Tang poems describing the Dragon Boat Festival

The fifth day of May is Duanyang,

The city is full of wind and rain.

People are fighting for mugwort leaves,

There are piles of absinthe everywhere.

Children of Jianghu are carrying colorful boats,

Spend the Mid-Autumn Festival with laughter.

Careful children compete in the air,

Dragon boat songs are heard in the distance.

Peach blossoms flow around Pinghu Lake,

Jin Shu mixed clothes string colourful dance.

Sunset at Yangguan bid farewell to Gusu,

A bright light enters the painting.

This is a poem "Dragon Boat Festival" written by Du Fu, which shows the joy and vitality of the Dragon Boat Festival through vivid description. The poem first describes the special day of the fifth day of May, and the city is filled with the fragrance of wind, rain and vegetation. People rushed to fill the pile of wormwood, and the leaves were used for prayer. Then, it depicts the children of the rivers and lakes carrying floats and laughing through the Mid-Autumn Festival. They compete in the air with wormwood in their hands. Dragon boat songs came from afar, full of joy and excitement.

Subsequently, there appeared pictures of peach blossoms, Shu brocade mixed clothes and colorful dances in the poem, depicting the gorgeous scene of the Dragon Boat Festival. Finally, the sunset in the sun bid farewell to Gusu City, and a bright light entered the picture.

Through vivid description and figurative metaphor, this poem shows the joyful atmosphere and rich folk customs of the Dragon Boat Festival, and at the same time expresses the love and yearning for traditional festivals.

When the Jianghu was innocent, Wan was at the airport.

The boat came home late, like bamboo.

Thoughts follow jiangbei, and doctors write good poems.

Dragon boat leaves Nanpu, bamboo leaves appear in court.

Broken string in the middle of the night, when jiaozi is fragrant.

Dragon Boat Festival worries can be sent far away, Artemisia argyi frequently leaves the battlefield.

The lotus in Duanyang is raining, and the balcony is misty and rainy.

Give ear to the ups and downs, song room was mutinous soldiers.