Research Of The Eight-Scenery Poems In HeBei Area

The so-called "Eight Sights", refers to a region with eight or more than eight places including natural and humanistic landscape to represent the region’s culture."Eight Sights" originated in the Northern Song Dynasty, Song Di’s "Xiaoxiang Eight Sights Figures ". Eight sights culture since the Song Dynasty’s rise, and Yuan Dynasty’s development, to the Ming and Qing Dynasties went more common and popular, and entered a prosperous period. Eight sights cultural fusion of classical gardens, poetry, folk legends, anecdotes and other Chinese literati culture led to a lot of cultural works of art. Eight sights poems as an important part of eight sights culture, it’s development not only depends on the eight sights, but also provides a broad imagination space and the communication way for eight sights. The first prototype of eight sights poems is ShengYue’s "Eight Chants Poems". According to Song Di’s "Xiaoxiang Eight Sights Figures" and Mi Fu’s poems, the formal name of eight sights poems spread widely, and eight sights poems entered a prosperous period in the Ming and Qing dynasties.In an important place around the capital Hebei since ancient times has a long history, rich culture, and beautiful natural scenery, many places of historic interest and scenic beauty, and be too numerous eight sights to enumerate. Each city or county of Hebei region has eight sights, in which Baoding City has the most numerous number. During the Ming and Qing Dnasties Hebei’s eight sights took a vigorous development. From the content point of view, Hebei’s eight sights has three characteristics:first, with a strong regional characteristics. Second, different from the south to the natural landscape, more famous historical sites in Hebei, and a lot of humanistic care. Third, Hebei’s eight sights concentration generated in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, but many of them pretend to play the Yu, muddle with one’s duty. The prosperity of Hebei’s eight sights took the vigorous creation of eight sights poems. Hebei’s earliest eight sights poetry was "Jing Chuan Eight sights" group poems by Jia Xuan Weng in Jin and Yuan Dynasties. From the formal point of view, Hebei’s eight sights poems have not only a group of poems with eight poems, but also an individual work. The author number, up to1000above, this paper currently gets814pieces.From the performance of the content, eight sights poems usually show content mainly including the natural scenery, folk customs and human emotion. From the geographical point of view, Hebei area is in coastal and inland transition zone, with a diversity of landscapes. So according to the landform characteristics and content, Hebei’s eight sights poems are divided into five types:coast, plain, lake, hill and mountain. On the other hand, between eight sights poems and Chinese ancient landscape poetry both have the relations with its own different characteristics. In time of origin, writing object, method, creation and dissemination way they have all kinds of connections and contacts. Eight sights poems can be seen as the tributary and variant of landscape poetry. From the writing object, eight sights poems refer to describe the unique scenic spot of the eight sights in a certain area, named after the main landscape of eight sights in a region. From the content point of view, it relates to the landscape poetry, pastoral poetry, lyric poems, and folk poetry. Looked from the writing technique, eight sights poems describing landscape attractions in general has a specific range, showing the immobilized and fixed-point characteristics. In the writing structure, seven words of poetry is the main form. The eight sights poems in Hebei region has great richness in the aesthetic style and aesthetic characteristics. Firstly,the theme, aesthetic emotion in the multi-dimensional and desolate beauty;secondly, the beauty of picture with unity of aesthetic style of poetry and painting; thirdly, aesthetic pursuit of artistic beauty scene; fourthly, the form of language and rhythm with harmonious beauty of music; fifthly, exact words and sentences with beautiful poetry techniques; sixthly, by poem style a seven words poem is main, and at the same time reflects the colorful flexible beauty.Eight sights poems in Hebei region preserving a lot of folk customs, history, social economy, cultural life, has a unique social and cultural value. Specifically manifested in:first, the literary gathering records; second, praise of the governor caring; third, with the same phenomenon of the meaning of style for poets. Study on eight sights poems in Hebei area, for restoring the historical truth, folk customs and legends, reflecting the labor people’s production and life and feelings, rich historical literature, the poet and the characteristics of the times, has a positive and far-reaching significance.A