The author of "Staying New Year's Eve and Serving a Banquet" is Du Shenyan, a litterateur of the Tang Dynasty. The full text of his ancient poem is as follows:
On the New Year's Eve in winter, the emperor's sons and grandsons hold the royal banquet.
The stars and rivers in the palace are blowing down the trees, and the lights and candles in the palace are lighting up the sky.
The plum wind enters the string playing rhythm, and the game explores the story of Goubai wine.
I would like to sing a long life to Zhengyuan, but I will temporarily stay and appreciate it and send it to you before spring.
The author of "Staying New Year's Eve in Xijing" is King Luo Bin, a writer of the Tang Dynasty. The full text of his ancient poem is as follows:
Living alone and saying nothing, feasting, sitting alone in the wind and dust.
Suddenly I saw the end of severe winter, and then I knew spring was coming.
The coldness of the night is gone, and the dawn of the new year is new.
On the eve of the long-awaited foreign land, there is no way to show old relatives.
Beautiful verses praising the Spring Festival
The author of "Yuan Ri" is Wang Anshi, a writer from the Song Dynasty. The full text of the poem is as follows:
The sound of firecrackers marks the end of the year, and the spring breeze brings warmth to Tusu.
Thousands of households always exchange old talismans for new peaches.
Translation
Amidst the roaring sound of firecrackers, the old year has passed; the warm spring breeze brings the new year, and people happily drink the newly brewed Tusu wine. 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.
The author of "Cibeigu Mountain" is Wang Wan, a writer of the Tang Dynasty. The full text of his ancient poem is as follows:
Traveling under the green mountains, boating in front of the green water.
The tide is flat, the banks are wide, the wind is blowing and the sail is hanging.
Hai Ri is born and the night is over, and Jiang Chun is entering the old year.
Where can I find the hometown book? Return to Yanluoyang.
Translation
Travelers passed by the foot of the green Beigu Mountain, and the boat moved forward with the blue river water. The tide is high, and the two banks are level with the river, making it look very open. When sailing with the wind, the sails can be hung high. The night is not yet over, a red sun has risen from the sea, spring is early on the river, and the new year has arrived before the old year has passed. How can I convey the letter to my hometown? O wild geese returning from the north, could you please carry it back to my hometown of Luoyang for me?
The author of "Dye Zuo" is Gao Shi, a writer of the Tang Dynasty. The full text of the poem is as follows:
The cold lamp in the hotel makes me sleepless, and the guest's heart turns to sadness.
I miss my hometown tonight, and I will see another year of frost on my temples tomorrow.
Translation
I was lying alone in the hotel, with the cold light shining on me, and it was hard to fall asleep for a long time. What is it that makes me, a tourist, feel desolate and sad? People in my hometown must be missing me tonight, who is thousands of miles away; my temples have turned gray, and tomorrow will be a new year.
The author of "It's Very Cold in Taiyuan on New Year's Eve" is Yu Qian, a writer of the Ming Dynasty. The full text of the poem is as follows:
A message to the guests from the far end of the world, with sorrow in the light cold.
The spring breeze is not far away, only at the east end of the house.
Translation
A few words for people who are far away from home: Although the weather is a little cold, why should we be depressed about it? Spring will come soon, and the spring breeze is here. The east end of the house.
The author of "Woods on New Year's Eve" is Cui Tu, a litterateur of the Tang Dynasty. The full text of the poem is as follows:
Traveling all the way to Sanba Road, I am in danger of being thousands of miles away.
On a snowy night in the chaotic mountains, a stranger is alone.
Gradually become far away from flesh and blood, and turn to children and servants.
That can be drifting, tomorrow will be a new year.
Translation
Trekking on the rugged and remote Sanba Road, living in a dangerous place thousands of miles away. Under the mountains on all sides, the remaining snow reflects the cold night. Sitting facing the candles at night, I am a guest in a foreign land. As he became farther and farther away from his relatives, he gradually became closer to the book boy and the servant. It's really unbearable to spend New Year's Eve wandering, and tomorrow will be a new year.
The author of "One of Two Poems for Staying Outside Changzhou City at Night" is Su Shi, a writer from the Song Dynasty.
The full text of the poem is as follows:
When I came to the south three times, I saw the clouds in the sky, and I was afraid that I would be on the road for the rest of my life.
When I grow old, I am afraid of the new calendar day, so I retreat to learn the old peach charms.
The fireworks have already symbolized youth, but the frost and snow are looking for sick guests.
But fight poverty and sorrow for long-term health, and drink Tusu without hesitation at the end.
Translation
On the cold New Year's Eve, the author was walking on Jiangnan Road with countless thoughts about his political frustration, but he walked and sang and worried about the lives of the people in Li. The distant water and the low stars are gradually blurring. The reason for not sleeping is not to stay up late, but to constantly miss my hometown, my parents and my fellow villagers. A heavy quilt can't warm my heart soaked in frost and snow, and my hair feels even thinner after bathing. I should be grateful to this dim light for staying with me all night on the lonely boat.
The author of "Jade House Spring·Yuan Ri" is Mao Pang, a writer of the Tang Dynasty. The full text of the poem is as follows:
One year all the drops drain out of the lotus flower. Bijing crispy frozen wine.
