The Significance of Wang Anshi's Poem Yuan Ri

It describes the moving scene of excitement, joy and Vientiane renewal on New Year's Day, expresses the author's thoughts and feelings about political innovation, and is full of cheerful and positive spirit.

The first day of the lunar month

Wang Anshi [Song Dynasty]

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.

Translation:

The old year passed with firecrackers, and Tu Su wine was enjoyed in the warm spring breeze.

The rising sun shines on thousands of families, and they all take down the old peach blossom symbols and replace them with new ones.

Extended data:

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.