regional culture always has a pronoun, abstraction and summary of a core spirit in the region."Yan-zhao Character" is the precise generalization of Hebei regional culture. The main performance is:hard and tenacious enterprising spirit; brave heroism; heavy and generous chivalrous character; a cramped and violent social atmosphere; advocating sages and achievement and cultural awareness. Yan-zhao character has been deeply integrated into the depths of the soul of Hebei regional culture. Eight sights poems in Hebei region takes the baptism of the Yan-zhao character. Many cultural landscapes in Hebei area and their related eight sights poems have fully demonstrated the culture connotation of the Yan-zhao character. Presentation of eight sights culture to Yan-zhao character has two prominent characteristics. First, humanity. Associated with the Yan-zhao character landscape, more humane landscape. Second, the historic. Numerous scenic landscapes of historical relics in Hebei is the most real witness to Yan-zhao character. The concrete manifestation is:Jing Ke complex repeated; valiant record pursuit on King Yanzhao, King Zhao Wuling, as well as the legends of other historical figures of ancient battlefield tour and so on. As an important theme in poetry all demonstrate the Yan-zhao character. It is also because of the character of Yan-zhao spirit, eight sights poetry in Hebei region has its own unique vitality. In a warm tribute of Yan-zhao character eight sights poems in Hebei region at the same time formed some features of its own creation style, mainly reflects in three aspects:first,the hero image implantation; second,heavy sense of history; third,vertical and the gas escape character.Hebei regional culture is not only a typical presentation of the eight sights characteristics in Yan-zhao region, but also contains the rich and colorful philosophy idea of the Yan-zhao people. With Confucian school spreading and developing in Hebei, it has a considerable impact on the eight sights culture, prominently displays in:first, the Confucian cultural places as the eight sights landscapes; second, the eight sights landscapes related to Hebei philosophers. In philosophy, thinking of "harmony between man and nature" produces important influence to the eight sights culture and eight sights poems in Hebei, and leads to the rich philosophical connotation of the eight sights poems. It specifically manifested in:1.Confucian moral ideas of landscape effects on eight sights culture;2. Taoist view of "Tao following nature" reflects in eight sights poems;3. philosophical interest in eight sights poems. Religion is an important part of social ideology. Buddhism and Taoism has a long history in Hebei region, but also exerted some influence on the eight sights culture. The spread of Buddhism in Hebei area has left behind the rich Buddhist heritages for Hebei, they constitute a distinct regional characteristics of the religious landscape of Hebei, has become an important part of historic culture. And the related scenic poems are also rich and colorful with diverse subject matter. It specifically manifested in:1. depictting the temple landscape;2. showing Buddhism landscapes;3. percepting on the Buddhist philosophy. Taoism spread also enriched the regional culture of Hebei. However, compared to Buddhism,eight sights landscapes and eight sights poems related toTaoism are less in quantity, but the content is mainly embodied in the display of the immortal belief. At the same time, the hybridity of Buddhism and Daoism is also reflected in some eight sights landscapes and eight sights poems in Hebei.Eight sights poems in Hebei region as the best summary of Hebei around the local customs and practices and the natural scenery has an important historical value and cultural tourism value. Eight sights poems implied a creator’s social, cultural, political, economic and other information, can be used as historical evidence, so that we can have a more comprehensive understanding to the historical reality. Eight sights poems in Hebei region also has a lot of description of ancient literati culture life. These poems describing objects are generally poet groups of cultural exchange activities, of which the most important is the literati gallery and the ancient academy. Eight sights poems in Hebei region can not only give readers great aesthetic feeling, but also provide clues for tourists to travel and to help determine the best viewing time. At the same time, further discussion and research on eight sights culture not only makes people have a basic understanding of the region’s cultural heritage and social customs, but also has a very positive significance for the landscape and garden construction. This not only expands the tourism value of eight sights, with a positive effect on improving the tourism income, but also can make a positive contribution to promote the regional culture.