"Giving Flowers to the Queen" by Du Fu of the Tang Dynasty
jǐn chéng sī guǎn rì fēn fēn, bàn rù jiāng fēng bàn rù yún.
The silk tubes in Jincheng are flowing day by day, half into the river wind and half into the clouds.
cǐ qǔ zhī yīng tiān shàng yǒu, rén jiān néng dé jǐ huí wén.
This song should only exist in heaven, and can only be heard several times in the human world.
"Gift to Hua Qing" is a poem by Du Fu, a poet of the Tang Dynasty. It is said that Du Fu often traveled to various places. One day he heard melodious music at Hua Qing's house. Du Fu was so moved that he wrote it impromptu. I wrote this poem and praised the music as a heavenly music that is rare to hear in the human world.
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Du Fu, also known as Zimei, also known as Shaoling Yelao, is also known as "Du Gongbu", "Du Shaoling", etc., a great realist poet in the Tang Dynasty, Du Fu is known as The world respects him as the "Sage of Poetry", and his poems are called "the history of poetry". He was concerned about the country and the people, and had a noble personality. About 1,400 of his poems have been preserved. His poetic skills are exquisite, and he is highly respected in Chinese classical poetry and has far-reaching influence.