1. "Two Late Scenes on the Spring River by Hui Chong"
Song Dynasty: Su Shi
Three or two branches of peach blossoms outside the bamboo are a prophet of the warmth of the spring river.
The ground is covered with wormwood and short reed buds, which is when the puffer fish is about to come.
Translation: Two or three peach blossoms are blooming outside the bamboo forest. Ducks are playing in the water. They are the first to notice the warming of the river in early spring. The river beach is already covered with wormwood, asparagus has begun to sprout, and the pufferfish are about to swim upstream from the sea to the river.
2. "Wanglu Mountain Waterfall"
Tang Dynasty: Li Bai
The sun shines on the incense burner and produces purple smoke, and you can see the waterfall hanging in front of the river in the distance.
Flying down three thousand feet, it is suspected that the Milky Way has fallen into the sky.
Translation: Purple haze rises from Xianglu Peak under the sunlight. From a distance, you can see the waterfall hanging like white silk in front of the mountain. The plummeting waterfall on the high cliff seems to be thousands of feet long, making people feel as if the Milky Way is falling from the sky to the earth.
3. "Yu Ge Zi·Flying egrets in front of Xisai Mountain"
Tang Dynasty: Zhang Zhihe
Flying egrets in front of Xisai Mountain, peach blossoms and flowing water with mandarin fish Fat.
Green bamboo hats, green coir raincoats, slanting wind and drizzle do not need to return.
Translation: Egrets are flying freely in front of Xisai Mountain, plump mandarin fish are swimming happily in the river, and the peach blossoms floating in the water are so bright and full. The fisherman wore a green bamboo hat on his head and a green raincoat, braving the slanting wind and drizzle.
4. "Peach Blossoms in Dalin Temple"
Tang Dynasty: Bai Juyi
The beauty of April in the world is gone, and the peach blossoms in the mountain temple begin to bloom.
Eternal regret has no place to return to in spring, and I don’t know where to turn.
Translation: In April in the human world, all the flowers have withered, but the peach blossoms in the ancient temples on the mountains have just begun to bloom. I often regret that spring has passed away and I can't find it, but I don't know that it has moved here.
5. "Autumn Dwelling in the Mountains"
Tang Dynasty: Wang Wei
After the new rain in the empty mountains, autumn comes late.
The bright moon shines among the pines, and the clear spring rocks flow upward.
The bamboo noise returns to Huan Nu, and the lotus moves off the fishing boat.
Let the spring fragrance rest at will, and the kings and grandsons can stay.
Translation: The empty mountains are bathed in a new rain, and the fall of night makes people feel that it is early autumn. The bright moon sheds clear light from the gaps in the pines, and clear spring water flows on the rocks. The noisy sound in the bamboo forest is thought to be the return of the washer girl, and the swaying of the lotus leaves is thought to be wandering up and down the boat. The fragrance of spring may as well be allowed to fade away, but the kings and grandsons of the mountains in autumn can stay for a long time.