The Tang Dynasty is a dynasty that created idols and stars, and it is also an era of idolization. Among many big stars, several great poets, Li Bai, have the most fans. Among many fans of Li Bai, Wei Wan is the most famous one. In order to catch a glimpse of the poet, he started from the king of Wu mentioned in A Mountain of Yugong and pursued his idol persistently. After half a year and three thousand miles, I finally caught up with the great poet in Guangling (now Yangzhou, Jiangsu). Wei Wan was introduced to meet Li Bai. He is travel-stained, with tears streaming down his face, and his hands are holding the 48-rhyme "Awaiting Li Hanlin's Immortals in Jinling" which took a year to write. Please correct me. Li Bai was deeply moved by this, and reciprocated with "Send Wu Wangshan and Wei Wan to the Palace and Order" in one go 120 rhyme, and returned Wei Wan to encourage the young man.
Du Fu's "fans" are not as good as Li Baiduo, but his piety is not bad at all. A poet named Zhang Ji worshipped him. He believed that "everything you eat can make up for anything", so he burned Du Fu's poems to ashes, added cream and honey, and drank them every meal like tonic, hoping that he could write equally excellent works after drinking Du Fu's poems.
In the poetic world of the prosperous Tang Dynasty, Wang Changling was famous for his four wonders. Once demoted to the Dragon Label (now Qianyang, Hunan), life was extremely difficult. The old servant who followed him had to pick up fallen leaves and branches along the road for firewood. But his poems are famous all over the world, and people often bow down at the roadside and ask him for poems. Rainbow Changling,
Jia Dao is also a poet. He was poor and unhappy before his death, but his poems became famous after his death. There are many admirers behind him, one of whom is a poet in the late Tang Dynasty.
Dong is "bitter wood and knife". He wore a piece of copper with Jia Dao's head engraved on his turban and held a rosary for Jia Dao. Every time he hears that someone likes Jia Dao, he will personally copy Jia Dao's poems and give them to him. He also repeatedly reminded: "This is no different from Buddhist scriptures. Burn incense and worship Buddha." Sun Sheng, a native of Southern Tang Dynasty, is also one of Jia Dao's fans. He worked as a Taoist in Lushan Jianji Palace, and specially painted a portrait of Jia Dao to hang on the wall, offering it day and night, and engaging in personality worship.
None of the above is as crazy as Bai Juyi's groupies. There is a street pawn named Ge Qing in Jingzhou. Some cultures call themselves "good white poems" and "stab Bai Juyi's poems down more than 30 places from the neck". Even Bai Juyi's poems are engraved on his back, with pictures and illustrations. "If people ask them, they will know that they can blame and be complacent." Because he often walks barefoot in the street, singing and dancing, people call him "Bai Sheren's poetry and painting". Idolize was chased to pieces, so naked that he was the only one.
In the Song Dynasty, the emperor's favorite superstars were Su Shi and Su Dongpo. Because his poems have great influence, he knows the taste of life very well. So imitation shows appeared in China, and related star products were developed, such as Dongpo meat, Dongpo cake, Dongpo fish, Dongpo pot and so on. Among Dongpo series products, the most successful one is "Zizhan Hat". This kind of tall hat that Su Shi likes to wear was imitated by the scholar-officials and became the weather vane to lead the tide leaders.
Among Su Shi's many fans, there is a man named Zhang, who is plain in appearance but has a beautiful wife. Zhang likes Su Shi's works best. In order to appreciate Su Shi's poems, he can even turn a blind eye to his beautiful wife for the air. His wife finally got fed up and divorced. "Divorced" Zhang is still stubborn and reads Su Shi's books with relish every day. There are also many women among Su Dongpo's admirers. It is said that when he was working in Hangzhou, he was drinking with his friends by the West Lake one day. A woman in her thirties admired him, but ignored the accusations of "women's morality" and in-laws. She rented a boat to visit Su Shi, play the piano for him and ask him for poems. In ancient times, it took considerable courage to give and accept that men and women did not kiss.
Xu Wei, a painter in the Ming Dynasty, was named "Old Ivy". He is brilliant and outstanding in poetry and painting. Qing dynasty painter
Zheng Banqiao was full of praise for his works, and offered fifty taels of silver to buy one of his pomegranates. He also ruled the Indian side, saying that "running dogs under the Ivy League" showed deep admiration and strong admiration.
Qi Baishi is also a fanatic admirer of Xu Wei. He once said, "I hate grinding ink and paper for the green vine 300 years ago."