Why do ancient literati like to write landscapes to express their feelings?

China's ancient poems chant mountains and rivers, and many works express their feelings through mountains and rivers. There are even people who are regarded as landscape poets by later generations, such as Xie Lingyun, Tao Yuanming and Wang Wei. However, looking at the works of ancient poets, no matter which one is detected casually, it seems that there are no people who have never written landscape poems.

Therefore, many people will come to a conclusion that poetry can not be separated from mountains and rivers, and poets also like to express their feelings about mountains and rivers, find inspiration in traveling around mountains and rivers, and express their joys and sorrows in life through things.

So, why do poets in China choose mountains and rivers?

From primitive times, we have revered nature and heaven and earth.

From admiration to bad singing, it seems logical.

From China's earliest collection of poems, The Book of Songs, we can indeed find a lot of poems related to mountains and rivers, but after careful reading, we will find that most of them are just borrowed from mountains and rivers? Lyric expression? Express people's living conditions, thoughts and feelings when people get along with nature, and take nature as a metaphor.

There is no praise for the beauty of the natural landscape, and there is no poem that simply describes the landscape. Like what? God will bless you and you will be happy.

The mountain is like a hill, and the wind is like a mausoleum? The momentum of mountains and rivers symbolizes the rights of kings, and the monarch has both ability and political integrity, which is the blessing of the people; Another example? What's your opinion? It means that there is something to pick and eat on the mountain. So strictly speaking, it is not a landscape poem.

Landscape poetry came into being in Wei and Jin Dynasties. Wei and Jin poets not only praised the magnificent mountains and rivers, but also felt the tour with their hearts, discovered the beauty of mountains and rivers and realized the way of nature. At the same time, they also live in seclusion in the mountains and pursue seclusion as a way of life.

Through their understanding of landscapes, they seek advice from immortals, live in seclusion, visit and express their feelings.

Landscape poetry in Wei and Jin Dynasties is always inseparable from Lao Zi and Zhuang Zi's thoughts. Seeking immortality is a kind of refining, and taking Dan medicine can prolong life. Our understanding of chemistry probably comes from those who fiddle with immortality, right? Chemist? The children began to understand. However, no matter what method is used, no one in the world can escape the fact that the body is sick and dies. As a result, people have changed their thinking-seeking immortality, and recognized the reality of seeking immortality. They don't believe that people can live forever, but think that people should enjoy life well, and they don't really die after death, but just continue to live through immortality.

Teach me the way of nature, if you are broad-minded, you will never lose your childlike innocence. Take medicine in Zhongshan corner, and change your posture after taking it. ?

Influenced by the idea of seeking immortality and medicine, Wei and Jin poets created many related poems. Of course, the formation of real landscape poems in Wei and Jin Dynasties was only a small step. The next step is seclusion.