The meaning of the poem is as follows:

It rains heavily during the Qingming Festival in the south of the Yangtze River, and all the travelers on the road are in despair.

May I ask the locals where to buy wine to drown their sorrows? The shepherd boy smiled and pointed to Xinghua Mountain Village in the distance.

The rain falls during the Qingming Festival comes from "Qingming" by Du Mu, a poet from the Tang Dynasty.

Appreciation:

The first two sentences explain the situation and the problem also occurred. What to do? A solution must be found. Pedestrians couldn't help but think at this moment: Where can I find a small hotel? The thing is very clear: I found a small hotel, where I could take a rest and take shelter from the rain; I could have three drinks to relieve myself from the spring cold and warm my clothes that were soaked by the rain; most importantly, I could take this opportunity to It can also dispel the sadness in your heart. So, I asked people for directions.

Who are you asking for the way? The poet did not tell us in the third sentence, but it is more wonderful than the fourth sentence: "The shepherd boy points to Xinghua Village in the distance." Grammatically speaking, "shepherd boy" is the subject of this sentence, but it is actually the predicate of "borrowing" in the previous sentence - it completes both the question and answer of the previous sentence. Did the shepherd boy answer? We don't know, but the answer with "action" is more vivid and powerful than the answer.

"Yao" literally means far. But those of us who read poetry must not stick to the literal meaning and think that Xinghua Village must be very far away from here. This finger has made us see it. If the distance is really far away, it will be difficult to have an artistic connection; if it is really right in front of you, the implicit and endless interest will be lost: the beauty lies in the balance between not far and not close.

The poem just says "pointing to Xinghua Village in the distance" and then ends abruptly without spending another sentence. For the rest, the passers-by were happy to hear the news, walked forward with more energy, found the restaurant with excitement, and were relieved to obtain the satisfaction and joy of sheltering from the rain and relieving their sorrows... ..., these poets just "don't care".

He leaves all these behind in the text and leaves them to the reader’s imagination for them to seek and understand on their own. He only introduces readers to a poetic realm, and is not responsible for guiding the panoramic view; on the other hand, he opens up a much broader room for imagination for readers than the poem shows. This is the "more than enough" of art.

This is the ultimate mutual enjoyment between poets and us readers, this is art, and this is what our country’s classical poetry is particularly good at. The ancients once said that a good poem can "describe a scene that is difficult to describe, as it is now; the inexhaustible meaning lies beyond the words." Take this "Qingming" quatrain as an example. In a certain sense, it is well-deserved.