To test new tea on a new fire, to write poems and to drink wine while one is still young means to light a new fire temporarily to cook a cup of freshly picked tea. To compose poems and get drunk is to take advantage of one’s prime. "Poetry and wine make the most of one's youth" further states that one must be detached from things, forget everything in the world, and seize the opportunity to entertain oneself with poetry and wine. "Nianhua" refers to good times, which corresponds to the "spring is not old" mentioned at the beginning. The whole word is written closely around the word "transcendence". At this point, it has entered the highest state of "transcendence". This realm is the concrete embodiment of Su Shi's state of mind and poetry during his time in Mizhou.
It comes from "Wang Jiangnan·Transcendental Taiwanese Works" by Su Shi of the Song Dynasty
This poem was written in the late spring of 1076 AD (the ninth year of Xining, Shenzong of the Song Dynasty). Su Shi's "Records of Chaoran Terrace" said: "I moved to Jiaoxi and stayed there for 10 years. In the north of the garden, the terrace is old because of the city. It has been slightly renovated and new, and the time is right for viewing. It is full of ambition." In the late spring of 1076 AD (the ninth year of Xining), Su Shi climbed up to Chaorantai, looked at the spring mist and rain, and was moved by his homesickness, so he wrote this poem.