1. "Liu Yao Ling·Tianzhong Festival" Su Shi, Song Dynasty
The fragrance of rice dumpling leaves floats for ten miles, and the wine is carried in the bottle.
Translation: The leaves of the rice dumplings are fragrant, and the fragrance floats ten miles away. We pick up the wine glasses and drink together.
2. "Yimao Chongwu Poems" by Lu You, Song Dynasty
The mountain village of Chongwu is good, but the durian flowers have suddenly become numerous.
The rice dumpling bun is divided into two buns, and the moxa is tied with a dangerous crown.
Translation: The Dragon Boat Festival is here, and fiery red pomegranate flowers are blooming all over the mountain village. I ate rice dumplings that looked like two horns, with mugwort stuck in their high crowns.
3. "Proud of the Fisherman: The pomegranate flowers are blooming in May" by Ouyang Xiu, Song Dynasty
The pomegranate flowers are blooming in May, and the green poplars are heavy with the rain.
The rice dumplings are wrapped with five-color new silk and presented on a gold plate, with two phoenixes on a fan and plate painted in raw silk.
Translation: May is the season when pomegranate flowers bloom. Willows are moistened by drizzle, and their branches and leaves hang low. People wrap polygonal rice dumplings with colorful silk threads, cook them, put them on gold-plated plates, and give them to women in their boudoir.
4. "He dreamed of the summer solstice and recalled the guests from Chenglu in Suzhou" Bai Juyi of the Tang Dynasty
Recalling the days when I was in Suzhou, I was often familiar with the summer solstice feast.
The bamboo in the fragrant rice dumpling tube is tender, and the goose is crispy and fresh.
Translation: Recalling those days in Suzhou, we often went to have banquets together in the summer. The rice dumpling leaves are fragrant, the bamboo tube rice is tender and smooth, and the roasted goose is delicious.
5. "Ten Poems about Summer" by Yuan Zhen of the Tang Dynasty
Colorful green jade rice dumplings, fragrant jade rice dumplings.
Translation: Colorful silk threads wrap the emerald-green rice dumplings like tourmaline, and the fragrant japonica rice is bunched together like white jade.