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Every winter solstice, I carry the shadow of Deng Teng. "This is a poem written by the poet (), which describes the homesickness in winter.

"This winter, the post office in Handan will arrive in the sun, and the lamp will accompany me" is a poem written by Bai Juyi in the Tang Dynasty, which describes my homesickness in the winter.

This poem can be translated as: When I lived in 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.

be homesick

This poem is from Bai Juyi's Night Thoughts on the Winter Solstice in Handan.

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

Bai Juyi? Tang dynasty

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.

The translation of the whole poem is:

When I lived in Handan Inn, it happened to be the solstice in winter. I could only sit in front of the lamp with my knees in my arms, accompanied by my own shadow.

Thinking that my family will get together late at night today, I should also talk about me, a person who is away from home.

Winter solstice

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.

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

Hug your knees: Sit with your hands on your knees and think about yourself. Shadow accompanies you: Shadow accompanies you.

Late at night: still late at night.

Traveler: a person who is away from home, here referring to the author himself.

Winter solstice

This poem was written at the end of the twentieth year of Zhenyuan in Tang Dezong (804). The author is thirty-three years old and is the secretary of the provincial school. On the solstice of winter, the court will have a holiday, and the people are also very lively, wearing new clothes, giving each other food and drink, congratulating each other and celebrating the festival. Bai Juyi was on a business trip and stayed in Handan Post Office for one night, so he wrote this poem out of emotion.

Bai Juyi

Bai Juyi (772-846), a native of Xinzheng, Henan Province, was born in Taiyuan, Lotte, Xiangshan, and drunk. He was a great realistic poet in the Tang Dynasty and one of the three great poets in the Tang Dynasty. Bai Juyi and Yuan Zhen * * * advocated the new Yuefu movement, and together with Liu Yuxi, they called the world "Bai Yuan" and "Bai Liu".