Notes on Reading the Tang Poetry Qingming

Du Mu (803-852) was born in Mu Zhi, Tang Jingzhao (now Xi, Shaanxi). Sun of Du You. Tang Dynasty writer? [27]? , Yamato Jinshi. He has served as secretary of Huainan Festival, supervisor of imperial history, referee of Xuanzhou Youth League Training, assistant of imperial history in the temple, internal sacrifice, left vacancy, compilation of history in the historical museum, Si Xun, Yuan Wailang, Huang Chi, Mu and Hu Ci. He lived in Fan Chuan in his later years and was called Du Fanchuan. Where can local people buy wine to drown their sorrows? The shepherd boy just smiled and pointed to Xinghuashan Village.

A drizzling rain falls like tears on the Mourning Day; The mourner's heart is going to break on his way.

Excuse me, where is the restaurant? The shepherd boy pointed to Xinghua Village.

During the Qingming Festival in the south of the Yangtze River, the drizzle drifted one after another, and all the passengers on the road were down and out.

Where can local people buy wine to drown their sorrows? The shepherd boy just smiled and pointed to Xinghuashan Village.

This poem describes the weather characteristics in Tomb-Sweeping Day and expresses the feelings and hopes of people who walk alone.

During the Qingming Festival, the weather is changeable, sometimes the spring is bright, the flowers are red and green, and sometimes it is drizzling. The first sentence "It rains in succession during the Qingming Festival" describes the characteristics of "throwing fire and rain" (the first two days in Tomb-Sweeping Day are cold days, and the old custom forbids fire for three days. This time is called "throwing fire rain"). The second sentence "pedestrians on the road want to break their souls" is about the mood of pedestrians. "Soul-breaking" refers to feelings that are very sad but not exposed. Why does this pedestrian "want to break his soul"? Because Tomb-Sweeping Day is a big festival in ancient China, as usual, families get together to pay homage to the grave or go for an outing. Now that pedestrians are traveling alone in strange places, the taste in their hearts is already bad. It happened that he was caught in another rain, his clothes were all wet, and his mood was even more sad.

? How to dispel melancholy? Pedestrians will naturally think: it is best to find a hotel nearby to have a rest and shelter from the rain; Second, drink some wine to relieve the cold; More importantly, you can use wine to dispel the sadness in your heart. So he asked the way: "Excuse me, where is the restaurant?" Who did you ask? I didn't specify. The word "shepherd boy" in the last sentence "the shepherd boy points to Xinghua Village" is both the subject of this sentence and the object of the previous sentence. The shepherd boy's answer replaced words with actions. Pedestrians looked in the direction of his finger and saw a son (a symbol of ancient hotels) vaguely exposed in a treetop full of red apricots. This poem came to an abrupt end here. As for how happy pedestrians are when they hear this news, they are excited to catch up and find a hotel for a few drinks, so as to get satisfaction such as shelter from the rain, relieving the cold and eliminating worries. These are left to the reader to imagine.

Due to the widespread spread of this poem, the word "Xinghua Village" became another name for this restaurant in later generations. ?

? This day is Tomb-Sweeping Day. The poet Xiao Du happened to get caught in the rain during his trip. Qingming, although it is a season of blooming green flowers and bright spring, is also a period when the climate is prone to change, and sometimes even "windy and rainy". However, the rain in Mao Mao on this day is the kind of rain that "sounds like the crisp rain in the sky"-this is also the characteristic of spring rain. This song "After Rain" conveys the beautiful realm of "cold deceives flowers and traps smoke and willow", and this song "One after another" naturally describes the artistic conception of spring rain; But it's more than that. It also has a special function, that is, it actually describes the mood of travelers in the rain. Look at the following sentence: "pedestrians on the road want to break their souls." A pedestrian is a person who travels away from home. So what is "broken soul"? In poetry, "soul" mainly refers to spiritual and emotional things. "Soul-breaking" is an attempt to describe the hidden feelings in the heart, which are very strong, but not clearly expressed outside. In ancient customs, Tomb-Sweeping Day is a big festival with rich colors and emotional appeal. It was supposed to be a family gathering, or a play, or a grave. Nowadays, pedestrians walk alone, feeling sad and complicated. It happened that I caught up with the rain in Mao Mao again, and my spring shirt was all wet, adding a layer of sadness. So the poet used the word "broken soul"; Otherwise, if it rains a little, it will be worth "breaking the soul". Isn't that reasonable? In this way, we can return to the word "one after another". People who used to travel on holidays already have a lot on their minds. In addition, they are scattered in the wind and rain, walking in the rain, making their mood more miserable. So they describe the spring rain in succession, but they can also describe emotions, and even describe the spring rain, that is, describe emotions. This is a unique skill in China's classical poetry, and it is also a kind of scenery, in which emotion is in the scene, and the scene is emotion.

This is the most widely circulated Qingming poem. The most wonderful words are "I want to break my soul", and the sadness of the mourners is vividly on the paper. Later generations also adapted this poem into a short sitcom in different ways-it rained in succession during the Qingming Festival. On the road, pedestrians want to break their souls. Excuse me, "where is the restaurant?" Shepherd boy (pointing): Xinghua Village.