This is a painting poem by Su Shi, "Inscribed on Huichong Spring River Evening Scenery", so we need to interpret the poem with meaning.
Generally speaking, two or three peach blossoms are blooming outside the bamboo forest, and ducks are playing in the spring water. They are the first to notice the warming of the river and the arrival of spring.
Sentence explanation
There are two or three peach blossoms outside the bamboo
This is a warm scenery: looking across the sparse green bamboo, a few peach blossoms are swaying. posture. The peach and bamboo contrast with each other, and the red and green set off the scenery, making the spring atmosphere particularly attractive. Although this is just a simple sentence, it reveals a lot of information. First of all, it shows the sparseness of the bamboo forest. If it were dense, the peach blossoms would not be visible. Secondly, it indicates the season and highlights the word "early". The spring cold has just passed, and it is not the time for the peach blossoms to bloom yet, but the infinite vitality and potential of spring have already been revealed.
Duck prophets of spring river water warmth
Ducks are playing in the spring water of a river; they are the first to sense the message that the river water is warming up. Ducks know that water is warm, which cannot be expressed in paintings alone, but it can be expressed in poetry. In fact, is it the duck that predicts water heating? All aquatic creatures know warmth and cold. The poet wrote this to suit the scenery, but in fact it also expressed his joy and praise for the arrival of spring. There is a poem in the Tang Dynasty called "A bird is a prophet looking for a path among flowers", which has the same meaning and meaning as this sentence. This poem is very philosophical. Nowadays, when we refer to a new situation or news that is known in advance, we often quote this sentence.
Attached is this poem:
Evening View of the Spring River in Huichong
[Song Dynasty] Su Shi
Three or two branches of peach blossoms outside the bamboo, the Spring River Plumbing duck prophet.
The ground is covered with wormwood and reed buds, which is when the puffer fish is about to come.