Research On The Poetry For Bian River In The Tang And Song Dynasty

During the time of Sui dynasty,under the control of emperor Yang,for his convenience of enjoying the scenery in the south of Yangtze River and watching Qiong flower,he ordered to start one of the most influential artificial water conservancy project in605 C.E.-the construction of The Grand Canal.The Eastern section of The Grand Canal is Bianjing,also known as the Bain River or Bianqu.Bian River connected Yellow river and Huai River.There were words saying “mountains isolate places and rivers connect places.As the man-made canal that connects Yellow River and Huai River,BianRiver plays a significant role in the transportation between the North and the South region of China during Tang-Song dynasty.It brings the South closer to the Central region of China,bringing a promotion in economic,social life,and culture exchange,also closely related to political economy.The prosperity of Bian River also led to the development of Kaifeng and other cities along the coast,became a key factor North Song dynasty setting capital in Kaifeng.Literature is closely connected to the period and society.Bian River is not only a river that flows on the land of China but also a river that carries the Great Chinese civilization and culture.Literary image of Bian River came from life but moves beyond life.Bian River itself was a water channel and was used for irrigation and transportation purpose.There is no doubt that her entry is affecting and changing people's life.The need for literature is to show the real life.Thus,the river that had a great impact on people's life and social development-Bian River naturally enters literature.Bian River witnessed the rise and down of the Tang and Song empires,also appeared in lots of the literary works,derived out “Love capital”,parting,Acacia,record travel and other literary themes which have a lot of literary values.Initially,Bian River,as the center part of The Grand Canal,become its behalf,was built for emperor Yang's self-interest only,and it caused a lot of hard labor and money when building it,caused many controversies;many said building the canal caused many grievances,was one of the reasons that led to fall of the Sui dynasty.Bian River once became a scholar of irony criticized the obsession of Sui Emperor chanting object during early Tang dynasty.Water can carry a boat,but can also overflow a boat.Bian River overflowed the boat of Sui dynasty but carried the boat of Tang and Song dynasty to their prosperity.As the time moves on,people of Tang dynasty gradually noticed the significant impact of Bian River on traffic,water transportation,and communication of between northand south,so the history of the poems for the Bian River reversed the case.During the Tang Dynasty,Li Bai and other poets who love to travelwent along the waterway around the country,creating a large amount of poems that associated with Bian River emerged during the time.Furthermore,most of the ancients do farewell near water,water floods without ever stopping,fit the wandering and fluttering after parting.The steady stream of the Bian River and the crowded port make people feel good times are always perishable,everything always changing.Because Bian River intersect with Si Shui and flow to Huai River,so in the poems,Bian River witnessed the intimate communication between Jiangnan and Central China.Bian River became the sustenance of BaiJuYi to his lover in Jiangnan in his poem.Bian River gradually turning from physical thing to an image became an object of lyrical feelings.Five Dynasty of the Ten Kingdoms separatism until the establish of the North Song Dynasty,the political center moved south from GuanZhong,Kaifeng,a city that Bian River run passed by,settled as thecapital of North Song dynasty,started its most prosperous time in history.During the North Song Dynasty,Bian River as the only way to the capital DongJing,naturally become the city that carries the literary theme “love capital” by many literati who wants to make contributions to the country.Bian River carried dreams of many scholars coming into the capital,as while as sadly frustrated feeling of many corrupted officials sending out of the capital.In addition,Bian River is mostly related to capital,government transportation,and life;many famous scholars like Wang AnShi expressed their own view around in Bian River navigation and sediment control in their works of literature,and giving plans to emperors that will bring good to the people,showed strong nationalism of the North Song scholars.JingKang incident caused Song dynasty migrant to the Southern area,Capital DongJing faded out from history,Bian River gradually becomingthe “abandoned child” in the era of war and conflict,slowly forgotten by people.However,Bian River became a symbolic figure for the capital of the North Song dynasty Kaifeng,becoming an image of the prosperous old dynasty to miss in nationalist scholars like Wen Tianxiang;these works of literature contained the feeling of taking back central China,regain the honor of the North Song dynasty.Until day,Bian river is still a symbolic image of the North Song empire when many scholar recalls to the Song dynasty;Bian River became a figure,representing the glorious capital DongJing back in the day in the literature of scholars like NalanRongruo;showing us the glorious city and peaceful society of the Song dynasty in thepainting of ?Along the River During the QingMing Festival?.Bian River is not simply a canal,but also a river that contains the value pursuit,emotions,and spirit of literature of ancient Chinese.In the literature about Bian River,contains the emotions of scholars,pursuing aperfect life and society,that can live peacefully with the environment around,passing the life and culture on generation by generation,and spread all around the world.