Common images and their symbolic significance

(1) Because "Liu" and "Liu" are homophonic, they are often used as a metaphor for parting.

Lu You's "Hairpin Phoenix", "Red Crispy Hands, Huangteng Wine, Spring Willow on the Palace Wall", uses "Palace Wall Willow" as a metaphor for Tang Wan, expressing their psychological state that it is difficult to meet again after parting.

(2) Many kinds are in front of the eaves and behind the houses, so they symbolize hometown.

Xu Hun's "Night View of the West Building of Xianyang City" "I am going to Wan Li in Gaocheng, and the willow is like Tingzhou." , expressing the poet's infinite concern for his hometown.

(3) Catkin is erratic, and it is often used by poets as a way to relieve their troubles.

How much leisure is there in He Zhu's Jade Case? Yichuan tobacco, flying in the city, plum yellow rain. "

Du Mu's Stories of Floating Cloud Temple Building in Anzhou Send to Langzhong, Zhang Huzhou and How Poor is Chu Anliu? Don't worry. "

(4) Chrysanthemum

Beautiful and elegant, fragrant, bullying frost and snow, gorgeous flowers after withering, not competing with others, is often a symbol of noble character.

(5) Lotus comes out of the mud and is not stained, so it is regarded as a symbol of noble people who still maintain integrity in the turbid world.

Zhou Dunyi's "On Love for Lotus" is "to love lotus without touching it, to be clear without being demon"

(6) Red beans are acacia beans, which are tokens of love between men and women, and are metaphors of love or friendship between men and women.

Wang Wei's Acacia "When those red berries are in full bloom on your southern branches in spring, I suggest you collect more as a symbol of our love." The poet expressed his affection for his friends through red beans born in the south.