Kapok's poems include:
1. The cool air makes the sun rise in the middle of dawn, and the wind passes by the rain in front of the steps and in front of the temple. Sitting there and forgetting that there is no green tree, it is suspected that all the leaves in the frost forest are red. ——Wang Bangji's "Ode to Kapok at Haiyun Temple"
Translation: The sun rises in the water vapor, and the wind and rain fall in the temple. Sitting under the tree, you can't see the green ground, as if the leaves on the forest have turned red.
2. The strange flowers are blooming for a long time, and the clouds in the sky are red. Since it was a kind of Dangui from the Moon Palace, Chang'e transplanted it to the east of Haimen. ——Wang Bangji's "Ode to Kapok"
Translation: Under the scenery of blooming flowers, the clouds in the sky are reflected in red. The red cinnamon originally grown in the Moon Palace was transplanted and planted in Haimen by Fairy Chang'e.
3. Remember that on the fourth day in the south of the city, the kapok tree fell and the eryngium tree bloomed. ——Su Shi of the Song Dynasty
Translation: I remember the Shangsi Festival (March 3rd) in the south of the city, when the kapok fell and the eryngium flowers bloomed.
4. A few trees have been red for a long time, and people think they are kapok. ——Song Dynasty Liu Kezhuang
Translation: Looking around, the rows of tall trees nearby cannot block the red sky at all. I look at the white clouds like kapok. Same, extremely eye-catching.
5. Changhong appears in the desert at dusk, and all the gods are embraced in the crimson clouds. Xiabiao was first built on the city head, and the armor light opened its golden scales towards the sun. The light shakes the shore and is fascinated by the colors. Who knows who is the general of the big tree? Looking at the plain, it looks like it is burning with fire, and it is suspected that Tian Dan is breaking the sun. ——Liang Youkui's "Kapok Song"
Translation: The sun is approaching dusk, the rainbow is long, and countless gods are hiding in the crimson clouds. On the head of the newly built city of Xiabiao, the armor gleams toward the setting sun. The colors on both sides of the Taiwan Strait are shaking, and who knows the general? Looking at the plain, it looked like it was burning, and I suspected that it was when Tian Dan defeated Yan.