Lantern Festival
Ouyang Xiu's "Shengchazi·Yuanxi Festival"
In ancient times, the Lantern Festival was also called Yuanxi Festival and Shangyuan Festival. It was held on the first month of the lunar calendar every year. The fifteenth day is the first festival after the Spring Festival and the first full moon night in the new year. Therefore, it has attracted people's attention since ancient times. The time and scene of "Shengchazi·Yuanxi" written by Ouyang Xiu, a writer in the Song Dynasty, is on the night of the Lantern Festival. The poem uses the contrast between today and night to show the sadness of things being different and people changing. "On the Lantern Festival last year, the lights in the flower market were as bright as day." The lovers took advantage of the moonlight on the willow branches and secretly agreed to meet after dusk. Sincere love. On this year's Lantern Festival, the moon and lights are as good as last year's, but "I can't see the people from last year, and my spring shirt sleeves are wet with tears." During the festival, the laughter belongs to others, and the poet is left only with sadness.
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Hua Chao Festival
Cai Yun's "Ode to Flower Chao"
Hua Chao Festival commemorates the birthday of hundreds of flowers. One of China's traditional folk activities, it is more popular in Northeast China, East China, North China, Central and South China and other places, and is usually held in the second month of the lunar calendar. Qing Dynasty poet Cai Yun's "Ode to Flowers in the Morning", "The birthday of hundreds of flowers is a good time, and it is not even half of the flowering day. The colorful flowers are covered with brocade, and the labor is decorated to congratulate the flower god." This reflects the ancients' love and worship of nature.
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Qingming Festival
Su Shi's "Looking to the South of the Yangtze River: Transcendent Taiwanese Works"
In ancient times, two days after the Cold Food Festival It is the Qingming Festival, and the Cold Food Festival is also called the No Smoking Festival and the Cold Festival. Because during the Cold Food Period, smoking and fire are prohibited, and only cold food is eaten. Therefore, the Qingming Festival after the Cold Food can rekindle the "new fire". This custom was celebrated by Su Shi. It is mentioned in "Wang Jiangnan·Transcendental Taiwanese Works", "Stop thinking about your homeland with old friends, and try new tea with new fire. Poetry and wine take advantage of the youth." When he was sweeping tombs and paying homage to his ancestors during the Qingming Festival, Su Shi was trapped in a foreign land. These were words of self-comfort. Homesickness was in vain, so it was better to light a new fire and taste new tea. Good poems and good wine should not let down this wonderful time.
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Dragon Boat Festival
Su Shi's "Huanxisha·Dragon Boat Festival"
The Dragon Boat Festival is on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month every year in China. One of the four traditional festivals, it mainly commemorates Qu Yuan, a statesman and scholar during the Warring States Period. Su Shi's poem "Huanxisha·Dragon Boat Festival" contains some festival customs of the Dragon Boat Festival. It is said that this poem was written during the Dragon Boat Festival in the second year after Su Shi was demoted to Huizhou, and he missed his concubine Chaoyun. "Ming Dynasty Dragon Boat Festival bathing in fragrant orchids", "Colored threads are lightly wrapped around ruby ??arms, small charms are hung diagonally on green cloud servant girls", these sentences always involve bathing in orchids, wrapping colorful silk threads on arms, and hanging in buns to ward off evil spirits and ensure peace. The talismans are all traditional customs of the Dragon Boat Festival.
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Chinese Valentine's Day
Yang Pu's "Chinese Valentine's Day"
Chinese Valentine's Day, also known as Qiqiao Festival, Qiqiao Festival, etc., occurs every year in the lunar calendar The seventh day of July is the traditional Valentine's Day in China. In mythology, the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl are separated by the Milky Way and can only cross the river to meet each other on the Chinese Valentine's Day. This is a poignant love legend. "I don't know what the meaning of the morning glory is, so I have to invite the Weaver Girl to get the golden lock. I beg for cleverness in the world every year, but there are already many cleverness in the world." The poem "Qixi" by Yang Pu, a scholar in the Song Dynasty, wrote the legend of the Qixi Festival in an interesting way.
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Mid-Autumn Festival
Su Shi's "Shui Tiao Ge Tou·When Will the Bright Moon Come"
Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as Moon Eve , Moon Chasing Festival, etc., on the night of the full moon on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month every year, relatives gather together, drink osmanthus wine and enjoy the bright moon. The literati like to use the sign of the full moon to express their feelings of homesickness and family affection. The most classic one is "I hope that people will live long and travel thousands of miles to visit the beautiful woman" in Su Shi's "Shui Tiao Ge Tou". I hope People in the world can be safe and healthy for a long time, thousands of miles away from their loved ones in time, and can also enjoy this beautiful moonlight, which has placed the best wishes from the ages.
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New Year's Eve
Gao Shi's "New Year's Eve"
New Year's Eve, the original meaning is "New Year's Eve", which is taken from "to remove the old and clothe the new" It means that on the last day of the lunar calendar every year, families gather together to welcome the New Year. "New Year's Eve" written by Gao Shi, a poet of the Tang Dynasty, writes about the thoughts of a wanderer and his family in two places on New Year's Eve.
"My hometown is thousands of miles away tonight, and I have a year on my temples tomorrow." The poet not only laments that New Year's Eve is thousands of miles away from his hometown, but he can think about it but cannot see it. The "Taste of the New Year" came out