Poems for Qingming Festival are as follows:
1. "Cold Food on the Way" (Tang Dynasty) Song Zhiwen. There will be cold food soon, and it is late spring on the way. It's a pity that when I look at Jiangpu, I can't see anyone from Luoqiao. The North Pole is the master of Ming Dynasty, and the South Sea is the minister of exile. In the broken heart of my hometown, wicker branches are new day and night.
Translation: I spent the Cold Food Festival in late spring on a horse. Unfortunately, looking from the dock on the riverside, I could not see the people coming from Baqiao, Luoyang. Although he was demoted as a subordinate and exiled to the south, his heart still missed the wise king in the north, his hometown and home, a heartbreaking place. After days and nights, new willow branches grew again.
2. "On Qingming Day from Xiwu Bridge to Guayan Village" (Tang Dynasty) Zhang Ji. It rains in Longmen in the late night, and wind blows in your cave in spring. Birds are chirping, the road is quiet, and flowers are ruining the sky. Mingyu is ashamed of his generation and imitates the old man in hanging silk. The old tourists have disappeared, and I feel melancholy in the east of Luocheng.
Translation: The overnight rain in Longmen, Luoyang has gradually stopped in the evening. The arrival of spring has brought constant wind to your cave. Only a few birds were heard on the official road, which made the surrounding area even more quiet. In the gaps between the collapsed walls, a few wild flowers bloomed, decorating the silence here. Now I want to become an official, but I feel ashamed that my talents are not as good as those of my peers at that time.
I had no choice but to retreat into seclusion and imitate the carefree old fisherman in the rivers and lakes. The close friends I made in the past are no longer able to meet each other, and I can only wander around the east of Luoyang City with melancholy.
3. "Chang'an Qingming" (Tang Dynasty) Wei Zhuang. Fleas hurt spring dreams and rainy days, but the grass is even more luxuriant. The internal officials gave Qingming fire at the beginning, and the prime minister distributed the money in vain. The purple streets are hissing and the red are shouting, and the green poplars are high and reflect the swing. Visitors remember the peaceful events and secretly rejoice that the scenery looks like it did in the past.
Translation: Suddenly, it is spring with drizzle. Fleas are common in the morning. Mengyu, the silky drizzle of spring. How can the grass be so green? Kekan means unbearable, unbearable, and often modifies relatively strong feelings or other things. This sentence actually means that the grass is very beautiful. The new fire was given to the ministers in the palace. The ancient custom of prohibiting cold food and fire extinguished the fire retained in winter.