Three Hundred Tang Poems About Willow

1. "Ode to the Willow"

He Zhizhang

The jasper is as tall as a tree, with thousands of green silk ribbons hanging down.

I don’t know who cuts out the thin leaves. The spring breeze in February is like scissors.

This poem was written by the poet He Zhizhang when he was admiring the beautiful scenery of spring. He was deeply attracted by the willows with green branches and leaves blown by the spring breeze. He sighed at the beautiful grace of the willows swaying and dancing in the wind, so he wrote This popular poem.

2. "Crossing Hengshan and Gushanren's Thatched Cottage"

Liu Changqing

I can only see the mountains covering each other, but who can say that the road is open.

People come thousands of miles away, and dogs bark among the flowers.

The fine grass is fragrant in the rain, and the weeping poplars lie idle in the wind.

But I went to find the woodcutter's path, melancholy to the east of the green stream.

This poem describes the scene of the fragrant grass blowing in the rain and the weeping willows dancing in the wind. "The fine grass is fragrant in the rain, and the weeping poplars lie idle in the wind." The normal word order should be "The fine rain is fragrant and the grass is fragrant." The reason why it is written like this is because of the requirements of antithesis and rhythm in verse.

1. "Manxing"

Du Fu

Putting poplars on the grit path covered with white felt, dotting the stream with lotus leaves stacked with green coins?

No one can see the young children on the bamboo shoots, and the chicks sleep next to their mothers on the sand.

This poem describes the scenery in late spring and early summer. The things scattered on the path are all the flying catkins from the willows, as if they were spread out on a white wool felt, and there are also little ones attached to the stream, which are small new lotus leaves, and they are like stacks of countless lotus leaves. Green money. At this time, although buds had grown on the roots of the bamboo shoots, no one saw them. On the beach, there were many little teal ducks, sleeping sweetly next to their mother ducks on the beach.

2. "Early Dynasty at Daming Palace"

Jia Zhi

The silver candles are pointing towards the sky and the purple road is long, the spring scenery in the forbidden city is bright and clear;

Thousands A weak willow clings to the green lock, and a hundred chirping orioles surround the building.

The sound of the sword follows the steps of the jade, and the clothes and body are aroused by the incense of the royal stove;

*** On the phoenix pond of Mu Enbo, Chaochao Ranhan serves the king.

In the silver candlelight, walking on this purple street feels very long. In the spring scenery of the Forbidden City, when the sky is about to brighten, a pale scene appears. I saw thousands of weak willows hanging low in front of Qingsuo Gate, and hundreds of orioles flying outside Jianzhang Palace. Still carrying the sound of their swords, they walked slowly up the jade steps; all of them were neatly dressed, and their bodies were filled with the fragrance of the royal furnace. We and other courtiers, who have received the emperor's grace, line up on the Phoenix Pond and write every day, accompanying the emperor there.

1. "Quequatrains"

Du Fu

Two orioles sing in the green willows, and a row of egrets ascends to the blue sky.

The window contains Qianqiu snow of Xiling, and the door is docked with a ship thousands of miles away from Dongwu.

Two oriole birds asked for advice on the green willow tree, and a row of egrets flew into the blue sky. From the window, you can see the snow on Xiling that never melts all year round, and ships that have traveled thousands of miles to Wu are moored in front of the door.

2. "Catkins"

Xue Tao

The poplar flowers in February are soft and soft, and the spring breeze is swaying and making people's clothes.

His family is a heartless creature, flying south and north again.

The poem describes the way catkins are flying in the sky without direction. Flying catkins are a very common sight in spring, but the poet uses personification to personify the catkins, saying that their flying catkins may be "heartless". This suddenly gives the lifeless catkins a human life, which makes people feel Extremely rich associations were generated, and ordinary scenes suddenly became emotional and interesting.