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Qixi Festival, also known as the Qiqiao Festival, is a romantic traditional festival in ancient China. The legend of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl behind it makes this day full of yearning and prayers for sincere love. When we open the ancient poetry collection of "The Book of Songs", we can find that the poem "Xiaoya Dadong" has a deep connection with the Qixi Festival.
Original text: There is Han in the sky, and there is light in the prison. 跂 (qì) is a weaver girl, seven times long. Although it is seven, it is not a newspaper. 睕 (hàn) is not a box.
There is Qiming in the east and Chang Gung in the west. 有摽 (biāo) has plum, and there is 雰 (fēn) has 雰. 有倬 (zhuō) its star, the east corner of the river (yú). Wei participates in 昴 (mǎo), Mo Zhi Nengxing.
The beginning of the poem "Dadong" mentions that "there is Han in the sky, and there is light in the prison", and the "Han" here refers to the Milky Way. The ancients regarded the Milky Way as a great river in the sky, separating the two constellations of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl. Such a description coincides with the core legend of the Qixi Festival, and sets a romantic and mournful tone for the whole poem.
Then, the poem ** appeared, "The Weaver Girl, Seven Xiang all day long." Although it is seven, it is not a newspaper". The "Weaver Girl" here refers to the Weaver Girl, while the "Seven Xiang" refers to the Weaver Girl moving her position seven times a day and is busy weaving cloud brocade. Despite her hard work, she still can't meet Morning Glory (i.e., the Cowherd), which is undoubtedly an artistic reproduction of the situation that the Cowherd and Weaver Girl cannot be reunited in the legend of the Qixi Festival.
And then "Morning Glory, Not to Serve the Box" is a depiction of the Cowherd. The "suitcase" here refers to driving, which means that the Cowherd cannot meet the Weaver Girl, and does not even have the ability to drive to the other side of the galaxy. Such a description further deepens the tragic color of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, which is in line with the emotions that people sighed about their fate during the Qixi Festival.
In addition to the direct depiction of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, the poem "Dadong" further enriches the connotation of the Qixi Festival through other imagery and metaphors. For example, the poem "Qiming in the east and Chang Gung in the west" describes the existence of the morning star in the east and the Chang Gung star in the west, which represent sunrise and sunset, respectively, symbolizing the flow of time and the impermanence of life. This kind of reflection on time and life also echoes people's prayers for love and life on the Qixi Festival.
In addition, the poem "Daito" also creates a poignant and moving atmosphere through the depiction of natural scenes. For example, "there are plums, and there are thunderbolts." There are stars, the east corner of the river" and other sentences, through the depiction of plum blossoms, clouds and stars, show the beauty and mystery of both sides of the Milky Way. Such a natural scene and the desire of people to pray for a better love and a happy life on the Qixi Festival reflect each other, making the poem "Dadong" a classic closely related to the Qixi Festival.
The poem "The Book of Poetry, Xiaoya, Dadong" has formed a deep cultural connection with the Qixi Festival through its profound emotions, romantic atmosphere and artistic reproduction of the legend of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl. This not only reflects the ancient people's yearning and pursuit of sincere love, but also shows the important status and value of the Book of Songs as a treasure of ancient Chinese culture.