This little poem praises the early spring scenery of Chang'an, the capital city. A drizzle fell on the streets of Chang'an. This soft, moist, butter-like drizzle quietly reminds people: Spring is here. When you look toward the countryside, there are patches of fresh green everywhere on the hillside and in the fields. ⑴ As soon as you rush closer excitedly, wanting to take a good look, the green disappears instead. Although the grass is beginning to turn green, it is still too young and tender after all. The first two sentences of the poem describe the soft drizzle and the vague color of grass. They are both unique scenes in early spring, reflecting the poet's typical choice of materials and the subtlety of observation. In the last two sentences, the poet praised passionately: This is the best time of spring in the year, and Yuan Yuan is better than the late spring when the city is full of smoke and willows! Yes, early spring, this is the beginning of spring, turning from yellow to green, full of vitality. Which season can arouse so much hope in people's hearts? Therefore, early spring is the most beautiful time of the year, just like early morning is the most beautiful moment of the day, and childhood is the best time of life. I realized the different scenes of early spring and peak spring. More importantly, to appreciate and understand spring, you don't have to wait until "smoke and willows fill the imperial capital". You must be good at sensing it, understanding it, and grasping it when "the grass is distant but not close". It is said that the "color of grass" in early spring can be "seen from a distance" but difficult to see from a short distance, which contains the universal laws of many things in the world. Some things seem to exist hazily, but once you really look at the details, you can't explain them clearly. Is it something or nothing? It all depends on the viewer’s vision and knowledge. Looking at the social situation, this is not the case. This little poem was written to the poet Zhang Ji, who was a member of the Ministry of Water Resources at that time. Zhang Ji is the eighteenth among his brothers, so he is called "Zhang Shiba". The style of the poem is fresh and natural, almost colloquial. It seems ordinary, but in fact it is anything but ordinary. Han Yu himself said: "Difficulty, poverty, and strangeness often lead to mediocrity" ("Send Wubenshi Back to Fanyang"). It turns out that his "blandness" was hard-won. The best sentence in the whole article is "the color of grass looks far away but is not there up close". Just imagine: In early spring in February, in the north, when there are still icicles hanging on the treetops and under the eaves, where is spring? Not even a shadow was seen. But if it rains a little, the next day, lo and behold, spring is coming. The rain feet gently walked across the earth, leaving traces of spring, that is, the first spring grass buds sprouted. Looking from a distance, it looked hazy, as if there was a very light green color. It is the color of early spring grass. Looking at it, people's hearts are suddenly filled with joyful business. But when you take a closer look with infinite joy, you will see sparse and extremely slender buds on the ground, but you can't see the color clearly. The poet is like a skilled ink painter, using his water-soaked brush to reveal a hint of green, which is the color of grass in early spring. Looking from a distance, there is nothing like it, but when you get closer, you can't see it. This sentence "The color of grass looks far away, but there is nothing up close." It can be said that it captures both the near and far, and conveys the spirit in the empty space. The background of this coloring is the thin drizzle falling on Tianjie (a street in the imperial city). Looking at the grass color through the raindrops adds a hazy beauty to the grass color in early spring. And the light rain is as moist as cake. Crisp is butter. After being nourished like this, can the color of the grass not be new? With such a background to set it off, how could the color of the grass not be beautiful? At the end of the day, the poet also made a comparison: "It is better than the smoke and willows that fill the imperial capital." The poet thinks that the color of grass in early spring is many times better than the scenery of smokey willows everywhere in the city. This is because the color of grass, which “looks far away but seems invisible”, is unique to the early spring. It is soft and full of moisture, symbolizing the spring return of the earth and the renewal of everything. And what about Yanliu? It's already the time when "willows and willows pile up smoke", not to mention that it's "all over" the city, so it's no longer rare. By late spring in March, the colors are thicker and less attractive. The use of contrasting techniques like this is different from the general one. This is a double writing method in order to highlight the characteristics of spring. "Things are rare and valuable." The color of spring grass in early spring is also very delicate. "There is no youth even in the New Year, and we are surprised to see grass buds in early February" (Han Yu's "Spring Snow"). This is a state of mind. The harsh winter has just ended, and the remaining cold is still severe. When I suddenly saw this wonderful color of grass, I couldn't help but feel surprised and happy. These light greens were the only decoration on the earth at that time; but in late spring, "the grass and trees know that spring will soon return" (Han Yu, "Late Spring"). At this time, no matter how green the wicker branches are, people have no intention to look at them, because they are already gone. It lacks that sense of freshness. Therefore, the poet reminded at the turn of the third sentence: "The best thing about spring is the best thing in a year." Yes, the plan for a year lies in spring, but the best thing about spring is in early spring. This poem praises early spring, captures the soul of early spring, and gives readers infinite aesthetic interest, which is even beyond the reach of painting. The poet did not have a colored pen, but he used the language of poetry to depict colors that are extremely difficult to describe - a color that is plain and seems to be there but not there. Without sharp and detailed observation and superb poetry, it would be impossible to refine the natural beauty of early spring into artistic beauty. In early spring, Zhang Shiba of the Ministry of Water Resources was outside. Han Yu. The light rain on the sky street was as moist as crisp. The color of grass looked far away but not up close. The best thing about spring is that it is better than smoke and willows all over the imperial capital. Translated poem: Silk rain falls one after another over the capital avenue. It is as fine and moist as cheese. From a distance, the grass color is vaguely connected, but when viewed up close, it appears sparse and sporadic. This is the most beautiful scenery of the year, far better than late spring when the city is full of green poplars. Appreciation: This is a seven-character quatrain that describes and praises the beauty of early spring.
The first sentence refers to the light rain in early spring, describing its smoothness and moistness as "as moist as crisp", accurately capturing its characteristics. The sentences are fresh and beautiful. It is similar to Du Fu's "Good rain knows the season, and spring will happen. Sneak into the night with the wind, moistening things silently". The second sentence follows the first sentence and describes the scene after the grass is wet with rain. From a distance it looks green, but up close there is no green color. It depicts the hazy scene of the early spring grass after it has been wet with rain. It can be compared with Wang Wei's "Seeing nothingness in the green mist" and "Seeing nothingness in the color of mountains". The third and fourth sentences greatly praise the scenery of early spring: "The most beautiful thing about spring is that it is better than the smoke and willows all over the imperial capital." The meaning of these two sentences is that the light rain and the color of grass in early spring are the most beautiful things in spring, far more than It captures the declining late spring scenery of the city full of smoke and willows. Poems about spring scenery are often based on the bright late spring in Tang poetry, but this poem is based on the early spring chant, which believes that the scenery in early spring is superior to that in late spring and is unique. In this little poem, the poet only uses simple words and uses the common "light rain" and "grass color" to describe the unique scenery of early spring. The depiction is delicate, the sentences are beautiful, and the conception is novel, giving people a sense of moist, comfortable and fresh beauty in early spring.