Author: anonymous
Lotus can be picked in Jiangnan, so there is no lotus leaf.
Fish are frolicking among the lotus leaves.
Fish hits the lotus leaf east, fish hits the lotus leaf west, fish hits the lotus leaf south, and fish hits the lotus leaf north.
This is a folk song of the Han Dynasty and a work of Han Yuefu. A large number of repeated sentences and words are used in the poem, which shows the simple and clear style of ancient folk songs. The poem depicts the lively and joyful scene of picking lotus in the south of the Yangtze River. We seem to hear the laughter of the lotus pickers, from the fish who are dressed happily and frolicking.
This poem is a "song of harmony". One of the harmony songs, originally seen in Song books. Lezhi is the originator of picking lotus poems. The main idea is to write about beautiful scenery and happy times. Shen Deqian, a poet in A Qing, rated this poem as "strange style" (Volume 3 of Ancient Poetry Source). Zhang thinks that this poem does not write flowers, but only leaves, which shows that leaves are still lovely, not to mention flowers.
Generally speaking, this kind of folk song is pure natural, and the original author may not intentionally do it, but naturally show a fresh vitality of nature. Mr. Yu Guanying thinks that the following four sentences of "fish playing with lotus leaves" may be "harmony". The first three sentences are sung by the lead singer, and the last four sentences are sung by the masses.
The poem "Tian Tian" refers to the lush appearance of lotus leaves.