What does "piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry and hops" mean?

Seven hobbies and skills with strong literary flavor refer to romantic and emotional things.

During the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, a juren known as "Lian Po" wrote "Lian Po Poetry", which recorded a four-line poem of Xiangtan people in Hunan Province:

Painting, calligraphy, piano, chess and poetry are all covered with flowers, and everything can't be separated from him.

Now seven things have changed, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea.

"Painting, calligraphy, piano, chess, poetry and hops" is an elegant thing. In those days, it was fun and chic. Now, everything is declared as "subversion" and has become a common thing of "rice, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar tea".

A good piano player is easy to understand, a good chess player seeks wisdom, a good book player is full of affection, a good painter is full of affection, a good poet is full of affection, a good wine player is full of bosom friends, a good tea player cultivates sentiment, and a good flower player enjoys character.

However, the contrast and transformation between elegance and vulgarity in poetry shows the realistic living state of all sentient beings in real life. Taking "rice, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar tea" as the counterpart of "calligraphy, painting, piano and chess poetry" shows the author's ingenuity and innovation. Due to the repeated use of passive proverbs and poetic language, poetry has gained new glory, just like the end of a rope, suddenly flowers are brilliant.