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.
Background of cold food creation
In the Tang Dynasty, on Qingming Day, the emperor announced that he would reward his nearest minister with the fire of elm willow. This ceremony has two purposes: first, it marks the end of the Cold Food Festival, and fire can be used; The second is to remind courtiers and officials, so that everyone can learn from mesons who have made meritorious deeds. After the mid-Tang Dynasty, several bad emperors favored eunuchs, so that they were in power, corrupted the state affairs and crowded out courtiers. Some people think that this poem was written for this purpose.
Brief introduction of the author
Yi Han
Han Yi, whose name is Junping, is from Nanyang. Tianbao has been a scholar for thirteen years. Bao worked as a shogunate and our ambassador to Ziqing, and then returned to Korea and lived in Chang 'an for ten years. In the late Dali period, he successively entered Biansong and Xuanwu to make the shogunate work. At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Dezong appreciated his poem Cold Food, worked as a driving doctor, knew the imperial edict, and finally wrote a book for others. He is one of the "Top Ten Talents in Dali". Most of his poems are farewell works, and he is good at writing the scenery of the journey away from people. The rhythm is natural, but he lacks emotion and depth. Lightweight brushwork and unique scenery were widely read at that time. The Ming Dynasty had The Collection of Han Junping. The Complete Tang Poetry contains three volumes of Tang poetry.