The poems praising the gardenia are as follows:
1. the north wind rolls the white grasses and breaks them, and the Eighth-month snow across the Tartar sky.
is like a spring gale, come up in the night, blowing open the petals of ten thousand pear trees.
from: a Song of White Snow in Farewell to Field-Clerk Wu Going Home by Don Cen Can.
The north wind swept across the earth, breaking the white grass, and the weather in Alakazam began to snow in August. Suddenly, it was like a spring breeze blowing overnight, as if thousands of trees and pears were in full bloom.
2. There are one or two crows in the rain, and the Banqiao of Zhuxicun Road is oblique.
The mother-in-law called for a silkworm bath and looked at gardenias in the atrium.
from: Rain Over the Mountain Village by Don Wang Jian.
There was a cock crow in the rain, and one or two families were vaguely seen in the mountain village. On the village road, above the Zhuxi River, a slab bridge was oblique. Mother-in-law and daughter-in-law called each other and went to choose silkworm eggs together. Only the gardenia bloomed and swayed in the courtyard alone.
3. Frost grass and grey insects are cut, and people in the south of the village are absolutely lost in the north.
Looking at Noda from the front door alone, buckwheat blossoms like snow in the moonlight.
from: Village Night by Tang Bai Juyi.
In an autumn grass beaten by frost, bugs are whispering, and pedestrians around the mountain village are extinct. I came to the front door alone and looked at the field. I saw the bright moon shining on the endless buckwheat fields. The buckwheat flowers on the ground were like a dazzling piece of snow.
4. The willow color is golden and tender, and the pear flower is snowy and fragrant.
Jade in the jade building nests and mandarin ducks in the golden palace.
from: Tang Li Bai's Eight Musical Poems in the Palace.
In spring, the tender buds of willows are like gold and snow-white pear blossoms, emitting fragrance. Above the Yulouzhu Hall in the palace, there are jade birds nesting, and the mature mandarin ducks are raised in the pool water in front of the hall.
5. The head of Biwa Building is covered with embroidery, and the green stream outside Chilan Bridge is inclined.
there is no wind, willows are all over the sky, and pears are everywhere without rain.
from: Song Fan Chengda's Biwa.
translation: At the head of Biwa Building, splendid curtains hang high, and outside Xiaohongqiao, a green stream bends and slants. Even if the wind stops, the soft catkins are still flying all over the sky. Although there is no rain, the ground is covered with tiny pear blossoms.