Qingming Annotation and Poetry

Qingming: one of the 24 solar terms, around April 5 in the solar calendar. On the day of the old custom, there were activities such as sweeping graves, hiking and inserting willows.

Du Mu's Tomb-Sweeping Day

A drizzling rain falls like tears on the Mourning Day; The mourner's heart is going to break on his way. Excuse me, where is the restaurant? The shepherd boy points to Xinghua Village.

(2) Want to break the soul: describe extreme sadness, as if the soul is to be separated from the body. Broken soul: looks sad and unhappy. 3 Sorry: Sorry. ④ Xinghua Village: a village deep in apricot flowers, located in Fengtai Mountain, Qinhuai District, Nanjing. Influenced by this poem, later generations often take "Xinghua Village" as the hotel name.

Gu Xiong Fei's "Chang 'an Qingming Yan Huai Tu"

In the Ming Dynasty, when Emperor Li met Qingming, he also drove tourists out of the Forbidden City. Jiumo Fangfei warbler (2), ten thousand chariots and horses rain in Chu. Today is the first time to meet a guest. I'm tired of seeing flowers in sorrow. Who's in charge in spring, it's even more futile.

1 Imperial Capital: Judeyan Imperial Capital, Kyoto. ② Jiumo: Nine avenues in Chang 'an City in Han Dynasty. Yi: Birds are twittering. Among the guests: when living at home. Next: the imperial examination era means that the palace examination or the provincial examination failed.