1. "Snow on the River" Tang Dynasty: Liu Zongyuan
2. Birds in thousands of mountains have disappeared, and all traces of people have disappeared. A man with a coir raincoat in a lone boat, fishing alone in the snow in the cold river.
3. Translation: Translation: There are no traces of birds in thousands of mountains and ridges; there are no traces of pedestrians on thousands of roads. On a lonely boat, a fisherman wearing a raincoat and a bamboo hat was fishing alone in the wind and snow.
4. Creation background: The poem "Jiang Snow" was written when Liu Zongyuan was exiled to Yongzhou (805-815). In the first year of Yongzhen reign of Emperor Shunzong of Tang Dynasty (805), Liu Zongyuan participated in the Yongzhen reform movement launched by Wang Shuwen group, and implemented political measures to suppress eunuchs internally, control vassal towns externally, and maintain national unity.
5. However, due to the joint opposition of the reactionary forces, the reform quickly failed. Liu Zongyuan was demoted to Yongzhou Sima and exiled for ten years. In fact, he lived a life of "prisoner" under control and under house arrest. The oppression of the dangerous environment did not crush him. Politically unfavorable, he showed the value of life and ideal aspirations through poetry. This poem is one of the representative works.
6. This poem describes the snowy scene along the river in the south. In the picture painted by the poet, the vast white snow has sealed thousands of mountains and ridges, and the birds have long since disappeared. Because of the heavy snow, even the birds were reluctant to come out; and because of the heavy snow, even human footprints were covered, and only the snow-capped and silent land could be seen.
7. On the river with heavy snow, there was a small boat, and on the boat was an old fisherman wearing a raincoat and a bamboo hat. He braved the cold wind alone and fished on the cold river. In the ice and snow, a lone boat and one person fishing alone.
8. This poem expresses the feeling of loneliness and coldness, and this poem is also the inner portrayal of the poet Liu Zongyuan.