The poem "Yellow Crane Tower" can be said to be semi-ancient and semi-rhyme, and it is also an ancient rhyme. The main reason is that the horizontal lines in the first half can't meet the requirements of metrical poetry, and because three "yellow cranes" appear repeatedly in the poem, they are considered as "taboos" according to normal metrical poetry. Therefore, some people think that this poem is out of line and can only be regarded as the category of ancient poetry.
Then why did future generations write this poem into the Seven Laws? I think the main reason is that this poem is catchy, catchy, full of scenes and lofty artistic conception, and it is written too well and wonderfully.
The Yellow Crane Tower is the most successful work in reduplicated metrical poems. Cui Hao is by no means the first person to use repetitive words in metrical poems. For example, Shen Quanqi's "Dragon Pool" used the word dragon, the word sky and the word pool. After him, Taibai's poems "On the Phoenix Terrace in Nanjing" and "Nautilus Island" are also repeated words, and some people say that they imitate Cui Hao's works, so we won't discuss right or wrong here. However, looking at the rhyme and meter of tautology in ancient and modern masterpieces, later generations all think that Yellow Crane Tower has the highest level and tautology is the best. It is no wonder that Li Bai's visit to the Yellow Crane Tower has a sigh of "no scenery in front of him, with Cui Haoshi on it".
"Yellow Crane Tower" doesn't shy away from the important. Perhaps the three "yellow cranes" in the poem express different scenery and characters respectively. The yellow crane in "A long time ago, the yellow crane carried saints to heaven" refers to the yellow crane, which is a kind of god bird, representing longevity, and tells the beautiful legend that once spread here. The second yellow crane in Yellow Crane Tower is the name of the building where the poet stands. The fairy has driven the crane to the west, and the balcony is empty here. This return to reality from nostalgia gives people a feeling of longing but loss, and also gives people a feeling of loneliness and helplessness. The yellow crane in the third sentence "Yellow crane does not return to earth" should refer to the immortal who ascended to heaven. At this moment, the poet wants to see the crane return, or take himself away, or take away his sorrow and thoughts. Unfortunately, it is gone forever, leaving him only full of sadness and long white clouds in the distance. Such a lyrical scene with a yellow crane has a lofty artistic conception, a soft and elegant charm and a lofty and ethereal spirit.
The heavy words in the sigh of the Yellow Crane Tower add to the artistic conception of the poem. At first, ancient poetry was used to praise and chant, whether sad or happy. Repeated chanting will make it more tasteful and emotional, just like the earliest poetry collection, The Book of Songs, which is mostly repetitive words and complex sentences, which makes people remember deeply. The overlapping of three yellow cranes in the Yellow Crane Tower not only makes the artistic conception progressive, but also makes the emotional recitation repeated. If one or two words of "Yellow Crane" are removed and replaced with other words, the taste will be like chewing wax, the artistic conception will be broken, the charm will disappear, and it will be impossible to spread through the ages.
Of course, if metrical poetry is based on this sophistry or imitation, ordinary people will only become a joke to gild the lily, and only poets dare to do so.
In the conclusion, I personally think that the unique semi-ancient and semi-poetry of Yellow Crane Tower can not be copied and can not be obtained again.
It reflects the historical law of the development of China's ancient poetry from classical poetry to modern poetry, is a milestone in the changes of Tang poetry, and is a peak of "alternative" metrical poetry.
Talking about the Yellow Crane Tower today is actually a homesickness outside the poem, paying attention to the current epidemic situation in Wuhan. Let's pray for Wuhan. I hope we can raise our glasses as soon as possible and sing under the Yellow Crane Tower!
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Yellow Crane Tower
Author Cui Hao, Tang Dynasty.
The fairy of the past has flown away by the yellow crane, leaving only an empty Yellow Crane Tower. The yellow crane never revisited earth, there have been no long white clouds for thousands of years. Every tree in Hanyang has become clear due to sunlight, and Nautilus Island is covered with sweet grass. But I looked home, and the twilight was getting thicker. The river is shrouded in mist, which brings people deep melancholy.