What does "The cherries are red, the bananas are green" mean?

I know this question! "The cherries are red and the bananas are green." It means: the cherries are red and ripe, and the bananas are green again.

Where does this sentence come from? ——Jiang Jie of the Song Dynasty, "A Cut of Plum Blossoms·A Boat Crosses the Wujiang River"

The complete original text is as follows:

A piece of spring sorrow awaits the pouring of wine. The boats on the river are rocking, and the curtains on the upper floors are moving. Qiuniangdu and Tainiang Bridge, the wind is blowing and the rain is rustling. (The first work of crossing is: degree.)

When will you return home to wash your guest robes? The word "Yin" means Sheng tune, and the word "Xin" means "Xiangshao". The flowing light easily throws people away, turning cherries red and bananas green.

I have also released the translation for everyone to understand:

The boat is swaying on the Wujiang River, the flags of the restaurants on the shore are waving, and my spring sorrow, which is full of travel, can only drink fine wine. Come and eliminate. The ship passed by Qiuniangdu and Tainiang Bridge, which are beautiful scenery that literati and poets can't imagine. The river wind was swift and the rain was falling, which was really annoying.

When can I go home and wash my robes, play the silver-inlaid sheng at home, and light the heart-shaped incense in the incense burner? Spring is easy to pass by, making it difficult for people to catch up. The cherries are red and ripe, the bananas are green again, and spring is gone and summer is here again.

Here are some words that I think are more important, and I will explain them to you individually:

Wujiang: Today it belongs to Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province, and is located in the southeast of Jiangsu Province.

Water: soak, eliminate.

Curtain move: refers to the wine flag.

Qiuniang Ferry: refers to Wujiang Ferry.

Qiuniang: A common name for singers in the Tang Dynasty, and may also be used to refer to singers who are good at singing and beautiful in appearance. Also known as Du Zhongyang, she was the maid of Li, the governor of the navy during the reign of Emperor Dezong of the Tang Dynasty.

Du: One work is "Du".

Qiao: The first work is "Jiao".

Xiao Xiao: onomatopoeia, the sound of rain.

Yinzi Sheng: a type of wind instrument. Tiao Sheng, Tiao Sheng with silver characters.

Heart-shaped incense: Light the heart-shaped incense in the incense burner.

If you only read the article, it may be difficult to understand its meaning, so we have to interpret it based on the creative background of the article:

At the beginning of the demise of the Southern Song Dynasty, that is, in 1276 AD In the 13th year of the Yuan Dynasty (13th year of the Yuan Dynasty), after the Chun Yuan army broke through Lin'an, the poet began to wander. When he was boating through the Wusong River in Wujiang County, he wrote this poem to express his inner homesickness and hurt his country.

Now that we have said this, let’s appreciate and analyze this article together:

Wujiang refers to Wujiang County on the east bank of Taihu Lake. This poem was mainly written by the author who was drifting in a boat and felt tired and longing for home.

Start writing the title, point out the timing, and highlight the main theme of "Spring Sorrow". "A piece of spring sorrow is waiting for the wine to be poured out", "a piece" means continuous depression. "Waiting for the wine to pour" means eager to relieve his sadness, which shows the depth of his sadness. Why does the poet's melancholy arise, and why does this spring melancholy arise? Then he pointed out this proposition.

"The boat is rocking on the river, and the curtains are moving upstairs. Qiuniang Ferry and Tainiang Bridge, the wind is blowing and the rain is rustling." These five sentences in the film are described in detail with beating white ink. The scene of "boat crossing the Wujiang River". This "river" is the Wusong River, also known as Wujiang, flowing through Wujiang County. The word "shake" depicts that his boat is paddling forward according to the ups and downs of the waves, bringing out the turbulent and wandering feeling of the protagonist in the boat. The word " Zhao " describes that the wine signs hanging on the restaurant on the river bank are flapping in the wind, attracting customers. It also reveals that his eyes are attracted to the restaurant and he hopes to drink away his sorrows. Both sentences focus on the dynamics of the scenery. In the sentence, two eye-catching place names in Wujiang are highlighted, showing that his ship has sailed through Qiuniangdu and Tainiang Bridge to highlight the word "passing". The ferry and bridge are both named after famous singers from the Tang Dynasty. It is easy for people to associate the ship passing here. The author chose these two place names, which reveals that he was moved by the scene and was eager to return home to reunite with his wife. He was wandering and longing for home, but he encountered annoying weather again. The author uses "piaopiao" and "xiaoxiao" to describe the strong wind and rain, and uses two characters "and" in succession. Expressing his annoyance at this "incomprehensible" storm.

