烟花三月下扬州

煙花三月下揚州
yānhuā sānyuè xià Yángzhōu
quotation

Meanings

  1. 1 in the misty-blossom third month, heading down to Yangzhou
  2. 2 traveling to Yangzhou in the blossoming spring

Examples

Gùrénxīcíhuánghèlóu, yānhuāsānyuèxiàyángzhōu.
My old friend bids farewell at Yellow Crane Tower in the west, and in the misty-blossom third month sails down to Yangzhou.
Chènzhe yānhuāsānyuèxiàyángzhōu de hǎo shíjié, wǒmen qù Jiāngnán zǒuzou ba.
Let's take advantage of this 'sailing to Yangzhou in blossom-time' season and travel through Jiangnan.

Tips

history
From Li Bai's 《孟浩然广》 (Tang dynasty), seeing off Meng Haoran: 故人西烟花三月见长天际。 The 'third month' is lunar March — late spring, when Yangzhou is at its most beautiful and boat travel down the Yangtze is easiest.
culture
烟花 here does NOT mean fireworks — it means mist-wreathed blossoms of late spring. The line is now a tourism slogan for Yangzhou every spring.

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