"The spring city is full of flowers, and the cold food is easterly and the willows are oblique." What is the traditional festival in China that this poem deals with?

An outdated festival (Qingming Festival) that started one or two days ago in Tomb-Sweeping Day, when only cold food is served for three days.

Yi Han

Spring city is full of flowers,

Cold food, east wind and willows.

At sunset, in the Han Palace, people distribute candles.

Light smoke scattered into Wuhou mansion.

Interpretation of poetry

In spring, Chang 'an City is bustling with flowers flying all over the sky, and the east wind blows the willows at the Cold Food Festival. In the evening, the Han Palace sent candles to the princes and ministers, and light smoke drifted to the homes of five princes.

words explanation

Spring City: Chang 'an City in spring.

Passing candles: It is forbidden to light a fire during the Cold Food Festival, but powerful minions can get the gift of the emperor to light candles.

Wuhou: eunuch's favorite minister.

Appreciation of poetry and prose

Cold food is a traditional festival in ancient China. This was handed down in the Spring and Autumn Period. Two days before Tomb-Sweeping Day, it was decided by Jin Wengong to commemorate the meson push who burned to death with firewood. The ancients attached great importance to this festival. According to the custom, every family banned fire and only ate ready-made food, hence the name cold food. Since the festival is in late spring and the scenery is pleasant, cold food has become a good day to play from the Tang Dynasty to the Song Dynasty. On the day of Cold Food Festival, Han Yi wandered around Chang 'an Street, fascinated by the late spring scenery in front of him until dusk. At night, the palace is brightly lit by candlelight. Outside the palace, it was dark and buried in the deep twilight. Han Yi was deeply moved, thinking that Yang Guifei and her brother, relying on the emperor's favor, ruled others and wrote about cold food. This poem describes the warmth of the cold food festival in spring and satirizes the emperor's eccentricity. The whole poem is implicit and natural, full of emotion.

Jingkou and Guazhou are just separated by a water, and Zhongshan has only a few heavy green mountains.

The gentle spring breeze turns green again, but, moon in the sky, when can you take me home?

This poem depicts the poet's homesickness, which means: Zhongshan is very close, separated by a Yangtze River and several green hills, while I am in journey to the south, but I am getting farther and farther away from home. February is early spring, spring breeze is blowing and spring grass is sprouting. Before long, it will be green all over the south of the Yangtze River. The beautiful spring scenery aroused the poet's homesickness. Looking at the bright moon, he asked affectionately, when do I think you will go back to your hometown?