Poems by Han Yi, a Cold Gourmet

This is a satire poem. It is forbidden to light a fire during the Cold Food Festival, but the favored officials will get special candles from the emperor and enjoy the privileges. Poetry is the favorite of satirists.

Full text:

In late spring, Chang 'an city is full of songs and dances, and countless flowers fall. The east wind of the Cold Food Festival blows on the willow trees in the royal garden.

As night fell, the palace was busy lighting candles, and smoke drifted to the house of the prince and the marquis.

Translation:

In spring, Chang 'an is full of falling flowers and dancing;

Cold Food Festival, Dongfeng Liuyu Garden? Tilt

At dusk, imperial candles came from the palace.

Light smoke scattered into the newly sealed prince's house.

Cold food is a seven-character quatrain written by Han Yi, a poet in Tang Dynasty.

The first two sentences of this poem describe the scenery during the day, the charming spring scenery and the scenery of the whole court garden in Chang 'an. The last two sentences are about the night scene, which vividly draws a picture of candles at night, making people see the light of candles and smell the faint smoke. The whole poem is realistic by line drawing, depicting the royal style, full of intoxication of the spring scenery of the imperial capital and singing of Chengping in the prosperous times.

Han Yi, a poet in Tang Dynasty. The word Junping was born in Nanyang (now Nanyang, Henan). He is one of the "Top Ten Talents in Dali". Tianbao 13 (754) was admitted as a scholar. Baoying once served in the shogunate, our ambassador to Ziqing, and then Hou returned to Korea and lived in Chang 'an for ten years. When Jian 'an was in middle age, he was appreciated for his poem "Cold Food" and was promoted to the position of a Chinese calligrapher.