A Study Of Male Hairpin Poems In Tang And Song Dynasties

The poetry of describing a male wearing a hairpin or a flower were the interaction of literature and folklore in the Tang and Song Dynasties,and they reflected the cultural implication in Chinese Tang and Song Poetry as well as of the unique the spiritual style of a male in the Tang and Song Dynasties.This paper made a comprehensive research on ideological content,cultural implication,the image "a male wearing a hairpin or a flower",lyric art and sentiment difference between the poetry of a male and a female of describing wearing a hairpin or a flower under double visual angles of literature and folklore,to evaluate the essential connotation and deep meaning.This paper was composed of five chapters.The history of a male wearing a hairpin or a flower was introduced in the first chapter,especially to analyze the situation and characteristics of three subjects including ministers,literati and ordinary men and to lay a foundation of further study on the poems of describing a male wearing a hairpin or a flower.The second chapter gave a survey of literary creation of the poetry on describing a male wearing a hairpin or a flower.Then,the cause of prosperity was investigated on the poems of describing a male wearing a hairpin or a flower.Subsequently,the paper officially entered the analysis of the poetry of describing a male wearing a hairpin or a flower in the third and the fourth chapter,researching from the cultural implication and artistic expression of poetry.The two chapters was the key point of the paper.According to the difference about the key points of the cultural implication of a male wearing a hairpin or a flower in special situation,the study subjects were divided into three types in the third chapter:describing of the country's etiquette culture of a male wearing a hairpin or a flower;expressing the internal sentiments on the Double Ninth Festival;containing literati's feelings of wearing a hairpin or a flower in daily life.The part gave a detailed description and analysis on the cultural implication.And in terms of artistic form in the fourth chapter,the symbolic meaning of chrysanthemum imagery and plum blossom imagery and conventional lyrical techniques would be expounded.Besides,the description of emotional difference between the female and male was characterized by depicting psychology and appearance to reveal the complex emotional world of people.Last but not least,the paper discussed the literary and folklore value of the poetry of describing a male wearing a hairpin or a flower and the influence on Yuan and Ming Dynasties literature.The poetry of describing a male wearing a hairpin or a flower is a shining bright pearl in the field of folklore art and becomes a model of the perfect combination of the folklore and classical poetry.