Inspired by Seasonal Space

In the flow of literature and art from classical to modern, the seasonal space (Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter) is not only a natural cycle but also a meaningful, colorful symbol. Each season has its own unique characteristics, deeply affecting the human soul, thereby strongly influencing creative inspiration in literature and art - especially, most clearly in poetry - the seasonal space is not simply a context describing nature but also a means of expressing the inner thoughts, thoughts and philosophy of life of artists.

Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter, each season has its own distinct characteristics, deeply affecting the human soul, thereby strongly influencing creative inspiration in literature and art.

Seasonal Space - Symbol of Emotions and Thoughts

“Spring - Summer - Autumn - Winter” symbolizes the life cycle, the growth, maturity, decline and regeneration of the physical living environment. Spring is associated with the image of beginning, hope and new vitality. The brilliant, burning Summer brings with it the explosion of youth and emotions. Autumn is the season of contemplation, of stillness and melancholy. Winter often evokes the end, the coldness but also the silence to prepare for revival. Each season when entering literature is not only descriptive but also becomes a symbol of mood, contributing to shaping the inner world of the character and the main idea of ​​the work Poetry - The fertile land of the four seasons.

In literary genres, poetry is the field that most powerfully and subtly exploits the image of the four seasons. With its high expressive ability, poetry uses the seasons as a means to convey emotions and philosophy of life. Nature in poetry is the "mindscape", reflecting the poet's inner changes. Spring in poetry is often a symbol of life, love and faith in the future - Xuan Dieu - a new poet with modern thoughts, represents Spring as a symbol of life and love. He evokes a passionate, excited look at Spring and youth, typically through the poem Hurry. In Xuan Dieu, Spring is not only blooming flowers, green grass but also the desire to live fully with time:

Spring is coming, which means spring is passing.

Spring is young, which means spring will grow old…

For Vu Dinh Lien, Spring is sometimes filled with nostalgia, with immense sadness, pity for the shortness of human life.

Peach blossoms again this year

Don't see the old scholar

The people of old

Where is the soul now?

(Mr. Calligrapher)

Summer carries with it passionate energy, sometimes separation and student memories. Summer is tinged with a bit of sadness and regret of the Spring that has just passed. Summer is filled with white clouds, golden summer sunshine, sudden showers, the sound of cicadas chirping on the royal poinciana clusters, reminding us of our student days that everyone has gone through with many memories... There are many good poems about Summer by famous Vietnamese poets - each poem carries a unique emotion and perspective on summer: leaving an unforgettable mark.

My hometown has a blue river

Clear mirror reflects the bamboo rows

My soul is a summer afternoon

Sunlight shines down on the shimmering river.

(Remembering my hometown river - Te Hanh)

Te Hanh does not directly mention summer, but through the image of "summer noon", we clearly feel the overflowing love and attachment to the homeland in the bright summer sunshine.

With Huy Can:

The sound of cicadas chirping in the corner of the sky

As if recalling the student years

Noon tilts the red shadow of the royal poinciana tree

A time of silent, nameless longing.

(The sound of cicadas in summer)

Autumn evokes a quiet beauty, mixed with a touch of sadness. Nguyen Khuyen - a typical classical poet, left a deep impression through poems about rural autumn, simple but sophisticated. Autumn in his poetry is an expression of silence, reflecting the loneliness of a reclusive scholar. Nguyen Khuyen with the poems Autumn fishing, Autumn drinking, Autumn singing:

Cold autumn pond with clear water

A small fishing boat.

Han Mac Tu, with his surreal and melancholy poems, used "season" to express his own mood - Han Mac Tu - represents romantic, surreal poetry. Autumn in his poems is full of sadness and longing, like the mood of a lonely soul longing for light and love:

This cold and indifferent lonely beach,

With a faint sadness, lonely emptiness.

What slender tree trembles,

The omen of autumn is thin and withered.

Winter in poetry is often associated with loneliness, silence, and fading or ending - but that is also the time when people return most deeply to themselves. Perhaps from the harshness of Winter, strong buds of life have been kindled, waiting for a season of rebirth. Nguyen Binh with Winter carries a cold, sad folk tone:

Do you remember the cold wind of the beginning of the season?

He came back through the alley and saw it was crowded.

Particularly Phan Thi Thanh Nhan - the poetess's winter is associated with the image of a young woman in Hanoi :

That winter the wind was cool

I wear a smoky colored sweater

Shoulder length hair, lips slightly cold

The afternoon road is long and drunken footsteps.

Seasonal space in modern art

In contemporary art, seasonal space is not only present in poetry but also spreads to painting, music , cinema and other visual arts. Modern artists increasingly exploit seasonal elements from a symbolic, philosophical and even ecological perspective. Seasonal space becomes a means to reflect social mood, environmental awareness and thoughts on the transformation of human life in the new era.

In Vietnam, there are many musicians who have successfully composed songs with many themes in the space of seasons such as: Xuan Hong with Spring in the war zone, Spring in Ho Chi Minh City or Van Cao with The first Spring, Vu Hoang with Phoenix (poem by Do Trung Quan) or White Summer by Trinh Cong Son, Phan Huynh Dieu with Love Letter at the end of Autumn or Autumn song by Pham Manh Cuong, Duc Huy with Winter is coming in the city, or Em oi Ha Noi pho by Phu Quang. Talented painters also cannot escape the attraction, full of emotions with "space of seasons" such as: Peach blossom market (Luong Xuan Nhi), Three young women (To Ngoc Van), Golden autumn by Levitan (Nga).

In the field of cinema and theater, viewers enjoy films, plays or plays in which the seasonal space is the foundation, the composition has many meanings, exploiting the hidden aspects of the depth of the soul and thinking of the characters very delicately and emotionally such as: Spring Stays (directed by Nguyen Danh Dung), Autumn Leaves Fall (adapted from the novel Quynh Dao), Autumn on Bach Ma Mountain (Cai Luong play Yen Lang),... Foreign films such as Kim Ki-duk's Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring, or Monet's impressive seasonal paintings - all show the strong vitality of seasonal space in global art. Seasonal space - Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter - has long transcended the meaning of natural time to become rich and profound artistic material in literature, art, especially poetry. Each season is an emotional symbol, carrying a philosophy of life, contributing to expressing the rich inner world of humans. Over time, the image of the season in literature has constantly changed, reflecting the artistic thinking of each era but has always been an endless source of inspiration in the journey of creation and enjoyment of art of mankind. The space of the season sometimes makes artists and people always feel uncertain: The four seasons follow the cycle of heaven and earth and will return, but humans may not follow that natural law - That is the suffering but also the source of creative inspiration from time immemorial…/.

Mai Ly

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