Chapter 2 A Visit to Taoyuan
Today, Chen Xiao's task is to continue shopping, and yesterday I learned from my neighbors that the peach blossoms in the largest peach orchard in Beijing are in full bloom, so Chen Xiao's purpose is to visit the peach orchard and make friends with some dignitaries by the way, which is very important to Chen Xiao, because everyone needs their own help, as a modern person, this is very important to Chen Xiao.
In April, it is the time when the peach blossoms are in full bloom, there is an endless stream of people who go to the peach orchard to enjoy the flowers, Chen Xiao followed the flow of people, it is easy to come to the peach orchard, the peach orchard in Jingzhou is very large, covering an area of more than 100 acres, there are also a lot of people who come to the peach orchard in Beijing to enjoy the peach blossoms, and enjoy the beautiful scenery here.
Walking in the depths of the peach orchard, there are very few people here, Chen Xiao while enjoying the beautiful scenery, while observing the surrounding environment, suddenly, a flute sound appeared in Chen Xiao's ears, this flute sound is sometimes high-pitched, sometimes low, fascinating, Chen Xiao followed the flute to the depths of the peach forest.
Of course, as a response to the sound of the flute, Chen Xiao also recited a poem, "The peach is dying, scorching its glory." The son is home, and it is appropriate for him to live in his room. The peach is dying, and there is a fact. The son is home, and his family room is appropriate. The peach is dying, and its leaves are blooming. The son is home, and it is suitable for his family. ”
First of all, Qin's peach died and stood out from Chen Xiao's mouth, as the poem deepened, the flute stopped, and a young man's voice appeared in Chen Xiao's ears, "I don't know who is coming, please show up and take a look." Chen Xiao walked towards the depths of the peach forest, where there was a table and four stone chairs, on which sat three young men in gorgeous clothes.
The main lord finally came, Chen Xiao slowly walked towards the three young people, and then bowed to them. "Under Chen Xiao, I don't know your honorable surname." "Shangguan Zhan, Li Xian, Zhang Cheng, I've seen Your Excellency." After exchanging names, Chen Xiao sat on the chair, and the other two looked at Chen Xiao curiously, only the young man named Shangguan Zhan was silent about Chen Xiao's arrival
"You don't have a local accent." One of them, a burly young man named Zhang Cheng, was the first to ask.
"I moved to Jingzhou some time ago, I was originally a northerner, and then I came to Jingzhou to make you laugh." While answering Zhang Cheng's question, Chen Xiao looked at the faces of the three people, he was not from Jingzhou, which must have made the three people on the other side suspicious.
"It doesn't matter, we're guests from afar, we're also guests coming to Taoyuan to enjoy the flowers." The young man named Li Xian looked at Chen Xiao with a smile, and his answer also relieved Chen Xiao.
"Since everyone is here to enjoy the flowers, why don't you chant poems here?" Shangguan Zhan looked at Chen Xiao at this time, he didn't care on the surface, but in fact, he was very interested in Chen Xiao's arrival, Chen Xiao's poem was the first to catch people's attention, leaving a good impression in Shangguan Zhan's heart.
So the three of them began to read their own poems, in Chen Xiao's opinion, the poems of these three people are limited to the knowledge and limitations of this era after all, and the level is not very high, among them, the poems of the official war are slightly better, after all, they come from later generations, and there are countless poems and essays written about peach blossoms for thousands of years.
After reading the poems they made, the three of them commented on each other, and now it is Chen Xiao's turn to compose poems, he must leave a good influence on these three people, seeing that the clothes of the three of them are definitely not the clothes of ordinary people, Chen Xiao, who was thinking about these, searched for the poems of Peach Blossom in his mind.
At this time, there was a light rain in the sky, and I pondered for a while, "When will the double flying swallow return?" The peach blossoms on the shore are dipped in water and boiled. The spring rain broke the bridge and people were not overwhelmed, and the boat propped up the willow shade. A peach blossom poem of Xufu blurted out, and the three of them carefully commented on Chen Xiao's poems along with the scenery, and blurted out a wonderful word.
"It's a good spring rain and a broken bridge, and the boat is out of the willow shade." Shangguan Zhan was the first to export. "The swallow is coming, symbolizing the arrival of spring. When the poet met the swallow, he immediately felt the joy of the arrival of spring, and suddenly asked, "When did you come back, Swallow of the Twin Flights?" This question was a good question, and the tone of the question expressed the feelings of surprise and joy at that time. When I opened my eyes again, sure enough, spring came, and the peach blossoms by the lake were in full bloom, bright red. The dip is on the surface of the water. But the peach blossom is different from the willow tree, its branches and leaves are not drooping at all, and they cannot be dipped in water. Because of the rainy spring, the lake rises and is closer to the flower branches. The reflection of the peach blossoms in the water, rippling waves, the branches of flowers in the water on the shore are connected, and when seen from a distance, it seems to be dipped in water and opened, this scenery is very beautiful. The poet swims in the spring on the long embankment of the lake, and many moving scenery greets him, and the poet chooses only one place: the place where the spring rain has submerged the bridge deck. On top of a small stream, there is usually a small wooden bridge. After the rain, the water rises, the small bridge is submerged, and when you walk here, you can't cross it. A happy spring outing is a big setback. But coincidentally, in the depths of the willows, a small boat was propped up, and this boat could be rented to ferry, and the tour continued. After the obstacle of the broken bridge, this spring outing is more interesting.
