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Fén: A love song for men and women

On the outskirts of Tran is a high-level land with dense white elm and oak trees. And when there is a wonderful time, a young man and a woman will go there to have a tryst, the woman dances, the man sings tactfully, and the flower of happy love is ready to bud. In the eyes of men, women's beauty is like wattle sunflowers; In the woman's mind, the man is her hope and ideal, and the woman gave him a bouquet of peppercorns to confess her feelings.

There are many kinds of sacrificial carnivals in ancient times, such as the torch festival and Laba festival used to pray for a good harvest in agrarian societies; Various festivals such as the Kamitsuri Festival, which worships the fertility god and prays for the prosperity of the tribe. There are different content of the sacrificial carnival with different themes, such as the exorcism of ghosts and the welcome of the gods, eating only cold food, and the short-term restoration of free relations between men and women. According to Zhu Xi's "Collected Poems", Chen Guo likes things such as witches, gods, and Han sacrifices, songs and dances, so these primitive festivals of Chen Guo can be said to be relatively well preserved.

During the good period of worship to the god of fertility, men and women can let go of taboos and fall in love freely or even together, so love songs and music and dance are particularly prosperous at this time. There are also certain places where revelries are held, which is also related to the location required for the sacrificial ceremony. Sacrifices are generally divided into two types: temple sacrifices and tomb sacrifices, and temple sacrifices need to have some corresponding buildings, such as temples; Most of the tomb offerings are in the countryside and wilderness, such as Qishui and other rivers. This kind of music produced during the festival will naturally be very good, and it will be widely sung among the people. This made Confucius more or less worried, after all, such music could not be put on the hall of elegance, so Confucius appropriately suppressed Zheng Feng, Wei Feng, and Chen Feng, because they were beautiful and dangerous.

To put it another way, these songs are emotionally enthusiastic and full of youthful energy, which is why they are so widely circulated:

The east gate is planted with white elm, and Wanqiu is planted with oak trees. Zizhong's good daughter in the family, dancing under the big tree.

The beautiful scenery of the good day is at the right time, and we go to the southern plains. Putting down the spinning hemp in her hand, the girl danced enthusiastically.

Good days and good times will always go, and they have been familiar with each other many times. Look at you like a wattle sunflower, give me a big bouquet of peppercorns.

"Hengmen": Determined love

As the sun sets, on the top of the moon, a young man and woman quietly come to the city gate for a secret tryst. After some sweet words, passion prompted them to hug each other. They came to the river in the suburbs again, accompanied by the rushing water, and the two of them loved each other very much. Perhaps this man was so intoxicated by this unforgettable night that he even made a very philosophical love quote, saying: Why do you have to eat bream and carp in the Yellow River to eat fish? Why do you have to marry a peerless woman like Qi Jiang and Song Zi to marry a wife? As long as you are happy with each other, you can spend a good time together. The man's implication was that he was in a firm relationship with the woman in front of him, was very satisfied with her, and hoped to marry her!

The people of ancient times were free and had a very simple understanding of love, and it was precisely because they were good at singing love that they left us such a philosophical romantic love song.

The crosswood is the east end of the gate city, and you can have a tryst to stay. The ocean flows by the water, relieving hunger and comforting my lovesickness.

Do you want to eat fresh fish, you have to have bream? If you want to marry a wife, you have to be Qi Jiang to be happy?

If you want to eat fresh fish, you have to have carp? If you want to marry a wife, you must have Song Zi to be happy?

"The Pool of the East Gate": The love song of the laborers

After wild hemp and linen are kneaded and combed, they will get relatively long and wear-resistant fibers, which have become the main raw materials for people's clothing in ancient times, which can be woven into linen cloth and cut clothes. Clothes made of white linen, without ornamentation, are called deep clothes, which are worn by princes, princes, and scholars. The burlap cloth, which retains its hemp color, became the clothing of the laborers. Therefore, planting, soaking, and combing wild hemp and flax every year is one of the main labor contents in rural areas during the long historical period before and after the Spring and Autumn Period. Every year in the moat, there will be young men and women who gather to work together, laughing and singing.

A group of young men and women soaked hemp, washed hemp, and bleached hemp in the moat. Everyone was together, working, talking, laughing, and even singing happily. The young man was proud, and sang his heart loudly to the girl he loved, expressing his affection for the girl. This kind of scene is really exciting.

The water has a strong unpleasant smell. The hemp, which has been soaked for a long time, is fished out of the water, washed off the slurry, and peeled off the hemp skin, which is quite hard labor. However, in this hard labor, the mood is very different when I can be with my beloved girl, talking and singing. The hard work turned into a warm gathering, and the song was full of joy.

The young man is singing affectionately:

There is a moat outside the east gate, which can be soaked in hemp and kudzu. A gentle and beautiful girl, meeting and singing with her.

There is a moat outside the east gate, and there is a lot of soaking in linen. A gentle and beautiful girl, talk and make peace with her.

There is a moat outside the east gate, soaked in soaking grass one by one. A gentle and beautiful girl, it is so happy to talk to her.

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"Yang of the East Gate": The man who was released the pigeon

The star, which in ancient times means morning star, disappears into the western sky at dusk and does not rise from the east until dawn. A couple made an appointment to meet at dusk, and the man waited there all night, and when the dawn stars appeared, and did not see the woman come to the meeting, this kind of anxiety and melancholy can be imagined.

The man who waited silently under the poplar tree, he had eaten dinner early, and came to the east gate to make an appointment with a happy heart. Such a date is both secret and novel in the hearts of the first lovers, and of course, there is a bit of shyness and excitement in the middle. Where the man stopped, there was a row of tall and tall poplars, and the poplars were lush and verdant. When dusk fell, the stars and moon appeared in the night sky, and a silvery white mist of light was sprinkled in the dark blue sky, and a swaying and colorful tree shadow was also reflected under the poplar trees at this time. The breeze blows, and the leaves of the trees are rustling, which is really a dreamlike painting. At this time, the man who is waiting for his sweetheart must be extremely wonderful in his heart. He may still be fantasizing about what good things will happen to his sweetheart when he comes.

However, when the man waits for his sweetheart for a long time and does not see him, this beautiful feeling will slowly disappear. The beautiful morning star, already high in the blue night sky, and the quiet world is all illuminated by this brilliant star, and this scene still seems to be beautiful. However, the date time was obviously at dusk, but it was already the early hours of the morning, and even the morning star was already shining in the eastern sky, but his sweetheart didn't know where it was. The anxiety after a long wait, as well as the frustration of infinite disappointment, had filled the man's heart at this time. Even the sound of the poplar tree, which was once like a song, turned into a sigh and sigh.

After waiting all night, you must be tired, so let's go home and sleep:

The big poplar outside the east gate, the leaves are singing in a low voice. Make an appointment to meet at dusk and wait until the stars go east.

The big poplar outside the east gate, Ye Er is sighing in his lungs. Make an appointment to meet at dusk and wait until the stars shine.

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