The ancient names of maple leaves are frost leaves and red leaves.
"Maple leaf" often appears in the poems of ancient poets. Some are used to imply autumn and praise the harvest, and some use "maple leaf" to relieve the strong feelings of homesickness or restraint. . The "maple leaf" in the poem is blood red, bright and beautiful, and the color of the leaves changes with the seasons, full of grace and beauty.
Verses describing "maple leaves":
1. Stop and sit in the maple forest at night, the frost leaves are as red as the February flowers. ——Du Mu's "Mountain Travel"
Translation: I stopped the carriage because I loved the evening view of the maple forest in late autumn. The maple leaves, stained by autumn frost, are more beautiful than the spring flowers in February.
2. In the Ming Dynasty, sails and mats were hung, and maple leaves fell one after another. ——Li Bai of the Tang Dynasty, "Night Mooring in Niuzhu Nostalgia"
Translation: Tomorrow morning I will hang up my sails and leave Niuzhu, where only maple leaves are falling from the sky.
3. The autumn leaves are blowing in the autumn leaves, and the miserable cold clouds are pressing down on the old building. ——"Jinling Nostalgic" by Wang Gui of the Song Dynasty
Translation: The evening wind blows and the red leaves rustle. The cold clouds were bleak, weighing heavily on the old building.