The Meaning of Liangzhou Ci

Meaning: Poetry shows the generous and cheerful character of soldiers with a joyful feast. The sound of the next night touched the soldiers' homesickness and showed a tragic mood of death with a bold and broad-minded pen.

Poetry: Liangzhou Ci Tang Dynasty: William Wang

Wine luminous glass, want to drink pipa, hurry up immediately. Don't laugh when you are drunk on the battlefield. How many people fought in ancient times?

In the middle of Qin dynasty, flowers and birds had stopped, and the sandstorm outside the Great Wall was still cold. Listening to Hu family folding willows at night reminds people of Chang 'an.

At the banquet, mellow wine was served in a luminous cup, and geisha played a cheerful pipa to entertain. The soldiers were filled with pride at the thought of going across the battlefield to kill the enemy and serve the country. Even if you get drunk on the battlefield, what's the harm? This time I went out to serve my country, and I didn't intend to come back alive.

It's late spring, and my hometown must be full of flowers, lush foliage and early fruits. Birds have built their sweet nests and are scrambling to feed and brood. But the Great Wall is still windy, dusty and cold. At night, the soldiers can't help but recall fond memories of their hometown when they hear the bleak Hu Jian song "Folding Willow".

Extended data background:

Most of the Seven Unique Poems in Tang Dynasty are Yuefu Ci, and Liangzhou Ci is one of them. It is sung according to Liangzhou local music. From the title, Liangzhou belongs to the northwest border; From the content point of view, wine was a specialty of the western regions at that time, luminous cup was introduced from the western regions, pipa was produced in the western regions, and Hu Jia was a popular musical instrument in the northwest region. These are all related to the customs of the northwest frontier fortress. This group of seven wonders is just a group of beautiful frontier poems.

Appreciate:

Poetry captures some characteristics of frontier fortress scenery, describes the psychological activities of soldiers with passionate strokes, sonorous tones and dazzling words, and reflects the living conditions of frontier fortress soldiers with the voices of Yan Wan and Hu Jia. The poetic style is desolate and tragic, but it is not low. Chivalrous tenderness is the voice of a strong man, or the echo of the prosperous Tang Dynasty.