Meaning: Salt and plums have added flavor to the cauldron, and fine wine has been poured into the cup.
1. Salt plum: salt and plum. Salt tastes salty and plum tastes sour, both are needed for seasoning. It also refers to the talents needed by the country. Salt blossom pulp can be used to clean silverware.
2. Qujiang: also known as "quqiang", "qujie", "quqiang", which refers to distiller's yeast.
From: "Dragon Boat Festival" Tang Dynasty·Li Longji
Excerpt:
The Dragon Boat Festival approaches mid-summer, and the clear days are getting longer.
The salt and plum blossoms have been added to the tripod, and the rice dumplings have been passed down to the wine cup.
Translation:
During the Dragon Boat Festival, it was already close to the middle of summer, and the days were gradually getting longer.
Salt and plums have added flavor to the cauldron, and fine wine has been poured into the cup. Extended information
The author of the poem is Tang Xuanzong. Many of his past works mention the "Dragon Boat Festival". For example, "The Preface to the Poetry of the Dragon Boat Festival Banquet and the Officials Discovering the Divine Words" describes the palace On the grand occasion of the Dragon Boat Festival, elegant ministers were summoned for a grand banquet; another article, "A Banquet for Ministers in Three Dragon Boat Palaces" also mentioned the scene of banquets for ministers to eat rice dumplings.
In this poem, the author begins with the arrival of the Dragon Boat Festival, talks about the length of the day, good wine, delicious food, plus customs and the development of the environment. Finally, starting from his own status, he hopes that the people Live a good life, sings the praises of a peaceful and prosperous age, and expresses a king's expectations and wishes for a better life in the future.
The original name of "Dragon Boat Festival" is "Duanwu", and "Duan" means "beginning"; the fifth day of the lunar month is also the Dragon Boat Festival. In the Tang Dynasty, because Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty was born on August 5th, in order to please the emperor and avoid the taboo of the word "five", the Prime Minister Song Jing officially changed "Duanwu" to "Dragon Boat Festival". This writing method has been spread to this day. today.