Explanation: The old year has passed amidst the sound of firecrackers, and we happily drink Tusu wine in the warm spring breeze.
The rising sun shines on thousands of households, and they all take down the old peach charms and replace them with new ones.
Original poem:
Yuan Day
Song Dynasty: Wang Anshi
The sound of firecrackers marks the end of the year, and the spring breeze brings warmth to Tusu.
Thousands of households always exchange old talismans for new peaches.
Yuan Day: the first day of the first lunar month, that is, the Spring Festival. Thousands of households: describes numerous households and dense population. 曈曈: The bright and warm appearance at sunrise. Peach: Peach charm is an ancient custom. On the first day of the first lunar month of the lunar calendar, people write the names of the two gods Shen Tu and Yu Lei on peach boards and hang them by the door to ward off evil spirits. Also used as Spring Festival couplets.
From: "Yuan Ri" by Wang Anshi of the Song Dynasty
Extended information
This poem describes the moving scene of the excitement, joy and renewal of everything on the New Year's Day, expressing It embodies the author's thoughts and feelings of revolutionary politics and is full of joyful and positive spirit.
The first sentence is "One year is gone with the sound of firecrackers", bidding farewell to the old year and welcoming the new year in the sound of firecrackers. The starting sentence closely follows the title, exaggerating the lively and joyful atmosphere of the Spring Festival. The second sentence "The spring breeze brings warmth to Tusu" describes people facing the warm spring breeze and drinking Tusu wine happily. The third sentence, "Thousands of households are on the same day," writes that the brilliance of the rising sun shines on thousands of households.
Use "戈戈" to express the brilliant scene at sunrise, symbolizing the infinitely bright and beautiful future. The concluding sentence "always replace old talismans with new peaches" not only describes the folk customs at that time, but also contains the meaning of removing the old and replacing the old with the new. "Peach Talisman" is a kind of peach board painted with gods and hung on the door to ward off evil spirits. Every New Year's Day, the old peach charms are removed and replaced with new ones. "New peaches replace old symbols" closely echoes the first sentence of "Firecrackers send off the old year", which vividly expresses the scene of renewal of everything.
Character achievements:
Wang Anshi started the style of Song poetry. A very important feature of Song poetry style is discussion, and Wang Anshi's poetry is especially good at discussion. There are more than 100 of his epic poems in existence, inheriting the tradition of Ban Gu and Zuo Si, Du Fu expressed his feelings through chanting history, saying that the poems are empty in content but without literary grace.
Wang Anshi adheres to the literary concept of "striving to benefit the world", which is particularly obvious in his epic poems. Of course, Wang Anshi's epic poem is far superior to Ban Gu's in a practical sense. His poems either talked about himself, satirized the present, or used the style of poetry to put forward different opinions, which made some people at that time think that the "Shang Yang" he wrote was his own words and deeds.
Wang Anshi has no personal poetry works handed down to the world, but he has selected many poetry anthologies. Wang Anshi left a lot of praises about Du Fu in his poetry works of the past dynasties, thinking that he "overshadowed his predecessors and had no successors."
Because he valued Du Fu very much and believed that the world was good for him. He said all the words. Wang Anshi's poetic pursuit in his early years was consistent with Du Fu's literary pursuit, and he was committed to making his poems useful to the world. After he resigned as prime minister, Wang Anshi's view of poetry became more tolerant. He commented on Zhang Ji's extraordinary rise and hardships. He also liked to practice calligraphy and focused on late Tang poets. He also inherited the fine ideas of late Tang poets.