Where does the blowing face and chilling willow wind come from? What does that mean?

Monk Zhinan, a poet and monk of the Southern Song Dynasty, Zhinan is his legal name, and his life is unknown.

Title of the poem: quatrain.

The ancient wood is tied with a short canopy in the shade, and the cane helps me across the east of the bridge.

The clothes want to wet the apricot blossom rain, and the wind blows the willow wind.

This little poem writes about the joy of the poet's spring outing with a cane in the breeze and drizzle.

The poet walked with a cane, but said that "the cane helps me", which is to personify the cane, as if it is a companion who can be relied on, silently helping people forward, giving people a sense of intimacy and security, so that the old monk is very happy, and happily passes through the small bridge, all the way to the east. The scenery of the east of the bridge and the west of the bridge may not be very different, but for the poets of the spring outing, the artistic conception and taste are quite different from east to west. "East" is sometimes synonymous with "spring", for example, the god of spring is called Dongjun, and Dongfeng refers to the spring breeze.

The poet crossed the bridge and traveled eastward, just as the east wind was blowing, no matter west, north, or south, there was no such poetry.

The last two lines of the poem are particularly wonderful: "Apricot blossom rain", early spring rain "willow wind", early spring wind. This is more beautiful and picturesque than "drizzle" and "Japanese wind".

The willow branches ripple in the wind, giving people the impression that the spring breeze is born from the willows, and the rain in early spring is called "apricot blossom rain", which is exactly the same as calling the rain in early summer "yellow plum rain". "Xiaolou listened to the spring rain overnight, and sold apricot blossoms in the Ming Dynasty in the deep alleys", in the early years of the Southern Song Dynasty, the great poet Lu You had linked apricot blossoms and spring rain. "Wet clothes", using clothes to describe the drizzle in early spring as if there is no wet, but also to see the subtlety of the perception and the delicacy of the model.

Imagine the poet walking eastward with a cane, all the way red apricots are scorching, the green willows are fluttering, the drizzle is stained with clothes, it seems to be wet but not wet, and the wind is blowing in the face, and there is no sense of chill, what kind of impatient and comfortable spring hiking is this!

Some people can't help but think that the old monk walked down with such enthusiasm and enjoyed it, and when he remembered that he should return, he was afraid that he would lose his physical strength, and even the quinoa staff would not move him, right? Don't worry about it. The first line of the poem says:

The ancient wood is a short canopy in the shade. "Isn't a canopy just a boat? The old monk originally came along the stream in a small boat, and the boat was under the old tree by the stream, waiting for him to untie the cable and return to the temple.

1. Blowing the face does not chill the willow wind Translation: The breeze blowing on my face no longer makes people feel cold; It dances with slender green wickers, which are exceptionally light.

2. Original text: "Quatrain: Ancient Wood Yin Short Canopy".

Author] Zhinan [Dynasty] Song.

The ancient wood is tied with a short canopy in the shade, and the cane helps me across the east of the bridge.

The clothes want to wet the apricot blossom rain, and the wind blows the willow wind.

3. Translation: I tied the boat under the shade of a tall old tree; Walking on crutches, walking across the small bridge, enjoying the beautiful spring sunshine at will. The slightest drizzle does not wet my clothes; It floats on the gorgeous apricot blossoms, making the flowers even more brilliant.

The breeze blowing on my face no longer makes people feel cold; It dances with slender green wickers, which are exceptionally light.