Visit Shanxi Village
Dynasty: Song Dynasty
Author: Lu You
Original text:
Mo Xiao Nongjiala The wine is muddy, and in good years we have enough chickens and dolphins.
There is no way out despite the mountains and rivers, and there is another village with dark flowers and bright flowers.
The flutes and drums follow the spring society, and the clothes and clothes are simple and ancient.
From now on, if I am allowed to take advantage of the moonlight, I will knock on the door all the time and night with my stick.
Translation
Don’t laugh at the turbid wine brewed by farmers in the twelfth lunar month. In the year of harvest, the dishes for entertaining guests are very rich.
The mountains are overlapping and the water is twisting. I am worried that there is no way to go. Suddenly, another mountain village appears in front of me.
The day of playing the flute and playing the drum in the Spring Society is approaching, but the villagers still preserve the ancient custom of simple clothes.
If I can still take advantage of the beautiful moonlight to go out for leisure in the future, I will knock on your door at any time with a cane.
Notes
⑴Lajiu: wine brewed in the twelfth lunar month.
⑵Tún (tún): It means preparing sumptuous dishes. Sufficient: sufficient, abundant. Dolphin, piglet, refers to pork in Chinese.
⑶ Mountains and rivers overlap: Mountains and waters overlap one after another.
⑷The willows are dark and the flowers are bright: the willows are dark green and the flowers are red.
⑸Xiaogu: Play the flute and drum. Spring Society: In ancient times, the fifth Wu day after the beginning of spring was regarded as the Spring Society Day. People worshiped She Gong (God of the Earth) and the God of Grains to pray for a good harvest.
⑹ Ancient customs: retaining the simple ancient customs.
⑺Ruoxu: If so. Take advantage of the moon: Come by the moonlight when you have free time.
⑻No time: There is no certain time, that is, at any time. Knock (kòu): knock on the door.