Poetry about the image of cuckoo

1. The image of cuckoo

The cuckoo bird has a black-gray body, white spots on its tail, and black horizontal stripes on its abdomen. In late spring and early summer, it often sings day and night. This is a beautiful, lovely, spiritual and magical beneficial bird. The cuckoo bird is also called Du Yu, Cuckoo, Zigui, Wangdi, Shu bird, etc. The image of the cuckoo bird has been often chanted by literati since ancient times. There are countless poems about it and its cultural connotations are rich and colorful.

1. To express the feeling of regretting and cherishing spring

Su Shi's "Huanxi Sand": "The sandy road among the pines is clean and mudless, and the raindrops are crying at dusk." The sandy road among the pine forests is extremely clean. The sound of dusk rain and the cuckoo's call echoed in the mud. Although the author was demoted to Huangzhou, he drew the joy of life from the natural scenery. The cuckoo bird here highlights the author's feelings of regretting and cherishing spring. From the scene to the emotion, the author goes against what people often lament about the passage of time, and comes up with the philosophy of "never sing the yellow chicken with gray hair", expressing the author's broad-minded thoughts and unswerving beliefs despite being in adversity. "Undressing the saddle and pillowing on the green poplar bridge, Du Yu's spring dawn sounds." (Su Shi's "Moon over the West River"), "I'm afraid that the sound of Zigui will reach my ears, and the shy swallows' whispers will penetrate the curtain." (Zhu Shuzhen's "Shangchun"), "Du Yuchun's sound After returning home, the lonely curtain is scratched by the moon." (Cao Xueqin's "A Dream of Red Mansions: Peach Blossom Journey"), "The cuckoo is speechless at dusk, and the lotus returns to cover the heavy door" (Cao Xueqin's "A Dream of Red Mansions: Song of Burial Flowers") are all borrowed. The cuckoo bird comes to express the feeling of cherishing the spring.

2. Expressing nostalgia and longing

Missing hometown and missing relatives has always been a major theme in literary works. "Huayang Guozhi" contains: "Zikui's shrill call is the most likely to arouse people's homesickness." The cuckoo's song is very similar to people saying: "It is better to go back." Therefore, the Zigui bird is also called Sigui or urging return. It can easily cause wanderers to feel homesick and miss their loved ones.

"When the poplar flowers have fallen and their children are crowing, I heard that the dragon crossed the Five Streams." (Li Bai's "I heard that Wang Changling moved to the left and the dragon passed away and there was this message") The sentence begins to describe the scene in front of you, in the desolate and desolate nature. The scenery embodies the sentimentality of farewell and twists and turns to convey the infinite longing and deep sympathy for friends.

Another example is Wang Wei's "Farewell to Zizhou Li Shijun": "Ten thousand valley trees are towering, and thousands of mountains are ringing with cuckoos."

Huang Tingjian's "Zui Penglai": "Du Yu's voice is urging When people arrive at dawn, it is better to go home."

Liu Yong's "Mr. An": "Listening to Du Yu's voice, it is better to go home." The above are all feelings of homesickness.

3. Confessing sorrow and sorrow

Du Yu is also called Emperor Wang. Legend has it that he was the king of Shu in the late Zhou Dynasty. He abdicated and retired to the mountains. Unfortunately, the country dies and the body dies, and after death the soul turns into a cuckoo bird. Every year in late spring when the rhododendrons bloom, they chirp on festive nights, screaming in agony until blood drips from their mouths. Its sound is mournful, so people use it to express their sorrow and sorrow.

"What did you hear in the morning and evening? The cuckoo crows and the blood ape cries." (Bai Juyi's "Pipa Journey") Here Bai Juyi was demoted to Jiangzhou, seeing off guests on a moonlit night, and hearing the story of the abandoned pipa girl, the poet I was so sad that I contacted myself again. I was exiled to Xunyang City where I was sick and surrounded by bitter bamboos. I heard the cuckoo cries of blood day and night. My sadness was endless.

