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Poems about folktales

Poems of this type include "Autumn Evening" and "Ti Nanyue Temple".

1. "Autumn Evening" is a seven-character quatrain composed by Du Mu, a poet in the Tang Dynasty. This poem describes a palace maid looking up at the Cowherd and Weaver Girl on both sides of the Milky Way to relieve her loneliness on the night of the Chinese Valentine's Day.

2. "Inscribed on Nanyue Temple" is a poem from the Song Dynasty, written by Guo Sanyi. This poem expresses emotion about the passage of time and the changes in nature through the use of scenery. The poem mentions the folk tale "The Legend of the White Snake".