From: Five Days after beginning of spring by Bai Juyi in Tang Dynasty.
Original text:
Residual ice is jade, and the new calyx is red.
I am happy when I meet something. I love spring.
Translation:
The tiles are piled with unfinished ice cubes, and red flowers are blooming on the new branches. I am happy to meet something I like, and I am not the only one who likes spring.
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Creative background:
When he was in charge of the secretariat of Hangzhou, he saw that six ancient wells in Hangzhou were in disrepair for a long time, so he presided over the dredging of these six wells to solve the drinking water problem of Hangzhou people. Seeing that the West Lake is silted up and dry, it is necessary to build a dam to store the lake water, so as to facilitate irrigation and reduce the harm of drought, and make a record of Qiantang Lake, which lists out the strategies, methods and matters needing attention for treating the lake water.
The carved stone was placed by the lake for future generations to know, which had a great influence on the lake management in Hangzhou later. Before Bai Juyi left office, he left an official salary in the state treasury as a fund for the turnover of official salaries in Hangzhou, and then made up the original value afterwards.
When the fund operated to Huang Chao Rebellion, Huang Chao arrived in Hangzhou, the documents were burned and the fund disappeared. ?
The West Lake has Bai Causeway, and willows are planted on both sides. Later generations mistakenly thought that this was a levee built by Bai Juyi and called it Baigong Dike. In fact, this "Bai Causeway" existed before Bai Juyi came to Hangzhou. At that time, it was called "Baishadi" and it was in Bai Juyi's poems.