On Qingming Festival, people are prohibited from using needles or washing clothes, and women in most areas are prohibited from walking. Before evening, a gray line should be sprinkled in front of the door. It is said that it can prevent ghosts from entering the house. Therefore, in this festival, there are not only the sad and sad tears of paying respects to new graves, but also the laughter of outings. It is a unique festival. Now I bring you a Tang poem about Du Mu, "Qingming", I hope you like it!
"Qingming"
Author: Du Mu
It rains heavily during the Qingming Festival , Pedestrians on the road want to die.
May I ask where the restaurant is? The shepherd boy pointed to Xinghua Village.
Translation:
During the Qingming Festival, the poet could not go home to visit his grave, but he was alone on the road in a foreign land. He felt uncomfortable in his heart; besides, the sky was not beautiful and gloomy With a sullen face, the fine rain fell down one after another. My eyes were hazy and my spring shirt was wet. Poet, I'm about to lose my soul! Find a hotel to take shelter from the rain, warm your body, and relieve the sorrow in your heart. But where is the hotel? The poet thought, and asked the shepherd boy on the roadside. The little shepherd boy riding on the back of the cow pointed to the distance with his hand - Oh, in that village full of apricot flowers, a hotel was raised up in front of it, attracting pedestrians!
Background of the work :
This day is the Qingming Festival. The poet Du Mu happened to encounter rain while walking. Although Qingming is a time of bright spring flowers and bright spring flowers, it is also a time when the climate is prone to changes and often leads to "noisy weather". As far back as the Liang Dynasty, someone recorded that during the Cold Food Festival two days before Qingming, there were often "strong winds and even rain". If it rains on the Qingming Festival, it is also called "Fire Rain". The poet Du Mu encountered exactly such a day.
Main content of the work:
This poem describes the weather characteristics during the Qingming Festival and expresses the emotions and hopes of a person traveling alone.
About the author:
Du Mu (AD 803-about 852), courtesy name Muzhi, also known as Fanchuan Jushi, Han nationality, was born in Jingzhao Wannian (now Xi'an, Shaanxi). Du Mu was an outstanding poet and essayist in the Tang Dynasty. He was the grandson of Prime Minister Du You and the son of Du Congyu. In the second year of Emperor Wenzong of the Tang Dynasty, he was awarded Jinshi at the age of 26 and was awarded the title of School Secretary of Hongwen Hall. Later, he went to Jiangxi to observe the envoys, transferred to Huainan Jiedu, and then joined the observation envoys. He was in charge of the compilation of the National History Museum, served as a member of the Ministry of Food, Bibu, Si Xunyuanwailang, and the governor of Huangzhou, Chizhou, and Muzhou, and finally became an official. The person in the middle study room. Because he lived in Fanchuan Villa in South Chang'an in his later years, he was called "Du Fanchuan" in later generations and wrote "Collected Works of Fanchuan". Du Mu's poems are famous for their seven-character quatrains. The content is mainly about chanting history and expressing feelings. His poems are handsome and full of historical things. He achieved great success in the late Tang Dynasty. Du Mu was called "Xiao Du" to distinguish him from Du Fu, "Da Du". Together with Li Shangyin, he was also called "Xiao Li Du".