Beautiful ancient poems describing spring include: "Evening View of the Spring River in Huichong", "Spring Day", "A Visit to the Garden Is Not Worth It", "Moonlight Night on the Spring River", "Spring Journey to Qiantang Lake", etc.
1. "Evening View of the Spring River in Huichong"
Su Shi of the Song Dynasty
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 full of mugwort, the reeds are beginning to sprout, and the pufferfish are about to swim upstream from the sea to the river.
2. "Spring Day"
Zhu Xi of the Song Dynasty
On the beautiful Surabaya coast, the boundless scenery is new.
Easy to recognize the east wind, colorful colors are always spring.
Translation: It’s a beautiful and sunny spring outing on the shore of Surabaya, and the boundless scenery takes on a new look. Anyone can see the face of spring. The spring breeze blows flowers into bloom and becomes a riot of purple and red. Spring scenery is everywhere.
3. "A Visit to the Garden Is Not Worth It"
Song Dynasty·Ye Shaoweng
Ying Lian's teeth are imprinted with green moss, and the small buckle firewood leaf cannot be opened for a long time.
The garden is full of spring scenery, and a branch of red apricot comes out of the wall.
Translation: Perhaps the owner of the garden was worried that my clogs would trample the moss he cherished, so he knocked lightly on the wood door, but no one came to open it for a long time. But after all, the spring beauty in the garden cannot be contained. Look, there is a pink apricot flower sticking out of the wall.
4. "Moonlight Night on the Spring River"
Zhang Ruoxu of the Tang Dynasty
The tide of the Spring River reaches the sea level, and the bright moon on the sea rises with the tide.
The twinkling waves follow the waves for thousands of miles, but there is no moon on the spring river.
Translation: The spring river tide is powerful and connected with the sea. A bright moon rises from the sea, as if it is gushing out together with the tide. The moonlight shines on the Spring River, shining thousands of miles along with the waves, and there is bright moonlight on the Spring River everywhere.
5. "Spring Journey to Qiantang Lake"
Tang Dynasty·Bai Juyi
To the north of Gushan Temple and to the west of Jia Pavilion, the water surface is initially flat and the clouds are low.
Early orioles are vying for warmth in several places, while new swallows are pecking at the spring mud.
The wild flowers are becoming more and more charming, and only in Asakusa can there be no horse hooves.
My favorite lake is the east side of the lake, with its green poplar shade and white sand embankment.
Translation: Go around the north of Gushan Temple and stroll west of Jiagong Pavilion. The lake water has just risen and is level with the shore. The white clouds are hanging very low. A few early orioles are vying to perch in the warm trees facing the sun, and the newly arrived swallows are busy building nests and carrying mud. The wildflowers are dazzling when they are blooming, and the spring grass has just barely covered the horses' hooves before it grows tall. My favorite scenery on the east side of the lake is unforgettable, with rows of willows crossing a white sand embankment.