The pinyin version of the ancient poem "Cold Food" is shown in the picture:
Original text:
Flowers are flying everywhere in the spring city, and the east wind of Cold Food keeps the willows from slanting.
At dusk, candles were passed around the Han Palace, and light smoke dispersed into the house of the Five Marquises.
Translation:
In late spring, catkins are flying and falling reds are everywhere in Chang'an City. During the Cold Food Festival, the east wind blows the willow branches in the Royal Garden. As night fell, the palace was busy passing candles around, and the smoke from the cooking pots dispersed into the homes of princes and nobles.
Appreciation:
The opening sentence is "Flowers are flying everywhere in the Spring City". "Spring City" refers to Chang'an, the capital city in spring. "Flying flowers" are petals falling one after another, highlighting the late spring season. "Everywhere" uses double negation to form an affirmation, and then writes the charming spring scene of Chang'an with flying catkins and countless falling reds.
The second sentence "cold food, east wind, and willow trees" refers to the scenery in the palace garden. "Imperial willow" refers to the willow tree in the imperial garden. At that time, it was customary to break willows and stick in the door during the cold eclipse day. On the Qingming day, the emperor would also issue an edict to take fire from elms and willows and reward his ministers to show his favor. Therefore, people specially cut the "imperial willow" that blows in the east wind in the infinite spring.
About the author
Han Hong (hóng), whose dates of birth and death are unknown, named Junping, was born in Nanyang (now Nanyang, Henan Province) and was a poet in the Tang Dynasty. He has been doing clerical work in the army and is good at writing farewell poems. He is as famous as Qian Qi and other poets, and is one of the ten talented people in the Dali calendar.
He passed the Jinshi examination in the thirteenth year of Tianbao (754). During the Baoying period, he served in the shogunate of Ziqing Jiedushi Hou Xiyi. Later, Hou Xiyi returned to the court and lived in Chang'an for ten years. During the Jianzhong period, he was appreciated by Emperor Dezong of the Tang Dynasty for his composition of "Cold Food". He was promoted continuously, and finally became an official in Zhongshu Sheren. Han Hong's poems were written with light brushwork and unique scenery, and were widely read at that time. Author of "Collection of Poems by Han Junping".
The above content refers to Baidu Chinese-Cold Food/Cold Food Day Event