A Comparative Study on Su Shi's Yearning for the South Composed at the Detachment Tower and Du Mu's The Mourning Day
As one of China's important traditional festivals,Qingming Festival has inspired a vast number of poems and vers-es,among which Du Mu's The Mourning Day is the most widely disseminated.With the ever-increasing influence of Su Shi,his poem Yearning for the South Composed at the Detachment Tower has gradually become more recognized and loved by people.From the perspectives of creative background,richness of content,capacity and beauty of imagery,intensity and positivity of emotion,depth of philosophy,and changes in impact,the latter surpasses the former.Therefore,the poem Yearning for the South Composed at the Detachment Tower is indeed the most beautiful poetic work related to the Qingming Festival.