The Feelings Of The Oceans In Tang Poems

The ocean has been recorded very early on ancient Chinese archives.For the reason that theancient science and technology has not developed, people’s awareness of the oceans havelimitations.In the Pre-Qin period, people have already carried on the exploration to the oceans andhave some knowledge about it,however,this kind of knowledge is largely inaccurate,and showedpeople’s feeling of awe to the oceans. Influenced by the ages factor and the feature ofRhymeprose,the literature that written about the oceans in Han Wei and Six dynasties showed thecourage to fight against the ocean.What is more,people start to express their feelings across theliterary works in this period.They also realized the entertainment brought by the oceans,and alreadyhave pure aesthetical experience to the oceans.The feelings in Tang poems of the ocean is very complex.In the content that writing aboutmyths and legends,they express their curiosity and yearning,meanwhile,they also felt lost and lossbecause of the unreachable of the sea mountains.However,the main feelings is yearning,with thedissatisfaction to reality and the the pursuit of ideals.In the content that writting about the naturalscenery of the ocean,people express their curiosity and praise,even they are afraid of crossing thesea,which is vast, and will made them felt lonely,they also have the courage to fight against theocean.The gorgeous view of the ocean took people’s breath away,so they showed yearning andadmiration for the oceans.In the content that writing about coastal living,people showing theircuriosity to the sea,they used the ocean and also loved it.When writting about some marine life thatwere created by archaic literati,people showed both the fear and the courage to conquer,what ismore,they also express their thoughts or express the ambition when writting about the marinelife.In the content that writing about the seaside living,people not only express their feeling oflove,but also show the fear of the ocean by written about the critical condition of the sea and theseaside people’s hard working.The poems in Tang Dynasty writting about the oceans showed thedifferent feelings compared with other dynasties.When writting about the oceans,poems in TangDynasty always showed us the spirit of aggressive and the courage to fight,expressed their sense ofpride,and showed that they are broadminded enough to torelate.The reason of the creation of the poems that can showed the feelings of the oceans related tothe social environment of Tang Dynasty,and the ancient dynasties’ literary accumulation alsoinfluences these poems,which made poets of the Tang Dynasty using the element about the sae consciously.What’s more,people in Tang Dynasty gain much more knowledge of marine thanbefore,which has an effect on the creation of this kind of poems.The poems of the Tang Dynasty that could showed us their feeling of the oceans have someartistic characteristics,mainly displays in the following aspects: First,always magnificent and havethe broadness of artistic realm.Second,expressing one ambition by describing naturalobjects.Third,frequently using metaphor.Fourth,good at associating.Fifth,have the aid of fantasy.