Recalling Jiangnan
Bai Juyi
Jiangnan is good,
I am familiar with the scenery.
When the sun rises, the flowers on the river are as red as fire.
When spring comes, the river is as green as blue.
Can’t forget Jiangnan.
Notes
1. Acquaintance: familiarity.
2. Red is better than fire: The bright red color is better than flame.
3. Blue: Bluegrass is a plant whose leaves can be used to make cyan pigment.
Appreciation of Ancient Poems
Bai Juyi served as governor of Hangzhou and Suzhou successively, and the beautiful scenery of Jiangnan left him with unforgettable memories. After returning to Luoyang, he wrote many poems in memory of his old travels. When he was sixty-seven years old, he wrote three poems "Remembering Jiangnan", expressing his praise and remembrance of Jiangnan. This is the first of them.
The first sentence "Jiangnan is good" is straight to the point and tells the truth. The word "good" is full of the poet's affectionate admiration. The second sentence, "Landscapes are familiar to each other in the past," refers to the present and the past, indicating that the beauty of the Jiangnan scenery was something that I personally experienced and was very familiar with. This sentence not only implements the word "good", but also highlights the word "memory".
"When the sun rises, the flowers on the river are as red as fire, and when spring comes, the river is as green as blue", specifically describing the spring scenery in the south of the Yangtze River that "I was familiar with in the past": the red sun rises in the east, the sun shines brightly, and under the reflection of the morning sun, the river The colorful flowers on the bank are redder than fire; the spring river is clear and green, and against the backdrop of the green grass on the ground, it looks greener than the blue grass. The poet captured the two most representative scenery of "river flowers" and "river water", made a high-level summary of the spring scenery in the south of the Yangtze River, and showed in front of the readers a picture of the spring scenery in the south of the Yangtze River with beautiful wind and sunshine, red flowers and blue water, and full of vitality. . The most wonderful thing is the six words "red is better than fire" and "green is like blue". It not only highlights the red and aqua green with the same color dyeing technique, but also uses the different color contrasting technique to make the river flowers and river water as the background of each other, making them more gorgeous and lovely. .
The sentence "Can I not remember Jiangnan" at the end is rhetorical, showing strong admiration and nostalgia.
This article basically contains the general content of ancient poetry. When preparing for the primary school entrance examination, you can use it as a review material to help with poetry questions in the Chinese language examination.