Hui Chong's ancient poem "Sunset by the Riverside": Peach blossoms are three or two outside the bamboo, and ducks are warmed by the river. Artemisia selengensis (lóu hāo) is full of short reed buds, which is the time when the puffer fish wants to go up.
Moral: There are two or three peach blossoms outside the bamboo forest, and ducks swim in the water. They first noticed the warming of the river in early spring. The beach has been covered with Artemisia selengensis and asparagus has begun to sprout. This is the season when puffer fish return from the sea and lay eggs in the river.
Note: Hui Chong, a famous monk in Northern Song Dynasty, was good at poetry and painting. The night view of the Chunjiang River is his painting. There are two pictures, one is a duck play and the other is a flying goose. There are also two poems by Su Shi, this one is about duck play. ?
Artemisia selengensis: A perennial herb growing in lowlands, with pale yellow flowers and stems four or five feet high. It is tender, crisp and edible at birth. (Dictionary explanation: perennial herb with light yellow flowers that can be used as medicine) Reed bud: the young bud of reed, which is edible.
Puffer: a kind of fish, the scientific name is Qu. Its meat is delicious, but its ovaries and liver are highly toxic. Produced in coastal areas and some inland rivers of China. Go against the current every spring and lay eggs in fresh water. Top: refers to fish swimming against the current.
Hui Chong was a monk and painter in the Song Dynasty. This poem was inscribed by Su Shi in Hui Chong's "Night Scene of the Spring River". Hui Chong's original painting has been lost, and some versions of this poem are called "The Night Scene of the Spring River", which can't be verified now.