The poems about Xiaohan are as follows:
Mid-Tang Dynasty·Yuan Zhen's "Ode to the Twenty-Four Qi Poems Xiaohan's December Festival?"
Xiaohan connects with Dalu, The magpie builds a new nest. Scavenging for food in the meanders of the river, carrying purple flowers around the treetops.
The frost hawk is near the northern head, and the pheasant is hidden in the grass. Don't blame Yan Ningqie, spring and winter are at the intersection of the first lunar month.
The twenty-four solar terms poems written by Yuan Zhen of the Tang Dynasty are simple and bright. Xiaohan corresponds to the deepest and most solemn Dalu melody, indicating that this is a period of seasonal depression, but magpies have begun to build nests, forage for food by the ice and snow rivers, and fly up to the ice and snow with dead branches and leaves in their mouths. The branches fly back and forth every day. This is because magpies know that winter is coming, and they are busy preparing a home for the babies born in spring.
Tang Dynasty·?Pei Yizhi's "Long Walking in Qujiang River in the Dead Winter"
When the snow is gone on the south slope, the geese fly north, and the grass roots are full of spring sunshine. No one comes to Qujiang for a long time. I circle around the cold pond and return alone. ?
The ancients divided Xiaohan into three seasons: "The first period is when wild geese start their nests, the second period is when magpies start their nests, and the third period when pheasants start to nest." This is an observation about Xiaohan animals that started from the Zhou Dynasty. The Xiaohan solar term covers fifteen days. During these fifteen days, although it is cold, you will see geese migrating from the south to the north, magpies making nests, and pheasants crowing.
We know that geese are migratory birds and migrate according to the seasons. In autumn, wild geese fly from the north to the south, and in spring, the wild geese fly from the south to the north. So when did the wild geese first return? Not after the arrival of spring, but during the coldest period of winter, Xiaohan. In other words, the first batch of wild geese flew north in winter, during the Xiaohan solar term, at the time of 2939. Because they are the first to sense the changes coming in spring, they brave the wind and snow and set off with peace of mind.
The ancients also believed that spring has returned during the Xiaohan solar term through wild geese, but only a few animals and plants can sense it. On the southern slope after the heavy snow melts, the geese flutter their wings and fly towards the north. The roots of the grass turn green, which already indicates that spring has arrived.
Excerpts from Hongli's "Song of the Ancient Dry Plum" in the Qing Dynasty
There is business in the tall trees, just like a sun rising from the ground. The first flowers bloom before the slight cold, and two or three stamens bloom early on the tips.
The beginning of spring brings good luck to the new year, and the jade smiles and pearls are full of glory. I don't like anything in the south of the Yangtze River. The monks and temples were shocked to see this.
Many people like the so-called twenty-four flower trade winds in spring, but few people know when the first period of the flower trade winds is. It's not spring, it's the Xiaohan solar term.
The Twenty-Four Flowers trade custom became popular in the Song Dynasty. This was spread among the people, but it was also accepted by literati. The flowers from Xiaohan solar term to Guyu period were listed in the order of flower blooming. The plum blossoms originate from Xiaohan and end with the neem flowers in early summer. There is a flowering period every five days, and spring flowers bloom one after another in response to the east wind. Because the people of the Song Dynasty also made it clear that Xiaohan solar term is the beginning of the arrival of the spring breeze. Osamu plum blossoms rank first among spring flowers.
This plum blossom poem by Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty clearly agrees with this delineation, and it is written like this in the poem about plum blossoms. The branches of the old plum tree are full of vitality, just like the Yang Qi returning from the ground to its roots. The first flowering happened before Osamu, and two or three flowers bloomed before Osamu. When the New Year comes, the plum blossoms herald the spring, and the trees are full of plum blossoms, like smiles, pearls, and jade.