Last year, today, in this door, human faces and peach blossoms reflect each other. Red faces don't know where to go. Peach blossoms still smile. Spring breeze is a love poem
This was a line from the Tang Dynasty poet Du Fu's quatrain, Last Year Today in This Gate. The theme of the poem was the poet's nostalgia for the lost love and his lament for the passage of time. The peach blossoms on the human face reflected the poet's face. The peach blossoms in front of the door were still in full bloom and reflected his face on this day last year. This sentence implied that the good times between the poet and the lover made people feel the warmth and beauty of love. However, the face of the man was nowhere to be seen. It meant that the lover had left this world and could no longer meet the poet. This sentence expressed the poet's deep nostalgia and sorrow for his lover. Peach blossoms still smiling in the spring breeze referred to the current spring, peach blossoms were still blooming and smiling in the spring breeze. This sentence expressed the poet's recollection of the good times and his expectation for the future, hoping that his lover could live in his heart forever.
