The story of crying in Xinting
The story of crying in Xinting is a folk literature project in the fourth batch of representative projects of municipal intangible cultural heritage. The story of crying in Xinting comes from the famous idiom "Shishuo Xinyuyu" by Liu Yiqing of the Southern Song Dynasty. In the early years of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, a large number of refugees moved south due to wars in the north. The northern gentry officials who crossed the river must go to Xinting for a banquet on auspicious days. Once, the official Zhou Xi looked north at the vast river, the scenery remained the same, but the society-, the mountains and rivers changed color, and he felt mixed emotions. He sighed and said: "The scenery is the same, but the mountains and rivers are different!" Everyone looked at each other and shed tears when they heard it. Only the prime minister Wang Dao said angrily: "We should work hard for the royal family and recover the Shenzhou, why should we be prisoners of Chu facing each other!" That is to say, everyone should work together to assist the royal family and recover the Central Plains, instead of being sad like prisoners. This remark convinced everyone. "Weeping in Xinting" has thus become a historical allusion and has been passed down through the ages. "Weeping in the New Pavilion" later became an idiom, expressing the feeling of being sad about the national disaster but helpless. It inspired people to love their country and not be slaves. When the country is in danger, we should face it together instead of crying like slaves. "Weeping in the New Pavilion" as an inspirational idiom has inspired generations of people with lofty ideals for 1,700 years. "Weeping in the New Pavilion", "Tears of Chu Prisoners" and "Tears of the New Pavilion" derived from "Weeping in the New Pavilion" have long become Chinese literary image symbols. Xinting (the place where the Six Dynasties bid farewell), Xinting Lei (a military fortress in the southwest of Nanjing) and "Weeping in the New Pavilion" are the most important military, Buddhist and cultural landmarks in Nanjing's history. Xie Tiao, Jiang Yan, Fan Yun, Xiao Yan, Yin Keng of the Southern Dynasties, Li Bai, Du Fu of the Tang Dynasty, Ouyang Xiu, Lu You, Xin Qiji, Liu Kezhuang, Yang Wanli, Yang Xiu of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Mengfu, Yu Ji, Yuan Haowen, Yang Weizhen of the Yuan Dynasty, Liu Bowen, Fei Yuanlu, Gu Lin, Ou Daren, Tong Xuan of the Ming Dynasty, Aixinjueluo Hongli, Gu Yanwu, Qian Qianyi, Chen Wenshu of the Qing Dynasty, Yang Xingfo, Yu Dafu, Liu Yazi, Lian Heng, Liu Fengwu, Qiu Jin and other famous writers of all dynasties left thousands of poems and songs around Xinting. Information source: Jiangsu Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Center (no pictures, welcome to provide.) Information source: Jiangsu Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Center (no pictures, welcome to provide.)