Poetry Category
1.
The father plows the fields, and the shepherd boy follows him with the hoe; the field family controls the climate, and the emperor says that this year will be good.
Translation: Close to the farmer working in the field full of mulberry trees, carrying a hoe and working together with the shepherd boy. Farmers speculated on this year's natural climate and said it would be a good harvest year.
——Meng Haoran's "Tian Jia Yuan Day"
2.
Thousands of households always replace old talismans with new peaches.
Translation: The rising sun shines on thousands of households, and they all take down the old peach charms and replace them with new ones.
——Wang Anshi's "Yuan Ri"
3.
The sound of firecrackers marks the end of the year, and the spring breeze brings warmth to Tusu.
Translation: The old year has passed with the sound of firecrackers, and we happily drink Tusu wine in the warm spring breeze.
——Wang Anshi's "Yuan Ri"
4.
Half of the lamp has not yet been lifted up to slaughter Su, and peach symbols are written on the grass in front of the lamp.
Translation: Before the half-filled glass of Tusu wine could be raised to celebrate the New Year, I wrote the peach symbols to welcome the Spring Festival in cursive script under the light.
——Lu You's "Heavy Night Snow"
5.
My hometown is thought of thousands of miles away tonight, and there will be another year of frost on my temples.
Translation: People in my hometown must be missing me tonight, who is thousands of miles away; my hair on the temples has turned gray, and I will be one year old tomorrow.
——Gao Shi's "Great Night Works"
6.
As time goes by, life is about to end, and the body and the world are forgotten.
Translation: Now life is coming to an end just like this year, and I and my life experiences will also be forgotten.
——Wen Tianxiang's "New Year's Eve"
7.
It's a good time to wander, but tomorrow will be a new year.
Translation: It’s really unbearable to spend New Year’s Eve wandering. Tomorrow the years will be renewed and it will be a new year.
——Cui Tu's "New Year's Eve"
8.
Someone adds candles to the west window, and sleepless nights invade the dawn, with laughter and New Year's warblers.
Translation: Someone added new oil under the window and lit the lights to keep the year old. People stayed up all night, welcoming the New Year with laughter and joy.
——Wu Wenying's "New Year's Eve and the Beginning of Spring"
9.
Old respect. Yuxian once broke yellow tangerine, and its soft fragrance is quiet and elemental.
Translation: Recalling the old New Year’s Eve banquet, the beautiful woman’s delicate white hands cut the oranges herself.
——Wu Wenying's "New Year's Eve and the Beginning of Spring"
10.
Everything welcomes the spring and sends away the remaining wax, and the year ends tonight.
Translation: Everything in the world is saying goodbye to the remaining winter and welcoming the arrival of the new spring. After tonight, a year will be over.
——Dai Xiu "New Year's Eve"
11.
To bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, it can kill a few moments of time.
Translation: Bid farewell to the old year and welcome the new year. There are still a few moments to spare, and the new year is coming.
——Han Huang's "High Balcony·New Year's Eve"
12.
*** said goodbye to the palace when he was in his prime, and lamented the New Year's Eve in the south of the Yangtze River.
Translation: Let’s resign our official positions while cherishing the prosperity together, and lament together that we spend New Year’s Eve in Jiangnan.
——Bai Juyi's "Message on New Year's Eve"
13.
The high building is full of warm spring scenery, and the deep pavilion is full of morning light.
Translation: The high pavilions reflect the spring scenery, and the deep pavilions are bathed in the morning sun.
——Li Shimin's "Yuan Ri"
14.
Don't lie down stiffly in sorrow, and the accumulation of elements is as high as the dawn.
Translation: If you have a quilt, don’t worry about freezing while sleeping. If you have more patience, you will always wait until dawn.
——Wang Shouren's "Ciyun Lu Qianxian Yuanri Chunqing"
15.
The first day of the year is diligent, and the next year is next.
Translation: We have been busy to welcome the New Year. When the sun sets, it means that the new year is about to arrive.
——Sikong Tu "Yuan Ri"
16.
I hope it will last forever and the phenology will be new every year.
Translation: I hope that life will always be as joyful as this day, and that the scenery will be as fresh year after year.
