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.
This poem describes the moving scene of excitement, joy and Vientiane renewal on New Year's Day, and expresses the author's thoughts and feelings of reforming politics.
Yuanri is a seven-character quatrain written by Wang Anshi, a politician in the Northern Song Dynasty.
The original text is as follows:
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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Literary appreciation:
This poem describes the moving scene of excitement, joy and Vientiane renewal on New Year's Day, and expresses the author's thoughts and feelings of reforming politics. The first sentence, "One year old in firecrackers", sent away the old year and ushered in the new year in firecrackers. Sentences are closely related to the topic, rendering the lively and joyful atmosphere of the Spring Festival. The second sentence, "Spring Breeze Warms Tu Su", describes people drinking Tu Su wine in the warm spring breeze.
The third sentence, "Every family is dying", is written that the glory of the rising sun shines on every family. Using "absolutely" to express the splendid scene at sunrise symbolizes the infinite bright future. In the conclusion, the phrase "Always exchange old symbols for new peaches" not only describes the folk custom at that time, but also contains the meaning of exchanging new cloth for old cloth.
"Fu Tao" is a kind of red wooden board painted with gods, which is hung on the door to ward off evil spirits. Every new year's day, take off the old peach symbol and put on a new one. "New peaches for old symbols" closely echoes the first sentence of firecrackers to send the old year, vividly showing the scene of Vientiane renewal.
Poetry is a human voice. Many critics have noticed that the artistic conception and reality expressed in this poem also have their own metaphor and symbolic significance. Wang Anshi's poems are full of cheerful and positive fighting spirit, because he was the prime minister at that time and promoted the new law.
Wang Anshi was a famous reformer in the Northern Song Dynasty. During his tenure, just as people replaced the old with the new, he abolished the old politics and implemented the New Deal. It shows the poet's satisfaction and joy at the victory of political reform and the improvement of people's lives. It contains profound philosophy, pointing out that new things always replace declining things.