, the ancients also liked interaction. It's the same thing as commenting on it now. Often one person writes a song, another person also writes a song, and then pk, or directly pick up a song. Wait a minute.
In short, the ancients did not do it completely deliberately. When poetry flourished, they stopped thinking about many things and just expressed their joy.
Among them, several famous stories with inscriptions happened on the great poet Li Bai.
At that time, a Cui Hao came to the Yellow Crane Tower. This guy is not a top poet, but that day, I don't know how inspiration suddenly broke out and left a brilliant masterpiece on the wall of the Yellow Crane Tower.
The fairy of the past has flown away by the yellow crane, leaving only an empty Yellow Crane Tower.
The yellow crane never revisited earth, there have been no long white clouds for thousands of years.
Every tree in Hanyang has become clear due to sunlight, and Nautilus Island is covered with sweet grass.
But I looked home, and the twilight was getting thicker. The river is shrouded in mist, which brings people deep melancholy.
Later, Li Bai passed by and wanted to express his feelings. Who knows that when he saw someone else's poem, he was stunned by it. He hesitated for a long time before leaving a sentence, "There is a scene in front of him, with Cui Hao's poems on it." Then he threw away his pen and left in shame.
After that, Li Bai recalled several times and always felt dissatisfied. But he wrote many poems of the same kind, and finally felt that he was a little worse than Cui Hao, which eventually became a regret in the history of poetry.
The poet Li Bai died. Hundreds of years later, in the middle and late Ming dynasty, social control began to relax again, so scholars began to travel around and leave words.
Li Bais Tomb in Nanjing is very lively. Originally, people who came to pay homage like to leave their own poems on the tablet in front of the tomb. However, there are not many good ones left. Later, Mei Zhihuan wrote Li Bais Tomb.
Quarrying stones and piling up soil by the river,
Li Bai's name is eternal.
Come and go, a poem,
Make a big axe in front of Lu Ban.
It is a joke to describe people showing off in front of Li Bai.
Different from the Tang and Song Dynasties, people in the Tang and Song Dynasties were all literate and often wrote poems and songs. In Ming Dynasty, there were many literate people, but few literate people. At this time, people can't write well if they travel again. What's more, after many people arrive at a scenic spot, they write "a tour here" and do things hastily.
There is a spell with the current uncivilized phenomenon.
It is well documented that the origin of this trip is Journey to the West.
The Monkey King and Tathagata bet that they would fly out of the palm of Tathagata's hand.
Later, the Monkey King kept flying, and finally he saw five red pillars. The Monkey King thinks this is the end of the day. He is afraid that the sky will fall if he goes any further. At the same time, he also felt that he had flown far enough, and he must have got rid of the palm of the Tathagata. So he prepared to go back and find the Tathagata.
But he was worried that Tathagata would default, so he decided to leave some marks on the post and climbed to the middle post.
There are eight big characters written on it: the Monkey King visits here;
Pee on the corner.
Then fly back and tell the Tathagata that he has reached the end.
As a result, as we all know, the Monkey King only flew to the barricade where Tathagata's fingers turned. Because of poor strength, the Monkey King was crushed by Tathagata at the foot of Wuxing Mountain.
Wu Cheng'en can write like this, and there is a high probability that the society at that time has already started to write like this.
On the other hand, in today's society, we have a better platform to leave words. There is no need to write these things on the monument.
Unfortunately, after so many years, in modern society. The phenomenon of "visiting here" graffiti used to be quite common in contemporary society, not only in the scenic spots in China, at the foot of the Statue of Liberty in the United States, at St. Paul's Cathedral in London, but also on the walls of Egyptian temples.
Even in the small trees on campus, there is a description of "XX, XX come here", which is usually the name of a boy and a girl, which is very obvious.
This kind of graffiti not only destroys the image of the scenic spot, affects the beauty of the scenic spot, but also damages trees and buildings, reducing the image and quality of Chinese people, which is harmful and useless.
The essence of "visiting here" in scenic spots is a bad habit, which must be resolutely resisted and prohibited.
If you really have something to do, there are also guest books in various scenic spots now, and you can write on them.
In addition, with the development of social science and technology, it is better to take a picture of yourself and the scenic spots, send a Weibo and write a beautiful poem, which is better than carving a tour here!