In Taohuawu, there is a Taohuaan, and there is a Peach Blossom Fairy in the Taohuaan. What do you mean, peach fairies cultivate peach trees and pick them as drinks?

It means: There is a Taohuawu outside Jinchang Gate in Suzhou. There lived a man in Taohuawu. Everyone calls him Peach Blossom Fairy. Peach Fairy planted a lot of peach trees, and when they blossomed, she picked them for drinks.

This sentence comes from a seven-character ancient poem "Song of the Peach Blossom Temple" written by Tang Yin, a painter, writer and poet in the Ming Dynasty. In this poem, the poet describes himself as a peach blossom fairy, showing his true heart with vulgar and negative side in his ordinary truth, with a cynical spirit. The whole poem is as clear as words, without any allusions and flowery rhetoric. The tone of language is close to vulgarity, lightness and self-contained, but it contains infinite artistic tension and gives people continuity.

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This poem mainly expresses the poet's attitude towards life that he is willing to retire, indifferent to fame and fortune, and unwilling to give it to the secular in pursuit of leisure. Peach blossom has the meaning of seclusion because of its homophonic "escape", and it also embodies the precious spirit of pursuing freedom and cherishing the value of individual life.

He said that he was a hermit in Taohuawu, Suzhou, and it was a portrayal of his life to grow peach trees and sell peach blossoms and wine. These four sentences deliberately highlight the image of "peach blossom" and vividly depict the image of a hermit who roams in the forest, is free and easy, loves life and is as happy as a fairy.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Peach Blossom Temple Song