Green ants' newly fermented wine and red clay stove come from the poem "Asking Liu Nineteen" by the great poet Bai Juyi of the Tang Dynasty.
"Green ant new embryo wine, small red clay stove. It's snowing in the evening, can you drink a cup?" The newly brewed rice wine is green in color and fragrant, and burns bright red in the small red clay stove. It's getting dark and heavy snow is coming. Can you take a look at the humble house and drink a glass of warm wine?
The wine is newly brewed and has not been filtered. The surface of the wine has lees foam, which is green in color and as small as ants, so it is called green ants. The crude little stove was simple and warm, and the fire burned brightly. The poet sat in front of a roaring fire, and the firelight illuminated the house as dusk fell, illuminating the house wine with green foam floating on it. The small red clay stove plays a role in coloring and setting off the atmosphere of the drinking environment, and can easily arouse readers' associations with simple and authentic rural life.
Bai Juyi is good at discovering poetry in life, carefully refining the poetry in life, and using poetry to reflect the spring glow in human nature. This is what makes this poem emotional for readers. The work is full of the sentiment of life, and the simple language describes the beauty and sincere friendship in daily life. "Ask Liu Shijiu" was written by Bai Juyi when he lived in seclusion in Luoyang in his later years and missed his friends. Liu Shijiu was the author's friend when he was in Jiangzhou.
Bai Juyi is known as the "Poetry Demon" and the "Poetry King". His poems have a wide range of genres, diverse forms and simple and popular languages.
"Tang Shi Kuai" commented on him: Isn't he the happiest person in the world?