For Whom to Stand Wind and Dews at Mid-night——On the Image of Chinese Parasol Tree in Song-ci Poetry

Chinese Parasol Tree is a common plant in ancient Chinese courtyard, which were loved and used to express the imaginations and feelings of poets in Song-ci poetry, a Chinese poetic genre of Song Dynasty. The images presented by Chinese parasol tree are diversified, delivering the ancient culture and showing the connotation of the literature. The poets expressed their feelings with the natural characteristics of the shape, color, and feature of Chinese Parasol tree. The images have implicated deep humanistic spirits and important aesthetic meanings in the aspect of its name, shape, characteristics, shadow and sound in classical poetry of China.