Annotation and translation of ancient cold food poems

Notes and translations of cold food ancient poems are as follows:

An outdated festival (Qingming Festival) that started one or two days ago in Tomb-Sweeping Day, when only cold food is served for three days.

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.

First, matters needing attention:

1, cold food: the name of the festival, one or two days before Tomb-Sweeping Day in the lunar calendar.

Chronicle of Jingchu in Liang Zonggu of the Southern Dynasties: "One hundred and fifty days after the winter festival (that is, the winter solstice festival), there was a heavy rain, even rain, which was called cold food." Cold food is in March, and spring is strong. According to the ancient custom, the fire was forbidden for three days before and after cold food, which is said to commemorate the retreat of doctors in Jin State in the Spring and Autumn Period.

According to legend, meson tui assisted Jin Wengong and Zhong Er, and lived in seclusion in the mountains after returning home. Jin Wengong burned the mountain and forced him out. The meson pushed the tree and died. In memory of him, Jin Wengong forbade Jietui to make a fire and cook on the day of his death, and only ate cold food. The latter phase follows the custom, which is called "cold food and no fire". Or the old system that the cloud banned fire for several weeks had nothing to do with the death of meson tui. The title of the poem is "Cold Food Festival is a Thing".

2. Spring City is everywhere: one is "Where is the spring breeze". Spring City refers to Chang 'an City in spring. Flying flower: a kind of "flowering".

3. Imperial willow: the willow in the palace.

4. "Sunset" sentence: Because cold food forbids fire, that is, you can't light candles, but you have the privilege to give them to those lucky people. At sunset, a "night". The Han Palace actually refers to the Tang Palace. Pass the candles, pass the candles in turn.

5. Light smoke: a kind of "green smoke".

6. Five Hou: refers to the consorts or eunuchs in power.

According to "Han Shu Yuan Zhuan", in the second year of Han Heping (the first 27 years), his uncles Wang Tan, Wang Li, Wang Gen and Wang were named five marquis.

Moreover, in The Biography of Chen Fan in the Later Han Dynasty, Liang Ji, the younger brother of Emperor Gaozu Liang Wudi, was the general, and his son Liang Yin, uncle Liang Zhen,,, and so on were all named Hou, known as Liang Wuhou in history.

In addition, in The Biography of Shan Chao in the Later Han Dynasty, Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty named eunuchs Shan Chao, Huang Xu, Juyuan, Zuo Xun and Tang Heng as Hou, also known as Five Hou.

Second, the vernacular translation

In Chang 'an in spring, there is no place where flowers are falling and dancing. Cold food festival, east wind oblique palace wicker.

The Cold Food Festival should have banned fire, but at dusk, the palace gave candles to light a fire, and the light smoke of candles was scattered in the home of Minister Venus.