Yuan Zhen's twenty-four solar terms poem: snow

Sing 24 poems, November Snow Festival.

Yuan Zhen [Tang Dynasty]

It is cloudy and snowy, and it is raining everywhere. On a cold night, the jade tube sings, and the book is crimson.

Ling Huang changes with the air when birds stop singing. What is the limit of everyman? I can't bear to cherish my old age.

Translation:

In the solar terms of heavy snow, Yin Qi keeps snowing. For this reason, it snows heavily, so that the snowflakes all over the sky are white, as if the whole world suddenly calmed down and looked so pure.

At this time, at night, some people play musical instruments, and some people open books to read. It seems that they are trying to dispel the cold air in the distant cold night, and it will dawn before they know it.

At this time, the "yellow bell" corresponding to the winter solstice is about to sound, because the winter solstice is coming. However, at this moment, the bird that had been alive somehow stopped singing. The snow season in winter is really like dusk in a day. It seems that in the snow, people can't help but cherish the deep cold and cold.

Extended data:

Heavy snow is 2 1 of the 24 solar terms and the third solar term in winter. Heavy snow, fingers crossed, the sun reaches 255 degrees of the yellow meridian, and the node time is February 6-8, 65438. The solar term of heavy snow is the beginning of the second month of the dry calendar, marking the official start of the mid-winter season. Like the light snow solar term, the heavy snow solar term is a solar term reflecting the changing trend of temperature and precipitation, and it is also a reflection of ancient farming culture on festivals. Heavy snow is a solar term reflecting climate characteristics. Heavy snow solar terms are characterized by a significant drop in temperature and an increase in precipitation.