There is a poetry circle in Xi'an

There are six major heritage parks in Qujiang, Xi'an, including sightseeing spots. The Poetry Circle is among them, and I like to visit.

In the northwest corner of Qujiangchi Heritage Park, there is a small square with a big sign held up by huge pillars in the middle, which reads in large Chinese characters: "Tang Dynasty City Wall Heritage Park."

< p> Continue heading west from the small square, wait for the red light, cross the road, and arrive at the Heritage Park.

The park is a long garden 60 to 70 meters wide between two roads, which looks like two miles of land. There are many trees, sometimes bamboos are planted, and there are benches under the bamboos. The grass is elegant. The trails are winding and interesting, and the main roads can be used for walking quickly. Tang poems are often engraved on stones, stone pillars, stone tablets, stone drums and other methods in gardens. Chen Ziang recited poems from Youzhou Taiwan on the steel sculptures, and the figures were made hollow, so that anyone could insert themselves into the ancients who had never been seen before or who would never come again.

There is a "Tang Poetry Maze" at the beginning. The walls are built with earth-red cement to form a square maze. The walls are filled with works from "Three Hundred Tang Poems". Most of the time there is no one around, so you can read quietly. What I like most is the entrance. The first page of "Three Hundred Tang Poems" is engraved in the original thread-bound book layout with green characters, and is paired with the original style relief of movable type printing next to it. It feels antique. Just stand there and take a photo, no matter how you take it, it will look good.

The foundation of the city wall of the Tang Dynasty is also at the beginning. There is a pit in the ground covered with glass, allowing people to look down at history. As soon as I stood on the edge, I felt the vicissitudes of life - the surroundings were bright and bright, but the pit was dark. It took my eyes a long time to adjust before I could clearly see the dark bricks and stones from 1300 to 400 years ago. I remembered watching a hospital in Rome on TV. An ancient Roman ruin was in the middle of the hospital. The hospital was built in the front and the ruins were discovered in the back. The Italians did not demolish the hospital to protect the ruins, nor did they cover up the ruins in order to collect money for medical treatment. Instead, they made the hospital's corridors into large transparent glass that surrounds the ruins. People who go to see a doctor also pay homage to history. Well done. Only when history and reality coexist can we see the weight of time and feel the roots of culture. And, it was inadvertently. Also, maybe people will have a real nostalgia for the past when they are sick - the body turns out to be a carrier of the success or failure of one's own family. How you treat yourself may be how you treat history and culture. I think the treatment method of this Datang ruins is somewhat similar - in real fitness activities, you suddenly see a piece of China's past body. The city wall is used to defend against foreign enemies, and a healthy body is used to resist disease. How to build our own city walls? Those who are profound can think about it.

I'm going too far again. Keep running the account. Along this long heritage park, which is also the fitness garden, continue walking west, and then cross a road to cross the crosswalk, and reach the second part of the park. In the middle of the garden, with lush trees and green grass, is the "Poetry Circle".

Look, I introduced it clearly enough today. Many friends see where I go and write some words, and they ask me: Where is it? How to get there? It seems that I should be a guide or tour guide. In fact, I am often just a passerby. When I see a piece of grass on the roadside, I may squat down to make a fuss, take pictures and recite poems. I'm not a tour guide. I love being a troubadour. I like to fuss over myself. Let me tell you, if you want to know where any tourist attraction is, no matter whether it is Chinese or foreign, you can check it online. Maps, directions, traffic conditions, accommodation and food, prices, everything is included, and everything you need is available. There is only one thing that may not be included in those tour guide introductions - feelings, or experiences. Because a practical tour guide website does not provide a literary experience. And literature only provides language. It depends on which one you want. I like language. Also, experience, this thing, is best done when you don’t understand the situation at all. You are blind, confused, confused, guessing and explaining randomly. At this time, you will be the best. Rich. I've never bothered much with looking at maps myself. This may be a mistake. However, traveling, strolling, and having fun, what is this? Need efficiency in the office or workshop? It's the most fun to mobilize your body in all directions to touch, collide, see, smell, think, guess, doubt, and imagine. Anyway, I’m not a travel planner, so why should I know it so well? I'm not a tourist attraction seller, so I'm not responsible for whether you have a good trip or not. Therefore, the travel texts I write often make some people feel itchy - where are they? Where? Hey, I won’t tell you, I’ll just talk about my messy experiences. If you don't understand, you will pay more attention to your own experience rather than ready-made knowledge.

But I behaved myself today, didn’t I? Until now, you still clearly know the specific location of Qujiang Poetry Circle in Xi'an. Don't blame me for not explaining it clearly next time, lest you have to ask again: Where is such a good place? Why can't I find it?

Okay, let’s enjoy the poetry circle. Round. About fifty meters in diameter. It is said to be an altar, but in fact it is a double-layered wall circle. That kind of circular wall is similar to the circular red wall of the Temple of Heaven in Beijing. Anyone who has been to the Temple of Heaven has the experience of feeling the echo there. I estimate that this poetry forum is an architectural work that learned from and amplified the Echo Wall of the Temple of Heaven. The walls are made of granite and can be up to three meters high. The top is decorated with simple patterns. In the outer circle, excerpts from Zhang Xu's "Four Ancient Poems" are engraved, which can be admired from a distance, making the dignified stone lively and lively. There are a dozen floor lamps at night, so elegant. The inner wall of the outer circle and the inside and outside of the inner circle are all engraved in long scrolls with the works of the most famous poets of the Tang Dynasty, including Li Du, Xiao Li Du, Wang Meng, Cen Gao and Yuan Bai. Most of them are Qilu. Unfortunately, in order to take care of today's people's cultural level, only computer-style regular script characters were used, and the spacing method of modern typesetting was retained, without the flavor of calligraphy. I think that although the words on the wall here are not necessarily written in the handwriting of famous calligraphers, they can be like the engravings in Qujiang Pond or the Big Wild Goose Pagoda. Between the poem scrolls, there are several large seal characters decorated with patterns - moan and groan. Do you understand? These poems are meant to be sung. In the middle of the inner circle is a low-lying round altar, which is also like the central round altar of the Temple of Heaven. You can climb up to the altar by going down three steps.

