The ancient poem of Lianhuawu is read aloud with pinyin as follows:

《 Lotus liánhua huāwu wù》

Every day I pick cǎi lotus lián and go to qù,

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zhou zhōu has long cháng and many duō twilight mù return to guī.

Don’t do nòng pole gāo, don’t splash jiàn water shuǐ,

Afraid of wetness, red hóng lotus liányi.

Word and Sentence Notes

⑴Dock (wù): A place with high surroundings and low-lying areas in the middle. This refers to the dock where ships are parked.

⑵zhou: land in the water. Many: often.

(3) Nong: teasing, here refers to support. Peng: A device for punting a boat, mostly made of bamboo or wood.

⑷Hygrophobia: Fear of getting wet. Red Lotus Clothes: Red lotus-colored clothes refer to the clothes worn by lotus-picking girls. ?

Vernacular translation

Women from the south of the Yangtze River go to pick lotus every day. The lotus pond is vast and they always come back in the evening. Don't splash water when you are pole-polling, for fear of getting your red lotus-like dress wet.

About the author

Wang Wei, a poet of the Tang Dynasty. The word Mojie. Originally from Qi (now part of Shanxi), his father moved to Puzhou (now west of Yongji, Shanxi), so he was a native of Hedong. Kaiyuan Jinshi. Tired of official duties. He was appointed Prince Zhongyun when An Lushan's rebels fell into Chang'an. After the rebellion was over, he was demoted to Prince Zhongyun. Later he became the Minister of Finance, Youcheng, so he was also called Wang Youcheng.

In his later years, he lived in Wangchuan, Lantian, and lived a leisurely life of both officialdom and seclusion. The poem is as famous as Meng Haoran, and is also called "Wang Meng". In the early days, he wrote some poems on the theme of frontier fortresses, but the most important part of his works were landscape poems. Through the depiction of pastoral landscapes, he promoted the hermit life and Buddhist Zen philosophy; He is also proficient in music and calligraphy and painting. There is "Wang Youcheng Collection".