chrysanthemums after the double ninth festival(míng rì huáng huā)

chrysanthemums after the double ninth festival

After the Double Ninth Festival, the chrysanthemum is about to wither, so there is no more fun to enjoy. A metaphor for something out of date or meaningless. The latter refers to the report that has lost its news value or the thing that has lost its timeliness. It comes from the poem "nine days rhyme Wang Gong" written by Su Shi of Song Dynasty: "don't rush back to meet each other, but worry about the yellow flowers and butterflies tomorrow." ② "Nanxiangzi · zhongjiuhanhuilou Chengxu Junyou" said: "everything is a dream in the end, rest, tomorrow's yellow flowers and butterflies are also worried." Remember, it's not the yellow flower of tomorrow. ③ In the Song Dynasty, Hu Jizong's Shuyan story, flowers and trees, said: "things that are out of date, say: flowers of tomorrow."

Idiom explanation

Tomorrow: after the Double Ninth Festival; yellow flower: Chrysanthemum. Originally, it refers to the chrysanthemum which gradually withers after the Double Ninth Festival. It refers to things that are out of date or meaningless. Later, it refers to things that have lost news value or have lost their timely role. It is one of the folk customs in our country to enjoy chrysanthemums on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month. Therefore, ancient literati and poets often get together on this day to enjoy flowers, recite poems and write compositions. In the history of Chinese literature, there are many masterpieces of Chongyang or chrysanthemum, such as Wang Wei's "recalling Shandong brothers on September 9" and Wang Anshi's "Chrysanthemum in Chengdong Temple". In addition, Su Dongpo, one of the "three Su" in history, also wrote the corresponding poems, one of which is "nine days rhyme Wang Gong". In this poem, Su Dongpo wrote: "don't rush back when you meet each other, but worry about the yellow flowers and butterflies tomorrow." It's better to take advantage of the Double Ninth Festival when the chrysanthemums are in full bloom. Because if we wait until "tomorrow" and the Double Ninth Festival is over, not only people will not be interested in it, but I'm afraid the flying butterflies will worry about the outdated chrysanthemums. This is the well-known Su's famous saying that "don't rush back when you meet, but worry about the future". Later, we will take "tomorrow's yellow flower" as a fixed phrase (idiom), which means that things have "expired".

Idioms and allusions

① Song Sushi's poem "nine days rhyme Wang Gong" says: "don't rush back to meet each other, but worry about the yellow flowers and butterflies tomorrow." (2) in nanxiangzi, ZHONGJIU Hanhui building presents to Xu Junyou: "everything is a dream in the end. If you rest, you will be worried about the future." (1) Hu Jizong's shuyanshushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushushu (2) Guo Moruo's preface to the collection of boiling soup: "here are some articles that meet the needs of the situation, so I can't help feeling that they have already become a thing of the past." (3) Bing Xin's "to the young readers" 27: "after four full moons, I can be in my mother's arms again. Even the children don't have to patiently read my calligraphy of tomorrow's yellow flower a month ago!" (4) Zhang Kejiu's song of the toad palace, nine days, says, "when people are old, the west wind blows white and the butterfly worries, the future will be yellow." You are the future of our motherland. We must study hard and serve our motherland. Mistaking "the flowers of tomorrow" with "the flowers of the motherland".

