The ancient poems suitable for writing hard-pen calligraphy are as follows:
1. During the Qingming Festival, it rains heavily, and pedestrians on the road feel like they are dying. ——Du Mu's "Qingming"
Translation: During the Qingming Festival, it rains continuously, and pedestrians on the road feel depressed, as if they have lost their souls.
2. Spending the Qingming Festival without flowers and wine, the mood is as dull as a wild monk. ——Wang Yuqiao's "Qingming Festival"
Translation: I spent this Qingming Festival with no flowers to see and no wine to drink. Such a lonely and miserable life is like a monk in a deserted mountain temple. Everything seems indifferent to me.
3. Cold food is coming soon, and it is late spring on the way. ——Song Zhiwen "Cold Food on the Road"
Translation: Spend the Cold Food Festival in late spring on a horse on the road.
4. There are flowers flying everywhere in the spring city, and the east wind keeps the willows from falling. ——"Cold Food"
Translation: In late spring, catkins are flying and falling reds are everywhere in Chang'an City. During the Cold Food Festival, the east wind blows the willow branches in the Royal Garden.
5. Pear blossoms eat cold food, and they only worry about the rest during the festival. ——Yang Wanli's "Cold Food on the Tomb"
Translation: The pear blossoms will grow after the Qingming Festival. I miss you very much during this season.
6. After the wind and rain, the pear blossoms and the cold food have passed, how many children and grandchildren will come to the graves? ——Gao Qi's "Send off Chen Xiucai and return to the sand to visit the tomb"
Translation: In the wind and rain, all the pear blossoms have fallen, and the Cold Food Festival has passed. During the Qingming tomb sweeping, the tombs of several families are still there. There will be descendants who will come to pay their respects.
7. The pear blossoms are blowing in the wind during the Qingming Festival, and wanderers are half out of the city in search of spring. ——Wu Weixin's "Qingming Festival at Su Di"
Translation: The banks of the West Lake are full of tourists in the bright spring and gentle breeze.
8. The weather is fine during the Qingming Festival, so you might as well travel without forgetting to return home. ——Cheng Hao's "A Trip to the Countryside"
Translation: Moreover, today is the Qingming Festival, and the weather is fine and sunny, which is perfect for fun, but don't be happy and forget to return.
9. Try to go to Wumen to have a look at the county. There are new smokes in several places during the Qingming Festival. ——Zhang Ji's "Lu Men Ji Shi"
Translation: Due to the war, the peasants were called to fight, and large areas of land were deserted. Only a few houses lit up new smoke, and it was desolate
10. When swallows come to Xinshe, pear blossoms lag behind Qingming. ——Yan Shu "Broken Array·Spring Scene"
Translation: The swallows flew just in time for the social sacrifice, and the beautiful pear blossoms fell after the Qingming Festival.