Li Shangyin's "Jin Se" contains: "Zhuang Sheng was fascinated by butterflies in his dawn dream, and looked forward to the emperor's spring heart with cuckoos." The poet skillfully used the above allusions to write his own sorrow and sorrow vividly.

4. Feelings of danger and subjugation

Li Bai's "The Difficult Road to Shu" contains: "I also heard that Zigui cries about the moon at night, and worries about the empty mountains." The poet used the scenery to express his emotions, "Zigui cries. "Moon" is a natural scene with strong emotional color. It sets off the desolate atmosphere here and exaggerates the sorrow of travel and the majestic and majestic scene of desolate and dangerous ancient trees on Shu Road. Therefore, it has become a famous saying through the ages and has been widely circulated.

Li Yu's "Linjiang Immortal" contains: "Zigui cries to the moon in the west of the small building, with jade hooks and curtains, and the melancholy smoke hangs at dusk." It is said that Zigui was transformed by the soul of Du Yu, who lost his country, so people It is often used to express the sorrow of a subjugated country. Here the poet has had a premonition of the country's subjugation, and is extremely sad and melancholy, so he uses the vivid image of Zigui to convey the sound of the country's subjugation.

In short, the ancients used the image of cuckoo as a medium to express the poet's specific ideological content, which greatly enriched the connotation of ancient poetry and allowed us to appreciate a gorgeous and colorful picture. 2. "Zigui", also called cuckoo, is a very common image in ancient poetry. Let's talk about it with the following verses

Zigui: Another name for the cuckoo bird. Legend has it that it was transformed by the soul of Du Yu, Emperor of Shu. Chang Ye The song has a sad sound, so it is used to express sorrow and sorrow. The feeling of missing the motherland, hometown and relatives is also a metaphor for the national integrity of loyalty and unyielding death. "Piya·Shiniao": "Cuckoo, one name is Zigui." Du Fu of Tang Dynasty The poem "Zi Gui": "The mountains and trees on both sides are close together, and the water dragon cries all day long." The lyrics of "Shui Long Yin" by Chen Liang of the Song Dynasty: "The soul is in ecstasy again, the smoke is thin and the moon is thin, and the sound of Zi Gui is broken." Chapter 37 of "Water Margin": "Zigui crows on the branches at night, and the white butterflies in the garden stay in the flowers." Lu Xun's poem "Untitled": "Unexplained old dreams drive away drunkenness, and I remember Zigui alone in the shade of the lamp." [1] Tang Dynasty: Li Bai's poem "The Road to Shu is Difficult": " I also heard Zigui crying about the moon at night." 3. "Zigui" is also called cuckoo, which is a very common image in ancient poetry.

Zigui: another name for the cuckoo bird.

Legend has it that it was transformed by the soul of Shu Emperor Du Yu. It often chimes at night, and the sound is sad, so it is used to express sadness and sorrow. The feeling of missing the motherland, hometown and relatives is also a metaphor for the national integrity of loyalty and unyielding death.

"Piya·Shiniao": "The cuckoo is also known as Zigui." Du Fu's poem "Zigui" of the Tang Dynasty: "The mountains and trees on both sides are close together, and the cuckoo crows all day long."

Song Dynasty Chen Liang's "Water Dragon Song" lyrics: "The ecstasy is coming again, the moon is thin and the smoke is thin, and Zigui's voice is broken." Chapter 37 of "Water Margin": "On the branches, Zigui cries at night moon, and in the garden, white butterflies stay in the flowers."

Lu Xun's poem "Untitled": "Unexplained old dreams drive away drunkenness, and I remember Zigui alone in the shade of the lamp." [1] Tang Dynasty: Li Bai's poem "The Road to Shu is Difficult": "I also heard Zigui crying about the moon at night." 4. Can you provide me with the imagery of the poem?

The pines, plums, bamboos and chrysanthemums convey nobility and purity, and I use the moon to support the wild geese to express my nostalgia for my hometown.

The cuckoos and partridges cry sadly, and the sycamore leaves fall with sadness. When we say goodbye, the willows in the long pavilion are still lingering, and the falling flowers and flowing water carry melancholy.

