Translation and Original Text of Winter Solstice in Handan

Coconut silk is good in Handan from winter to the sun.

Dynasty: Tang Dynasty | Author: Bai Juyi

Every winter solstice, I am accompanied by the shadow in front of the knee lamp.

If you want to sit at home late at night, you should also talk about travelers.

Translation:

When I stayed at Handan Inn, it happened to be the solstice festival in winter. At night, I sit in front of the lamp with my knees in my arms, and only the shadow is with me. I believe my relatives will gather late at night today, and they should also talk about me as a traveler.

Precautions:

(1) Handan (Hándān): Place name, now Handan City, Hebei Province. Winter solstice: one of the 24 solar terms of the lunar calendar. 1late February, with the shortest day and the longest night. There is a custom of family reunion in the ancient winter solstice.

⑵ Post Station: Post Station, a resting place for delivering official documents, transferring official goods or business officials in ancient times.

⑶ Embrace your knees: Sit with your hands on your knees and think about your appearance. Shadow accompanies you: Shadow accompanies you.

(4) Late at night: It's still late at night.

5. Traveler: a person who is away from home refers to the author himself.

Appreciate:

There is no exquisite rhetoric or fancy in Winter in Handan, but a narrative style is used to describe the feelings of distant guests. One of its advantages is that it tells a common life experience in straightforward and simple language, and its feelings are sincere and touching. Second, the idea is exquisite and unique: first of all, there is no word "thinking" in the poem, but it is dull, but it contains "thinking" everywhere; Secondly, I write homesickness, but from the opposite side. Bai Juyi's poems are often known for their simple and unpretentious language and artistic conception. This poem is unpretentious, ingenious and unique, and between the lines reveals a touch of homesickness and a deep homesickness.