Cold Food Ancient Poem Original and Translation

The original text and translation of the ancient poem of Cold Eclipse are as follows:

Cold Eclipse

Han_

The spring city has no flying flowers anywhere, and the east wind of the cold eclipse has made the willows slant.

The candles were passed around the Han Palace at sunset, and the light smoke was scattered into the houses of the five lords.

Word Explanation:

Spring City: Chang'an City in spring.

Candle Passing: Fire is forbidden in the whole world during the Cold Food Festival, but the powerful and favored ministers can get the gift from the emperor to light candles.

1, cold food: the day before the Qingming is called the cold food, that is, the anti-smoking festival, the Han system of this day in the palace drilling new fires burning candles to be scattered to the ministers of the noble relatives.

2, the Royal Willow: the Royal Court of the willow, the old custom of every cold eclipse in the willow plug door.

3, candles: "the Tang dynasty under the carriage of the time of year record" "to take the fire of elm and willow on the day of the Qingming Festival to give the close ministers".

4, the five marquis: Han Emperor Chengdi, his uncle Wang Tan, Wang Shang, Wang Li, Wang Gen, Wang Fengshi as a waiter, they are known as the five marquis.

5, oblique: sound "Xia".

Translations:

1: The city of Chang'an in late spring was filled with dancing poplars, and the east wind of the Cold Food Festival blew the willow trees in the palace diagonally. The dusk began to glorify the giving of new candles in the palace, the first to rise in the house of the emperor's noble relatives.

Two: In the city of Chang'an in the spring, the city is lively and prosperous, flying flowers everywhere, and the east wind of the Cold Food Festival blows the imperial willows. In the evening the Han Palace passed candles to reward the princes and vassals of the close ministers, curls of light smoke drifted to the homes of the five vassals.

Appreciation:

Cold food is a traditional festival in ancient China, two days before the Qingming, from the Spring and Autumn period passed down', is the Duke of Jin Wen to commemorate the holding of the wood burned to death of the jie zi tui and set. Ancient people attached great importance to this festival, according to the custom of family fire ban, only eat ready-made food, so the name cold food. Because the festival when the late spring, the scenery is pleasant, from Tang to Song, cold food will become a good day to play.

On the day of the Cold Food Festival, Han _ roamed the streets of Chang'an and was mesmerized by the twilight scenery until twilight fell. At night, the palace flickered with a bright cloud of candlelight. But outside the palace is a dark, buried in the deep twilight. Han_, overwhelmed with emotion, thought of Yang Guifei and her brother, who relied on the emperor's favor and acted as a bully, and put pen to paper to write "Cold Eclipse".

This poem describes the melting spring in the capital city during the cold eclipse, and satirizes the emperor's favoritism. The whole poem is subtle and natural, rich in flavor.