Author Han Wei? the Tang Dynasty
In late spring, Chang 'an city is full of songs and dances, and countless flowers fall. The east wind of the Cold Food Festival blows on the willow trees in the royal garden.
As night fell, the palace was busy lighting candles, and smoke drifted to the house of the prince and the marquis.
Translation:
At the end of spring, Liu Xufei is everywhere in Chang 'an, and the east wind blows willow branches in the imperial garden at the Cold Food Festival.
As night fell, the palace was busy handing out candles, and smoke curled into the homes of princes and nobles.
This article is taken from Yi's Cold Food? 》。
Content reading:
The whole poem is realistic by line drawing, depicting the royal style, full of intoxication of the spring scenery of the imperial capital and singing of Chengping in the prosperous times. From the emperor at that time to the ordinary courtiers, they all preferred the poem and always spoke highly of it.
At the beginning, "Spring City is full of flowers". "Spring City" refers to Chang 'an, the capital of spring. "Flying flowers", that is, petals fall in succession, indicating the late spring season. "Everywhere" constitutes a positive escort with double negation, and then writes the charming spring scenery of the whole Chang 'an catkin flying and falling red. The second sentence, "Cold food, east wind and willow slanting", is about the scenery of the palace garden.
"Imperial willow" refers to the willow in the imperial garden. At that time, it was a custom to break the willow door during the Cold Food Festival, and on Qingming Day, the emperor also issued a decree to give the fire of elm willow as a gift to the recent minister to show his favor. Therefore, in the infinite spring, people deliberately cut down the "imperial willow" that slowly fluttered with the hail coming from the east wind.