The spring equinox and the princes feasted together in the thirty-fourth lang of The Land
【Tang Dynasty】 Wu Yuanheng
The southern banquet is a good guest, and the friendship is old and double-kissed.
Moon shame red candle tears, flowers laughing white-headed people.
Baoser often complained, and Qiongzhi did not let the spring.
More smell of songs night, peach plum makeup new.
Translations
On the day of the southern spring equinox, there is a custom of inviting guests and friends to a large banquet; this custom makes people more intimate, closes the distance, and feels more cordial when they meet.
The moon was ashamed in the face of the candle fighting for the last glimmer of light; in the face of me, the old man with white hair, even the flowers seemed to laugh at me. The richly decorated sergeant often leaves unending resentment; the beautiful and exquisite branches are no less than the spring. What's more, I heard that someone was singing "Midnight Song", and it turned out to be a young singer who was as beautiful as a peach and plum, dressed up in a new way, bright and moving.
exegesis
Southern: Southern.
Jiabin: Guest, distinguished guest. Grievances: The grievances that remain unending.
Børser: Gorgeously decorated Serge. Qiong Zhi: Yu Jia Shu Mei Hui.
Midnight: That is, "Midnight Song", is a folk song popular in Jiangnan during the Southern Dynasty, and the tune is Ling Grievance.
Bright makeup: Beautiful attire.
Appreciation
This is a spring equinox feast poem by The Tang Dynasty politician and poet Wu Yuanheng.
"Spring and Autumn Dew" said: "The spring equinox, yin and yang are half half." Therefore, the day and night are equal and the cold and summer are calm. "By this time, spring is halfway through. During the Tang and Song dynasties, one of the customs of the spring equinox was to set up a banquet and feast on guests. For example, Du Mu's "Village Trip" "semi-wet untied the shirt, the master feeds the chicken." "The hosts welcomed us warmly and laid out a generous meal. Song Zhong and "Painting Tang Chun Ji", "Water sinks a wisp of furnace lavender." Drunk. The dancing sleeves fluttered back into the snow, and the singing voice was like a cloud. "It's also about the spring equinox feast.
"The spring breeze is like a distinguished guest, once it arrives, it will be prosperous", the spring equinox is exactly the middle of the spring day, at this time to invite guests to the home to taste spring vegetables, it is also a beautiful thing.
On the day of the southern spring equinox, there is a custom of inviting guests and friends to a large banquet; this custom makes people more intimate, closes the distance, and feels more cordial when they meet. This is the custom of writing "the spring equinox". "Feasting on Jiabin" has become the most lively event on the day of the spring equinox. Fine wine and delicacies, spring vegetables are tender, you can put on the wine table for guests to taste. It is in the lively gathering that people's feelings are deepened little by little. The day of the spring equinox becomes a bridge and link for everyone to connect with each other.
The moon was ashamed in the face of the candle fighting for the last glimmer of light; in the face of me, the old man with white hair, even the flowers seemed to laugh at me. This is the phrase "the length of the feast". Until the candles were about to burn out, people refused to disperse. Time is always easy to sneak by, if you don't know how to cherish the present, cherish the spring, then even the flowers will laugh at me for not understanding the style. They are all white-haired, how many spring equinoxes can they spend in their lives? The poet uses the two anthropomorphic techniques of "moon shame" and "flower smile" to set off the atmosphere of the banquet and drinking very lively and warm, expressing the mood of people immersed in happiness and unwilling to leave.
The richly decorated sergeant often leaves unending resentment; the beautiful and exquisite branches are no less than the spring. This is written "The Solemnity of the Feast". There are brocades on the table, and there are qiong branches. Who played a sad song with Jinser and told us to cherish spring? Who carried a branch to make everyone feel the beauty of spring?" "Boser" and "Qiongzhi" all symbolize beauty, and also add a sense of ceremony to the spring equinox.
What's more, I heard that someone was singing "Midnight Song", and it turned out to be a young singer who was as beautiful as a peach and plum, dressed up in a new way, bright and moving. This is the writing of "the afterglow of the feast". There is no unbroken feast in the world, but the final finale really makes the poet stunned again. The midnight hour has arrived, the "Midnight Song" has begun, and the young and beautiful singers and girls sing the most beautiful blessings, dress up and draw a satisfactory end to the banquet.
Throughout the whole poem, festive and lively, the sense of scene is strong, the human touch is extremely strong, and it is a masterpiece of writing about the spring equinox feast.
Author: Yan Yong, Master of Arts. He has published nearly 100 poem reviews on the "Learning to Strengthen the Country" learning platform. He is a member of the Chinese Poetry Society, a member of the Jiangsu Writers Association, and a member of the third batch of the National Young Writers Class. He has published a collection of literature and history, "Taizhou History: The City by the Salt River", a collection of essays "Reading Travel", and an essay collection "Fengyun Taizhou". Published more than 1,000 articles. He is currently the editor of the newspaper.