Meaning of "Cold Food Poem Post

The Meaning of Cold Food Poem Post

The Cold Food Post is also known as Huangzhou Cold Food Poem Post or Huangzhou Cold Food Post. It is a poem written by Su Shi, ink on plain paper, 34.2 centimeters long, 199.5 centimeters across, seventeen lines in running script, 129 characters, now in the National Palace Museum, Taipei.

Yuanfeng three years (1080), Su Shi due to the "Wutai poetry case" became a victim of political struggle, was relegated to Huangzhou, the third year of the cold food festival composed two pentameter poems: "Since I came to Huangzhou, has passed the three cold food. Every year, I want to cherish spring, but spring is not to be cherished. This year, there is bitter rain again, and the two months of autumn are gloomy. I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to get a good look at this, but I'm sure I'll be able to get a good look at it.

Secretly stealing negative to go, midnight really powerful, why not sick teenagers, sick head has been white." "The spring river wants to enter the house, the rain comes not. The hut is like a fishing boat, in the cloudy water. Empty kitchen to cook cold dishes, broken stove burning wet reeds. I don't know it's the cold food, but I can see the crows holding the paper. Your door is nine kilometers deep, and your grave is ten thousand miles away. I'm going to cry, but I can't blow away the ashes."

This post is a masterpiece of Su Shi's running script. It is a poem of poem, Su Shi was relegated to Huangzhou, the third year of the cold food festival of the sigh of life. The poem is written in a bleak and sentimental style, expressing Su Shi's despondent and lonely mood at this time. The calligraphy of this poem is also exactly in this mood and situation, have a feeling and out. Throughout the calligraphy of ups and downs, brilliant, unrestrained, and no absurdity of the pen.

The "Cold Food Poem Post" has a great influence in the history of calligraphy, known as "the world's third line of calligraphy", but also Su Shi's calligraphy is the best. As Huang Tingjian said after the poem, "This book is a combination of Yan Lugong, Yang Shaoshi, Li Xitai pen, try to make Dongpo again, may not be as good as this."

The "Cold Food Poem" is a kind of literary work in traditional Chinese culture, which originated from the literary genre "Cold Food Poem" during the Northern and Southern Dynasties. Cold Food Poetry Post usually refers to a book that collects a number of cold food poems, which are poems composed to express thoughts and remembrance of the coming of spring and the Qingming Festival.

In Chinese tradition, the Cold Food Festival is the day before the Qingming Festival, when people visit tombs, pay homage to their ancestors, and do activities such as picking young grasses, flying kites, and enjoying flowers. The Cold Food Poetry Post was created to record and pass on this custom. It is not only a work of literature, but also an expression of people's feelings about nature, life and emotions.

Cold Food Poetry Posters usually contain a large number of poems depicting spring scenery, people's emotions, and thoughts of departed loved ones. These poems not only had literary value, but also reflected the social landscape and people's emotional experience at that time.

In a word, the Cold Food Poetry Post is a collection of poems themed on the Cold Food and Ching Ming festivals, reflecting the concern and expression of nature, life and feelings in traditional Chinese culture.