The mythological value of the Chinese dragon still influences Chinese art, including the art of painting, today. Breathing fire was a symbol of power and “good” supernatural forces. They were associated with life-giving rains and water sources. In China and Asia, the dragon was almost always seen in a positive light. In early European and Western culture, including the visual arts, dragons were usually seen as representing evil and demons. However, nowhere else in the world was the mythological Historical Dragon regarded with so much honor and respect as in China. However, much of Li's poetry has survived, retaining enduring popularity in China and Taiwan.Īlso, the event name, Invitation to Wine is also a Li Bai poem.You’ll find dragons in the mythology of many ancient cultures. Unlike his younger friend Du Fu, Li did not live to see the end of the chaos. Li's poetry during this period has taken new tones and qualities. His rebellion lead most of Northern China to be devastated by war and famine.

This ended with the beginning with the rebellion of general An Lushan. His early poetry took place in the context of a 'golden age' of internal peace and prosperity in the Tang dynasty, under the reign of an emperor who actively promoted and participated in the arts. However, of particular importance are the changes in the times through which he lived. Much of Li's life is reflected in his poetry, the poems are about places he visited, friends whom he saw off on journeys to distant locations perhaps never to meet again, his own dream-like imaginations embroidered with shamanic overtones, current events of which he had news, descriptions taken from nature in a timeless moment of poetry, and so on. His life has even taken on a legendary aspect, including tales of drunkenness, chivalry, and the well-known tale that Li drowned when he reached from his boat to grasp the moon's reflection in the river while drunk. In the West, multilingual translations of Li's poems continue to be made. Among the most famous are 'Waking from Drunkenness on a Spring Day', 'The Hard Road to Shu', and 'Quiet Night Thought', which are still taught in schoolbooks in China. The poems were models for celebrating the pleasures of friendship, the depth of nature, solitude, and the joys of drinking wine. Around the same time, translations of his poems began to appear in Europe.

Thirty-four of Li Bai’s poems are included in the anthology Three Hundred Tang Poems, which was first published in the 18th century. He and his friend Du Fu (712–770) were two of the most prominent figures in the flourishing of Chinese poetry in the Tang dynasty, which is often called the 'Golden Age of Chinese Poetry'.Īround a thousand poems attributed to him are extant.

Li Bai was a Chinese poet, acclaimed from his own time to the present as a brilliant and romantic figure who took traditional poetic forms to new heights. This is one of the most iconic dialects of Southwest China. Also, Ling's dialect Guanzhong dialect (modern day 陕西 dialect), which is the same as Li Bai. There is also Taoist themes and fantastical images, which we may see when the event comes. Li Bai was reported to drink to death while Ling has eternal (?) life.

There is no poet who writes more about wine than Li Bai.

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