The meaning of ancient poetry in Yuan Dynasty is 100.

The overall poetry of the ancient poem "January Day": in the sound of firecrackers, people sent away the old year; The warm spring breeze ushered in the New Year, and people happily drank the newly brewed Tu Su wine. The rising sun shines on thousands of families, and everyone is busy taking off the old peach blossom symbol and replacing it with a new one to greet the New Year with joy.

original text

The first day of the lunar month

Wang Anshi

The roar of firecrackers, the old year has passed; The warm spring breeze ushered in the New Year, and people happily drank the newly brewed Tu Su wine.

The rising sun sheds light on doors of each household, New peachwood charm is put up to replace the old.

Creation background

This poem was written when the author first worshipped the Prime Minister and started his New Deal. 1067, Song Shenzong succeeded to the throne, and Wang Anshi was appointed as the magistrate of Jiangning, and then he was appointed as a bachelor and lecturer of Hanlin. In order to get rid of the political and economic crisis faced by the Song Dynasty and the constant intrusion of Liao and Xixia, in A.D. 1068, the gods called Wang Anshi to "enter the DPRK again and again", and Wang Anshi immediately wrote a letter advocating political reform. The following year, he devoted himself to politics and presided over the political reform. During the Spring Festival in the same year, Wang Anshi saw that every household was busy preparing for the Spring Festival, and he wrote this poem with emotion when he thought of the new atmosphere at the beginning of the political reform.

works appreciation

This is an impromptu work about welcoming the New Year in ancient times. Based on folk customs, it sensitively absorbs the typical materials of ordinary people during the Spring Festival and captures the representative details of life: setting off firecrackers, drinking Tu Su wine and changing peach symbols, which fully shows the joyful atmosphere of the New Year Festival and is full of rich life breath.

Evaluation by famous experts

Wang Xiang's "Thousands of Poems Make Up the School": "This poem is self-evident. When it first worships the item, it is old and new, and it follows its politics. "

Xiong Baiqi's Selected Poems of Eight Great Masters in Song Dynasty: "This poem is not only a new way to write New Year's sentences, but also a new way to write them. The combination of the two is close and seamless, and the warm and bright scene of Yuanri is vividly written, praising and affirming the victory and bright future of implementing the new law. "