Hello~Jiangnan in March is interpreted as follows: To go to Yangzhou for a long trip in March, when the willows are like smoke and the flowers are like blossoms. The original sentence reads: Down to Yangzhou in March of the Smoke and Fireworks.
This line is from "The Yellow Crane Tower Sends Meng Haoran to Guangling," one of the famous pieces by Tang Dynasty poet Li Bai.
Yangzhou
The original text of this poem is:
The Yellow Crane Tower Sends Meng Haoran to Guangling
Author: Li Bai
The deceased left the Yellow Crane Tower in the west, and Lower Yangzhou in March of the Smoke and Flower.
Lone sail and distant shadow in the blue sky, only see the Yangtze River flowing in the sky.
The translation of the poem goes like this
An old friend waved his hand to me frequently, said goodbye to the Yellow Crane Tower, and went to Yangzhou for a long trip in March, when the willows were like smoke and the flowers were like blossoms.
Friends of the lone boat sails gradually far away, disappeared in the end of the blue sky, only to see a line of the Yangtze River, to the distant sky running.
Notes
Yellow Crane Tower: China's famous scenic spots, the former site in today's Wuhan City, Hubei Province, Wuchang Snake Mountain on the Yellow Bull's-eye, belonging to the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, the legend says that during the Three Kingdoms period of the Fei Yi here to ascend to immortality by the Yellow Crane, so it is known as Yellow Crane Tower. The original building has been destroyed, the existing building was repaired in 1985. Meng Haoran: Li Bai's friend. Of: to, to arrive. Guangling: Yangzhou.
Forbearer: old friend, here refers to Meng Haoran. His age was older than Li Bai, and he was renowned in the poetry world. Li Bai admired him and had a deep affection for each other, so he called him "old friend".
Resignation: farewell.
Smoke and Flower: a description of the spring scene in which the willow is like smoke and the flowers are like brocade, referring to the colorful spring scenery.
Down: traveling downstream.
Blue Sky End: disappearing into the blue sky.
Down: down the river, disappearing into the blue sky.
The blue sky: the blue mountain.
Only see: only see.
The flow of the sky: to the sky.
The sky: the edge of the sky, the end of the sky
Appreciation of the poem
This poem is different from the kind of juvenile parting like Wang Bo's "Sending Du Shaofu to Shuzhou", and also the kind of affectionate and considerate parting like Wang Wei's "Weicheng Qu". Instead, it expresses a kind of poetic parting. The reason why it is so, because this is the parting of the two dashing poets, but also because of this parting with a prosperous era, prosperous season, prosperous region linked, in the pleasant breakup also carries the poet's yearning, which makes this parting more poetic, less sad.
Li Bai's dealings with Meng Haoran were when he was young and fastidious, so what he saw in his eyes was good and pleasant. This parting is the Kaiyuan era, peace and prosperity, the season is the March fireworks, spring time, from the Yellow Crane Tower down the Yangtze River, all the way down, this is a blossom. Li Bai is such a romantic, love of excursions, so this parting is completely in a very rich atmosphere of the best thoughts and lyric poetry. Li Bai's heart is not sad and unpleasant, on the contrary, think Meng Haoran this trip is very happy, he longed for Yangzhou area, and longed for Meng Haoran, so while sending off, while the heart will follow the flight, the chest has endless poetry with the river ripples.
"The old man left the Yellow Crane Tower in the west", this sentence is not only to point out the title, but also because the Yellow Crane Tower is the world's most famous attractions, may be the two poets often linger in the meeting place. Therefore, the mention of the Yellow Crane Tower brings out all kinds of poetic life content related to this place. And the Yellow Crane Tower itself, and the legend of the immortals flying up to the sky to go to the place, which and Li Bai's mind this time Meng Haoran happily went to Guangling, and constitute a kind of association, adding that pleasant, rhapsodic atmosphere.
The word "fireworks" is added to the word "March" to color the atmosphere of the poem in the farewell setting. The word "fireworks" refers to the misty, colorful flowers. To the reader's feeling is not a piece of land, a flower, but a large area of the spring smoke, which can not be seen, can not be seen through. March is the time of fireworks, and the prosperous lower reaches of the Yangtze River in the Kaiyuan era, and it is the place of fireworks. The phrase "March of Fireworks" not only reproduces the charming scenery of the prosperous place in the late spring, but also reveals the atmosphere of the times. This line has a beautiful mood and beautiful words, and Sun Su, a Qing scholar, regarded it as "a beautiful line of a thousand years". Li Bai was eager to go to Yangzhou.
The last two lines of the poem seem to be about scenery, but there is a poetic detail in the scenery. "Li Bai has been sending his friend to the boat, which has already set sail, while he is still on the river's edge watching the distant sails. Li Bai's eyes looked at the shadow of the sail, and he kept seeing the shadow of the sail gradually blurring and disappearing at the end of the blue sky, which shows the long time of eye-watching. The shadow of the sail has faded away, but Li Bai is still gazing at it, and only then did he notice that the spring water of the river, in the vast and majestic flow far away from where the water and the sky meet.
The last sentence is a scene in front of him, but it is not simply a scene. Li Bai's deep love for his friend, Li Bai's yearning, is embodied in this poetic God's attention. The ebb and flow of the poet's heart is like a river of spring water rolling east. In short, this extremely poetic parting of the two dashing poets, for Li Bai, is again a parting with a piece of yearning, which is expressed by the poet with the splendid March scenery, the wide picture of the boat on the Yangtze River, and the details of seeing off the lonely sails in the distance. Yangzhou, located in the center of Jiangsu Province, with the Yangtze River in the south and the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal in the east, has always been a city of beautiful scenery, culture, and museums. The name of Yangzhou was first mentioned in Shangshu-Yugong, "Huaihai Wei Yangzhou". The origin of the name is "Yangzhou", which is the name of the state because "the state boundary is full of water, and the water raises waves". Yangzhou was founded more than 2,400 years ago during the Spring and Autumn Period, the splendid history and culture of Yangzhou has left a large number of attractions and rich tourism resources.
The canals in the Spring and Autumn Period, the tomb of King Guangling in the Han Dynasty, the Daming Temple in the North and South Dynasties, the Maze Palace in the Sui Dynasty, the Mausoleum of Emperor Yang in the Sui Dynasty, the ruins of the Tang Dynasty, the Tomb of Pukhadin in the Song and Yuan Periods, the Temple of Immortal Crane, the Pingshantang, as well as the buildings, terraces, pavilions, pavilions and gardens in the Ming and Qing Periods have all contributed to making the ancient Yangzhou radiate with a dazzling splendor.
"The old man left the Yellow Crane Tower in the west, and went down to Yangzhou in March." Li Bai's popular song of the ages has added to the infinite charm of the ancient city of Yangzhou.
Spring in ancient poetry is always the best, everything wakes up, spring is bright, everything is just beginning, everything is full of hope. In this spring, one should visit Yangzhou, this time of the year is the most beautiful time there. The weather there, the smoky willows there, the agaric flowers there, all with a strong flavor of spring.