It is clear at the beginning that "Yao Tao" is a poem to congratulate a woman on her marriage, which is the so-called wedding poem; It can also be seen as a poem in which the bride is about to get married, and the elders of her family psychologically guide her and tell her some common sense about marriage life.
Yao Tao is the sixth article in The Book of Songs Nan Zhou. The original poem is as follows:
Peach blossoms are in full bloom, colorful and fiery red.
The girl is going to get married and be happy at her husband's house.
Peach blossoms are in full bloom and there are countless fruits.
The girl is going to get married, and the heir who gave birth early is going to make a fortune.
Peach blossoms are in full bloom, and green leaves are lush and never fall.
The girl is getting married, and Comix is in harmony.
This poem "Yao Tao" can be said to be the first poem in the history of China's aesthetics about defining the external beauty and internal beauty of characters. This poem consists of three chapters, each with four sentences and twelve sentences. Each chapter begins with "the death of a peach", and the poems are recited step by step, thus creating an artistic effect of singing and sighing.
The first chapter begins with two sentences: "Peach blossoms fly away and burn their glory". Poets thrive because of the beauty and color of peach blossoms, which bloom in spring, and the delicate pink peach blossoms are particularly eye-catching in the bright spring. When people meet the warm spring breeze and come to the place where peach blossoms are in full bloom, it is simply an ultimate visual experience to see peach blossoms in full bloom, and the trees and branches are delicate and charming.
The poet used the phrase "Peach flies away and burns its glory" to describe the delicate appearance of peach blossoms in full bloom, which is really vivid and beautiful. This metaphor is a metaphor for people, and a peach blossom in full bloom is used to describe a woman's beautiful face, which is both beautiful in body and mind and is very appropriate. The delicate and charming peach blossom has also become synonymous with women's appearance, such as "peach blossom on the face" and "peach blossom on the face".
Moreover, "peach blossoms fly away and burn their brilliance", that is, bright peach blossoms symbolize the beautiful bride who has been dressed up, and they do have the charm of "peach blossoms and human faces set each other off". Here, the poet turned the description of the scenery into a special way to express his thoughts and feelings, describing both the scenery and the people, skillfully integrating the feelings with the scenery, and setting off a cheerful and warm wedding atmosphere.
To describe a woman's appearance with the charm of peach blossoms is to emphasize her external beauty. A woman's appearance is like a peach blossom in full bloom in spring, giving people a bright feeling. Since ancient times, people have always been generous to female beauty. "Peach flies away and burns its beauty" is the most intuitive and sincere artistic portrayal.
Next, "My son has returned to China, so it is appropriate to stay at home." The implication is that when a woman gets married, she should be a virtuous wife, marry her husband, help him, and live in harmony with his elders. This is a kind of inculcation from the elders in the family before the woman gets married, and it can also be regarded as the pre-marital knowledge education for the woman.
The opening sentence of the second chapter, "Peach flies, but it has something to do", is poetic and cyclical. At this time, the poet no longer describes peach blossoms, but focuses on the fruit of peach trees, the fruitful scene of peach trees, the mature and happy scene, and the joyful and peaceful atmosphere of harvest.
Round and big peaches are covered with branches, which is the external beauty of peach trees and more attractive to women: a son who wants to return to China should suit his family. It's time to get married, and the elders at home are earnestly preaching to the woman who is about to get married. From this teaching, we can see how much they hope that the woman will become a virtuous and good wife after marrying her in-laws.
The poet uses the phrase "Peach flies, but it has something to do" as a progressive metaphor. In fact, Youqiu clearly describes peach varieties according to the growth law of peach trees that blossom first and then bear fruit, but it actually implies the bride's beautiful wish of having more children after marriage. There is an ancient saying that many children are more blessed. I'm afraid the poet expressed his feelings through the image of peach trees full of fruits. This is not only about the scenery, but also about moving the scenery.
The first sentence at the beginning of the third chapter, "Peach flies, its Ye Zhenzhen", is about peach trees with lush leaves. Only when the peach tree is lush can we see that it is a fruitful peach tree.
The girl is getting married, and Comix is in harmony. In ancient times, a woman was called a "sister-in-law" when she got married, which meant that besides being beautiful, a woman should also have the virtue of making her family harmonious. The poet takes "Taoyao, its Ye Zhenzhen" as a metaphor. Obviously, he wrote about the flourishing of peach trees. In fact, he implied that peach trees grow stronger and have deeper roots, which indicates the prospect of prosperity for the in-laws after the bride gets married. In addition, it should be noted that "leaf" and "industry" are homophonic, so the lush image of peach leaves is also easy to remind people of the development of family businesses.
Generally speaking, the poet takes peach trees as the whole image, flowers, fruits and leaves as the local images, from flowering to fruiting, from fruiting to flourishing, and the content of metaphor gradually unfolds, from gorgeous bride to loving mother with many children, from loving mother to diligent housewife. This description not only conforms to the natural law of peach tree growth, but also conforms to the bride's life track after marriage. It is progressive, natural and without a trace.
At this point, the theme of this poem is very clear. The repeated singing of "Peach Butterfly" for three times and "My Son Comes Home" for three times make the theme of the poem "Peach Butterfly" clearer, thus depicting a peaceful and happy scene of a female college marriage. Through the external beauty of peach leaves, the poet skillfully combined "pro", "pro" and "pro", expressing people's beautiful yearning for family members to live in harmony and live and work in peace.
You will find that the "house" in the first chapter is to say the house first and then the home. According to the poetic image, the peach blossom metaphor points out that if the bride marries, then "keeping home" should make the relationship between husband and wife beautiful. Marriage is an important event in life, since ancient times. In ancient times, weddings were more important than today, so it is normal to put the status of newlyweds at the forefront.
In addition, Yao Tao is a poem wishing a happy marriage. The poet wishes the bride a happy life after marriage, first of all, it should be husband and wife and beauty, so the "IKEA" in the second chapter naturally makes her family harmonious and husband and wife beautiful, because peaches symbolize the birth of children, which means that raising children has become the top priority of the bride's married life. In this case, the relationship between husband and wife can only take a back seat, which is actually in line with human nature.
As for the "Family Suit" in the third chapter, because the married bride has already become a housewife and needs care from the inside out, it means that the whole family is happy. In addition, the lush peach leaves suggest that the tree is deeply rooted and symbolizes the prosperity of the family business, and this woman's marriage has also brought good luck and blessings to her husband's family. Although there are some superstitious elements in this, it is also in line with the most common world from the perspective of wishing the bride a happy marriage and prosperous family business.
The poem "Yao Tao" finally raised the beauty and virtue of women to the height of family, which is another important reason for its enduring. As the most basic unit of society, the harmony and stability of each family is related to the healthy development of the whole society. So it is not difficult to understand why people attach so much importance to marriage and family relations.
In the whole Book of Songs, the author regards marriage and family as very important, not only in the poem Yao Tao, but also in a sense, the content of marriage and family ranks first in the Book of Songs. The poem "Yao Tao" has been highly appreciated by scholars of all ages and has been passed down to this day. Moreover, it shows the important position of marriage and family in ancient China with its aesthetic view of both beauty and goodness and harmonious and prosperous family concept.