"When will I return home to wash my guest robes? The word "Yin" means Sheng tune, and the word "Xin" means Xiangshao." The first sentence expresses the feeling of "returning home", and "when" expresses the weariness of wandering and the urgency of returning home. Imagining the warm life after returning home, I feel more eager to return home. The four words "when will I return home" always take care of the following three things: washing guest robes, mixing sheng and burning incense. "Guest robe", clothes worn on the journey. Adjust the sheng, adjust the sheng with silver characters, burn incense, and light the heart-shaped incense in the incense burner. Here is a line drawing. The poet imagines the scene after returning home: after the fatigue of the journey, changing into guest robes; enjoying the warmth of family life, the beloved wife plays the sheng with silver characters and lights the heart-shaped incense in the incense burner. The purpose of line drawing is to exaggerate the feeling of returning home and to highlight the mood of longing for home with a beautiful and harmonious family life. In the poem, the author really longs for the joy of being with a beautiful woman after returning home, and the emotions of longing for home are like this. The words "silver" and "heart" add a beautiful and harmonious meaning to the family life he yearns for.

The last three sentences of the next film are very subtle. "Flowing light can easily throw people away" refers to how quickly time passes. "Cherrys are red, bananas are green" turns the abstract time into a perceptible image, using the color changes of two plants, cherries and bananas, to concretely show the running of time, which is also a rendering. Jiang Jie captured the color of cherries turning red when they ripen in early summer and the leaves of bananas changing from light green to dark green, transforming the invisible passage of time into an elusive image.

Spring sorrow means constant cutting and chaos. The poem uses the changing colors of "red" and "green" to express the sigh that time is fleeting and life is aging.

The poet rhymes sentence by sentence in the words, making the reading catchy and the rhythm sonorous. Greatly enhances the expressiveness of words. After reading this song, which has a strong sense of rhythm and is full of thoughts and reflections, it makes people feel like "there are lingering words lingering for three days." The word card "Yijianmei" can be written in two ways: Ye Liuping rhyme and sentence-by-sentence Ye rhyme. The author adopts a sentence-by-sentence rhyme format, which makes it more sonorous and pleasant to read. He also made full use of the four parallel sentence patterns in this format to enhance the expressiveness and rhythm of the work. This makes it more like a melodious and melodious piece of homecoming music, adding to its lingering beauty.

Finally, about the author Jiang Jie, I believe everyone is not very familiar with it. Here I will briefly introduce the author:

Jiang Jie (about 1245~1305), also known as Shengyu , named Zhushan, was a poet in the Southern Song Dynasty and a native of Yangxian (now Yixing, Jiangsu Province) in the late Song Dynasty and early Yuan Dynasty. He was a member of a large family in Yixing and was a Jinshi scholar in the 10th year of Xianchun (1274) in the Southern Song Dynasty. After the fall of the Southern Song Dynasty, he deeply cherished the pain of the country's subjugation and lived in seclusion. He was known as "Mr. Zhushan" and "Cherry Jinshi". His integrity was valued by people at the time. He is good at poetry, and together with Zhou Mi, Wang Yisun and Zhang Yan, he is known as one of the "Four Great Masters of the Late Song Dynasty". Most of his poems express the thoughts of the motherland and the sorrow of the mountains and rivers. They have various styles, but they are mainly sad, elegant, and desolate. In particular, his works of ingenious word formation are unique in the poetry world of the Song Dynasty. There is a volume of "Zhushan Ci", which is included in Mao Jin's "Sixty Famous Writers of the Song Dynasty" and "Qiangcun Series", and "Zhushan Ci" ” 2 volumes, included in the sequel of Song, Yuan and Ming Dynasty Poems about Garden Scenery.