Source of the first sentence: Tang Shangyin's "Two Get One Free"
Original poem:
At dusk, I want to go to the high-rise building alone, and the cross lovers on the stairs don't come, and the crescent moon is like a hook.
Banana hearts don't show lilac's frustration, but they are also sad about the spring breeze.
Translation:
At dusk, I still want to go to a tall building alone. The stairs cross lovers and the crescent moon is like a hook. The banana heart is not unfolded, and the lilac is not solved. At the same time, they feel sad about the spring breeze.
The source of the second sentence: Li Jing in the later Tang Dynasty "spread Huanxi sand, roll real pearls by hand, and hook them on jade"
Original poem:
The messenger didn't bring news to the pedestrians far away. The lilacs in the rain reminded me of sadness. I looked back at the Three Gorges at dusk and saw the river falling from the sky.
Translation:
The messenger didn't bring any news from the pedestrians in the distance. The lilacs in the rain reminded me of the condensed sadness. I looked back at the Three Gorges in the twilight and saw the river descending from the sky and rushing endlessly.
Extended data:
Lilac is the traditional image of China's classical poetry and a symbol of beauty, nobility and melancholy. Since the Tang Dynasty, there have been more and more works with clove as the theme. Lilac, as an image, has also entered the poet's creative vision, and its aesthetic significance, emotional connotation and ideological connotation have been further expanded.
Ever since Li Shangyin's A Gift was linked with the natural form of lilacs, and he wrote the sentence "Banana doesn't show lilac knot, but it is sad in the same direction", the lilac or lilac knot with the meaning of "sadness" has become an important "prototype image" in poetry. After repeated rendering by later literati, "Lilac knot" has become a fixed symbol and a synonym for "sadness" and "bitterness".