The perfection of the twenty-four solar terms

Plum blossoms in beginning of spring are exceptionally bright, apricot blossoms are fresh in the rain, lulin thunders, Hua Hudie dances at the vernal equinox, kites are broken in Tomb-Sweeping Day, and tea is tender in Grain Rain.

Mulberry fruits are like cherries in the long summer, silkworms are cultivated in the small man, jade seedlings grow in front of the courtyard, rice and flowers are like white practice in the summer solstice, Xia Feng urges early beans to ripen, and Chi Pan enjoys red lotus in the summer.

Qiu Chan makes people sleep, sunflower smiles in summer, and the Millennium returns to the wild goose. In the autumnal equinox, osmanthus flowers are fragrant all over the garden, cold dew vegetables are green, and the first frost reeds are floating all over the sky.

Beginning of winter reported good news and offered three blessings, with light snow and goose feathers flying all over the sky, heavy snow and cold plums rushing against the wind, till the day is full of snow, the slight cold is homesick, and the great cold is reunited at the end of the year.