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Fire Tree Silver Flower
Fire Tree: A fiery red tree that refers to a tree full of lights. Silver Flower: Silver-white flower, refers to the light snow bright. Describe a splendid night scene with lights or fireworks.
Synonyms: brilliant lights, silver blossom fire tree, fire tree qi flower, zhang lantern color, lamp candle brilliant, fire candle silver flower
Antonyms: pitch black, dark, black lights blinding fire
derivation
Tang Suwei's poem "Fifteen Nights of the First Moon": "The fire tree and the silver blossoms are combined, and the iron lock of the star bridge is opened." Dark dust goes with the horse, and the bright moon comes one by one. ”
Translation:
Tang Suwei's poem "The Fifteenth Night of the First Moon": "The bright lights are scattered, and the depths of the garden reflect brilliant light, like delicate flowers; because it is accessible everywhere, the iron lock of the city gate is also opened." Crowds were raging, the horseshoe was dusty, the moonlight was shining on every corner, and people could see the bright moon everywhere. ”
Allusion
During the Tang Dynasty, Tang Ruizong Li Dan was the most enjoyable emperor of the Tang Dynasty monarchs, although he was only the emperor for a few years, but no matter what the festival, he always had to use a lot of material resources and manpower to make a fuss for him to play. Especially on the night of the Lantern Festival every year, a twenty-zhang-high lamp tree must be erected, and more than 50,000 lamps are lit, which is called the fire tree.
Later, there was a poet named Su Wei, who wrote a poem about it and described its situation. The poem reads:
"The fire tree and the silver blossom are combined, and the iron lock of the star bridge is opened."
Dark dust goes with the horse, and the bright moon comes one by one.
Jì (jì) is nóng (李), and the song is all plum.
Kingo couldn't help but be at night, and the jade leaked uncontrollably. ”
Meaning: "The lights are staggered, and the depths of the garden reflect a brilliant light, like a delicate flower; because it is accessible everywhere, the iron lock of the city gate is also opened." Crowds were raging, the horseshoe was dusty, the moonlight was shining on every corner, and people could see the bright moon everywhere. The singers and prostitutes in the shadow of the moonlight are full of flowers and heavy makeup, and as they walk, they sing "Plum Blossom Falling". The capital has canceled the night ban, and you should not be busy with the timing of the jade leak, do not let the Lantern Night, which is only once a year, pass in a hurry. ”
This poem describes the scenery of the Lantern Night in Chang'an City. According to the "New Language of the Tang Dynasty" and the "New Record of the Two Capitals of the Tang Dynasty", every year on this night, flower lanterns are displayed in Chang'an City; for three days before and after, there is no martial law at night, and the people who see the lights are really crowded. The cars and horses of the rich and nobles are noisy, and the songs and laughter of the citizens are gathered together, and the whole night is spent in a lively atmosphere.
The poem describes the lively situation at that time without concealment, as if a living picture is active in front of us. The idiom "fire tree honeysuckle" comes from this, describing the place where the lights are high, and it looks like a fire tree honeysuckle. So now all the prosperous cities, or the grand gatherings held at night, are brightly lit, and they use this sentence to describe it. It and the synonym "brilliant lights" describe a bustling scene, but "fire tree honeysuckle" focuses on describing the festive night; "brilliant lights" is not limited to this.
Sentence
Every Chinese New Year's Eve night, the streets are full of lights, fire trees and silver flowers, full of joy.
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