Tall willows are covered with new green leaves, and soft willows hang down like ten thousand green ribbons fluttering gently. Whose skillful hand cut off this thin young leaf? It turned out to be the warm spring breeze in February. It's like a pair of clever scissors.
Original text:
Jasper dressed as a tree, hanging down ten thousand green silk tapestries.
I don't know who cut the thin leaves, but the spring breeze in February is like scissors.
Source:
The Singing Willow by Tang He Zhang Zhi
Extended data:
Creative background:
In the third year of Tang Tianbao, He returned to his hometown with a letter, and officials saw him off. Take a boat through Nanjing and Hangzhou, and arrive at Xiaoshan County along Xiaoshaoguan River, where officials from Yuezhou greeted them at the post office. Then we took a boat to the old house by the river outside the south gate. It was the early spring of February, when willow buds sprouted, spring was full and the breeze was blowing gently.
He is like a bird out of the cage, and he is naturally very happy when he returns to his hometown. Suddenly, he saw a tall willow tree, which stood out from the crowd on the bank of the river and was full of heroism. At this time, he began to write a poem "Yong Liu", which became a swan song for generations.
Appreciation of the original text:
The structure of this poem is very unique. First, write the overall impression of willow, then write willow, and finally write willow leaves, from total to division, orderly. Sing the spring breeze with willow, compare the spring breeze to scissors, say that she is the creator of beauty, and praise her for cutting out the spring. This poem is full of people's joy in early spring. In the use of language, it is both fluent and gorgeous.
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