The poet is good at grasping the essence of things to express them, through the return of the swallow and the peach blossoms. It depicts the beautiful scenery of the lake in spring, and highlights the characteristics of the rising lake through the broken bridge and the boat ferry in the spring rain.
The last two lines of the poem are particularly famous. From the bridge is broken, the water rises, and the lake is wide from the small boat. It fully embodies the two important aesthetic characteristics of Chinese poetry art: first, the scene must be faint in addition to the beauty. The peach blossoms bloom and the swallows fly double, although they are bright, but without a broken bridge, there is less fun; The second is to write fiction with reality, and the virtual and the real are born together. The boat stretched out of the willow shade, and the spring color of the lake was completely supported. ”
With Shangguan Zhan's comments, Li Xian and Zhang Cheng nodded yes, there is no doubt that Chen Xiao's poem won the first place, and the poems of these three people are better than Shangguan Zhan's poems, but Chen Xiao's poems are better than Shangguan Zhan's poems, and his talent also impressed the three of them.
"Let's do one more." Zhang Cheng was the first to speak, and as Zhang Cheng spoke, the other two also applauded, so Chen Xiao could only search for another poem in his mind. "The world is full of fragrant flowers in April, and the peach blossoms in Taoyuan are in full bloom. There is nowhere to find the spring of long-hate, and I don't know how to turn into this. ”
"Wonderful, what a long-hated spring is nowhere to be found, I don't know how to turn into this." It was Shangguan Zhan who opened his mouth first.
The poem is only four short sentences, and there seems to be nothing profound or strange in terms of content and language, but it is just a description and description of the scenery and seasons of "the mountains are high and the land is deep, and the season is never late" and "different from the flat land settlement". But if you read it carefully, you will find that this plain and natural little poem is written with a profound artistic conception and full of interest.
The beginning of the poem, "The world is full of fragrant flowers in April, and the peach blossoms in the mountain temple are in full bloom", which is the time when the poet climbed the mountain, and it is the time for the earth to return in spring and the fragrant flowers to fall. But unexpectedly, in the ancient temple of the high mountain, I encountered an unexpected spring scene - a peach blossom in full bloom. From the sentence "Long hatred of spring is nowhere to be found", it can be known that the poet was resentful, annoyed, and disappointed by the rush of spring before he arrived. Therefore, when this unexpected spring scene rushes into view, it should make people feel so surprised and delighted. The "fragrant flowers" in the first sentence of the poem and the "beginning of blooming" in the second sentence echo each other in contrast. They are literally chronicles, but in fact they are also about the leaps of feelings and thoughts – from a sad sigh of loss to amazement, joy, and even joy. Moreover, at the beginning of the first sentence, the poet deliberately uses the word "human world", which means that this adventure and this scenic spot bring the poet a special feeling, that is, as if from the real world of the world, suddenly stepped into a fairyland, and placed himself in another world that is not human.
It was under the trigger of this feeling that the wings of the poet's imagination soared. "I have nowhere to find the spring of long-term hatred, and I don't know how to turn into this." The poet thought that he had cherished and loved spring, and even resented the ruthlessness of spring, but who knew that he was wrong to blame spring, it turned out that spring did not return, but just secretly hid in this place like a child playing hide and seek.
In this poem, peach blossoms are used instead of abstract spring light, and the spring light is written concretely and sensibly, and the image is beautiful; And also personified the spring light, and wrote the spring light as if it really had feet, and it could be turned around and hidden. No, it's just feet, and it has a naughty and cute character. In this short poem, the spring in nature is described so vividly and concretely, innocently and lovely, vividly, without the infinite nostalgia and love for spring, without the poet's childlike innocence, it cannot be written. The beauty of this little poem is that it is novel in concept, clever in conception, elegant in play, and rejuvenates people's minds, which is endearing, which can be described as another treasure in the Tang people's quatrain poems.
Chen Xiao looked at Shangguan Zhan in surprise, this kid's ability to understand poetry is very thorough, and his ability to appreciate poetry is not much worse than that of modern people in later generations. Chen Xiao, who was thinking about this, suddenly found that there was a young man dressed in gorgeous clothes beside him.
"Brother, it's getting late today, let's go home and rest." This young man spoke softly, and his movements were very gentle, Chen Xiao took a closer look and saw the clues of this young man, it turned out that this young man did not have an Adam's apple, Chen Xiao immediately understood that this young man was a Xibei goods dressed as a man.
After giving the three of them the address of their home, Chen Xiao took the lead in saying goodbye, today is really interesting, three young people with prominent status, plus a girl, came to Taoyuan to enjoy the conversation, and he met them like this, I have to say the importance of fate, I don't know how the family of these three people is.
Thinking about these thoughts, Chen Xiao returned to his home, the five servants promised him by Yaxing had not yet been delivered, and the home seemed a little deserted, thinking about the acquaintance of the four people one day, Chen Xiao smiled and made a table of good dishes, tasting the delicacies of this era for a long time, Chen Xiao's life was very happy.