The white heron flies in front of Xisai Mountain, and the fish in the peach blossom river Mandarin Fish are fat.

Green Ruo hat, green straw raincoat, the wind and rain do not need to return.

[Notes]

1. Mount Sei: west of Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province.

2. Egret: a kind of water bird.

3, Peach Blossom Water: Peach blossom season is the time when the spring water is in full bloom, commonly known as peach blossom flood or peach blossom water.

4, Ruo hats: bamboo leaves woven hat.

5, Demoiselle: made of grass or brown rain coat.

[Brief analysis]

This song describes the fishing scene during the spring flood in the water town of Jiangnan. There are distinctive colors of mountains and water, and there is the image of the fisherman, which is a landscape painting written in poems. In the first line, "The egrets fly in front of Xisai Mountain", "in front of Xisai Mountain" points out the location, "egrets" is a symbol of leisure, and it is written that the egrets fly freely, which sets off the fisherman's leisure and contentment. The second line "Peach Blossoms and Flowing Water Make Mandarin Fish Fertile" means: Peach blossoms are in full bloom, the river water rises sharply, and Mandarin fish grow fat at this time of the year. Here the peach blossoms and the green water reflect each other, showing the lake and mountains in front of Xisai Mountain in late spring, and rendering the living environment of the fisherman. Three or four lines "green Ruo hat, green straw raincoat, the wind and rain do not have to return", describes the fishing father fishing mood. The fishing father wears a green Ruo hat, wearing a green straw raincoat, in the wind and rain in the joy and forget to return. The "oblique wind" refers to the breeze. The whole poem is brightly colored and lively, vividly showing the fisherman's leisurely life.

The poet Zhang Zhihe was a native of Jinhua in the Tang Dynasty. He was a minor official in the imperial court, and later he lived in seclusion on the rivers and lakes, calling himself a smoky-wave fishing disciple. This lyric uses the expression of the life of a fisherman to show the pleasure of his own secluded life. The Fisherman's Songs, also known as The Fisherman's Father or The Fisherman's Joy, are probably folk fishing songs. The author wrote five Fishing Songs, and this is the first one. According to the record cited in "Lyric Forest Chronicle", Zhang Zhihe visited Yan Zhenqing, the historian of Huzhou, and asked Yan to help replace his boat because it was worn out, and composed "Fishing Songs".