Poetry of the 24 Solar Terms

1. Spring

[Tang] Du Fu

Spring day spring plate fine lettuce, suddenly remembered the two Beijing plum hair.

The plate is out of the high line of white jade, the dish passes the delicate hand to send green silk.

The Witch's Gorge and the Cold River are the right eyes for each other, and the faraway guests of Duling can't help but be saddened by them.

It is not known where I will return to, so I will call my son to find some paper to write a poem on.

Interpretation:

On the day of the first spring, the dishes were served on spring plates, and suddenly I remembered the beautiful scene of the opening of plum blossoms in Chang'an and Luoyang in spring in the past years.

The spring plate came as a reward from the emperor, and the dish was passed over by a slender hand to send off his own self who was still full of black hair at that time.

Now in the Wu Gorge looking at the cold river, himself adrift in another country, very sad.

Your own future is still uncertain, so in your sadness you asked your child to find a pen and paper to write this poem.

2. Five Poems on the Establishment of Summer

[Song]? Fang Hui

Said with the jianghu old acquaintance, not ever get the sentence is not a poem.

One night to five nights, half of the time I scratch my head and don't sleep.

Interpretation:

It is said that there are many old friends in the jianghu, but I have never written a line of poem for them.

From the first to the fifth watch of the night, it is the time when one cannot sleep.

3. Autumn

[Song]? Liu Han

The milk crows cried and scattered the jade screen empty, a pillow of new cool and a fan of wind.

There is no place to find the colors of autumn when you sleep, and the moon is bright on the steps of the sycamore tree.

Interpretation:

The newborn baby crows cawed and flew away in the air, and there was a cool breeze blowing on the pillow at the beginning of autumn, just like a fan fan.

Waking up from a nap to look for signs of fall, I still can't find them, but the steps are full of sycamore leaves, bathed in the bright moonlight.

4. The first winter

[Ming]? Wang Zhideng

Autumn wind blew away the old garden, yellow leaves Danfeng passenger through.

A little Zen lamp and a half-round moon, this night is more cold than last night.

Interpretation:

The cold winds of autumn have slept through the trees of the old courtyard, and as I watch the leaves turn yellow and the maple leaves turn red, I am still a guest in a foreign land.

Lighting a Zen lamp reflecting the half moon, this night is much colder than last night.

Expanded Information

The Twenty-Four Seasons Song

Spring rain startles the spring and clears the valley sky, summer is full of mango and summer is connected with summer heat.

Autumn dew in the fall frost fall, winter snow snow winter small big cold.

The first half of the year falls on the twenty-first day of the sixth month, and the second half on the twenty-third day of the eighth month.

The two festivals of each month do not change, but differ by one or two days at most.