1. New Year's Eve / The Great Night of the Book in Bashan Road
Cui Tu [Tang Dynasty]
The journey to Sanba Road is dangerous for thousands of miles.
On a snowy night in the chaotic mountains, a stranger is alone.
Gradually distanced from flesh and blood, and turned to children and servants.
I am drifting away, and I will look new tomorrow.
Definition: Trekking on the rugged and remote Sanba Road, living in a dangerous place thousands of miles away. The remaining snow on the chaotic mountains shimmers in the dark night, and a candlelight accompanies me, a stranger in a foreign land. As he became farther and farther away from his relatives, he gradually became closer to the book boy and the servant. It's really unbearable to spend New Year's Eve wandering, and tomorrow will be a new year.
2. "Yuan Ri"
Song Dynasty? Wang Anshi
The sound of firecrackers marks the end of the year, and the spring breeze brings warmth to Tusu;
Thousands of households are always replacing old talismans with new peaches.
Interpretation: With the roaring sound of firecrackers, the old year has passed; the warm spring breeze brings the new year, and people happily drink the newly brewed Tusu wine. The rising sun shines on thousands of households, and they are all busy taking down the old peach charms and replacing them with new ones.
3. "Tian Jia Yuan Day"
Tang Dynasty: Meng Haoran
The fight returned to the north last night, and today we are rising east.
I have become an official in my old age, but I am still worried about farmers without a salary.
The father plowed the fields, and the shepherd boy followed him with the hoe.
The Tian family accounts for the climate, and the emperor said it will be a good year.
Last night the handle of the Big Dipper turned to the east, and this morning the year begins again. I am already forty years old. Although I do not have an official position, I am still worried about farming. Close to the farmers working in the fields full of mulberry trees, carrying hoes and working together with the shepherd boys. Farmers speculate on this year's harvest and say it will be a bumper year.
4. "Great Night Works"
Tang Dynasty: Gao Shi
The hotel is sleepless under the cold lights, and the guests' hearts are filled with sadness.
My hometown is far away tonight, and I will see another year of frost on my temples tomorrow.
Interpretation: I was lying alone in the hotel, with the cold light shining on me, and it was hard to fall asleep for a long time. What is it that makes me, a tourist, feel desolate and sad? People in my hometown must be missing me tonight, who is thousands of miles away; my hair on the temples has turned gray, and tomorrow will be a new year.
5. "It's Very Cold in Taiyuan on New Year's Eve"
Ming Dynasty: Yu Qian
A message to guests from far away, expressing sorrow in light of the cold.
The spring breeze is not far away, only at the east end of the house.
Please send a message to your friends living far away to tell them that although the weather is cold now, this coldness is nothing and there is no need to worry about it. The spring breeze has blown, not far from us, just to the east of our house.