"Seven Poems on the Military March. Part 4"

The snow-capped mountains are covered with long clouds in Qinghai, and the lonely city looks at Yumen Pass in the distance.

The yellow sand will wear the golden armor in a hundred battles,

The Loulan will never be returned until it is broken.

"Seven Poems on the Military March" is a collection of poems by Wang Changling, a poet of the Tang Dynasty. "Qinghai Changyun Dark Snow Mountain" is the fourth song among them. It expresses the sentiments of the soldiers who are more determined than ever to defend their homeland and country.

We should start by understanding the poet to enter this ancient poem. When talking about Wang Changling, we must talk about frontier literature. China has a vast territory, and since ancient times, guarding its borders has been a national task that cannot be relaxed in all dynasties. As the soldiers waited for the day and slept in the open, a large number of frontier fortress literature works were produced. Especially during the Qin, Han and Tang Dynasties in ancient China, they opened up territories, attacked the Xiongnu, expelled the Turks, and advocated military merit. This inspired a large number of literati to join the army and create a large number of frontier poems. Wang Changling's "Seven Poems on the Military March", a group of seven unique poems based on military life in the frontier fortress, is one of the best in this type of literary works.

In his youth, Wang Changling wrote and joined the army. He left Chang'an in the west and embarked on the road to the frontier. He traveled to the northwest frontier for several years, had a deep experience of frontier life, and created a large number of frontier poems. Wang Changling's frontier fortress poems not only described the frontier scenery and border battlefield scenes in detail, but also captured the delicate inner world of the soldiers, making him a master of frontier fortress poets in the prosperous Tang Dynasty.

Let us follow Wang Changling's poems to appreciate the vast and majestic frontier life.

The ancient poem "Congjunxing" means the long steaming clouds and mist rising from Qinghai Lake, covering the continuous snow-capped mountains in darkness. The ancient border city and Yumen Pass are thousands of miles apart, facing each other from afar. The yellow sand is thousands of miles away, and the frequent battles have worn away the armor of the soldiers guarding the border. However, their ambition is unquenchable and they vow not to return home until they defeat the invading enemy. Through the description of the life and combat environment of the northwest border soldiers, the soldiers' unswerving spirit of defending the motherland is expressed.

The meaning of the ancient poem "Congjunxing"

The original poem of "Congjunxing":

The snow-capped mountains are covered by long clouds in Qinghai, and the lonely city looks at Yumen Pass in the distance. Yellow sand will wear golden armor in a hundred battles, and Loulan will never be returned until it is broken.

Through the description of the vast battlefield scenes and fierce battle life outside the Great Wall, it expresses the heroic feelings of serving the country to the death. The first two sentences use "Qinghai", "Changyun", "Snow Mountain", "Yumen Pass" and other distant place names and magnificent images outside the Great Wall to outline the magnificent frontier fortress scene. Words such as "dark", "lonely city" and "looking into the distance" are used to point out the vast and cold geographical features outside the Great Wall, making it easy for people to feel a sense of sadness.

The meaning of the ancient poem about marching in the army

The third sentence uses "the yellow sand will wear golden armor in a hundred battles" to describe the battle. The language is extremely concise and vigorous. The harsh environment of the desert, the tragic experience of "hundreds of battles", and the hardships worn by the "golden armor" not only did not weaken the protagonist's fighting spirit, but made the protagonist stronger and his fighting spirit higher.

The meaning of the ancient poem "Joining the Army"

Therefore, the fourth sentence ends with the heroic oath of "Unless the Loulan is destroyed, it will never be returned", which makes it seem like a natural progression and the whole article is brilliant. This poem uses the bitter cold of the battlefield and the hardships of the battle to contrast the heroic nature, with sharp contrast and vivid image; it uses the vast and magnificent scenery outside the Great Wall to drive the high-spirited and heroic feelings, and the scenes are so beautiful that it is worthy of being called "the atmosphere of the prosperous Tang Dynasty" One of the outstanding representatives.