Qixi is a seven-character poem written by Li Shangyin, a poet in the Tang Dynasty. The original text of this poem is as follows:
The phoenix fan is tilted, and the star bridge flies back across the magpie. ?
Strive to bid farewell to this world forever, in exchange for the arrival of every year.
Interpretation of the vernacular: Luan Fan, who was separated, walked into the tent, and the magpie who built the long bridge was finished. How can we get together once a year with the death of the world?
Note: Lu 'an fan: palm fan embroidered with phoenix pattern. Luan, phoenix and other birds. Fan, finger palm fan, a long-handled fan made by imitating the tail of pheasant in ancient times, used in cars to keep out dust in the morning. Feng (Ⅱ): a tent in the boudoir; A car account embroidered with phoenix patterns. Star Bridge: Magpie Bridge. It is said that magpies all fly to Tianhe on Tanabata to bridge the gap between cowherd and weaver girl. Argument: How can I put it? Never say goodbye: never say goodbye; Parting has no reunion in life.
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Creative background: On July 7th, Cowherd and Weaver Girl met. This legendary and beautiful love story has been recited by poets of all ages, and lonely people are ecstatic. On the night of the seventh day of the seventh lunar month in the seventh year of Dazhong (853), the poet looked up at the sky and thought of the reunion of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl. He couldn't help thinking of his beloved wife's early death, so he created this poem Tanabata to mourn his dead wife.
In the first two sentences of this poem, the poet looked up at the sky on the evening of July 7 and remembered the beautiful scene where the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl met in the sky: the Weaver Girl had crossed the river and left the Phoenix Cave, and the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl met each other through the fan; After completing the task of filling the river and paving the road, all the black magpies retreated.
The poet can't help but think of his beloved wife's early death. He is the only one in the world, and he will never see her again. So the poet sighed deeply in the last two sentences, longing to see his dead wife once a year like a cowherd and a weaver girl. Among them, the word "fighting for the general" in the third sentence is written about the extreme lament of the separation of the dead wife and heaven, which shows that the death on earth is not as good as the meeting in heaven, and clearly expresses the feelings of mourning.
This poem is full of imagination, from heaven to earth, from cowherd and weaver girl to her love life. The delicate language and deep feelings, and the poetic movement in the poet's imagination, fully show the poet's sad mood of mourning for his dead wife.