The crows and swallows rise and fall, the vegetation is still moving. 1. "Pine, Plum, Bamboo and Chrysanthemum" embodies nobility: Pine, plum, bamboo and chrysanthemum are the embodiment of noble conduct and fearlessness of evil. The ancients often used these four images to express noble sentiments.

Liu Zhen's "Gift to Congdi" said: "Don't you suffer from the cold, because pines and cypresses have their own nature." Wang Ji's "Ode to Bamboo" said: "There are special characteristics in the cold year, which are different from ordinary plants and trees. "

Yuan Zhen's poem "Chrysanthemum" says: "It's not that chrysanthemums are preferred among flowers, but there will be no flowers when the flowers are in full bloom." There are also many poems about plum blossoms, such as "I knew it was not snow from a distance, because there was a faint fragrance."

"It fell into mud and was crushed into dust, but only the fragrance remains the same." The 2004 Beijing volume examined Su Shi's "Red Plum", this poem shows the noble character of red plums that are not afraid of severe cold and do not compete with peaches and apricots for spring.

2. Borrowing the "moon" to ask the "goose" to miss his hometown. The bright moon in the sky often arouses the homesickness of wanderers and arouses the poet's longing for the future. For example: Li Bai's "Silent Night Thoughts" "Raise your head to look at the bright moon, lower your head to the bright moon" "Missing my hometown", Du Fu's "Moonlight Night Remembering My Brother" "The dew is white tonight, the moon is bright in my hometown", and Su Shi's "People have joys and sorrows, and the moon waxes and wanes" all express the poet's homesickness. Wild geese are migratory birds, and ancient poems often use the scene of wild geese flying south to describe the homesickness of wanderers abroad.

The poem included in the Chinese language paper of the Hubei College Entrance Examination in 2004 was Wang Wan's "Under the Cibeigu Mountain". The last two sentences of the poem read: "Where can I get my hometown letter? Return to Luoyang."

The poet is wandering and wandering. When will he return to his hometown? Even the poet himself in the boat does not know. , so he had to place his hope in the wild geese returning north in the spring light to deliver a message for him. The image of returning geese expresses the author's longing for home.

3. "Cuckoo" and "Partridge" cry sadly. The cuckoo is also known as Zigui, Du Yu, etc. In ancient mythology, Du Yu, the king of Shu (ie Wangdi), lived in seclusion after giving way to his ministers. In the mountains and forests, after death, the soul turns into a cuckoo, and it is said that the cuckoo's cry is like "it's better to go back", so the cuckoo in ancient poems has become a symbol of desolation and sadness. The 2004 National Volume II Poetry Appreciation question examines Yan Jidao's "Partridge Sky": "Partridge Sky" by Yan Jidao Ten miles of pavilions are leaning on the green, and cuckoos are singing deep in the flowers.

Talking diligently to passers-by is not like a wandering oriole taking a second flight. Wake up from a startling dream, when it clears up.

The sound is just a way to go home. How can it be that there is no intention to return to the end of the world, and the return date cannot be expected.

The question asks: In this poem, why does the author describe the cuckoo's cry? The answer to this question should start with the cry of the cuckoo. The poem also mentions that "the sound is just a way to go home", which expresses the author's longing for home after wandering. The image of "partridge" appearing in ancient poetry often conveys a sad meaning.

For example, Li Bai's "Visiting the Ancients in Yue Zhong": "The palace maids are like flowers all over the spring palace, but now only partridges are flying." 4. The falling leaves of "Wutong" reveal the sadness. The ancient saying goes, "One leaf falls to know the autumn." ", talking about the falling leaves of the sycamore tree.

It is a common technique used by the ancients to use Wutong trees to describe the sadness of autumn. The 2004 Fujian Volume Poetry Appreciation title is Zhu Shuzhen's "Autumn Night", which contains the image of "Wu Tong": The sleepless night is clear in the autumn, and the candles are frequently cut and ready for the third night.

