The spring breeze does not blow through Yumen Pass, which implies that the spring breeze cannot blow in the Yumen Pass area.
From the superficial meaning, it represents the real spring breeze and reflects the hardship of the frontier environment.
From the author's writing intention: it means that the ruling class is not considerate of the people's sentiments and has never cared about the soldiers guarding the border.
Appreciation of Famous Sentences
Why should the Qiang flute blame the willows? The spring breeze does not pass through Yumen Pass. Yang Shen of the Ming Dynasty believed that these two sentences contained ironic meaning. In his "Sheng'an Poetry Talk", he said: "This poem is not as benevolent as the frontier fortress. The so-called king's gate is thousands of miles away."
The author Writing that there is no spring breeze there uses nature as a metaphor for the fact that the supreme ruler who lives in the prosperous imperial capital is not considerate of the people's sentiments and ignores the soldiers who are far away from Yumen Pass to guard the border. Ancient Chinese poetry has always had the tradition of "responsibility", not to mention that "poems are incomprehensible". We think it is not impossible for readers to understand it this way, but we cannot be sure that the author really meant this.
The specific explanation of these two sentences: Since the spring breeze cannot blow outside the Yumen Pass, the willows outside the pass will naturally not spit out leaves. What is the use of "blaming" it?