Last spring, in this door, the girl's face contrasted with the peach.

Today, I came here again. I don't know where the girl went. Only the peach blossoms are still there, smiling in full bloom in the spring breeze.

Interpretation of vernacular:

On this day last year, in this door, the beautiful pink cheeks reflected gorgeous peach blossoms; I revisited my old place today, and I don't know where the beauty lies. See the ancients, see the old friends. Gorgeous peach blossoms are still in full bloom in the spring breeze.

Extended data writing background:

This poem was written by the author when he was frustrated in the examination room. In spring, he is alone outside the city. He met a beautiful girl in the depths of Taolin, and they both liked each other. When the author came back the next year, she couldn't see where the girl was. Only the peach blossoms are still in full bloom, which makes people feel melancholy.

Appreciation of poetry and prose:

Cui Hu's poems take "human face" and "peach blossom" as clues, and discuss the comparison between "last year" and "today" at the same time, in the same place, in the same scene, but with different objects. The twists and turns profoundly expressed the great feelings of the scholar.

The whole poem is full of plots, legends and even comedies. It is both a narrative poem and a lyric poem. Description expresses a kind of life experience: the beauty of meeting by chance may not be redeemed by deliberate pursuit. So when you meet something beautiful, you should grasp it in time.

About the author:

Cui Hu (772-846) was born in Boling (now Dingzhou, Hebei Province) in the Tang Dynasty. His life story is unknown, and he is a poet in the Tang Dynasty. In 796 AD (twelfth year of Zhenyuan), he ascended the throne (Jinshi Ji). In 829 (the third year of Taihe), he was a Jing, and in the same year he was an ancient scholar and an ambassador to Guangnan. His poetic style is concise and graceful, and his language is extremely fresh.

There are six poems in the whole Tang Dynasty, namely, Late March, Willow by the Water in May, Pan-lake Changsha with Doctor Pei on March 5th, Chengnan Village, and Late Chicken and Pheasant Dancing on the Stone Mirror.