Village Residence is a seven-character quatrain written by Gao Ding, a poet in Qing Dynasty, when he lived in rural Shangrao in his later years. This poem describes the poet's joy at the arrival of spring when he lives in the country, the spring scenery he sees and the children flying kites after school.
original text
Rural residence
In February, the grass grows and the warblers fly, and the willows are drunk with spring smoke.
The children came back from school early, so they were busy flying kites in the east wind.
Vernacular translation
In February of the lunar calendar, the grass around the village has gradually sprouted and grown, and orioles are flying around. Willow covered with long green branches, swaying in the wind, as if gently stroking the bank. The evaporated water vapor between Shui Ze and vegetation condenses into smoke. Willow seems to be intoxicated with this beautiful scenery. After school, the children in the village hurried home and flew kites in the blue sky when the east wind blew.
To annotate ...
Village residence: the sight of living in the country.
② Willow blowing dike: Touch dike like willow. Drunk: intoxicated, intoxicated. Spring smoke: The vaporous water vapor formed by evaporation between Shui Ze and vegetation in spring.
3 School: After school.
(4) Paper kite: generally refers to kite, which is a paper kite shaped like an eagle. Kite: Eagle.