Images commonly used in ancient poetry

First, the common images in ancient poetry

Month: homesick, pregnant

Cicada: The ancients often used the nobility of cicadas to show their noble character. Yu Shinan's Cicada said, "It's not the autumn wind that makes you aloof." Cicada is used as a metaphor for noble character.

Grass: strong vitality

Endless hope, desolate, far away, hurting spring and leaving hate.

A humble status, position 。

Vegetation: compare the desolation and prosperity of vegetation to express ups and downs. For example, "after ten miles of spring breeze, wheat is green." (Jiang Kui's "Yangzhou Slow"), a very prosperous Yangzhou Road, full of green wheat, is desolate.

Nanpu, Lu 'an and Changting are synonymous with farewell places.

Cao Fang: In China's classical poetry, it is a metaphor separated from hate. Yuefu's Chorus? During the trip to Yinma Great Wall Cave, "Grass by the Qingqing River in Philip Burkart Road" began with "Grass by the Qingqing River" to express my thoughts for the Iraqi people in the distance.

Banana: It is often associated with loneliness and sadness, especially parting. It's sad enough that the rain hits the banana, and it's even more sad that the dream soul chases the rain and hits the banana leaves.

Willow: Fold the willow to say goodbye. Since the Han Dynasty, folding willows has often been used to express farewell feelings, which has aroused the yearning for distant relatives and the homesickness of travelers. The poem "Farewell" wrote: the willows hang green on the ground, and the flowers fly in the air. Willow flowers fly, pedestrians return?

Indus: In Chinese classical poetry, similar to banana, most of them express a bitter sound. Li Qingzhao's "Slow Sound" says: "The phoenix tree is raining, and at dusk, it is dripping." It can be seen that the autumn rain hitting the phoenix tree has a sad taste.

Pine and cypress: people often use the cold tolerance of pine and cypress to symbolize loneliness, straightness, firmness and vitality. Liu Yuxi: "Later, wealth faded, and cold pines and cypresses still existed."

Sang Yu: It refers to the place where the afterglow shines at sunset, and later it is compared to the year of old age. For example, Wang Bo's Preface to Wang Tengting said, "Dongyu is lost, and Mulberry is not too late." .

Plum Blossom: Plum Blossom is a symbol of noble personality, with a proud, strong and indomitable character in adversity. Lu You said: "Everything is broken into mud and ground into dust, only the fragrance remains." It endows noble character.

Chrysanthemum: a symbol of sublimity, quietness, nobility and refinement.

Falling flowers: hurting spring

Peach blossom: a symbol of beauty.

Huayang: This means falling in love or leaving love.

Lotus: "pity" is a homophonic pun to express love; A symbol of a person who remains upright and noble.

Red beans: often used to symbolize love or acacia.

Peony: Rich and beautiful.

Red leaves: a symbol of love.

Yellow leaves: a symbol of metabolism or a sign of beautiful fading.

Lilac: refers to a melancholy yearning or complex, such as "I have been worried since Nanpu Bie, seeing lilac knots" (Tang Niuqiao's Thanksgiving).

Rhododendron: cuckoo is commonly known as cuckoo, also known as Zigui. It is a symbol of desolation and sadness. The ancients often used it to express sadness, sadness and homesickness, and to show the desolation of the environment. Qin Guan's Walking on the Sand is like a lonely house closed in spring, cuckoo singing in the sunset.

Crow: It is often associated with decadent and desolate things. Qin Guan's Man Fang Ting: "Outside the setting sun, 10,000 points in the west of Western jackdaw, flowing water around the lonely village."

Cricket: also known as promoting weaving, it is related to preparing winter clothes and even missing people.

Ape: In ancient poems, the cry of an ape is often used to express a sad feeling and set off a sad atmosphere.