"Flowers are getting more attractive, but shallow grass can have no horseshoes" comes from Bai Juyi's Spring Tour in Qiantang in the Tang Dynasty. This poem records what the author saw and felt during his spring outing, and it is also a famous piece describing the beauty of the West Lake. "After dusk, the wine in Dongli Bar" comes from Li Qingzhao's "Drunk Flowers" in Song Dynasty, which describes the scene of drinking and enjoying chrysanthemums on the Double Ninth Festival.
original text
From the north side of Gushan Temple to the west side of Jiating, the lake is just level with the embankment, with low clouds and waves on the lake. Several early orioles raced to the sunny tree, and their new swallows were carrying mud in their nests. Colorful spring flowers will gradually fascinate people's eyes, and shallow spring grass can barely cover the horseshoe. I love the beauty on the east bank of the West Lake, and I can't get enough of it, especially the white sand embankment under the green poplar.
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From the north of Gushan Temple to Jiating West, the spring water on the lake is just flush with the levee, and the white clouds are low and connected with the lake. A few early orioles scrambled to fly to the sunny tree, and the new swallows were busy building nests and holding mud. The flowers are blooming, dazzling, and the shallow grass can just cover the horseshoe. I can't get tired of seeing the beautiful scenery on the east side of the lake. Willow trees cross a white sand embankment under rows of shade.
Brief introduction of the author
Bai Juyi (772-846), a native of Xinzheng, Henan Province, was born in Taiyuan, Lotte, Xiangshan, and drunk. He was a great realistic poet in the Tang Dynasty and one of the three great poets in the Tang Dynasty. Bai Juyi and Yuan Zhen * * * advocated the new Yuefu movement, and together with Liu Yuxi, they called the world "Bai Yuan" and "Bai Liu".
Bai Juyi's poems have a wide range of themes, various forms and simple and popular language, and are known as "the poet's magic" and "the king of poets". Official to Hanlin bachelor, Zuo Zanshan doctor. In 846 AD, Bai Juyi died in Luoyang and was buried in Xiangshan.
Bai's Evergreen Collection has been handed down from generation to generation, and its representative works include Song of Eternal Sorrow, Selling Charcoal Weng, Benevolence of Jiangnan on the Pond, Farewell to Ancient Grass, Mujiang Song, Spring Tour of Qiantang Lake, A Suggestion for Friend Liu, Hundred Birds, Langtaosha and Bailiang Hailian.