The ancient poetry of the Yuan Dynasty rendered a festive atmosphere.
Besides firecrackers, the spring breeze also brings warmth to Tu Su. The rising sun sheds light on doors of each household, New peachwood charm is put up to replace the old.
The old year passed with firecrackers, and Tu Su wine was enjoyed in the warm spring breeze. The rising sun shines on thousands of families, and they all take down the old peach blossom symbols and replace them with new ones.
Precautions:
January: The first day of the first lunar month, that is, the Spring Festival.
Firecracker: the sound made by the ancients when they burned bamboo. It was used to ward off evil spirits and later evolved into setting off firecrackers.
Tu Su: It refers to Tu Su wine, and drinking Tu Su wine is also a custom in the ancient New Year in China. On the first day of the New Year, the whole family drinks this wine soaked in Tu Su grass to ward off evil spirits, avoid plague and live a long life.
Peach: Fu Tao is an ancient custom. On the first day of the first lunar month, people write the names of Shen Tu and Lei Yu on a mahogany board and hang them by the door to ward off evil spirits. Also called Spring Festival couplets.
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Creative background:
This poem was written at the beginning of Wang Anshi's New Deal. In order to get rid of the political and economic crisis faced by the Song Dynasty and the constant intrusion of Liao and Xixia, 1068, Song Shenzong summoned Wang Anshi to "turn to the right repeatedly", and Wang Anshi immediately wrote to advocate political reform. The following year, he devoted himself to politics and presided over the political reform. In the New Year of the same year, Wang Anshi wrote this poem in association with the new atmosphere at the beginning of the political reform.
Many of his poems about scenery and things contain strong political content. Through the description of New Year's Day and the new atmosphere of New Year's Day, this poem expresses its ambition, optimism and self-confidence of ruling reform, eliminating the old and enriching the people.