The meanings and symbols of cicada are: nobility and spirituality; Resurrection and eternal life; Fate is rough and so on. Cicada lived in the old soil when she was a child. After years of hunger, she appeared and became an adult.
Cicada is an insect with many kinds. The male's abdomen has a sound generator, which can constantly make sharp sounds. Cicadas live in the world from warm fields to tropics (about 2000 species of cicadas have been recorded). Some species distributed in desert areas, when their body temperature is overheated, will discharge excess water from the back plate (tergum), thus achieving the effect of cooling and dissipating heat.
Larvae live in the soil and suck the juice from the roots of plants. Adults suck the juice of plants. After many years, it appeared and became an adult. Since the Han Dynasty, people have used the appearance of cicadas as a metaphor for human rebirth! Therefore, after the Han dynasty, it was popular to put the jade cicada in the mouth of the deceased as a funerary object, called cicada, which means that the spirit will never die and it will be reborn when the time comes!
From June to July every year, pupae will become adults in just a few days, and then lay eggs. From the beginning of eggs to the process of nymphs living underground, until the last time they shell and become adults, they will make a scene in the trees. This period usually takes one to two years. Cicada is rich in chitin, protein, amino acids and organic acids.
Poems about cicadas:
A "cicada":
Cicada, the messenger of summer, the symbol of vitality,
Wait quietly, waiting for the change of time.
The long night has passed and the short life is coming to an end.
The cicada fluttered its wings and played the last symphony.
The branch of the green leaf safflower, it is lonely,
Only by singing and making the last sound.
We stopped and listened attentively,
This warm summer is more energetic and moving.
As time goes by, there is no cicada singing anymore.
Youth is gone forever.
However, the memory left by cicadas is hard to erase.
Awaken those wandering and tired hearts.
Cicada is the representative of the season and the symbol of life.
In its music, we have gained beautiful and touching memories.
Even though cicadas have a short life span,
It tells us with the most beautiful and noisy music that life never leaves.
Appreciation: This "Cicada" is an inspiring poem. Through the description of cicadas, this poem expresses profound themes such as the beauty and brevity of life, the change of time and the passage of youth.
The poem begins with a clear meaning, praising cicada as a messenger of summer and a symbol of vitality, and portraying cicada as a silent life waiting for time to change. Then, the poet described the last symphony of cicada at the end of life, which made us feel the beauty and end of life. Poetry points out the shortness of life and the flow of time with the phrase "Youth is gone, never to return".
The whole poem is full of philosophy and thinking, depicting the brevity and brilliance of life, but it also tells us that life has never left, and we have gained beautiful and moving memories in the music of cicadas. Let's sigh that life is short and appreciate the beauty of life forever.