Ancient Poems of Twenty-four Solar Terms and Their Sources

Song Dynasty: Zhang Wei

There is little frost at the end of the year, and the vegetation knows spring.

I feel that the business is full and the east wind blows water and the green is uneven.

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Near the end of the year, first frost gradually decreases, and the vegetation in spring is known first. At present, I only feel full of vitality, and the east wind blows the green waves on the water surface.

2. Qingming

Tang Dynasty: Du Mu

A drizzling rain falls like tears on the Mourning Day; The mourner's heart is going to break on his way.

Excuse me, where is the restaurant? The shepherd boy pointed to Xinghua Village.

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During the Qingming Festival in the south of the Yangtze River, the drizzle drifted one after another, and all the passengers on the road were down and out. Where can local people buy wine to drown their sorrows? The shepherd boy just smiled and pointed to Xinghuashan Village.

3. Summer solstice summer north pool

Tang Dynasty: Wei Wuying

The sundial became unusually cloudy and leaked from night to night.

If you don't manage education, your worries will get cold.

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On the day of the summer solstice, the daytime time measured by the sundial has reached its limit, and since then, the time calculated by the clepsydra at night has gradually lengthened. Before I carried out my plan, I had begun to worry about the alternation of climate change and cold weather.

4. beginning of autumn

Song Dynasty: Liu Han

The crow of the milk crow scattered the jade screen, and one pillow was cold and the other was cold.

There is nowhere to find the autumn sleep, and the phoenix tree is full moon.

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When crows crow, only Yuping stands empty. Suddenly the wind blows, and the autumn wind blows gently, and the pillow feels fresh and cool, just like someone fanning the wind with a silk fan at the bedside.

I vaguely heard the autumn wind rustling outside in my sleep, but I woke up to look for it, but I couldn't find anything. I saw buttonwood leaves falling all over the steps and bathed in the bright moonlight.

5, Handan is homesick from winter to day and night.

Tang Dynasty: Bai Juyi

Every winter solstice, I am accompanied by the shadow in front of the knee lamp. ?

If you want to sit at home late at night, you should also talk about travelers.

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When I stayed at Handan Inn, it happened to be the solstice festival in winter. At night, I sit in front of the lamp with my knees in my arms, and only the shadow is with me. I believe my relatives will gather late at night today, and they should also talk about me as a traveler.