1. "Yuan Day" by Wang Anshi
The sound of firecrackers marks the end of the year, and the spring breeze brings warmth to Tusu.
Thousands of households always exchange old talismans for new peaches.
Translation:
Amidst the roaring sound of firecrackers, the old year has passed; the warm spring breeze brings the new year, and people happily drink the newly brewed Tusu wine. . The rising sun shines on thousands of households, and they are all busy taking down the old peach charms and replacing them with new ones.
2. "New Year's Eve" Wear vintage clothes
Clean the hut to wash away the hustle and bustle, and worship the sky with a stick of fragrance.
All things welcome the spring and send off the remaining wax, and the year ends tonight.
Make a pot of fire and roar the bamboo, keep the rice cooker open and listen to the singing of pepper.
The wild traveler predicts that farming will be good, and that the auspicious snow in three winters has not yet disappeared.
3. "Great Night Works" by Gao Shi
The hotel is sleepless under the cold light, and the guest's heart becomes desolate.
My hometown is far away tonight, and I am worried about another new year on my temples.
Translation: I was lying alone in the hotel, with the cold light shining on me, and it was hard to fall asleep for a long time. What is it that makes me, a tourist, feel desolate and sad? People in my hometown must be missing me tonight, who is thousands of miles away; my hair on the temples has turned gray, and tomorrow will be a new year.
4. "New Year's Eve" Wen Tianxiang
The world is empty, and the years are passing by.
The end of the road is full of storms and rain, and the poor side is full of snow and frost.
As time goes by, life is about to end, and the body and the world are forgotten.
Translation: Although the mountains and rivers are vast, time has disappeared. Unfortunately, his cause of resisting the Mongolian invasion and defending the motherland failed. Unfortunately, he was captured and sent to Yanjing (today's Beijing) to live as a prisoner. The battle was windy and rainy, and the prison was full of frost and snow. Life will disappear with the end of the year, but he is determined to die for his country, has forgotten everything in the world, and no longer has nostalgia.
5. "New Year's Eve" by Bai Juyi
Sick eyes have less sleep than keeping up the New Year's Eve, and the old heart is full of feelings and spring is approaching.
After the fire burned out and the lights went out, there were sixty people with flat heads.
Translation: The eyes that are suffering from insomnia and sickly are not to keep the year coming. I feel in my heart that spring is coming again. When the lamp burns out and dawn comes, I will be sixty years old.