The full poem "Plum Blossoms Falling in May in Jiangcheng" is as follows:

Original text:

One is moving to Changsha, looking west to Chang'an but not seeing home.

The jade flute is played in the Yellow Crane Tower, and the plum blossoms fall in May in Jiangcheng.

Translation:

The person who was demoted had to go far away to Changsha. He could not see his home even if he looked to the west in the direction of Chang'an every day.

The flute sound of "Plum Blossoms Falling" came from the Yellow Crane Tower, and it seemed like I could see plum blossoms falling in the river city in May.

Appreciation:

The poet cleverly uses the sound of the flute to exaggerate his sadness. Wang Qi annotated and quoted Guo Maoqian's "Yuefu Poetry Anthology" to explain the title of this tune: ""Plum Blossoms Fall" is also the song in this flute." In Jiangcheng in May, it is the beginning of summer. Of course, there are no plum blossoms, but because the flute music of "Plum Blossoms Fall" is played very It's so beautiful that you feel like you're seeing plum blossoms falling all over the sky.

Plum blossoms bloom in the cold winter. Although the scene is beautiful, it can't help but give people a cold feeling. This is a portrayal of the poet's desolate mood. At the same time, it reminds people of the historical legend of Zou Yan being imprisoned and June Feishuang. The expression technique of associating music sounds with musical images is what poetic commentators call "synaesthesia".

The poet thought of plum blossoms from the sound of the flute, turned from hearing to vision, and intertwined synaesthesia, depicting a desolate scenery consistent with the desolate mood, thus effectively highlighting the sadness of leaving the country and homesickness. Therefore, "A Direct Interpretation of Tang Poems" comments that this poem "is blown from the flute of infinite love", which is very insightful.

Shen Deqian in the Qing Dynasty said: "Seven-character quatrains are valued for their closeness and distant feelings, and for being vague and silent. They only focus on the foreground, spoken words, and have overtones, which make people feel far away, and they are too white. ."