When I speak here, my voice is broad and clear, with a slight echo, which is really nice to hear. When you chant a word, you seem to see it galloping away along the circular stone wall with the wind and thunder, running many times in an instant. The last sound behind is still lingering, and the sound wave in front has already swirled, rolling and rolling, and the rhyme is mixed. Melting, wrapped in the open air, unable to break out, they can only chase each other, superimpose, and the sound is exciting. The drama began in the Colosseum of ancient Greece. The gladiator's cry rang out from the Colosseum in ancient Rome. The sound began to compete, and the bell was ringing.

Every time I come here, I must look at the poems on the wall and recite a few. Sometimes, when no one is bothering me, I even record and videotape. It was mostly undisturbed because so few people came in. Well, you can do whatever you want. I don’t know classical chanting. But in Mandarin, I can often recite to myself the poetry I experience when teaching the text. For example, when reciting the four words "accumulating rain and empty forest" written by Wang Wei, "accumulation" can be as deep as possible. "Empty" is enough to extend to the empty place. Very enjoyable. This time, it was night, cold, and no one came for a long time. When I read Du Zimei's "Climbing High", I read out all the meaning of guiding students in class. In my opinion, "hardship hates frosty temples", it is one word at a time, and every word breaks the heart of Du Fu, an old homeless man who is sick and alone in the boat. I just let go of my voice as much as possible and read - "difficult - difficult - bitter - hate - complicated - frost - temples -". Well, it seems that Du Fu is here to help.

However, I like the poems about Du Fu living in Chengdu, receiving support from his friend Yan Wu, and living a good life, such as "A Guest Arrives". There is spring water in the south and north of the house, but I can see a flock of gulls coming every day. As soon as I thought about it, there was spring water everywhere.

I regret that I can't come here to take a Chinese class. I think it would be wonderful if primary school Chinese teachers in Xi'an brought their students here to read poetry and spend the winter vacation. It would be very exciting if my small town of Jiuquan could build such a poetry forum in the Century Plaza and specially carve and recite frontier poems. Of course, if my Jiuquan Middle School had one like this, even if it was made of concrete, it would be high-end. I also thought that even if the ancient capital Chang'an or Xi'an produced such good things, there would still be only a few people who read poetry. That’s fine, it’s more interesting if I read it alone.

One time an old couple came in and listened to me read. They were very surprised: wow, the sound here is really good! They sang Peking Opera. My wife sings at a professional level. It's just that this is the poetry world.

More often, a big family comes in, a group of people come in, old and young. When I knew there was an echo effect here, I started screaming randomly, like, wow, wow, wow, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah. Children are learning dogs, Wang Wangwang, who are appreciated by adults, and they are even more powerful.

More people are silent, shy and silent. He stood for a while, feeling depressed, and then went out.

To recite poetry in this poetry forum, it is best to go early in the morning. If it’s a weekend, the earlier you go the better – there won’t be more traffic on the streets. If you go at night, it's more suitable after nine o'clock, as the crowds have mostly gone home and dispersed.

Winter is better than summer. There are so many people practicing here in summer that they are all around. Children will run in screaming from time to time, making things difficult for you. When the adults came in, they were not interested in poetry, and they kept making noises for a while. In winter, they go home in the cold, and if you like a little bourgeoisie, you can come and have some sex. If you come to Xi'an to travel, during the day, you will visit Huashan Mountain, Zhongnan Mountain, Qianling Terracotta Warriors and Horses, and listen to the awesome stories of Yang Guifei and Wu Zetian. Well, in the evening, after eating, taking a shower, and resting for a while, the people traveling with you will They’ve all gone to watch TV, hunkered down in bed, scrolled through their mobile phones to post on Moments, and had some chicken soup for the soul. It’s around nine o’clock, well, you can come to the poetry forum and reflect on ancient times. If someone asks you, don't speak so politely that it will make people's skin crawl. You said: Go out and wander around, hehe, wander around. In other words, it’s just silly, haha, hahahaha. But in the poetry world, I can recite poems alone and appreciate the feeling of my own good voice, so I can quietly do it all by myself, okay?

On the Internet and on WeChat, the most I read are people forwarding Chinese studies posts, a book, a cup of tea, and so on. But when we talk about Chinese studies, we have to read the "Disciple Rules" to others. Hey, Tang poetry is not worse than that disciple Gui, right? It’s so good to recite Tang poetry.

Where to read? Xi'an, Qujiang, poetry circle.

There is a piece of green grass hidden in your throat

Bai Juyi is waiting to recite poems

You don’t want to talk today

Only willing

Give your breath to the unique sentences

Your voice escapes on a horse

From those files

< p> From a book of mock test questions

From street slogans

From clear rules

Rhythm

Unscrewing stainless steel screws< /p>

Imprisoned words

Beginning to moan their own notes

A chanted prison

Became a ruin covered with wild flowers< /p>