1. It rains heavily during the Qingming Festival, and pedestrians on the road feel like dying. ?——"Qingming" by Du Mu of the Tang Dynasty
Translation: During the Qingming Festival in the south of the Yangtze River, drizzle falls one after another, and all the travelers on the road are in despair.
2. The Double Ninth Festival is here again, with jade pillows and gauze kitchens, and it’s cool in the middle of the night. ?——"Drunken Flowers and Shadows, Thick Mist, Clouds and Everlasting Days" by Li Qingzhao of the Song Dynasty
Translation: It's the Double Ninth Festival again. I'm lying in the gauze tent with jade pillows, and the cool air in the middle of the night has just soaked my whole body.
3. Tonight on Chinese Valentine's Day, watch the blue sky and the morning glory and the weaver girl crossing the river bridge. ?——Song Linjie's "Begging for Skills"
Translation: On the evening of the Chinese Valentine's Day, looking at the blue sky, it is like seeing the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl meeting each other on the Magpie Bridge across the "Tianhe".
4. When will the bright moon appear? Ask the sky for wine. ——Su Shi of the Song Dynasty, "Shui Tiao Ge Tou·Bingchen Mid-Autumn Festival"
Translation: When did the bright moon begin to appear? I picked up my wine glass and asked the sky.
5. Thousands of households always exchange new peaches for old charms on __ Day. ?——"Yuan Ri" by Wang Anshi of the Song Dynasty
Translation: The rising sun shines on thousands of households, and they are all busy taking down the old peach charms and replacing them with new ones.