ivory tower

ivory tower

Xiangya tower, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Xi à ngy á zh à t à, which means the artistic realm of bourgeois writers and artists who advocate "art for art" and are divorced from social reality. It also refers to the small world of intellectuals divorced from real life. Metaphor also exists in the ideal space. It comes from the painting of twenty four filial piety.

Analysis of Idioms

Castle in the air

The origin of Idioms

Lu Xun's collection of extras on the intellectual class: "there is still a way to be safer now. Instead of being an artist, we should be an artist for the sake of art. Living in the ivory tower is naturally safer than other places. "

Idiom usage

It refers to the artistic realm of fantasy. But I don't care about all of these, because I'm lucky I haven't climbed up to ~. (the painting of twenty four filial piety by Lu Xun)