Discrimination of words

In a derogatory sense, it refers to the sad sigh of a scholar who has never met Bole to show his ambition. It can also express the deep sigh of a like-minded friend. Originally, there was only the idiom "tomorrow's yellow flower" in Chinese, but I don't know when another "yesterday's yellow flower" appeared. As a result, these two idioms have the tendency of "competition", and some people even put forward the proposal of establishing "yesterday's yellow flower" and abolishing "tomorrow's yellow flower" according to the principle of "following the crowd". This inevitably caused a discussion. The idiom "tomorrow's yellow flowers" comes from Su Dongpo, a great poet of Song Dynasty. Su Dongpo said in his poem "nine day rhyme Wang Gong": "you don't have to rush back to meet each other. You'll worry about the yellow flowers and butterflies tomorrow." The poem was written on September 9, the Double Ninth Festival. According to ancient Chinese custom, the Double Ninth Festival is a day to enjoy chrysanthemums. It is said that after the Double Ninth Festival, chrysanthemums will wither and become obsolete. Therefore, the term "tomorrow's yellow flowers" is used to describe things that are out of date. Some writers don't know the origin of this idiom. They think that "yesterday" is the past tense, and "yesterday yellow flower" must be a metaphor for the past tense. This is because they do not understand the standard of "tomorrow" and "yesterday" -- what does "today" mean. As mentioned above, "today" refers to the Double Ninth Festival on September 9, the official day for flower appreciation. Tomorrow is after today. Of course, flowers will not be bright with the passage of time. Therefore, there is no justification for saying "yesterday's yellow flower". Think carefully, "yesterday" chrysanthemum may not be in full bloom, perhaps still in bud, how can it become "things past the time"? It can be seen that the metaphor of "yesterday's yellow flowers" is not only against the original meaning of this idiom, but also against the logic, so it is not advisable. September 9 of the lunar calendar is the traditional Double Ninth Festival. In the ancient book of changes, "six" is defined as the Yin number, and "Nine" as the Yang number. On September 9, the sun and the moon merge with each other, so it is called Chongyang, also known as Chongjiu. The ancients thought it was a auspicious day to celebrate, and they began to celebrate this festival from a very early age. The activities to celebrate the Double Ninth Festival are colorful and romantic. They generally include sightseeing, climbing high, watching chrysanthemums, planting Cornus officinalis, eating double ninth cake and drinking chrysanthemum wine. The Double Ninth Festival is homonymous with "Jiujiu". Nine is the largest number in the number, which has the meaning of long life. Moreover, autumn is also the golden season of harvest. The Double Ninth Festival has far-reaching implications. People have always had special feelings for this festival. There are many excellent poems in Tang and Song Dynasties to celebrate the Double Ninth Festival and chant chrysanthemums. Today's Chongyang Festival has been given a new meaning. In 1989, China designated September 9 as the old people's day. The traditional and modern festivals are skillfully combined to become the festival of respecting, respecting, loving and helping the elderly. At this time, all the government agencies, organizations and streets across the country often organize the elderly who have retired from their jobs to enjoy the autumn scenery, or to have fun in the water, or to climb mountains and keep fit, so that their bodies and minds are bathed in the embrace of nature. Many younger generations of families will also help the elderly to go to the countryside for activities or prepare some delicious food for them. chrysanthemum · implication · dialectical meet, don't rush back, tomorrow yellow butterfly also worry (nine days rhyme Wang Gong) "everything is a dream in the end. If you rest, you will be worried about the future." The meaning of the idiom "tomorrow's yellow flower" is roughly the same in different dictionaries -- "tomorrow" means after the Double Ninth Festival, and "yellow flower" is chrysanthemum. The ancients used to watch chrysanthemums on the Double Ninth Festival. After the Double Ninth Festival, the chrysanthemum gradually withered, because "tomorrow's yellow flower" is used to refer to something out of date. There are two obvious problems: first, from the perspective of Su Dongpo's poems, tomorrow should be the next day of the Double Ninth Festival, that is, September 10 in the old calendar, rather than the day after the Double Ninth Festival. Second, chrysanthemum has a long flowering period and is well-known for its proud frost. Before and after the Double Ninth Festival, chrysanthemum is in full bloom. There is still some time to leave the frost. It is not true to say that chrysanthemum gradually withers after the Double Ninth Festival. In 1986, Shanghai Dictionary Publishing House published a collection of difficult words discrimination, which included Mr. Lin Heng's article "the metaphorical meaning and implied meaning of" tomorrow's yellow flower ", which made a strong correction of the above statement. Lin Heng quoted a quatrain entitled "ten day chrysanthemum" written by Zheng Gu, a poet in the late Tang Dynasty: "when the Festival goes away, the bees worry about the butterflies, but the Xiaoting still twists and turns the remnant branches. It's because of today's different hearts that the autumn fragrance may not fade overnight." Comparing this poem with Dongpo's poems, we can see that Dongpo's poems are actually originated from this poem, and the meaning of "tomorrow's yellow flower" is clear. The title of Zheng's poem is "ten day chrysanthemum", which is the tomorrow of the Double Ninth Festival. The ancients in Chongyang chrysanthemum appreciation, often fold off a few, raised in a bottle, that Qinghuan, this is the so-called "broken branches.". What the bees and butterflies in tomorrow's morning court are around is "broken branches", which means that flowers no longer exist. In this way, comparing "tomorrow's yellow flowers" to outdated things, it is easy to understand. There is no doubt that Lin Heng's statement has solid evidence. The dictionary of Chinese idioms, published by Shanghai Dictionary Publishing House in 1987, first quotes Zheng Gu's poems and then Dongpo's poems under the article of "tomorrow's yellow flowers". It is right to do so, but it is not without regret that the explanation fails to explain the origin of the two. Double Ninth Festival, flower cake, chrysanthemum wine, flower cake, namely chrysanthemum cake, is the festival food of Double Ninth Festival. The raw materials for making flower cake are divided into leather (refined flour, large oil, water), pastry (refined milk, large oil), stuffing (jujube paste, peanut kernel, raisin, green pepper, black sesame, cooked rice flour, sesame oil, honey, sweet scented osmanthus, etc.). After mixing noodles, making pastry and stuffing, the green body is made into two pieces, with various kinds of nuts in the middle, and then roasted in the oven to make the double ninth flower cake with beautiful appearance and elegant color . Huagao is crisp and palatable, with the mixed fragrance of fresh and dry fruits and vegetables. It is a favorite food for all ages. On the Double Ninth Festival, people also drink chrysanthemum wine, which symbolizes good fortune and dispels disasters. Chrysanthemum wine was popular as early as after the Han and Wei dynasties. Because chrysanthemum has the function of heat dissipation, wind dispelling, fire reducing and detoxification, chrysanthemum wine is known as the medicinal wine of "treating head wind, improving eyesight and ears, removing flaccidity and arthralgia, and eliminating all kinds of diseases". In ancient times, the Double Ninth Festival was regarded as a festival of auspiciousness and longevity. Because nine is the highest number from the beginning, ancient times called "Nine" as a symbol of auspicious, long-term "to number", "Yang number". September 9, coincides with the number of phase circuitous, two Yang phase overlap, so your name "Chongyang.". September is the time when chrysanthemums are in full bloom, also known as "Ju Yue". Eating chrysanthemum and drinking chrysanthemum wine, like the Double Ninth Festival, are endowed with auspicious and longevity. Today, whenever the Double Ninth Festival comes, whether in the South or in the north,

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