Han Shi [Tang Dynasty] Han Hong

There are flowers flying everywhere in the spring city, and the east wind blows and the willows slant in the cold food. At dusk, candles are passed from the Han Palace, and the light smoke disperses into the house of the five princes.

(Cold Food: A traditional festival in ancient times, one or two days before Qingming Festival. The ancients did not light a fire to cook for three days from this day, so it was called Cold Food.

[Translation] Chang'an is everywhere in late spring Catkins are flying and flowers are flying, and the cold food festival wind blows the willow branches in the royal garden. As night falls, the palace is busy passing candles, and the smoke from the kitchen is scattered into the homes of princes and nobles.

[Work Appreciation] This is a poem describing cold food. A poem about the scene of the festival. The poem first describes the scene of Chang'an City in spring: late spring is approaching, and the whole city is full of flowers, showing a strong breath of spring. Then it takes a scene from this infinite scenery to describe it in detail: During the Cold Food Festival, the east wind blows Blowing by, the willow branches of the royal garden fluttered in the wind. Then I focused my pen and ink on a special scene in the palace: Night fell, and fires were banned in every house. But the palace was busy passing candles. The poem starts from the day to night, but the focus is on night.