What's the rain in Tomb-Sweeping Day?

"It rains a lot during the Qingming Festival, and pedestrians on the road want to lose their souls" refers to the heavy rain in Tomb-Sweeping Day that day, and people who travel on the road look sad and unhappy, as if they have lost their souls.

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Qingming?

Tang (Du Mu)

It rains in succession during the Qingming Festival.

Pedestrians on the road want to die. ?

Excuse me, where is the restaurant?

The shepherd boy just laughed and didn't answer Xingshan Village.

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⑴ Qingming: one of the 24 solar terms, around April 5 in the solar calendar. On the day of the old custom, there were activities such as sweeping graves, hiking and inserting willows.

(2) more descriptions.

⑶ desire to break the soul: describe extreme sadness, as if the soul were to be separated from the body.

(4) broken soul: a sad and unhappy face.

(5) Excuse me: Excuse me.

(6) Xinghua Village: a village deep in apricot flowers, located in Fengtai Mountain, Qinhuai District, Nanjing. Influenced by this poem, later generations often take "Xinghua Village" as the name of the hotel.

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On this day, it was raining in Mao Mao, Tomb-Sweeping Day, and people traveling on the road were as confused and desolate as those who lost their souls. Asked where there is a restaurant, the shepherd boy pointed to Xinghua Village at a distance.

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In ancient customs, Tomb-Sweeping Day is a big festival with rich colors and emotional appeal. It was supposed to be a family gathering, or a play, or a grave. Nowadays, pedestrians walk alone, feeling sad and complicated. It happened that I caught up with the rain in Mao Mao again, and my spring shirt was all wet, adding a layer of sadness.

This poem describes the weather characteristics in the Qingming Festival, and expresses the feelings and hopes of people who walk alone and the thoughts of their loved ones at home with the help of the special traditional significance of Tomb-Sweeping Day. Highlight the loneliness of a wanderer.