Distant Altair, Jiao Jiao Hehan girl. Slim hands tied to the loom. What does that mean?

Altair can be seen in the southeast of the Milky Way, and bright Vega can be seen in the west of the Milky Way. The weaver girl is waving her long white hands, and the loom keeps ringing.

"Far Altair Star" from the anonymous Han Dynasty.

Tiao tiao: It's far away. Altair: One of the three stars in Hegu, opposite Vega across the Milky Way, commonly known as Altair, is the main star of Tianying constellation, in the east of the Milky Way.

Creation background

In China, the folk stories about Petunia and Weaver Girl originated very early. This poem "Far Morning Altar" in Nineteen Ancient Poems describes the separation of the morning glory and the weaver girl. Its era was in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, slightly earlier than that of Cao Pi and Cao Zhi.

Comparing this poem with the works of Cao Shi brothers, we can see that the story of Petunia and Weaver Girl was finalized from the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty to the Wei and Jin Dynasties.

The whole poem uses things as metaphors to describe people, with exquisite ideas. The poem is mainly about the Weaver Girl and Penny. It is very clever from the perspective of the Weaver Girl. From the weaving of the weaver girl to the tears and then to the words, it fully shows the bitterness of parting.

The description of the weaver girl in the poem is very delicate, and the details are in place, such as "holding hands" and "crying like rain". At the same time, "Zaza Ji Nong" is a dynamic description. In this way, the characters emerge from such descriptions.