——Lu Zhaolin's "Reminiscing on the First Day of the Yuan Dynasty"
17.
Dai Xing first held the wine cup to congratulate Yao, and the mirror was shocked by the frost on his temples.
Translation: When I came back at night and toasted with everyone to celebrate my longevity, I accidentally saw myself in the mirror with gray hair on my temples.
—— Cheng Yanxiong's "Yuan Day"
18.
In the middle of the night, the plum blossoms are one year old, and the firecrackers in the dream indicate that they are disabled.
Translation: After midnight, the plum blossoms become another year old. In my dream, I vaguely heard the sound of firecrackers.
——Yang Wanli "Yichou changed the Yuan Dynasty and opened the first year of the New Year"
19.
The matter of concern has become empty, and thousands of miles of lovesickness have passed through the night.
Translation: The desire to go home and be together, which affected my joy and sorrow, has become empty in the blink of an eye. The whole night was filled with longing for my hometown thousands of miles away.
——Laihu's "New Year's Eve"
20,
The orioles sing and the swallows announce the New Year, and there are thousands of dragons piled on the road in Mayi.
Translation: Yingge Yanyu predicted that the New Year is approaching, and Longdui in Mayi is a frontier thousands of miles away.
——Huangfu Ran's "Spring Thoughts"
21.
On the Lantern Festival this year, the moon and the lights are still the same.
Translation: On the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month this year, the moonlight and lights are still the same as last year.
——Ouyang Xiu's "Shengchazi·Yuanxi"
22,
*** celebrated the New Year with laughter, and the ladies of Hongyan presented plum blossoms.
Translation: Everyone gathered together to celebrate the arrival of the New Year. It was very lively and laughing. The young comrades from Hongyan Village sent plum blossoms, which added to the festive atmosphere.
——Dong Biwu's "New Year's Day Mouth Occupies Liu Yazi's Charming Rhyme"
23.
Translation: The seasons change, the year sequence renews, and the whole world is permeated with the auspicious atmosphere of festival unity. The road is crowded with pedestrians and vehicles, and everyone is happy and harmonious.
——Ye Xie's "Welcome to Spring"
24,
After the fire burned out and the lights went out, there were sixty people with flat heads.
Translation: When the lights burn out and the sun breaks, I will be sixty years old.
——Bai Juyi's "New Year's Eve"
25,
The laughter of thousands of families is delayed, and the worries are hidden from the outside.
Translation: Time passes slowly, and thousands of households are filled with laughter; from the passage of time and the changes in external objects, I feel that some kind of sorrow is coming quietly.
——Huang Jingren's "Gui has come by chance on New Year's Eve"
26.
The New Year is in the heart of the country, and the sky is alone with tears.
Translation: As the New Year approaches, my homesickness becomes extremely urgent, and I can’t help but shed tears when I think of myself wandering abroad.
——Liu Changqing's "New Year's Work"
27,
The Chinese banquet begins with music and songs. Happy New Year.
Translation: During the New Year, the banquet is laid, the music and songs are played, and everyone welcomes the New Year.
——Zhao Changqing's "Exploring the Spring Order·The Start of the Chinese Banquet Between Sheng and Songs"
28.
Sweep away the hustle and bustle, and worship the sky with a stick of fragrance.
Translation: The old year is coming to an end and the new year is beginning to clean the house, wash away the dust of the past, burn a pillar of fragrance, and worship the heaven and earth.
——Dai Fushi's "New Year's Eve"
29.
Who wins with the colorful hairpin in the pepper plate? Throughout my time, I strive to have a spring breeze on my temples.
Translation: The new year is coming, and the whole group of people, who are enjoying their beautiful years, are scrambling to take out the spring flags from the pepper trays and put them on their temples. The spring breeze blows the flags on their heads, which is very beautiful.
——Xin Qiji's "Die Lian Hua·Wu Shen Yuan Ri Spring Banquet"
30. .
Translation: Today people sang and drank wine to celebrate the first day of the year, and the early flowers also danced to welcome the spring of the Tang Dynasty.
——Lu Zhaolin's "Reminiscences of Yuan Ri"