Source: Song Yang Wanli, "Children Make Ice"
Original poem:
The youngest son has no ice in the golden basin, and the colored silk is worn as a silver pheasant.
Tap the ice gently, the sound of wood passing through the forest. When the viewer is absorbed in the sound of wood, he suddenly hears another sound-the sound of ice falling to the ground, such as the sound of broken glass.
Translation:
When the children get up in the morning, they take off the ice cubes frozen in the copper pot and wear colored thread as a piano. The sound of knocking went through the Woods like jade Qing, and suddenly the ice gong broke and fell to the ground, making a beautiful sound like jade.
Extended data:
The whole poem absorbs instantaneous scenes and avoids direct description. It uses the vivid voice and appropriate metaphor of "crossing the forest" to explore the interest of children with the eyes of the elderly.
It can only freeze when it is cold, and the ice is very cold, but children get up early to play with it and write that children are not afraid of cold; What's so interesting about a cool piece of ice? Yes, you can wear silk as a gong. Only children can think of this, and it is a "colorful" line and a "silver" gong, and it is very beautiful. It shows that the child is both naughty and clever.
The third sentence describes in detail the scene of children playing with ice like silver gongs. He said that he was running around in the Woods with a "silver gong" in his hand. The "silver gong" made a beautiful music like jade. There is no doubt that this voice is crisp and pleasant, and it travels far. The word "wear" means that someone is running in the forest and there is the spread of sound. The poem vividly depicts the cheerful mood of children getting a "silver gong", which makes people want to see his ecstatic figure.
The fourth sentence, "Suddenly, the glass broke", the heavy ice was carried by the silk thread, and naturally it would fall. In winter, the ground is frozen hard, and the ice is hard and brittle, so it is easy to fall to the ground and break. It also vividly draws the innocent and lovely image of the child, which is full of fun and endless aftertaste, giving people a beautiful enjoyment.