Two verses praising spring:
1. When the sun rises, the flowers on the river are as red as fire, and when spring comes, the river is as green as blue.
Bai Juyi (Tang Dynasty) - "Remembering Jiangnan·Jiangnan is Good"
2. The random flowers are gradually charming the eyes, and only in Asakusa can there be no horseshoes.
Bai Juyi (Tang Dynasty) - "Spring Tour to Qiantang Lake"
Original text of "Recalling Jiangnan? Jiangnan is Good"
Recalling Jiangnan·Jiangnan is Good
Jiangnan is good, the scenery is familiar to me
When the sun rises, the flowers on the river are as red as the fire,
When spring comes, the river is as green as blue.
Can we not remember Jiangnan?
Translation
The scenery in Jiangnan is so beautiful, the picturesque scenery has been familiar for a long time. When spring comes, the sun rises from the river, illuminating the flowers on the riverside bright red, and the green river water is greener than the blue grass. How can one not miss Jiangnan?
Appreciation
It is not easy to summarize the spring scenery of Jiangnan in a dozen words, but Bai Juyi did it skillfully. He did not start with the usual "flowers" and "orioles" in describing Jiangnan, but ingeniously wrote from "river" as the center. He also used "red as fire" and "green as blue" to contrast the different colors, showing a bright and dazzling Spring scenery in the south of the Yangtze River.
Original text of "Spring Tour to Qiantang Lake"
Spring Tour to Qiantang Lake
To the north of Gushan Temple and west of Jiating, the water surface is initially flat and the clouds are low.
Early orioles are vying for warmth in several places, and new swallows are pecking at the spring mud.
The wild flowers are becoming more and more charming, and only in Asakusa can there be no horse hooves.
My favorite lake is the east side of the lake, with its green poplar shade and white sand embankment.
Translation
Walking to the north of Gushan Temple and west of Jia Gong Pavilion, I stopped for a while and looked into the distance. I saw the water level rising, white clouds hanging low, and the beauty boundless.
A few orioles are flying to the sunny trees first, while whose swallows are carrying spring mud to build new nests?
The flowers are colorful, almost charming, and the wild grass is green, just covering the horse's hooves.
The scenery on the east side of the lake is unforgettable. The most lovely thing is the white sand embankment shaded by green poplars.
Appreciation
"Spring Tour to Qiantang Lake" is a famous seven-rhythm poem by Bai Juyi, a poet of the Tang Dynasty, describing the West Lake. By describing the beautiful scenery of West Lake in early spring, this poem expresses the author's joy of visiting the lake in early spring and his love for the scenery of Qiantang Lake. It also expresses the author's love for the beauty of nature.
Especially the middle four sentences carefully describe the scenery seen during the spring trip to the West Lake. The images are vivid, the scene embodies the emotions, and it accurately and vividly expresses the lively interest and elegant leisure of natural things. The whole poem has a rigorous structure, natural connection, exquisite dialogue, simple language, accurate word choice, and fresh temperament. It has become a famous poem about the West Lake in the past dynasties.