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"Yuanri" comes from a seven-character quatrain written by Wang Anshi, a politician in the Northern Song Dynasty.
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first day of the lunar month
Except for the one-year-old in firecrackers,
The spring breeze brings warmth to Tusu.
Thousands of families are dying,
Always trade new peaches for old ones.
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In the sound of firecrackers, the old year passed.
The warm spring breeze ushered in the New Year, and people happily drank the newly brewed Tu Su wine.
The rising sun shines on thousands of families, who are busy taking off the old peach charms and replacing them with new ones.
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1. Peach: Fu Tao is an ancient custom. On the first day of the first lunar month, people write the names of Shen Tu and Lei Yu on a mahogany board and hang them by the door to ward off evil spirits. Also called Spring Festival couplets.
2. January: the first day of the first lunar month, the Spring Festival.
3. Firecrackers: the sound made by the ancients when they burned bamboo. It was used to ward off evil spirits and later evolved into setting off firecrackers. One year old except: one year has passed. Except, passed away.
4. Tu Su: "It refers to Tu Su wine, and drinking Tu Su wine is also the custom of the ancient New Year in China. On New Year's Day, the whole family drinks this wine soaked in grass to ward off evil spirits, avoid epidemics and prolong life.
5, thousands of households: describe many portals and dense population. Bend: the bright and warm appearance at sunrise.
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Wang Anshi (1021-1086), whose real name is Fu Jie, is called a mid-level layman. He was made Duke of Shu and later changed to Duke of Jing. The world also calls it "king". Jiangyou, Han nationality, was born in Yanbuling, Linchuan County, Northern Song Dynasty (now Dengjiaxiang, Linchuan District). Li Qing was a scholar in the second year (1042). In the third year of Jiayou (1058), he wrote thousands of books and put forward the idea of political reform. In the second year of Xining (1069), he took part in politics in Song Shenzong and carried out the new law.