Tang Dynasty: Cui Ye
There's no hurry, the iron lock is fully open.
Who can do nothing on the moon? Where can I smell the light? ?
Don't worry about jade leakage and silver pot for the time being. The gate of the palace and the golden lock on the door were open until dawn.
Who can see the bright moon and do nothing? Where did people stop seeing lanterns when they heard about them?
Note: ① Shangyuan: the name of the festival, that is, the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month.
② Jade Leak, Silver Pot, Tietong and Golden Lock: all of them are laudatory names, not really made of jade, silver, iron and gold, but should be understood as "like …"
③ Leak and kettle: an ancient time measuring instrument. The ancients poured water into a copper pot and made a small hole in the bottom of the pot. The pot was neutral with a scale arrow. The water in the pot gradually decreases, and the degrees on the arrows are revealed in turn. Then according to the scale, I missed the time.
(4) Tieguan: the gate of the Forbidden City, which is forbidden to enter in the Tang Dynasty. It usually closes at night and opens at dawn.
⑤ Car: Yes, until.
Appreciation: Shangyuan Night refers to the fifteenth night of the first lunar month, also called Lantern Festival. China is known as the custom of enjoying lanterns on the Lantern Festival. Cui Ye's poem Night on the Yuan Dynasty has seven quatrains, including six * * *. Describe the bustling scene of enjoying the lanterns at the Chang 'an Lantern Festival in Beijing at that time. According to Liu Su's "Xin Yu of the Tang Dynasty", "On the occasion of the Year of the Loong (the year of Tang Zhongzong, 705-707 AD), on the fifteenth day of the first month of the capital, Wu Jin was forbidden to travel at night. Noble relatives and lower-ranking workers all travel at night. Cars and horses are noisy and people can't take care of them. The king and the householder immediately became hilarious and competed with each other. All the scribes wrote a poem to commemorate their event. There are hundreds of authors, only Su Weidao, assistant minister of the Chinese book, Shangshu of the official department (Su and Guo's works are all five laws) and Cui Ye, an imperial envoy in the temple, are the swan songs. " This is the first of six poems about appreciating lanterns written by Cui Ye.
"Jade is not a tool, and the iron lock is fully open." "Jade Leaking Silver Pot", an instrument for timing, was used in ancient times to time by the method of engraving. The specific method is to use a copper pot to hold water, make a small hole in the bottom of the pot, neutralize the arrows in the pot, and gradually reduce the water in the pot, so that the degrees on the arrows will appear in turn, so that you can time according to the degrees and beat the drums to report for work. Although the curfew was lifted at midnight, the bell and drum towers in Chang 'an were still on time. When people hear this, they all feel that time passes too fast, and they are afraid that they will not enjoy themselves. So they said, drop the arrow pot, don't rush so fast, and don't go so fast. The gate will be open until dawn tonight! The last sentence is about people's feeling of "short happiness", and the next sentence is that in this peaceful and prosperous time, we should have fun all night. After dinner, people dressed up and couldn't restrain their joy. They couldn't wait to leave home early. Three people invited, called and laughed, pouring out of the alley, into the street and into the noisy and jubilant crowd. People happily set off fireworks and firecrackers, waved lion dragon lanterns, watched colored lights, commented, played and admired. The more you watch, the happier you are, and the more you play, the more excited you are. "Don't worry" sets off a warm atmosphere. The charming and bright scenery not only shows the time and extent of the Lantern Festival, but also shows people's high and sustained enthusiasm.
Author: Cui Ye
Cui Ye was born in Anxi, Dingzhou (now Dingxian County, Hebei Province). The word Runfu, whose real name is Haizi. The date of birth is unknown, and he died in the second year of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty (7 13). Top scholar in Tang Dynasty. There is no test of time. About one year before the first year of birth (7 12)