What is the meaning of the poem "Flowers are more and more colorful, shallow grass can have no horseshoes" in the spring outing of Qiantang Lake?

"Flowers are more and more colorful, and shallow grass can have no horseshoes" comes from a spring outing in Qiantang by Bai Juyi, a great poet in the Tang Dynasty. It is often used to describe people who are gradually intoxicated with the worst things such as drunkenness and money.

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Spring outing in Qiantang Lake

Bai Juyi? Tang dynasty

From the north side of Gushan Temple to the west side of Jiating, the lake is just level with the embankment, with low clouds and waves on the lake.

Several early orioles raced to the sunny tree, and their new swallows were carrying mud in their nests.

Colorful spring flowers will gradually fascinate people's eyes, and shallow spring grass can barely cover the horseshoe.

I love the beauty on the east bank of the West Lake, and I can't get enough of it, especially the white sand embankment under the green poplar.

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Bypassing the north of Gushan Temple, strolling in the west of Jiagong Pavilion, the white clouds hang low at the beginning of the lake.

Several warm trees that the oriole came out early competed for sunshine, and the new swallows were busy building nests and holding mud.

Wild flowers will be dazzling when they are competing to open, and spring grass has just crossed the horseshoe before it grows tall.

The beautiful scenery in the east of the favorite lake is unforgettable. Rows of willow trees pass through a white sand embankment.

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(1) Qiantang Lake: West Lake in Hangzhou.

⑵ Gushan Temple: It was built in the early years of Chen Wendi in the Southern and Northern Dynasties (522 ~ 565) and renamed Guanghua in the Song Dynasty. Isolated Mountain: It is between the inner lake and the outer lake of the West Lake, so it is called an isolated mountain because it is not connected with other mountains. There is an isolated mountain pavilion overlooking the West Lake. Jia Ting: Also called Jia Gongting. A scenic spot in the West Lake was built by Jia Quan in the Tang Dynasty. During the Zhenyuan period of Tang Dynasty (Tang Dezong year, 785 ~ 805), Jia Quan was appointed as the secretariat of Hangzhou and built a pavilion on the banks of Qiantang River. This pavilion was called "Jia Pavilion" or "Jia Gong Pavilion" and lasted until the end of the Tang Dynasty.

(3) Initial leveling of the water surface: the lake is flush with the embankment, that is, the spring water rises at the beginning. Chu: used as an adverb in ancient Chinese, it is often used to express time and express fast. Low cloud foot: white clouds overlap and connect with the waves on the lake. It seems that the cloud is very low, so the foot of the cloud is low. Point out the starting point and way of spring outing, and focus on depicting the scenery of the lake. It is more common when it rains or just stops raining. Cloud foot: cloud gas near the ground, which is more common when it begins to rain or stops raining. The original meaning of "foot" refers to the organs that people and animals walk. This refers to the drooping clouds.

(4) Early Warbler: an oriole who comes early in early spring. Warbler: oriole, the song is euphemistic and beautiful. Competing to warm the trees: competing to fly to the sunny branches. Warm tree: a tree facing the sun.

5. Xinyan: A swallow just flew back from the south. Take it. Swallows nest with mud in their mouths. Look up and see what you can see in spring, singing and dancing, full of vitality. Focus on birds.

[6] Miscellaneous flowers: There are many flowers. Gradually: adverb, gradually. Desire: adverb, will, will. Charming eyes: dazzling.

(7) Asakusa: Asakusa. Talent: Just right. No (mà): Yes, yes. Looking down on the spring outing, the flowers are tender and the grass is tender, and the spring is full. Focus on flowers and plants. Asakusa has just arrived at the horseshoe.

⑻ Hudong: Taking Gushan as a reference, Baisha Dike (i.e. Bai Causeway) is in the northeast of Gushan. Insufficient lines: I can't get tired of traveling. That's enough. That's enough.

Yin: The same as "Yin" refers to the shade of trees. Baisha Dike: Today's Bai Causeway, also known as Sand Dike and Broken Bridge Dike, is located on the east bank of West Lake, which existed before the Tang Dynasty. Bai Causeway was built by Bai Juyi when he was the secretariat of Hangzhou, and it is another place outside Qiantang Gate.

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This is a famous poem describing the beauty of the West Lake. This poem captures the characteristics of the local environment and seasons, and depicts the West Lake, which has just put on a spring coat, as full of business and just right.

The first poem sticks to the theme and always writes about the lake. The previous sentence points out the location of Qiantang Lake and the surrounding "uneven towers". The use of two place names shows that the poet is walking and watching. On the front of the latter sentence, the lake is as bright as water: at the beginning of spring, the water surface is flush with the embankment, and the white clouds in the air are connected with the rippling waves on the lake, which is a typical water state of Jiangnan Spring Lake.

Couplets from static to dynamic, from panoramic freehand brushwork to detailed meticulous painting. First, write down what you can see when you look up. Yingying is singing and swallows are dancing, showing the vitality of spring. Both the oriole and the swallow are messengers of spring, and the warbler's voice is euphemistic, spreading the good news of spring returning to the earth; Swallows are hardworking, inspiring people to start working in spring. They all write the vitality of early spring. The word "several places" summarizes Ying Ge's call to the other and the poet's modality of seeking sound from left to right. The doubt about the word "whose family" shows the poet's delicate psychological activities and makes readers have rich associations.

Writing with a neckband overlooks the flowers and plants you see. Because it's early spring, and it's not the season for flowers to bloom, what we see is not colorful flowers, but a cluster of flowers in the east and a cluster in the west, which is described by the word "chaos". Spring grass does not grow luxuriantly, only it is not as long as horseshoe, so it is described by a word "shallow". The "gradual desire" and "talent" in this association are also the feelings and judgments of the poet's observation and appreciation, which makes the objective natural scenery become the scenery in the eyes with the poet's subjective feelings and infect readers.

Creation background

In July of the second year of Changqing (822 AD, Tang Muzong period), Bai Juyi was appointed as the secretariat of Hangzhou, and in March of Bao Liyuan (825 AD, Tang Jingzong period), he was appointed as the secretariat of Suzhou, so this song "Qiantang Spring Tour" was written in the spring of the third and fourth years of Changqing (823 and 824 AD).

Brief introduction of the author

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". Bai Juyi's poems have a wide range of themes, diverse forms and simple and popular language, and are known as "the poet's magic" and "the king of poets". Official to Hanlin bachelor, Zuo Zanshan doctor. In 846 AD, Bai Juyi died in Luoyang and was buried in Xiangshan. Up to now, there are Bai's "Changqing Collection", and the representative works include Song of Eternal Sorrow, Charcoal Man, Pipa Travel and so on.