唐宋伤春词中的“落花”意象

Viewing the Phenomenon of Grieving over the Departing Spring in Tang and Song Lyrics through the Fallen Blooms

唐宋词人喜爱以春天为背景描写"落花",表现出一种浓厚的伤春情绪。其原因首先在于唐宋词具有应歌的功能,其次在于承袭自古已有的"春女善怀"的传统。选择象征春天离去的"落花"意象表现女性化的伤春情思.成为唐宋婉约词典型的审美特征。

Why did the lyricists in Tang and Song dynasties prefer to depict the scene of the fallen blooms in the season of spring？. Why do their lyrics display such marked tone of grieving over the departing spring？. The author of this paper believes that the lyrics in that period were written to fit a certain tune so that singing girls might sing them out in a feasting and wining environment. It is not difficult to find that the lyrics in the early period especially tend to imitate the tone of singing girls, which reflects a time - honored way of composing young girls＇ spring romances. Therefore , choosing to depict the fallen blooms, a symbol of the departing of spring, becomes a convenient technique for expressing the moodiness of young girls,whieh constitutes a typical aesthetic feature of Tang and Song delicate lyrics.