The original text of the chanting and dancing poem:

The wind returns to the sleeves, and the sun reflects the flowers. Sympathy relies on the pillar, and the shadow of love goes to the dangerous string. Appreciation of Chanting and Dance Poems

The scribes of the Southern Dynasties often wrote about beauties and singing about singing and dancing. Most of these poems used beautiful words to describe women's colors, clothing, singing postures, and dancing styles. It's too gaudy and frivolous. Although Wang Jian, a poet of the Liang Dynasty, was not exempt from vulgarity, he also wrote "Yong and Dance", but in terms of artistic expression, this little poem is unique and unconventional.

Abandoning the imitation of the characters’ appearance and focusing on conveying their spirit and emotions from their movements is the innovation in the conception of this poem. One or two lines of the poem use extremely concise writing and ink to combine reality with virtuality, highlighting the dancer's superb dancing skills. An old proverb goes: Long sleeves are good at dancing. The author only starts from Qixiu, and when he writes the word "Hui", the arms can stretch freely and the body can be gyrated like flying. There is no wind in the tall halls and mansions, but the light and skittering dance steps and the rapidly fluttering skirts make the flat ground generate wind on its own. "From the wind back to the beautiful sleeves", readers seem to hear the sudden sound of the wind and see the graceful dancing posture of the long sleeves criss-crossing each other and the colorful sleeves. Tiantian is a flower-shaped headdress made of gold, jade, beads and jade. The turning of the flower blossom depends on the turning of the cloud servant girl, and the turning of the cloud servant girl depends on the turning of the head and the whole body. "Reflecting the Sun and Turning the Flowers", the bright sunshine shines through the Yudo Qi window, reflecting the flowers that are moving left and right, high and low, making the pearls shine and dazzling. Just a little imagination and you will be dazzled. There is not a single word in the two sentences that describes how the dancers move their hands and feet, and only the sleeves, earrings, etc. are inked, and the dancer's expression is fully revealed. In addition, the use of four verbs in ten words also creates a strong sense of rapid rhythm, making the picture really lively like a "singing and dancing hall".

If the first two sentences focus on conveying the spirit through movement, then the last two sentences express emotions through the coordination and response of dance and music. A pillar is a wooden frame on which strings are supported on stringed instruments such as the zither. The closer the columns are, the tighter the strings will be, so it is called promoting columns. Wei, originally a tall and majestic appearance, is used here to describe the rapid syllables, so the meaning of Wei string is the same as that of Ji string. "Sympathy rests on the pillars, and the shadow of love goes to the dangerous strings." The previous sentence means that the feelings of love are connected with the emotions expressed in the music. In modern terms, it means that the vocabulary of dance and the vocabulary of music are in harmony and integrated into one. . The dance of *** in the last sentence is full of excitement in the music. Even her shadow on the ground seems to be infected and has an active life, and is high-spirited and excited along with her. "Yi" shows that the woman changes her dancing posture and adjusts her movements according to the emotional ups and downs and rhythm changes of the music. The word "Yi" contains endless changes in dance postures. "Go" makes the dancer's light, graceful and ethereal figure visible to the reader. These two words are condensed and refined, and they are both conveyed from the virtual place. At this point, the image of a ***, who is graceful, superb in dancing skills, rich in emotion, and good at understanding music, appears vividly in front of the readers.

In terms of expression technique, this poem is pure and simple, without any frills. It washes off the scent of powder and jewelry, showing a valuable creative spirit. Compared with those melodious sounds, this poem can be regarded as a pure and elegant song.

Poetry works: Chanting and dancing poems Poetry author: Wang Jian from the Southern and Northern Dynasties Poetry classification: Chanting things, dancing