It first appeared in the literature of the Song Dynasty, such as Guo Maoqian's Poems of Yuefu Zaqu Elegy, in which there is a saying that "Elegy is weeping, and it can be regarded as angelica from afar".
"Singing Long song when crying" refers to using songs instead of crying, and more refers to using poems to express grief and indignation in the chest. Behind this allusion is people's expression and catharsis of life, emotion and ideal. When people encounter painful and sad things, they choose to express their inner feelings with poems and convey their inner grief and sadness with songs.
In A Dream of Red Mansions, there are also examples of using the allusion of "singing Long song while crying". When Daiyu saw the letter from Baochai, her heart was filled with sadness and sorrow. She expressed her feelings by singing Long song when she was crying, and wrote a sad poem, expressing her inner feelings to the fullest.
In a word, the allusion of "long songs when crying" embodies the cultural tradition of expressing ambition with poems and expressing emotion with songs in China traditional culture, and expresses people's deep thinking and pursuit of life, emotion and ideal.
Knowledge expansion:
Allusions are stories, events or quotations in a cultural tradition, which are usually used to metaphor, symbolize or explain a certain idea or behavior. They usually have a profound historical and cultural background and are widely circulated in literary works, artistic works, social customs and folklore.
There are many kinds of allusions, including historical events, celebrity stories, idioms, proverbs and so on. They usually have the following characteristics:
Cultural inheritance: Allusions are an important part of cultural traditions, representing people's understanding and inheritance of history, society and culture.
Storytelling: Allusions usually contain one or more storylines, which are dramatic and vivid and easy for people to understand and remember.
Moral: Allusions usually have certain moral and symbolic significance. They can be used to describe a certain idea or behavior, and they can also be used to convey a certain moral concept or value concept.
Concise language: Allusions usually have concise language characteristics. They are concise and can accurately express some thoughts or feelings.
Allusions are widely used in various fields. For example, in literary works, allusions can be used to shape characters, promote the development of story plots and express the author's thoughts and feelings. In works of art, allusions can be used to give works deeper cultural connotation and ideological significance;
In social customs, allusions can be used to inherit the origin and evolution of customs and help people better understand and abide by social norms.
In a word, allusion is a cultural tradition with profound historical and cultural background, which has a wide range of application values. They are not only important carriers of cultural inheritance, but also important tools for people to express their thoughts and feelings and understand social phenomena. By understanding and studying allusions, we can better understand historical and cultural traditions and better understand and use language and culture.