The beauty of the festival · Xiaoshu 丨 "hot" and "cool" in the small summer poems

Xinhua News Agency, Tianjin, July 6th (Reporter Zhou Runjian) On July 7th, it will usher in the summer heat. At this time, there is a special node. After entering, the humid and hot weather makes people always feel sticky and uncomfortable. In ancient times, how did the ancient people describe the heat of the ancient people without electric fans and air conditioners? How does it express the cool summer? Let's walk into the small summer poems and find the answer.

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Although it is only a "small" word, the combination with "summer" means the unavailable heat.

In the eyes of the Tang Dynasty poet Wang Wei's eyes, this kind of heat is not only difficult, but all natural things have suffered. He wrote in "Bittering": "The red sun is full of heaven and earth, the fire clouds become mountains. Ze is exhausted. "

Facing the heat, the poet Lu You of the Southern Song Dynasty also described the feeling of being "steamed" and "sauna" in "Bittering". Outside the atmosphere, sit and steam in the cooked 甑. "

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It is also expressed "as if it is in the steamer", while the poets of the Southern Song Dynasty were even more described as a layer of retro described: "A big kiln in heaven and earth, yang charcoal cooking June.

hot! How to cool down the summer? Reading the poems of the ancients depicting Xiaoshu, mostly the pleasures of the coolness after the rain, the lotus, the night wind, and the bright moon, such as "the lotus breeze gives the aroma, the bamboo dew is clear." Breeze. "Wait.

In order to eliminate the heat, the ancients also rack their brains, and "developed" a lot of "artifacts", such as fans, cold drinks, icebooks, porcelain pillows, cold stalks (cold seats), etc. These "artifacts" are also reflected in poetry, such as "thin thinness Saleid kitchen, light feathers. Pillow cold and cooling deep courtyard. "

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The most highly respected by the literati is the five -character motto of "quietness and natural coolness". "The heat is stated by the heart, Liangsheng is the air." The Tang Dynasty poet Bai Juyi said the true meaning of "heart quietness and natural coolness", telling the world to maintain a peaceful mentality, not to be disturbed by the outside world, and feel cold when he is quiet.

The small summer is coming, and the curtain of the "Sanfu" is about to open. Facing the turbulent waves of the sky, the coolness of the summer may not be in the dense forest, but deep in the heart. The heat is not avoided, but the people's heart can be quiet.

[Editor in charge: Zhao Yang]

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