Hello, everyone. In recent years, I have been teaching children to learn poetry and occasionally send friends. Many mothers like to copy to teach their children. Some mothers are very serious, go to their mothers to understand the meaning.
I once advocated not asking for answers, which meant not explaining deliberately and not looking up translations. At present, most translations are crude and mechanical, which destroys the original aesthetic feeling of poetry. And it's just a literal explanation, which can't be integrated, let alone close to life, making children feel that those poems are far away and strange.
Up to now, I still advocate no explanation or translation, but I hope they can experience it and feel poetry as much as possible in connection with real life. This has nothing to do with word interpretation.
For example, in May this year, Coco went back to her hometown and saw a pool of clear water flowing out through a small mouth. She said, mom, this is "the shade of a tree shines on the water and loves the soft sunshine." I was surprised at that time because the poem was so awkward that I didn't explain it to her. But when she saw the tenderness of sunny days, the branches on the water and the thin running water, she immediately understood the meaning.
Recently, I took her back to the countryside. When she saw the green hills and heard the birds singing, she said, "An acre of clear shade, a half-day natural and unrestrained window at noon. Grandma is such a poem here. " Children don't need to know the meaning of specific words. The feeling of coolness and leisure is the poetry she understands.
Practically speaking, it takes some accumulation to achieve such an effect. However, the choice of poetry is also very important. Many group friends have been asking me what poems are good. It's not that I don't recommend it, but I really didn't find it very satisfactory. The humanities are inherently subjective. In addition, the publishing threshold of poetry anthology is very low. Anyway, there is no need to pay copyright fees to the ancients hundreds of thousands of years ago, and there are many mixed fish and dragons.
If I am not satisfied, I will do it myself and choose poems for my children. The specific standards have been mentioned in previous articles, so I won't repeat them here. In short, which song to sing on which mountain depends on the changes of seasons and life.
For example, this song "Looking at the Moon at Fifteen Nights to Send Du Langzhong" is intended to teach children around the Mid-Autumn Festival. However, adults and children are lazy when they have a holiday. These two weeks, I copied it on the little black board at home. She reads a few words from time to time and likes it.
Let me tell you something about this poem based on my own and children's experiences.
The title is "fifteen nights looking at the moon and sending it to Du Langzhong". As I said before, it's Mid-Autumn Festival. But some friends don't understand. He only said it was 15. How do you know today must be August 15? This involves some specific concepts in ancient China. For example, several important "Tenth Five-Year Plan": the fifteenth day of the first month, the fifteenth day of July and the fifteenth day of August. On the fifteenth day of the first month, those who have never seen the name "fifteenth" in ancient poetry generally say "Yuanri" and "Yuanye"; July 15, Mid-Autumn Festival, which is the folk ghost festival, it is rare to write poems on this day. So if excluded, the term "Tenth Five-Year Plan" basically refers to the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15. However, there is also a folk saying that the Tenth Five-Year Plan refers to the Lantern Festival. Probably the people attach importance to the Lantern Festival, and the literati attach more importance to the Mid-Autumn Festival. Similarly, "Nine Days" refers to the Double Ninth Festival on the first day of September, and "Nine Days is held near the temple". "Five days" refers to the Dragon Boat Festival on the fifth day of May.
Who is Du Langzhong? There is no specific textual research. After checking, the card shark is roughly equivalent to the current minister, and the level is quite high. However, ancient literati love flattery, which does not rule out that we will have compliments such as "a certain bureau" and "a certain place" when we meet you today. Anyway, ancient poetry is full of "practitioners". It is said that today's "director" is very good, the position can be large or small, and the level can be high or low. By the way, the word "doctor" also means "doctor" in ancient times.
In short, this is a poem that Wang Jian gave to "Director Du". But the question is, what does it mean for a man and another man to write a poem on the Mid-Autumn Festival? In fact, it is a very common social behavior for ancient scholars to recite poems to each other. I wrote a poem and thought it was good. What should I do? Everyone has a desire to communicate and show off. At that time, there was no Weibo and friends circle. Then send it to your friends, praise and comment each other, or sing another song with the rhyme of the original poem. In short, similar to today's circle of friends, I eagerly look forward to friends' praise and comments. Therefore, this song "Send Du Langzhong" is not that he has anything to say or feelings for the other party, he just sends a circle to the other party.
Ok, let's disassemble the poem sentence by sentence.
The first sentence, Bai Shu crowed in the atrium. Where is the "atrium"? The yard in the middle. Then why the middle? The ancients paid attention to the vestibule and backyard. When entering the door, they had to go through a yard before they could reach the place where their owners lived. It is between the door and the house, so it is called "atrium". That's probably how ancient people who had a little money lived. What other "three-in" and "four-in" houses in online novels took about three or four yards to reach the owner's house, with the tool room and servant room in front. The palace is also called "Nine-fold Palace Gate", which means going through nine gates. The so-called "deep palace" and "deep house compound" came from this. Only the houses of the poor can be seen at a glance, and people can be seen when you open Chai Men. But a little more exquisite, or put a fence around the outside, so there is a "long fence that no one crosses, only dragonflies and butterflies fly."
