You must remember that good years are orange and green. What do you mean?

"The best scenery in a year must be remembered when it is orange, yellow and green", that is to say, the best scenery in a year is in the late autumn and early winter when oranges are golden and green. From To Liu Jingwen is a seven-character quatrain written by Su Shi, a writer in the Northern Song Dynasty.

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"To Liu Jingwen" was written in the 5th year of Yuan Dynasty (A.D. 1090), and it is a poem encouraging friends Liu Jingwen. In the first half of this poem, it is said that "the lotus flower is exhausted" or it is necessary to maintain the integrity of pride and frost. In the second half, it is only temporary to encourage friends to be optimistic and not depressed through "orange, orange and green". Express the author's broad mind, encourage and support friends in the same predicament, and express their feelings with lofty artistic conception.

This poem is about the scenery in early winter. In order to highlight "orange, orange and green, the best scenery in a year", the poet first described the scene of the last autumn with highly summarized pen and ink: the lotus pond, which once had green leaves and red flowers reflecting the sun, has long withered, and the withered stems and leaves can no longer hold up a green umbrella to keep out the wind and rain; The residual chrysanthemum under the independent hedge, although the stem is fragrant, has no leaves, and only the tall and straight branches are still strong against the wind in Ao Shuang. There are many kinds of nature, and flowers bloom and fall in a year. It can be said that the seasons are different and the months are different.

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To Liu Jingwen _ Baidu Encyclopedia