At the end of the year, it was cold, the winter snow melted, and the warm spring breeze seemed to blow into the palace. Huge red candles are lit, which look like clusters of flowers from a distance. The monarch and his subjects enjoyed feasting and drinking, enjoying a wonderful evening, welcoming the new year, resigning the old year and singing and dancing all night.
Shou Sui was written by Li Shimin, the second emperor of the Tang Dynasty. This poem, through the author's description of the scene of New Year's Eve, highlights the atmosphere of guarding the old age in the Tang Dynasty, and also reflects the author's leisurely mood.
Brief introduction of the author
Li Shimin (627-649) was the second son of Tang Taizong and Tang Gaozu, Li Yuan. With the help of Wei Zhi, Emperor Taizong Li Shimin, who ascended the throne, realized the rule of Zhenguan and was called a wise feudal emperor. He learned lessons from the rise and fall of the Sui Dynasty and realized the great strength of the working people.
He said, "Water can carry a boat and also overturn it. People are like water and people are like boats. " . He formulated the policy of "suppressing (y m 4 n, stop) Wu Xiuwen and China, so as to ease class contradictions and ethnic contradictions, thus making the country and people safe. And listen to different opinions with an open mind, judge right and wrong, and choose good and follow; Recruit talents, know people and be good at their duties. Self-discipline is always based on "caution to the end", warning yourself and summing up mistakes can be described as self-knowledge. His literary attainments are also profound, and he has created many well-known poems.
Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Shousui