Kapok Road: Ten Allusions To Understand The Most Romantic Spring Willow

Everyone is a book, with thousands of experience to connect the story of life. Each piece of clothing is not only used to cover or keep out the cold, but also the companion closest to our skin. It carries the memory of history, the essence of culture and the persistence of ingenuity We buy a dress just because we like it for a moment, but it takes ten or even decades to make a good one.

Kapok Tao always believes that clothes should have their own stories. A garment with a story can understand people's heart and make the wearer meet more beauty. For more than 20 years, we are not only making clothes, but also writing a volume of stories.

This year, we invite you to write and witness with us.

The willows are picturesque, flying freely

The city where the university is located is built along the river,

The boundless and boundless river water becomes the scenery of its own.

At that time, there was no park or ancient street along the river,

Against its slow flow,

There are only endless willows on the bank.

Every spring, from the beginning of school to June,

There are always groups of students hanging around.

They are in groups or in pairs,

With the flying green silk ribbon in the spring wind, it's hard to part with it

People who are used to this scene know that,

These students are on their way to graduation,

And the continuous willows, the thoughts in the willows,

It is the thought and gift of youth.

It's march again,

I don't know if the willows by the river have made new branches?

"Spring willow head", "spring in the willow color.".

Willows are the first to spring,

Gao Lian, a famous dramatist in Ming Dynasty

In "Zunsheng bajian · spring scenery", Liu wrote:

"The willow color on the dike has been soft and yellow since the first ten days of the first month,

February, jiaotuo duck green, Yiyi look, the most provocative color.

If the fog cross smoke, faint trees;

It's windy and rainy. It's a natural levee. "

Under the warm spring breeze,

From goose yellow to new green, and then to green willows,

Graceful and graceful, dancing the whole spring.

The spring without willow appreciation is incomplete.

Since ancient times, Liu has been a part of traditional cultural life.

And those allusions about Liu,

What's more, it is endowed with aesthetic poetic flavor,

The grass and trees that can be seen everywhere,

Into the hearts of people's affectionate ripples.

Today, let's read it

The meaning behind those allusions.

1. Why is "Yang Liu" surnamed "Yang"?

What we usually call willows,

Actually, it doesn't mean poplar and willow, but only willow.

The Grand Canal was built during the reign of Emperor Yangdi of the Sui Dynasty,

We adopted the proposal to plant willows by the canal,

Where a willow tree is planted, one is given to the West silk.

And he planted willows himself,

He also left a royal letter and gave Liu Shu the emperor's surname,

From then on, there was the name of willow.

2. Send off the Willows

Once upon a time, cars and horses were very slow,

Maybe I'll see you again,

Those who see off hope not to be separated,

They will fold willow branches at the edge of the pavilion,

Because "Liu" and "Liu" are homophones,

To express the sense of farewell and nostalgia.

The earliest origin of farewell by folding willows is in the book of songs

"In the past, I have been there.

Now I think, it's raining and snowing. "

Later, the Tang Dynasty set up a post station on the Baqiao bridge in the eastern suburb of Chang'an city,

When seeing off relatives and friends to the East,

Generally, they have to send them to Baqiao before breaking up,

And fold off the willow at the end of the bridge.

As time goes by, "Baqiao fold willow farewell"

It has become a unique custom.

3. Mr. Wu Liu

Tao Yuanming has a biography of Mr. Wu Liu

"Sir, I don't know who he is, and his surname is unknown.

There are five willows beside the house, because they think they are No

Later generations referred to hermits as "Wu Liu" or "Mr. Wu Liu".

After Tao Yuanming, there were many scholars with Liu Mingzhi,

For example, when Ouyang Xiu was governor of Yangzhou in the Song Dynasty,

A willow tree was planted in Pingshan hall,

It was called "Ou Gong Liu" at that time.

4. Willow in Xidi

"Willows on the West Bank" is a landscape in the southwest of the summer palace.

The West Bank is winding for several miles, with six bridges interspersed among them,

The name of "Liuqiao" comes from Du Fu's poems

"Liuqiaoqing has flocs, rime disguised as Yao Tai.".

