The ancient poems describing the swallows in spring are as follows:
1. When swallows come, the news agency will come, and pear blossoms will fall behind.
from: Spring Scenery of Broken Battles, Yan Shu [Song Dynasty].
Swallows flew in just in time for the social sacrifice, and after pear flower falls went, it ushered in the Qingming Festival.
2. Swallows didn't come, and the yard was overcast and rainy. A corner of the withered settlement flower is the place where spring returns.
from: "Buji Swallow Never Came" Jiang Chunlin [Qing Dynasty].
In the small courtyard, the swallows didn't come, but it was rainy and dark. At the railing in a corner of the courtyard, there is a pile of fallen flowers; The falling flowers are fluttering, which indicates that spring is late.
3. Swallows are whispering, and the scenery is bright at first sight. See the garden, flowers like embroidery.
from: Song Qi [Song Dynasty].
Swallows whisper and spring is charming. The day suddenly turned long. Look at the landscape. Flowers bloom like a colorful brocade. Begonia after a spring rain. As red as rouge petals were soaked by the rain.
4. Hunan has experienced the spring for the guests, and the swallow's clay is twice new.
from: The Swallow Comes to Make a Boat, Du Fu [Tang Dynasty].
Translation: It has been a whole spring since I drifted to Hunan as a guest, and now the swallows are nesting here for the second time.
5. Fly to the painting hall with a mud swallow.
from: recalling the south of the Yangtze river and holding a mud swallow, Niu Qiao [Tang dynasty].
translation: fly to the front of the painting hall with a mud swallow. It occupies a stable place in Xingliang, and only the owner has pity on it, which is worthy of good karma.