The Moon in the Desert City is an ancient Japanese folk song, written by Tancui Doi. It is actually an ancient poem by China, written by Yasutaro and others. This is a well-known song in Japan, with a sad tune.
The moon in the desert city is also called the lonely desert city. The bleak moonlight is immersed in the endless yellow sand, and the ancient road is like a thin horse, pinning the coldness of life on the unchanging loneliness and loneliness for thousands of years.
Doi Wan Cui's poems have always been vigorous, and at the same time, they have some contemplative religious feelings. His early poems have a distinct sense of the times, reflecting the vigorous national enterprising spirit and high national fighting spirit in the early Meiji period in Japan, and are the product of the society's call for noble ideology and morality and vigorous spirit.
The "Desert City" is now the site of Julia City in Sendai City. "Spring flowers" refer to cherry blossoms. "Chengtou Sword" is a string of swords planted in front of city walls and positions in ancient times to defend the enemy. This immortal work by the late Cui Daoyi is still widely sung. Tuiwan Cui was active at the end of 19 and the beginning of modern Japanese poetry in the early 20th century. His poems are full of ancient customs, with correct and serious style, deliberately refined creation, and very particular about refining words and meanings. Most of the words used are Chinese, with seven or five tones, which are suitable for music singing. He wrote in his collection of poems: "Poetry is not empty talk, poetry is not trivial, and poetry is the essence of the people." Therefore, he is also known as the "national poet" and the first great poet to win the cultural medal since the Meiji Restoration. Tui Wan-cui worships historical heroes very much. Two long poems, Dream Before the Horse and Staring Autumn Wind and Five Bird, included in Love between Heaven and Earth, are respectively famous poems praising18th century French Emperor Napoleon I and China Three Kingdoms period Shu Prime Minister Zhuge Liang.
The title of this poem is Moon in Desert City. The desolate cities that emerge in Cui's mind after retiring are Huijin he cheng, where he once swam, and the former site of Ye Qingcheng in Sendai, his hometown. During the Meiji Restoration, Song Ping Rong Bao, a warlord, refused to accept the reform forces and fought fiercely with officers and men in he cheng, which was known as the "Battle of Protecting Chen". At that time, the "White Tiger Team" guard was formed, including 19 teenagers. When they watched the smoke billowing from the top of the mountain, they learned that the city had been destroyed, and out of feudal loyalty, they drew their swords and killed themselves. This tragedy not only shocked the whole of Japan at that time, but also deeply touched Cui's heartstrings in the later period of Doi, so the poet felt it and wrote this widely circulated poem. Poems such as "Boundless Space Facing the Ages" and "The World is Dying" reflect the keynote of the whole poem: the sense of historical vicissitudes is heavy and the style is bold.
This poem describes the desolate city under the moon, from which all kinds of fantasies arise, which can not help but make people think about the past and the future. As we can imagine, in late autumn in Leng Yue, leaves are falling, poets are stepping on the fallen leaves on the ground, and the autumn wind bursts, echoing the mourning in late autumn, allowing the cool water to penetrate through the skin and slide to the bottom of my heart. He walked through the majestic Woods and walked on the gravel path in the ancient city. Pale moonlight leaked from the branches, pulling his body into a long shadow. My footsteps are heavy, my thoughts are messy, and my heart is like a long shadow fluttering behind me, swaying in the bleak wind and unable to find a home.
The whole poem has four sections. In the first section, the poet stood at the old site of the ancient city and looked up at the empty moon, which evoked nostalgia. In contrast to the first section, the poet fantasized about the autumn colors in the military camp that year. The first two sections are identical in structure, which makes "spring" and "autumn", "flower" and "frost", grand "banquet" and serious "military camp" in contrast, forming a strong ancient city momentum. In the third section, the poet's feelings shifted from nostalgia to today, and he was filled with emotion in the face of the deserted city. The fourth section summarizes the whole poem, the comparison between the past and the present, the comparison between life and nature, and the heartfelt sigh. The whole poem is vigorous in language, high in style and lyrical, just like a clear torrent. The poet regrets the impermanence of life and laments that the tall buildings, wine, splendor and disputes in the world are gone forever in the long river of time, and only the moon in the middle of the night lasts forever. "At this moment, in the middle of the night, who is Qinghui still taking pictures of?" This sentence fully expressed the feelings of regret and sorrow of Doi Wancui. His heart is surging, and I don't know how many past events have come to my mind, and how many grievances of yesterday have accumulated in my heart. The poet looked at Leng Yue in the night sky, and the sparse stars appeared and disappeared in the dark clouds, sighing that he was just a passer-by in the night sky like a cold star in the sky that day.
The poem "Moon in the Desert City" shows the sense of historical desolation of "the feast of Huatang in the past, and the desolation of the fields today" through multiple sharp contrasts between war and peace, the past and tonight. This view of impermanence between the East and the West also laid the ideological foundation for Cui's later works. Later, The Moon in the Desert City was composed by the composer Ryotaro, and was sung all over Japan.
Doi's poems are vigorous and magnificent. Most of his creative features are reflected in his long poems, which are characterized by lyrical narration, deep feelings and tragic. Critics generally believe that Japanese poetry can't be compared with Doi's spoon-shaped poetry in terms of grandeur and huge scenes. This poem is full of Japanese national feelings and deep romantic feelings, and the nostalgic atmosphere of "empty city under the moon" is very infectious. Not only that, the words in the lyrics are vigorous and powerful, with high style and bright melody, which makes people unforgettable.