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What does "Tongshan Wan Li Danshan Road, Little Phoenix is clearer than Old Phoenix" mean?

Commentary: On the distant Danshan Road, beautiful tung flowers are everywhere. From time to time, the crisp and mellow song of Little Phoenix came from Danshan Road, but it was more beautiful than the song of Old Phoenix.

1. Source: Li Shangyin's "Han Donglang's Improvised Poetry (I)": "When I was ten years old, I cut poetry into a horse, and the cold ashes moved. Tonghua Wan Li Danshan Road, the little phoenix is clearer than the old phoenix. "

2. Appreciation: Han Donglang's Poem Impromptu is entitled "Han Donglang's Poem Impromptu", which explains the background of this poem.

"Tonghua Wan Li Danshan Road, the little phoenix is clearer than the old phoenix." The poet compares Dong Lang and his son to a phoenix by metaphor, and uses "Little Phoenix is brighter than Old Phoenix" to illustrate that the abstract truth of According to You is transformed into a concrete image. This is not vivid enough. The poet thought that the legendary Phoenix was born in Danshan, and it likes to inhabit the buttonwood tree. After the gallop of imagination, such a fascinating picture is formed: on the distant Danshan Road, beautiful tung flowers are covered everywhere, and the crisp and mellow songs of the little phoenix come from time to time, echoing the desolate call of the old phoenix, which is even more pleasing to the eye. Later, everyone used the phrase "Little Phoenix is clearer than Old Phoenix" to express shine on you.