Apart from the spring breeze, what does it mean to send a one-year-old child to Tu Su, Tu Su?

January Day-Wang Anshi

Except for the one-year-old in firecrackers,

The spring breeze brings warmth to Tusu.

Thousands of families are dying,

Always trade new peaches for old ones.

The first sentence, "One-year-old moves away with firecrackers", sends away the old year and welcomes the new year. The second sentence "Spring Breeze Brought Warmth to Tu Su" describes people drinking Tu Su wine heartily in the warm spring breeze. The third sentence, "Celebration Day for Thousands of Families", says that the glory of the rising sun shines on thousands of families. It not only wrote the folk customs at that time, but also contained the meaning of getting rid of the old cloth. "Taofu" is a kind of red wooden board painted with gods, which is hung on the door to ward off evil spirits. Every New Year's Day, the old peach symbol will be removed and replaced with a new one. "The new peach symbolizes the old" closely echoes the first sentence, vividly showing the scene of Vientiane's renewal.

Author background

Wang Anshi (102 1- 1086), a poet in the Northern Song Dynasty, was born in Linchuan (now Jiangxi). As a famous reformist politician, his early poems mainly reflected political, historical and social reality. His poems are full of philosophy and like to use allusions. Retired from Jinling in his later years.