A Study Of Mei Yaochen’s Diet Poems

During the Song Dynasty,the writing of food poems became popular.Mei Yaochen is a typical representative of the diet poets in the Northern Song Dynasty.His diet poems are of high quality.He cannot write food poems without three opportunities.The northern Song Dynasty had splendid urban culture,among which teahouse,pub,snack and eating custom became the direct material of Mei Yaochen’s poems.He lived in the cultural space of Kyoto under the urban culture vision of the Northern Song Dynasty,which could promote his food poems.He has close shipfriends,drinking friends,a wide range of food contacts.He and Liu Chang,Ouyang Xiu and other people are frequent food interaction,so he can write a lot of food poems.Mei Yaochen had the experience of eunuchs across states and counties,from which he came into contact with different regional cuisines.He also spent some time with his family,and the resulting food and drink triggered poetry.Mei Yaochen expressed three views on diet in his poem.He emphasized the concept of the unity of nature and man,which pays attention to the combination of five flavors;Should be in accordance with the cold and hot characteristics of the four seasons with food;Take medicated food,vegetarian food and tea to keep healthy.He has a complex of edible aquatic products,that there are fishy mutton things to eat the taste,and even in pain can not avoid food.He likes to entertain guests with fish and shows his food concept of being a hospitable fish eater.He consciously reflected the idea of following dietary customs in his poems.He attached importance to the Dragon Boat Festival,cold food,the twelfth day of the festival food fashion.Mei Yaochen recorded events,emotions and figures in his food poems.With his clever strokes,he recounted the fruits and vegetables,aquatic products,tea and wine presented by his friends in food poems,conveying the sincere friendship between gentlemen.He created interesting food atmosphere in food poems,showing food interest,reason interest and common interest in daily banquets.When he is away from home,food from his hometown,food from friends from afar and special festivals can stir the poet’s heart.He used wine and other food as a bond to vent his emotions in food,and expressed his nostalgia for his hometown and old friends in food poems.Mei Yaochen’s food poems contain his understanding of food culture psychology and food aesthetics.His food poems have two main aesthetic features.First of all,the poetry shows the light beauty of song poetry,which is characterized by plain and meaningful.The second is the variety of genre,which shows the beauty of rhyme and symmetry of food poetry.He uses a variety of expressive techniques in his food poems,including vivid detail description,vivid metaphor and poetic allusion to enhance the appeal of food poems.