Iron horse autumn wind in northern Hebei, apricot blossom spring rain in Jiangnan prose

In the Southern Song Dynasty, an "iron horse autumn wind" appeared in Lu Fangweng.

Yu Ji, a famous writer in the Yuan Dynasty, wrote a poem "The Wind Into the Pine": ... The swallow whispered again. The heavy curtain is still cold, who can send the golden mud seal? When Mr. Bao returns, apricot blossoms and spring rain are in the south of the Yangtze River. The beautiful and moving words and expressions have caused future generations to use "a fine horse in the autumn wind, a thistle in the north" as a metaphor, highlighting the femininity of Jiangnan and the masculinity of Yanbei.

Zhu Guangqian, an aesthetician in China, quoted it as "autumn wind of steeds in northern Hebei and apricot flowers in spring rain in southern Jiangsu" in "Just Beauty and Femininity", which is also considered as two old sayings.

Xu Beihong wrote a couplet: "The autumn wind of the iron horse blocks the apricot blossom and spring rain in the south of the Yangtze River", and later Wu changed it to "The autumn wind of the steed is in the north of Hebei, and the apricot blossom and spring rain is in the south of the Yangtze River"

At this point, "Apricot Blossom Spring Rain" and "Horse Autumn Wind" should be said to best represent the regional characteristics of Jiangnan and northern Hebei.

When I was in high school, I came across this sentence by chance, dreaming of the softness of Jiangnan and the masculinity of northern Hebei, such as lingering thoughts, longing to enter Jiangnan and travel all over northern Hebei.

Horses belong to the north. In ancient times, horses were the main driving force of agricultural production, transportation and military activities. Nowadays, horses often exist as a horse culture, such as horse racing and tourism. Cross-stitch the horse pattern into an eight-horse map for interior decoration. Painters often use horses as their themes to create horse paintings. Especially in Xu Beihong's works, horses run in Saibei as if they were alive. Horses are noble, elegant, majestic and heroic. Its existence adds to the beauty of Saibei.

Wu, a famous painter, is good at drawing figures. The figures, animals and scenery in his works are full of the charm of the new countryside. The background of the paintings is mostly in the wilderness of northern Hebei, which is vast and vast, as if confirming the heroic domineering of the iron horse autumn wind.

"I once said that Wu ... what my paintings need is a simple but rich feeling. My personal creation is like this: stones, grass, dead wood, trees, fences, oxen, carriages, these elements constitute the beautiful scenery of the countryside, and the girls in the countryside are more beautiful, not only in appearance, but also in mind.

Wu's works faithfully show the original colors and emotions of the characters, and the pictures are very natural and simple; No affectation, no affectation, no publicity is the natural expression of emotion.

Natural and simple; It is an unpretentious description of the connotation of northern Hebei.

The girl in Wu's works is very textured under the prominent light and shadow effect, which makes viewers often forget that the scene in front of them is just a painting. However, these "truths" seem to keep a distance from you, detached from the real world of debauchery.

Northern Hebei is beautiful and desirable. Whether it is a beautiful rural girl or a spring tree in northern Hebei, it is a unique beauty. The beauty in northern Hebei is pure, so the girls in northern Hebei are also kind and beautiful.

Spring rain and apricot flowers in the south of the Yangtze River are twin sisters. Spring rain makes apricot flowers more delicate, and apricot flowers make spring rain more affectionate.

The spring rain in the south of the Yangtze River is as fine as an ox hair, as fine as a flower needle and as sweet as a glass of wine, which makes people intoxicated. Jiangnan spring rain moistens things quietly, quietly coming from night. The spring rain in Jiangnan is the most affectionate. When it gets up, it can't stop. It always washes the spring red and nourishes the spring mud.

The spring rain in the south of the Yangtze River, like a lingering love, is lingering when it comes and inseparable when it goes. The spring rain in the south of the Yangtze River, like a sweet cup of Longjing, needs to be carefully tasted to get a good rhyme; The spring rain in the south of the Yangtze River, such as wuyue's songs and dances, has sweet singing and soft sleeves. "Five-nine cups of spring bamboo leaves, five dolls dancing hibiscus drunk."

"The small building listens to the spring rain all night, and the deep alley sells apricot flowers." "Outside the forest in the spring rain, the apricot blossoms are numerous on the first day of the house." The spring rain moistened the land in the south of the Yangtze River, and the delicate white apricot blossoms were full of branches overnight. Like a northern beauty, her makeup is as light as snow. It is like a snow country in the north, with a silver snake dancing in the mountains and a wax elephant.

The literati's mood is complicated, and they can read different flavors of apricot flowers.

"Don't blame apricot garden gaunt, how many people arrange flowers in the city. Haggard away. This is unbearable. "Du Mu, a great poet in the Tang Dynasty, looked at apricot blossoms alone and lost his beautiful tenderness. He can't help feeling that time goes by mercilessly and spring is no longer sad.

"After the rain, the sun sets and the apricot blossoms are fragrant." In the setting sun after the rain, Wen, a great poet in the Tang Dynasty, happened to see all the apricot flowers fall, but the fragrance of flowers still lingered around the apricot trees. Although withered, the sweet soul remains undiminished.

"I want apricot flowers to get wet and my face is not cold." Shi Zhinan, a poet in the Southern Song Dynasty, faced apricot blossoms, but he had an unusual feeling, which rose slowly from his heart. Perhaps he found the apricot flowers under the spring rain more beautiful and moving, so he almost regarded the spring rain as an invisible existence: the drizzle didn't wet my clothes; It floats on the gorgeous apricot flowers, making the flowers more brilliant. The breeze blowing on the face no longer makes people feel cold; It dances with slender green wicker, which is particularly embarrassing. Apricot blossom is perhaps the most beautiful under the spring rain, because it comes from the spring rain and is born because of it.

"When a person takes a photo, he will get the moon first by being close to the water tower, and the most affectionate place will be on the wall." In the south of the Yangtze River, where the spring rains are falling, the sky is gloomy, and the houses and trees are all in an ink painting, lacking color. The blooming apricot blossoms bring red and white to the gray rainy season, red as fire and white as snow, dotted with Jiangnan in the rain. Bring a little surprise to a calm heart, which makes people feel that Jiangnan is affectionate, not dull.

"Spring grass sings, and the door covers apricot flowers." Apricot blossom is a regional plant, which took root and sprouted all over the south of the Yangtze River a long time ago and can best represent the south of the Yangtze River. Imagine: people in Jiangnan, apricot trees grow in front of their homes, naturally regard apricot flowers as belonging to Jiangnan.

"Yan Chunwan does not return, a misty rain and apricot blossoms are cold." In the late spring, when the swallows haven't returned, Dai Shulun saw apricot flowers with a chill. Under the misty rain, there is indeed a chill in Jiangnan, as if apricot flowers are transferring the cold from the distant north to Jiangnan. Please remember the heavy snow in 2008.

I believe that many people have experienced the overwhelming snow, which has not happened for 40 years. Looking from the broken bridge, it was all white. Not only the trees on the shore, but also the lake is covered with silver. Broken bridge and broken snow are one of the ten scenic spots in the West Lake. It is at this moment that the broken bridge shows its most beautiful form. Photographers set up a shelf, bent down to take pictures of this once-in-a-lifetime beauty, like early apricot flowers, blooming all over the south of the Yangtze River.

"The beauty of the south, its beauty is waist-high, beautiful and charming; The northland is vast, and his wife is ice and snow, pretending to be indifferent. " Different environments breed different people. Therefore, people carry the characteristics of their own environment: the vast northern country has created a beauty as light as snow; The beauty of the south has created a beautiful and charming beauty.