1. The plum blossoms are gone in the cold snow, and the spring breeze is coming back from the willow trees. ——Tang Li Bai's "Eight Poems for Palace Music"
Translation: The cold plum blossoms in Aoxue are gone, and the spring breeze has dyed the willows green.
2. Tonight, I know that the spring air is warm, and the sound of insects is new through the green window screen. ——"Yueyue" by Liu Fangping of Tang Dynasty
Translation: Tonight, I unexpectedly felt the warmth of early spring, and heard the chirping of spring insects penetrating the green window screen.
3. The cold goes away overnight, and spring returns at five o'clock. ——Shi Qing of the Tang Dynasty "New Year's Eve in response to the imperial edict"
Translation: The cold winter passes with the passing of New Year's Eve; and the spring at the beginning of the year also comes with the end of New Year's Eve. .
4. The beauty of April in the world is gone, and the peach blossoms in the mountain temple are beginning to bloom. Everlasting regret has no place to return to in spring, and I don’t know where to turn. ——Bai Juyi of the Tang Dynasty? "Peach Blossoms in Dalin Temple"
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 feel sad that spring has passed away and I can't find it anywhere, but I don't know that it has moved here.
5. The remaining snow is secretly dripping with the ice bamboo shoots, and the new year sneaks back to the willow shoots. ——Zhang Lei, Song Dynasty, "Spring Day"
Winter is gone and spring is coming. The remaining snow melts quietly together with the ice edges and turns into water droplets, and the secret sprouting of willow tips hints that spring is coming.