What does it mean to smoke willow and play the flute?

It means: the new willow leaves are like smoke, and the plum blossoms have a bitter sound. The breath of spring has been exposed.

From the song dynasty Li Qingzhao's "eternal romantic sunset red melting gold"

Original: Where are people when the sunset melts into gold and the clouds merge? Dye willow smoke, blow plum flute and complain, how much spring you know. Lantern Festival, the weather is harmonious, there is no second wind and rain. Come and meet each other, enjoy the BMW and thank the wine friends for their poems. (Rongjin: Rongjin)

Zhongzhou is in its prime, and the boudoir is full of leisure. Remember points three to five. Pave the green crown, twist the golden snow willow, cluster and fight for Chu. Now I am haggard, windy and frosty, and I dare not go out at night. It's better to listen to people laughing under the curtain.

Sunset is like gold, cloud is like jasper. This is such a beautiful scene, but where am I now? The new willow leaves are full of smoke, and the flute melody of Plum Blossom Falls is accompanied by sad sounds. Spring begins to smell. The hat is inlaid with jade beads, and the body is covered with snow willows twisted with gold wire, all of which are beautifully dressed.

I remember the prosperous years in Bijing, and the flower shop was a lot of leisure, especially on the fifteenth day of the first month. The hat is inlaid with green beads, and the body is wearing golden twisted snow willows, all of which are very handsome. Now I look haggard, my hair is fluffy and I have no intention of combing my hair. I'm more afraid of going out at night. Let's listen to other people's laughter through the curtains.

Extended data:

These words are not only emotional, but also simple and natural. In the next film of this poem, the author compares the present and the past by appreciating the lanterns in Beijing or reflecting his own situation with the joy of tourists today. It is like plain language, and truth is very painful. For more appreciation of Li Qingzhao's lyric poems, please pay attention to Li Qingzhao's column in the poetry library.

This word uses the contrast between the past and the present, as well as the beauty and sadness caused by skills, consciously combines simple and vivid spoken language with pen and ink works, and writes a strong sense of ups and downs in the past and the present and the sadness of personal life in vivid language. The artistic appeal of this poem is very strong, and Liu Chenweng, a famous poet in the Southern Song Dynasty, recites it every time.