The previous sentence is: Late in the day, the country is beautiful and the mountains are beautiful
The source is "Two Quatrains·One" - Tang Dynasty: Du Fu
Chi day is beautiful, the country is beautiful, the spring breeze The fragrance of flowers and plants.
Swallows fly when the mud melts, and mandarin ducks sleep in the warm sand.
Translation The mountains and rivers bathed in the spring light look particularly beautiful, and the spring breeze brings the fragrance of flowers and plants. The soil melts and becomes soft with the arrival of spring, swallows build nests in the mud, and pairs of mandarin ducks sleep on the warm sand.
Extended information
1. The creative background of "Two Quatrains·One"
This group of five-character quatrains is the poet's early work when he wandered in the southwest. In the late spring of 764 AD (the second year of Guangde), Du Fu was in the thatched cottage in Chengdu.
2. Appreciation of "Two Quatrains Part 1"
This five-character quatrain written in a thatched cottage in Chengdu is a masterpiece full of poetic charm. At the beginning of the poem, the poem focuses on the big picture, depicting the bright and gorgeous spring scenery in the Huanhua River area under the bright sunshine in early spring. The writing is simple and the colors are rich.
"Chiri" means spring day. It is used here to highlight the sunshine in early spring and to unify the whole article. At the same time, the word "Li" is used to embellish "Jiangshan", which expresses the beautiful scenery of spring sunshine, green fields and streams reflecting the sun. Although this is a rough outline, the bottom of the brush is full of spring scenery.
3. Introduction to the author of "Two Quatrains Part 1"
Du Fu is very mature and profound in his view of calligraphy creation. From the records, we can see that his calligraphy was written in both regular script and cursive script, and the whole style was written with intention. He appreciated the ancient and majestic style, and paid attention to the speed, rhythm, strokes, ink techniques, etc. in writing. It was also very profound in the Tang Dynasty. Calligrapher. Du Fu's theory of "calligraphy is expensive, thin and hard" established Du Fu's important position in the history of calligraphy theory.