The beautiful ancient poems describing lanterns are as follows:
1. The stars are falling, leaning against the building like the moon is hanging. ——"Watching Lanterns on the Fifteenth Night" by Lu Zhaolin in the Tang Dynasty
Translation: The lights and fireworks connecting the Tianhe River seem like stars falling down, and the lights leaning against tall buildings look like the moon hanging in the sky.
2. The phoenix flute sounds, the jade pot turns light, and fish and dragons dance all night. ——Xin Qiji of the Song Dynasty, "The Green Jade Case·Yuan Xi"
Translation: Just like the east wind blowing away thousands of trees and flowers, it also blew away fireworks and scattered them like rain. The luxurious carriage fills the road with fragrance. The melodious sound of the phoenix flute echoed everywhere, the bright moon like a jade pot gradually set to the west, and fish, dragons, lanterns danced and laughed all night long.
3. On the Lantern Festival this year, the moon and lights are still the same. ——Ouyang Xiu of the Song Dynasty, "Sheng Cha Zi·Yuan Xi"?
Translation: During the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month this year, the moonlight and lights are the same as last year.
4. Thousands of doors are opened and thousands of lights are lit, and the capital is moved in the middle of the first lunar month. ——Zhang Hu of the Tang Dynasty, "Lights on the Fifteenth Night of the First Month"
Translation: During the Lantern Festival, thousands of households walked out of their homes, and countless lanterns lit up the streets, as if the whole Kyoto was shaken.
5. The robes and makeup are sewn everywhere, and the lights on Sixth Street are noisy with children. ——Jin Daiyuan Haowen's "New Year's Eve in Kyoto"
Translation: Tourists are gorgeously dressed and made up, and children are playing and playing while looking at the lights.