original text
Peach flies away, burning its splendor. The son belongs to the family, and it is appropriate to stay at home.
When the peach dies, there is a flaw. In fact. The girl is going to get married, and the heir of the early child will prosper.
Peach die, its Ye Zhenzhen ⑥. The girl is going to get married, and Comix is in harmony.
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(1) Yao Yao: lush appearance.
② Burning: The bright appearance of bloom. Hua: Flowers.
Son of 3: This girl (1: demonstrative pronoun, this; Zi: It can refer to people in general. Gui: In ancient times, it was called "Yu Gui" when a woman got married, or simply "Gui", which meant going to her husband's house.
④ Appropriate: harmony and kindness. Wives: refers to couples.
⑤ fén: There are many fruits.
⑥ Pastor (zhēn): The appearance of lush leaves.
translation
Peach trees are lush and green, and the flowers are in full bloom. This girl has been married, which will make the family smooth and happy.
Green and lush peach trees, plump fresh peaches are full of branches. This girl has been married, which will make the family harmonious and happy.
Peach trees are lush and green, and their leaves are dense. This girl has been married, which will make husband and wife grow old together.
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"Taoyao" is an article in The Book of Songs, National Style and Nan Zhou, which is a wedding song, that is, a song to send a bride. On the wedding day, the bridesmaid sent the bride out, and everyone surrounded the bride and walked to the groom's house, singing: "Peach flies away, burning its splendor ..." The bright red peach blossoms are more beautiful than the bride's beautiful appearance. How can the family not be happy when they marry such a girl? The peach tree full of fruits is a metaphor that the bride will give birth to more children for her husband's family (the old concept that many children are more blessed) and make her family prosperous. Peach trees with dense branches and leaves will make the family flourish forever. Throughout, we compare the beautiful youth of the newlyweds with red peach blossoms, plump and delicious peach fruits and lush peach leaves, and wish their love as beautiful as peach blossoms and evergreen as peach trees. This poem uses the method of repeating chapters and sentences, each chapter has the same structure, only a few words are replaced, so it is repeatedly praised and the rhyme is lingering; Beautiful phrases blend with the beauty of the bride and the joy of love, which very aptly renders the festive atmosphere of the wedding.
Creation background
As for the background of this poem, Preface to Mao's Poems thinks it has something to do with empresses and kings. Fang Yurun refuted this view in The Primitive Book of Songs, arguing that "it is too pedantic to be poetic". Modern scholars generally don't take the view of Preface to Mao's Poems, but think it is a poem to congratulate a young girl on her marriage. Some people also put forward a new view that this poem is the lyrics of the ancestors' exorcism sacrifice, and its content is to exorcise ghosts and gods, make them return to their homes, and pray for it to bless their loved ones on earth.
Artistic feature
The first two sentences of each chapter are the happy sentences of the whole poem, which are based on the branches, flowers, leaves and reality of peach trees to celebrate the prime of life of men and women and get married in time. Yao Jiheng's "General Theory of the Book of Songs" in Qing Dynasty: "Peach blossoms are the most colorful, so they are used as metaphors for women, and the ancient ci poems are dedicated to the ancestors of beauty." This image was repeatedly used by later poets. The poem uses repeated sentences and repeated praises, which is more integrated with the atmosphere of the wedding and sets off the happy life of the newlyweds, which not only embodies the style of ballads, but also embodies the characteristics of the countryside. "Wen Xin Diao Long": "Therefore, the peach blossom is fresh in the shape of' burning',' Yiyi' looks like a willow, and' Dun' looks like the sunrise ..." In short, although this poem is not long, it has its own unique personality, and it embodies the customs and customs unique to the ancestors' society, which nourishes the literary creation of later generations.
The Book of Songs, the earliest collection of poems at the beginning of China's ancient poetry, collected poems from the early years of the Western Zhou Dynasty to the middle of the Spring and Autumn Period (pre 1 1 century to the 6th century), with ***3 1 1 articles, of which 6 were sheng poems, that is, only titles.