The poems with the theme of the Spring Festival include these (parts):
1. Yuan Day
Wang Anshi [Song Dynasty]
The sound of firecrackers At the end of the first year of the year, the spring breeze brings warmth to Tusu.
Thousands of households always exchange old talismans for new peaches.
Translation
The old year has passed with the sound of firecrackers, and we happily drink Tusu wine in the warm spring breeze.
The rising sun shines on thousands of households, and they all take down the old peach charms and replace them with new ones.
2. Tian Jiayuan Day
Meng Haoran [Tang Dynasty]
The fight returned to the north last night, and today we are rising east.
I have become an official in my old age, but I am still worried about farmers without a salary.
The father plowed the fields, and the shepherd boy followed him with the hoe.
The Tian family accounts for the climate, and the emperor said that this year will be good.
Translation
Last night the handle of the Big Dipper turned to the east, and this morning the new year begins again.
I am forty years old this year. Although I have no official position, I still worry about the people.
Close to the farmers working in the fields full of mulberry trees, carrying hoes and working together with the shepherd boys.
Farmers speculate on this year’s natural climate and say it will be a good harvest year.
3. Heavy snow at night
Lu You [Song Dynasty]
The north wind blows snow at the beginning of the fourth watch, Jiarui Tianjiao and the New Year's Eve.
Half of the lamp has been used to slaughter Su, and peach symbols are written on the grass in front of the lamp.
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Before I could raise the half-filled glass of Tusu wine to celebrate the New Year, I wrote the peach charms to welcome the Spring Festival in cursive script under the light.
4. New Year's Works
Liu Changqing [Tang Dynasty]
The hometown is full of enthusiasm for the new year, and the sky is alone with tears.
When you grow old, you live among others, and when you return in spring, you come first.
The mountains and apes are in the same day and evening, and the rivers and willows are surrounded by wind and smoke.
It’s like Changsha Fu, a few years from now.
Translation
As the New Year approaches, I feel homesick especially urgently, and I can’t help crying when I think of myself wandering abroad.
When I got old, I was relegated to a place where I was inferior to others. Even spring hurriedly walked ahead of me.
In the morning and evening in Lingnan, you can only stay with the apes and monkeys, or bear the wind and smoke with the willows by the river.
I have suffered the same fate as Jia Yi, who was demoted to Changsha Taifu. I wonder how many years will it take before he can return home?
5. Shou Sui
Li Shimin [Tang Dynasty]
The dusk scene in Xiefang Hall, the palace is gorgeous in years.
The cold leaves the winter snow, and the warmth brings the spring breeze.
The order is fragrant and the flowers are red.
***Happy New Year and farewell to the old year.
Translation
The sunset in the evening slants on the gorgeous palace, and the years make the palace more beautiful.
It is getting colder at the end of the year, the winter snow melts, and the warm spring breeze seems to be blowing into the warm palace.
The huge red candle was lit, and it looked like clusters of flowers from a distance.
The monarch and his ministers feasted and drank, spent the night happily, welcomed the new year and bid farewell to the old year, singing and dancing all night long.