An outdated festival (Qingming Festival) that started one or two days ago in Tomb-Sweeping Day, when only cold food is served for three days.
Yi Han
In late spring, Chang 'an city is full of songs and dances, and countless flowers fall. The east wind of the Cold Food Festival blows on the willow trees in the royal garden.
As night fell, the palace was busy lighting candles, and smoke drifted to the house of the prince and the marquis.
Explanation of words:
Spring City: Chang 'an City in spring.
Passing candles: It is forbidden to light a fire during the Cold Food Festival, but powerful minions can get the gift of the emperor to light candles.
1. Cold food: The day before in Tomb-Sweeping Day was called cold food, which is also the no-smoking festival. On this day, a new fire was drilled in the palace to light candles for the nobles.
2. Royal Willow: Willow in the Royal Garden. In the old customs, every time a cold food breaks a willow, it is a door.
3. Candles: Notes on the Next Year of Tang Niannian, Taking the Fire of the Willow Tree as a Gift to the Modern Minister on Qingming Day.
4. Five Hou: When Han proclaimed himself emperor, his uncles Wang Tan, Wang Li, Wang Gen and Wang were all Hou, which were called five Hou.
5, oblique: sound "down".
Translation:
One: Huayang dances all over the sky in Chang 'an in late spring, and the east wind blows the palace willow in the Cold Food Festival. At dusk, new candles were given in the palace, which was the first one in the emperor's house.
Two: In the spring, Chang 'an city is bustling with flowers, and the east wind blows the willows at the Cold Food Festival. In the evening, the Han Palace sent candles to the princes and ministers, and light smoke drifted to the homes of five princes.
Appreciate:
The Cold Food Festival is a traditional festival in ancient China, which has been handed down from the Spring and Autumn Period. Two days before Tomb-Sweeping Day, it was decided by Jin Wengong to commemorate the meson push who burned to death with wood. The ancients attached great importance to this festival. According to the custom, every family banned fire and only ate ready-made food, hence the name cold food. Since the festival is in late spring and the scenery is pleasant, cold food has become a good day to play from the Tang Dynasty to the Song Dynasty.
On the day of Cold Food Festival, Han Yi wandered around Chang 'an Street, fascinated by the late spring scenery in front of him until dusk. At night, the palace is brightly lit by candlelight. Outside the palace, it was dark and buried in the deep twilight. Han Yi was deeply moved, thinking that Yang Guifei and her brother, relying on the emperor's favor, ruled others and wrote about cold food.
This poem describes the warmth of the cold food festival in spring and satirizes the emperor's eccentricity. The whole poem is implicit and natural, full of emotion.