It was the Qingming Festival. The poet Du Mu, in the middle of traveling, coincidentally met with rain. It expresses the poet's sadness of traveling and wandering, as well as his disoriented and confused state of mind.

Originally:

Ching Ming

Tang Dynasty: Du Mu

The rain falls one after another at the time of the Qingming Festival, and the pedestrians on the road want to break their souls.

Where can I find a tavern? The shepherd boy points to the village of apricot blossoms.

Translation:

The rain fell during the Qingming Festival in Jiangnan, and the pedestrians on the road all wanted to break their souls.

Ask the locals where they can buy wine to drown their sorrows. The shepherd boy smiled and pointed to a village deep in the apricot blossoms.

Expanded Information:

The poem Qingming is written by Du Mu, a writer of the Tang Dynasty. The poem is about what you see in the spring rain at Qingming, with light colors and a bleak state of mind, and has been widely recited throughout the ages. The first line explains the scene, environment, and atmosphere; the second line writes about the character, showing the character's bleak and confused state of mind; the third line suggests ways to get rid of this state of mind; the fourth line writes about answering words with actions, which is the highlight of the whole piece. The whole poem uses the technique of rising gradually from low to high, with the climax at the end, which makes the aftertaste far away and intriguing.

Reference:

Baidu Encyclopedia - Qingming