And say "Dubai". Why is the ground white? This can inspire children to think. They seldom see the white earth except when it snows. However, if they have ever had the experience of traveling in the wild or living in the countryside, then on a moonlit night, the sky and the earth are empty and the ground must be white. The so-called "flying in the air without feeling the frost, not seeing the white sand on the pavilion" is exactly this scene. In the city, no matter how round the moon is, it is probably hard to see the scene of "white background". However, children in most cities do not lack travel experience. A little inspiration will arouse their previous experiences to some extent. Or next time, they will definitely pay attention to whether it is "white". Therefore, ancient poetry will not affect children's nature, but will inspire them to have more life experiences.
Let's talk about "arboreal crows" first. As mentioned above, the night is quiet, the moonlight is bright, and the picture is harmonious and ethereal. Suddenly writing "There is a nest of crows living in the tree", do you feel that the style of painting changes a little fast? Crows are reminiscent of noise, darkness and even ominous. Why are you writing this? Rhyme! In fact, it should be "crow habitat tree" The crow fell asleep deep in the forest. What a quiet and elegant night.
The second sentence: Coody Leng silent wet osmanthus. This sentence is Coco's favorite, and I didn't say it, but she kept mumbling and accidentally popped it up. I asked her why she liked it, but she couldn't say. In fact, this is the charm of literature. Sometimes we can't tell why we like it. It's just an intuition. But Coco's mother has to go further and explain where this intuition comes from.
First: the situation. This season is when osmanthus flowers are in full bloom. She can see and smell them everywhere. When she comes home, she will see this well-known sweet-scented osmanthus poem, and of course she will read more. This is exactly what Coco's mother has always advocated in choosing poems, so that they can get in touch with "living" poems anytime and anywhere.
Second: it quietly mobilized our senses and strengthened our senses in an instant. This sentence is more professional and awkward. Frankly speaking, do you think osmanthus fragrans is more fragrant in the daytime with dazzling sunshine, noisy voices and dry air, or in the quiet night with few people, dim light and humid air? Undoubtedly, when the night, full moon and dew are released, our senses are instinctively mobilized, as if we suddenly entered an ethereal realm: osmanthus is more fragrant!
Third, it shows a state of great beauty between heaven and earth and harmonious coexistence of all things. Why do you say that? Look, autumn night, full moon, white land, crows sleeping, where are people? Maybe standing in the yard, maybe in the house, I don't know. In short, the existence of "people" is very weak. When the "man" who is the master of all things retreats to a secondary position, you will find that everything in the world exists naturally, moonlight shines on the earth, and dew quietly moistens osmanthus. This has nothing to do with people. They are beautiful and fragrant, but they are just like this, not for people to see. The so-called "vegetation has its heart, why do you want beauty?" The so-called "beauty of heaven and earth, I can't say it" is such a realm. We may have similar experiences when reading books, watching TV or traveling. One morning, you suddenly see the sun shining, or bend down to see the dew on the grass tip crystal clear, and your heart will be moved inexplicably. Why? It is precisely because you are sharp-eyed and unprepared that nature suddenly breaks into your field of vision with its original face. The "I" in your heart hardly exists. Only this magnificent scene will surely move you. "Coody Leng Silent Wet Osmanthus fragrans" is naturally so wonderful because of people's retirement.
Look at the last two sentences: I don't know who Qiu Si will fall into tonight. Why not explain it word for word like the first two sentences, because it is unnecessary. Ancient poetry is really good, but don't think that every word of it is the essence, which is worth pondering and pondering. A poem of one or two sentences is the essence, and a good sentence is enough to be handed down from generation to generation. Others, we can regard them as "side dishes", which are indispensable leftovers. He has to write so many sentences because of the formal requirements. For example, in this song, the first two sentences describe the scenery, and the last two sentences must be lyrical. The literal meaning is very simple, so I won't say much. Although there is nothing subtle in the text, the overall artistic conception is very beautiful. This is euphemistic and memorable. Who's Qiu Si? Your home, my home, his home, all possible. Are Qiu Si in Qian Qian all the same? Of course not. So, what kind of Qiu Si do people have? The poet came to an abrupt end, leaving readers with endless imagination. This is why China's poems can be passed down through the ages and still live in our hearts. A poet may write a poem to express his feelings at that time. But this kind of emotion is still felt by thousands of people in Qian Qian thousands of years later. For example, now, one night, not necessarily the Mid-Autumn Festival, when I leave home, I will occasionally feel faint sadness, and my heart may move, so I will think of these two sentences: I don't know whose house Qiu Si will fall in tonight.