Chang'an in the Old Manner captures all the splendour of Chang'an.
Tips
culture
Its most quoted couplet is a vow of love: 得成比目何辞死，愿作鸳鸯不羡仙, 'if we could be a pair of flatfish, why fear death? I would be a mandarin duck and not envy the immortals'.
usage
古意 in a title means 'in the old manner': the poem describes Tang Chang'an as if it were the Han capital.
