Opening line of
韩翃《
寒食》 (Han Hong, mid-Tang):
春城无处不飞花，
寒食东风御柳斜。
日暮汉宫传蜡烛，
轻烟散入五侯家 (In the spring city nowhere lacks flying petals; on Cold Food Day, the east wind slants the willows by the palace. At dusk the Han palace passes out candles; thin smoke drifts into the Five Lords' homes). A double-edged poem - lush surface, subtle critique of court favoritism.
春城 here = Chang'an.
