"Flowers are more and more colorful, and shallow grass can have no horseshoes" depicts the beautiful scenery of the West Lake in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province in early spring, which comes from the Spring Tour in Qiantang written by Bai Juyi, a poet in the Tang Dynasty. This poem means that wild flowers can dazzle people, and spring grass has just crossed the horseshoe before it grows tall. The poet vividly described the charming scene of early spring with a word "chaos" and "shallowness"
What did the ancients do for a spring outing:
Tang people like to eat and drink during spring outing. They eat many famous "picnic banquets". Qujiang Banquet is a famous banquet recorded in the history of China cuisine. It is a celebration banquet after the announcement of the Jinshi list in the Tang Dynasty, and the emperor will also attend.
It is also because the official release date of the new Jinshi coincides with Shangsi Festival. During the banquet, emperors, princes and banquet guests can enjoy the spring scenery along the Qujiang River while tasting delicious food.
Besides eating and drinking, horse riding was also popular in the Tang Dynasty. At that time, not only men but also women took part in horseback riding outings. Zhang Xuan's "Mrs. Guo's Spring Tour Map" recorded the scene of Yang Guifei's third sister, Mrs. Guo, riding a spring tour at the fastest speed.
In the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the spring outing added another layer of spiritual sublimation and elegance. In particular, literati love to turn spring into a chapter handed down from generation to generation, and the famous Preface to Lanting is a masterpiece during the spring outing. In the Tang dynasty, spring outing began to have its heyday.
Especially in Chang 'an, it is common for people to go out for an outing in twos and threes on a sunny spring day. Moreover, people in the Tang Dynasty paid great attention to the pleasure of food when they went out for an outing, and the wind of eating and drinking prevailed, and wealthy families even brought chefs.