Later, when I read frontier fortress poems, I found that there were scenery of yellow sand desert and bitterness of frontier fortress life. There is a dissatisfied wife and a strong man who is homesick for desolation; There is the heroic spirit of Jin Ge's iron horse, and there is the strength of death; There are martyrs who serve the country and have heroic achievements; There is also the ideal of going straight to Lingyange. It can be said that frontier fortress poetry is the most profound, imaginative and artistic part of Tang poetry.
However, when reading poems, I often feel confused. I feel that some poems seem to be "irrelevant" and are often confused to read. Later, I found out that it was because I was too superficial when reading poems, and I often became superficial and didn't understand the poet's intention to quote and use allusions in his works.
After being obsessed with poetry, I often read a lot of poems in my spare time. If I don't understand them, I will look up information or ask experts for advice. If I like them, I will read them again and again. When I feel it, I will imitate them or try to write it out in rules.
Over time, I found that I especially like frontier poems, and I gradually discovered some of its characteristics. After mastering these characteristics, I will appreciate it more easily.
Generally speaking, frontier fortress poems are mostly combined with the magnificent frontier fortress scenery description, which shows the patriotic thoughts and lofty aspirations of frontier fortress soldiers to gallop on the battlefield and resist the enemy and aggression, and their style is bold, heroic and tragic.
Today I also share with you the characteristics of my own frontier poems:
First, the content written in frontier fortress poems has its own characteristics:
? The contents of frontier fortress poems mainly include:
1. Reflect the scenery and customs of the frontier fortress with poems.
2. Show the will to join the army to kill the enemy and serve the country.
3. Eulogize the fighting spirit of border guards who are not afraid of hardships and defend the frontier.
4. Express the desire to make contributions to the enemy and the thought of settling down in the frontier.
5. Describe the deep feelings that soldiers and relatives miss each other.
6. Satire and persuade those arrogant rulers.
7. Show the war-weariness and resentment of soldiers and people.
Secondly, frontier fortress poems have their frequent images and common terms when appreciating frontier fortress poems.
The images of war in frontier poems: golden drums, banners, bonfires, feather books, swords, halberds, axes, cymbals, knives and spears.
For example, the sound of the iron drum on the city head is still shaking, and the blood of the golden knife in the box is still wet (Wang Changling's "Plug")
Common place names or nationalities: Qi, Yuan, Luntai, Qiuci, Anxi, Loulan and Yelang; Hu, Qiang, Jie, Yi, etc.
For example, if you don't break Loulan, you won't return it (Wang Changling's "Seven Military Services")
Scenery often written in frontier poems: desert, beacon smoke, the Great Wall, yellow sand, long clouds, autumn moon, snow-capped mountains, lonely city, geese flying, eagles flying, arrows flying, horses walking and so on.
If the desert is lonely and straight, the long river sets the yen. (Wang Wei's "Chuangguan Fortress")
The main musical instruments in frontier fortress poems: Qiang flute, flute, horn, reed pipe, lusheng, pipa, huqin, etc.
For example, why does the strong emperor blame Liu Yang ("Liangzhou Ci" Wang Zhihuan)
? Play the Hu Qin, guitar and harp for him (a song "Snow White Farewell to Tian Shuji's Home")
The characteristics of scenery in frontier fortress poems are: majestic, beautiful, cold, vast, magnificent and vast;
The emotional characteristics of frontier fortress poems are: heroism, lofty sentiments, ambition to serve the country, ambition to kill the enemy and high spirits;
The aesthetic style of frontier poems: bold, bold, romantic, solemn and stirring, magnificent, galloping and majestic;
Thirdly, frontier fortress poems are expressed in various ways: metaphor, exaggeration, allusions and contrast.
Examples of metaphor and exaggeration:
On the night of the ninth month, there was a cold wind blowing in the wheel tower and the valley, and the valley was full of broken boulders like pecking rice, which went down and forward with the wind. (Cen Can)
The clouds in the wilderness are not near the city wall at all, and the rain and snow cover the boundless desert. (Li Wei)
There are many comparative examples:
In the middle of Qin dynasty, flowers and birds had stopped, and the sandstorm outside the Great Wall was still cold. (William Wang)
Half of our soldiers at the front line were killed, but the other half are still alive, and beautiful girls are still singing and dancing for them in the camp! (Gao Shi)
There are also many ways to combine reality with reality:
There are countless bells and cymbals, and I want to practice in Anxi. (Zhang Ji)
Still in the front line, the real clothes are thin, and it's time for Bai Weiling to look after his departure. Still in this southern city, the young wife's heart is broken, while the soldiers on the northern border are looking forward to going home in vain. (Gao Shi)
Use allusions
But make Longcheng fly, and don't teach Huma to spend Yinshan (Wang Changling)
However, when it comes to the hardships of desert war, our name today is Li, a great general, who lived a long time ago (Gao Shi)
In addition, there is a typical cultural phenomenon in the frontier poems of the Tang Dynasty:
During the Han and Tang Dynasties, the troops who went to war were called Han soldiers, generals were called Han generals, frontier fortress was called Han fortress, and even the moon in the sky was called Han Moon. Moreover, when referring to the surrounding ethnic minorities, the general frontier poems often follow the appellation of the Han Dynasty, calling the belligerent Xiongnu and its leaders Shan Yu and Zuo Xian. When praising war heroes, Huo Qubing, Li Guang, Wei Qing and Ban Chao in Han Dynasty are often mentioned to call for the return of heroic spirit. This kind of complex in Han Dynasty is not only the inheritance of history, but also the transcendence of history.
Although living in a peaceful era, we have never seen the scene of a raging fire, witnessed the desolation of the desert with our own eyes, and even experienced the pain of losing loved ones and the cruelty of war, it can make us cherish today's hard-won peace and inspire our patriotic enthusiasm.
As the saying goes, reading history makes one wise and reading poetry makes one witty. Frontier poems have their own unique poetic rhyme, more history and stories, and each time they are read, they will have different gains and feelings.