In firecrackers, one year old is divided by two,
The spring breeze warms Tu Su.
Thousands of families spend every day (4),
Always trade new peaches for old ones.
Poetic:
Complete translation sentence by sentence
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.
Yuanri is a seven-character quatrain written by Wang Anshi, a politician in the Northern Song Dynasty. This poem describes the moving scene of excitement, joy and Vientiane renewal on New Year's Day, expresses the author's thoughts and feelings about political innovation, and is full of cheerful and positive spirit.
Word annotation
January 1st: The first day of the first lunar month, that is, the Spring Festival.
(2) 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.
(3) Tu Su: "It refers to Tu Su wine, and drinking Tu Su wine is also the custom of ancient Chinese New Year. On the first day of the New Year, the whole family drinks this wine soaked in Tu Su grass to ward off evil spirits and avoid epidemic diseases, so as to live longer. Another way of saying it is that Tu Su, also known as "Tu Su", and "Tu Su" were originally broadleaf grass, a southern folk custom, and some houses were painted with Tu Su grass as decoration, so this kind of house was called "Tu Su".
(4) Thousands of households: describe numerous portals and dense population. Bend: the bright and warm appearance at sunrise.
5. 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.