The Cultural Significance of Yang Shen's Orchid-chanting Poetry in Yunnan
In the traditional Chinese culture,the orchid serves as a cultural symbol shared by all,and the purity and virtue it represents constitute the common aesthetic standards.Yang Shen composed a considerable number of poems about objects in Yunnan,among which the orchid was one of the subjects he particularly emphasized.Yang Shen,in combination with the natural geography of Yunnan,his personal circumstances and self-image,produced outstanding orchid-chanting works represented by"The Introduction to Picking Orchids".The poet likened himself to the orchid to convey his emotions and intentions,thus promoting the spirit of the works by Qu Yuan in the border area.The responses and readings of orchid-chanting poems by scholar-officials and local scholars visiting Yunnan in different periods facilitated the wide dissemination of these works,demonstrating the collective recognition of the literary tradition of"Vanilla Beauty"and Yang Shen's moral character and knowledge.The creative endeavors of cultural figures headed by Yang Shen exerted spillover effects,reinforcing and completing the layering and reconstruction of the local geographical culture.The renaming of Xiangshui Pass to Langu(Orchid-Valley)Pass is a concrete manifestation of regional cultural identity.Yang Shen's creation of orchid-chanting poems in Yunnan has emerged as a new dimension for studying the communication and integration among scholars from the central plains and the frontier and the construction of a cultural community.
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