Original text:
day of mourning
Tang Dynasty-Du Mu
A drizzling rain falls like tears on the Mourning Day; The mourner's heart is going to break on his way.
Ask local people where to buy wine? The shepherd boy just laughed and didn't answer Xingshan Village.
Translation:
During the Qingming Festival in the south of the Yangtze River, it was drizzling, and everyone on the road lost their way. Excuse me, where can local people buy wine to drown their sorrows? The shepherd boy smiled and pointed to Xinghuashan Village.
Extended data:
1, creative background:
"Jiangnan Tongzhi" records that when Du Mu was the secretariat of Chizhou, he went to Xinghua Village in Jinling to drink alcohol, which was pointed out in the poem. The Splendid Flower Valley, which was first seen in the early years of the Southern Song Dynasty, has been noted since the Tang Dynasty.
2. Appreciation of works:
The first sentence explains the scene, environment and atmosphere; The second sentence describes the characters, expressing their grief, anger and confusion. The first two sentences explain the scene at that time. The poet used the word "one after another" to describe the "pouring fire and rain" that day, which captured the spirit of "pouring fire and rain" in Qingming and conveyed a sad and beautiful realm. The third sentence puts forward the way to get rid of this mentality; The fourth sentence leads readers into the realm of poetry by writing answers and taking actions, which opens up a much broader imagination space for readers than the Chinese words of poetry show. , is the highlight of the whole article.
3. Introduction to the author:
Du Mu (803- 852) was born in Fanchuan, Mu Zhi, Han nationality, Jingzhao Wannian (now Xi, Shaanxi). Du Mu was an outstanding poet and essayist in the Tang Dynasty, and he wrote the Collected Works of Fan Chuan.
Baidu Encyclopedia-Qingming