The ancient poems about Grain Rain include: "Grain Rain", "Walking Horse to Explore the Flowers Before They Bloom", "Grain Rain Festival", "Thanks to Master Zhong for Sending Tea", "Water Fairy·Self-Sufficiency", etc.
1. "Grain Rain"
Zheng Banqiao of the Qing Dynasty
It was sunny and peaceful, with no wind or rain, and the green bamboos and pavilions were in harmony.
What I love most is the arrival of guests in the cool evening, and a pot of new tea brewing usnea.
A few branches of new leaves are fluttering, and a few brushstrokes are streaked across the mountain.
It happens to be the Qingming Festival and the Guyu Rain, so I sit down with a cup of fragrant tea.
Translation: There is no wind or rain, it is a sunny and mild weather; the green bamboos stand tall and upright, and the cross-swaying bamboo joints are really beautiful. It is my favorite time to have distinguished guests come to visit me in the cool evening weather; I can brew a pot of new Usnea tea to entertain them. Spreading paper and splashing ink, first draw a few desolate new bamboo leaves; then a few dots of light ink, using a dry brush to trace the spring mountains. It is the time when the Qingming Festival has passed and Grain Rain is approaching; it is so peaceful to sit among the bamboo and stone paintings with a cup of fragrant tea.
2. "Going on horseback to explore the flowers before they bloom"
Su Shi of the Song Dynasty
Going on horseback to explore the flowers before they bloom. It is not easy for people and chemicals.
Go back a thousand times and look around a hundred times, bees are like maids.
The warbler is the envoy. Grain Rain is clear and the sky is empty.
White-haired Lu Lang is still in love. One night, the jian knife was used to collect the jade pistils.
The person in front of me is still heartbroken and has tears in my eyes.
Hua Wuxin. Tomorrow the floor should be full of wine.
Translation: Riding a galloping horse to see if the flowers have bloomed. It is not easy for people and the world to wait eagerly for the flowers to bloom. They send bees, maids and orioles to try their best to check back and forth. People count on their fingers. In a few days, we should see flowers during Qingming Festival and Grain Rain, but what if we still can’t see flowers by then?
Lu Lang was still affectionate in his old age. He used scissors to cut off the flowers that had just bloomed overnight. He also had to face the heartbroken flowers before the banquet. He would shed tears and did not want the flowers to be picked off. , when you wake up the next day, you will see that the flowers have fallen to the ground.
3. "Gu Yu Festival"
Liu Yuxi of the Song Dynasty
The yin should be cherished, and the late scenery should be welcomed.
The wind is blowing in the forest and the rain is clear in the valley.
Translation: Every moment must be cherished more, and the evening scenery is also suitable to welcome and enjoy. In the wild forests and mountains, the warm southeast wind has been blowing; in front of the pavilions and pavilions, the beautiful Grain Rain season ushered in the sunny weather.
4. "Thank you, Master Zhong, for sending tea"
Tang·Qi Ji
In the spring valley before the rain, I pick fragrant cigarettes with my hands.
It’s hard to fill the cage with tender green, but it’s easy to be clear and peaceful in the evening.
Translation: During the Guyu tea-picking season, the scenery on the mountain is very beautiful. Everyone wore straw hats and carried bamboo baskets, moving slowly among the tea ridges. Because only young leaves are picked, it is always difficult to pick a full basket, but the sky is getting late quickly.
5. "Water Fairy·Self-Sufficient"
Yang Chaoying of the Yuan Dynasty
Wine is in the new grill, fish are playing, there are chickens, dolphins, bamboo shoots, vines and flowers.
The guests come to cook meals at home, the monks come to have Guyu tea, and they make their own dansha in their free time.
Translation: Drink newly brewed water and wine, taste freshly caught fish, self-raised chickens and pigs, and freshly picked bamboo shoots and vine buds. When guests arrive, they are treated to home-cooked meals, and monks visit to cook fragrant tea picked during Grain Rain. Practice cinnabar by yourself in your free time. The leisure and contentment of living in seclusion in the countryside, the quiet and elegant environment of the village, and the joy of having enough food and clothing. The most beautiful life is nothing more than this.