"Spring Night" is usually considered as the wedding night, and the wedding is full of passion. Every moment is precious. But in fact, the original poem does not refer to the wedding night, but to the spring night.
From Su Shi's Spring Night.
Spring night is worth a thousand dollars, and the flowers are fragrant and the moon is cloudy.
Song Guan balcony sound fine, swinging yard night heavy.
Vernacular translation
Spring night is more precious because it is short. The flowers exude a faint fragrance, and the moonlight casts a dim shadow under the flowers.
Deep in the balcony, rich people are still singing and dancing, and gentle songs and wind music are scattered in the intoxicating night from time to time. The night is already deep, and the yard with swings is quiet.
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The phrase "a moment in spring is worth a thousand dollars, and a full moon is spent" describes the beauty of spring night and the preciousness of time. The night in spring is so precious, because the flowers exude intoxicating fragrance, and the moon also has the beauty of hazy shadows. These two poems constitute a causal relationship, the former sentence is the result and the latter sentence is the cause. Here, we not only write beautiful night scenes, but also tell people how precious time is.
The sentence "the balcony is quiet and the swing yard is heavy at night" should mean "the balcony is quiet and the swing yard is heavy at night". The word order in the poem has been adjusted because of the rhythm of the poem. These two sentences are about people from the official and aristocratic classes. They are all taking the time to play, have fun and enjoy themselves.
The poet described those who wandered and sang softly in the spring night, and they were intoxicated by the beautiful night. For them, such a beautiful spring night is even more precious. This description also reflects the luxurious life of officials and nobles, which is not without irony.
The poem is clear and profound. In the calm and natural description, the author implicitly and euphemistically reveals his deep condemnation of those who are drunk, dream of death, love pleasure and spare no effort. This poem is gorgeous, implicit and intriguing. In particular, "a moment in spring is worth a thousand dollars" has become a famous sentence that has been passed down through the ages. Later, people often used it to describe the brevity and preciousness of its beautiful scenery.
Su Dongpo's poems were famous for their bold style, vigorous momentum, unrestrained passion, rich imagination and fresh artistic conception in the Song Dynasty. In this poem, he described the charming scenery in the spring night with fresh brushstrokes, wrote about flowers, moonlight, faint songs and music from tall buildings, and also wrote about the rich people having fun in order not to let the good times pass in vain, which fully reflected his outstanding talent.
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Baidu encyclopedia-spring night