The bed is filled with cool moonflower trees, and the moon shines brightly in the gaps in the parasol trees. In this poem, the cool bed, moon shadow and sycamore trees all create a lonely mood.

5. "Changting" and "willow" are used in classical poetry. Willows are often associated with separation. In "Plucking Wei" in "The Book of Songs", it is written: "I have left in the past, willows Yiyi; now I come to think about it, the rain and snow are falling. "The swaying shape of the weak willow best conveys the feeling of being reluctant to leave when relatives and friends leave.

In addition, "Liu" and "Liu" are also homophonic. The pavilion was a place for the ancients to say farewell, so it is also an image that often appears in farewell poems.

6. Falling "flowers" and flowing "water" convey sadness. The falling "flowers" make people feel pity and sadness, while the "water" flowing can be noisy or soothing. It is endless and the most arousing people's sadness. Therefore, in ancient times, Falling flowers and flowing water are often used in poetry to express sadness. For example, Li Yu's "Yu Meiren": "When did the spring flowers and autumn moon come? How much do you know about the past?" , a kind of lovesickness, two places of sorrow."

7. "Crow" and "Swallow" are related to the rise and fall of crows. This bird often appears in graves and other places, and is often regarded as an ominous omen. Poets often use " The image of "crow" creates an atmosphere of decay. Because of its characteristic of being nostalgic for the old nest, swallows have become a symbol of classical poetry to express changes in current events and express feelings about the rise and fall of history.

There are many college entrance examination questions that appear in the image of "crow", such as: "Danyang Sends Wei off to Join the Army" in Hubei Volume 2006, "Looking south of the Yangtze River and north of the Yangtze River at night, jackdaws fly across the water leisurely", 2006 Jiangsu Volume "Partridge Sky" "Mountains meet the water, the water is bright with clouds, and the remaining light in the forest can be seen returning to crows." In 2007, Zhejiang published a comparative appreciation question, which included Liu Yuxi's "Wo Yi Xiang", Wu Ji's "The Full Moon" and the Yuan Dynasty song "Sheep on the Hillside".

"Swallow", the three works all use the image of "swallow" to express a deep sense of rise and fall. 8. "Grass and trees" are still changing in personnel and affairs. Grass and trees are evergreen, but personnel and affairs have quietly changed.

Ancient poetry often uses "grass and trees" to express feelings about the changes in things and people and the rise and fall of history. For example, in "Yangzhou Slowness", "Ten miles past the spring breeze, all the shepherds and wheat are green."

The 2007 Hubei Volume Poetry Appreciation title "Passing Huaqing Palace" also uses the image of trees: "The jade chariot has ascended to heaven and everyone has died, but only the trees in the Forbidden City will live forever.".

5. How to write and interpret the cuckoo image in ancient poems

The cuckoo bird is also known as Du Yu, Wangdi, Zigui, and Cuckoo. In ancient mythology, Du Yu (i.e. Wangdi), the king of Shu, was forced to give up his throne to His ministers lived in seclusion in the mountains and forests, and after death their souls transformed into cuckoos.

As a result, the cuckoo in ancient poetry has become a symbol of desolation and sadness, and is often associated with sorrow. Because the cry sounds like "it's better to go back", it is often used to express the feeling of missing one's hometown and express the sadness of separation; the image of the cuckoo crying for blood is used to express the loyalty and patriotism of the people who care about the country; because when the cuckoo crows, the spring flowers It has already fallen, and the poet also uses the appearance of cuckoos to lament the fact that the flowers have withered and spring has returned.

Li Bai's "The Road to Shu is Difficult": "I also heard Zigui singing on a moonlit night, and I was worried about the empty mountains." Bai Juyi's "Pipa Xing": "The cuckoo sings and the snow ape mourns." The sad cry of the cuckoo can always touch the poet's sadness.

The first sentence is written as the scenery before the eyes. The sad feeling of parting is expressed in the desolate natural scenery.

Three or four sentences express the infinite nostalgia and deep sympathy for friends with rich imagination about the bright moon.