Cold food? What about [Don]?
In late spring, Chang 'an city is full of songs and dances, and countless flowers fall. The east wind of the Cold Food Festival blows on the willow trees in the royal garden. ?
At dusk, the Han officials issued candles, and light smoke was scattered into the Wuhou mansion.
The meaning of this poem is: In the late spring, catkins are flying and there are countless red flowers in Chang 'an. The east wind of the Cold Food Festival blows the willow branches in the imperial garden of the palace. As night fell, the palace was busy handing out candles, and smoke curled into the homes of princes and nobles.
This is a satirical poem, which satirizes the eunuch's favor and autocratic corruption with typical themes and appropriate allusions. The poet's brushwork is ingenious and subtle. On the surface, it seems that it only depicts an emotional genre painting in Chang 'an, the Cold Food Festival. In fact, between the lines, we can feel the author's deep dissatisfaction and irony with the powerful eunuch at that time. After the mid-Tang Dynasty, several bad emperors were partial to eunuchs, so that they were in power, corrupted the court affairs and excluded courtiers. The upright people were extremely indignant about this. This poem was written for this purpose.