At the beginning of spring, willows on the bank gently brush the lake surface, graceful and delicate.

In the Qing Dynasty, Emperor Qianlong and Empress Dowager Cixi visited the willows.

5. Willow eyebrow and willow waist

The ancients used willow to describe women,

Because of willow slender posture

It is in line with the aesthetic taste of ancient Chinese literati to women.

Wei Zhuang's "female Guanzi" has "still peach blossom face, frequency low willow eyebrow".

Willow leaves are thin, long and slightly warped, just like the curved eyebrows of women.

Cao Xueqin described Daiyu's waist and posture with "weak willow supporting wind".

Bai Juyi also wrote that "Cherry fan Su mouth, willow small Manyao.".

6. Liusi, liusi

If people in love can't be together,

Seeing the prosperous spring scenery,

It is easy to have loneliness and Acacia.

"Listen to the wind, listen to the rain, clear day, sad grass bury flower inscription.

In front of the building, green and dark, with a trace of willow, an inch of tenderness. "

This is a poem from the Song Dynasty poet Wu Wenying.

Wu Wenying was a "love maniac" among men in Song Dynasty,

I have been in love with a woman for ten years by the beautiful West Lake,

Just when she was charming, the beauty died,

The beautiful love has become the memory of his life,

He was addicted to it.

Ouyang Xiu's long Xiangsi: "flowers like Yi, willows like Yi,

When the young people of Hualiu leave, they bow their heads and shed their tears. "

Also write the missing of spring through my heart.

7. Bright flowers and dark willows

The willows are dark and the flowers are bright,

The scene of spring in full bloom.

It is also used to describe a turning point in a difficult situation.

In the early Dynasty by Wang Wei, a great poet of the Tang Dynasty, there are:

"The willows are dark and the flowers are bright, and the spring is deep in the five Phoenix cities."

This poem was written about five years in Tianbao,

At that time, Wang Weigang became a member of the Treasury Department,

It has been 26 years since the middle Jinshi.

Lu You, a great poet of the Southern Song Dynasty, wrote a tour of the western village in the mountains

"There is no way out of the mountains and rivers, and there is another village where the willows are hidden and the flowers are bright."

What's more, it makes "hidden willows and bright flowers" become a well-known idiom.

8. Yingmenliu

In the Western Han Dynasty, the Xiongnu invaded the border areas,

Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty arranged a strict defense plan in the outskirts of Chang'an,

He went to the barracks to inspect the troops in person,

His convoy passed through several other barracks,

Only when he came to Zhou Yafu's camp, he was blocked.

Because Zhou Yafu had strict military discipline, even Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty himself,

They have to act in accordance with military discipline.

Since then, the "xiliuying" (yingmenliu) has become

It is synonymous with the division of strict discipline and military appearance rectification.

9. Princess Liu

When Princess Wencheng of Tang Dynasty married Tibet,

Zeng specially brought willow seedlings from Chang'an,

It is planted around Dazhao temple in Lhasa,

To express my yearning for my hometown with willow trees,

Willow is affectionately known as Princess Liu of Tang Dynasty by Tibetan people.

10. No intention

"Unintentionally planting willows" and "deliberately planting flowers without opening flowers"

It comes from the ancient maxim "Zengguang Xianwen",

It means that you spend a lot of energy trying to do something,

A lot of efforts have been made, but the results are not as expected;

And things that you don't want to do,

It's a good result.

In Taoist terms, it means to let nature take its course,

Do not ask for anything,

From the side, we can see that willow has a strong vitality.

There are many stories and allusions about Liu,

Liu, as we can see from these allusions,

It's not just a graceful tree,

It is also an image with rich cultural connotation.

It comes from the tide of history,

Walking slowly in the poems and songs,

It has affected the minds of generations of people.

At present, spring is just right, and willow silk is dyed with green.

Put on a beautiful dress and go for an outing,

Gently pulling wisps of smoke and rain,

It's a poetic and picturesque scene,

As if walking into a thin and delicate ink painting:

"Free flying flowers are as light as dreams, boundless silk rain as thin as sorrow.".