The first day of the lunar month
Author 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.
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In the sound of firecrackers, the old year passed; 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, who are busy taking off the old peach charms and replacing them with new ones.
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As a great politician and philosopher, Wang Anshi wrote this poem not simply to record the folk customs of the Spring Festival in the Song Dynasty, but to express his political ideal of innovation.
Wang Anshi is a native of Linchuan, Jiangxi Province, which is an ancient place. Wang Anshi worked as a local official in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, but lived and traveled in Jiangning and southern Jiangsu for the longest time, nearly 30 years.
Therefore, the poem "January Day" is a living record of Jiangnan folk customs. In this poem, he not only described the ancient custom of the local people celebrating the Spring Festival on New Year's Eve, but also used the ancient and abstruse word "Tu Su", which actually expressed his ambition and expectation.