The Writing and Significance of Gaoligong Mountain as the Chinese-Burmese Border in Classical Poetry
Gaoligong Mountain is located at the border between China and Myanmar.It is also the only place which the ancient southwest Silk Road must pass through.The Ballad of Gaoligong Mountain recorded by Fan Chuo in Manshu of Tang Dynasty reflects the homesickness of businessmen who were hindered by the hardships of road and the cold and heat.It is the earliest ballad of Gaoligong Mountain and has a wide influence.In the Ming Dynasty,Gaoligong Mountain formally entered the field of literary creation.A group of poets represented by Hou Jin,Wang Shunmin,Deng Zilong and Xu Xiak depicting the rise and fall of the Ming Dynasty while describing the unique natural scenery and profound cultural history of Gaoligong Mountain.However,in the Qianlong Dynasty of the Qing Dynasty,the Qing Burma War broke out.Zhao Yi,Wang Chang,Zhao Wenzhe and other literary masters arrived in western Yunnan with the army,and they painted the Gaoligong Mountain with great colors and combined with their lament and thinking about the fate.From the perspective of literature history,Gaoligong Mountain is one of the greatest natural images in southwest China literature.The description of Gaoligong Mountain shows that the borderland literature of Ming and Qing Dynasties has a wider geographical scope and richer contents than that of the previous dynasties.
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