The cold weather at dawn is still deceptive, but the slender willows of spring arrive first.
The beautiful woman advises you to live a long life. Cypress leaves and pepper blossoms bloom on green sleeves.
In the depths of Zuixiang, we rarely know each other, and we are only old friends with Dongjun.
Translation
The drops of water from the lotus bid farewell to the old year. When the wine is hanging in the well and the dawn cold invades, the slender figure of the willow branches already reveals the breath of the new year. Although there are beauties and singers to encourage wine and cheer, the poet is surprised by the phenology of early spring, as if he is seeing an old friend reunited after a long separation. The idea is novel and affectionate.
The author of "Tian Jia Yuan Ri" is Meng Haoran, a litterateur of the Tang Dynasty. The full text of the poem is as follows:
Last night we fought back to the north, today we are rising from the east.
I have become an official in my old age, but I am still worried about farmers without a salary.
The father plowed the fields, and the shepherd boy followed him with the hoe.
The Tian family accounts for the climate, and the emperor said that this year will be good.
Translation
Last night the handle of the Big Dipper turned to the east, and this morning the year begins again. I am already forty years old. Although I do not have an official position, I am still worried about farming. Close to the farmers working in the fields full of mulberry trees, carrying hoes and working together with the shepherd boys. Farmers speculate on this year's harvest and say it will be a bumper year.
The author of "Morning Journey on Yuan Dynasty" is Bao Fang, a litterateur of the Tang Dynasty. The full text of the poem is as follows:
In the Qianyuan Dynasty, spring was the ancestor, and virtue was in Mudou Jiandong.
The Eastern Star is Daming Palace, and the joy of Nanshan shakes the clear sky.
Wang Yunwu dances with thousands of jade, and sings the song of longevity from thousands of peaks.
Wenchang is happy with the betrothal gifts, and the flag is red in peace.
Shi Kuang responded to the law and tuned Huang Zhong, and Wang Liangyun planned to tune Shi Long.
Xuanming returned to Shuotu without incident, and Emperor Qing let himself into the Zhu Palace.
In the five tones of the Nine Shao Nine Changes, four friends from all directions are in one body.
Heaven can say that the joy is endless, Guangcheng Pengzu is the three masters.
The wild ministers sneak up and attack the old man, and he can be sealed by singing with his belly full in the sun.
The author of "Reminiscences of Yuan Ri" is Lu Zhaolin, a litterateur of the Tang Dynasty. The full text of the poem is as follows:
There is no middle-level official in the officialdom, and there are foreign ministers who return to farming.
People sing and drink wine, and flowers dance in the Tang Dynasty and spring.
The color of the grass stretches across three paths, and the scenery is stunning all around.
I hope it stays like this and the phenology is new every year.
The author of "Fenghe Yuanri Yingzhi" is Xu Jingzong, a litterateur of the Tang Dynasty. The full text of the poem is as follows: Poems in Praise of Teachers_Beautiful Poems
1. There is no end of the world, only the teacher's kindness will last forever. Thank you, teacher!
2. If I can fight against the blue sky, it is you who have given me the wings to fly; if I am a warrior who beats the waves, it is you who have given me the power to make waves; if I am immortal Torch, you gave me the light of youth!
3. The spring silkworm has never said anything self-proclaimed in its life, and the silver thread it spits out is the ruler to measure the value of life.
Dear teacher, you have never shown off in front of others, but the blooming peaches and plums are the highest praise for you.
4. Teacher, thank you for using your light of life to illuminate my journey of life.
5. Who spreads the rain and dew all over the earth? Who works hard to nurture the seedlings? It's you, teacher, you are a great gardener! Look at the flowers blooming everywhere, which one doesn’t have your hard work on it, and which one doesn’t have your smile on it!
6. Ah, because of you, the garden is so beautiful and the earth is full of spring! Teacher, open the window and take a look. This garden full of spring scenery, this garden full of peaches and plums, are all saluting you!
7. Your eyes are a silent language, full of expectations for me; they are a burning flame, giving me huge heat: it will be imprinted in my heart for a long time
8. Teacher, you are sincere, kind and beautiful. May the hearts of all my classmates be open to you.
9. I am not your best student, but you are my most respected teacher. On your day, I would like to dedicate a high respect to you.
10. You are the bridge, connecting the severed mountains for us, allowing us to reach the peak of harvest; you are the ivy, tough and slender, guiding us to pick the Ganoderma lucidum and ginseng on the top of the cliff.
11. Teacher, you are a cultivator of beauty and a sower of beauty. It is you who shine with beautiful sunshine and moisten with beautiful rain and dew, so that our hearts are green and full of flowers!
12. If we are a ship, the teacher is the sail, leading us forward in the ocean of knowledge; if we are going to embark on a journey, the teacher is like the candle we hold, illuminating us. The bumpy road to learning. You allow us to open the windows of our souls, you give us spiritual pillars, you send us on the path of learning, and you give us endless encouragement. Teacher, we will always remember you.
13. Dear teacher, your sincere love has awakened so much confusion, nurtured so much self-confidence, ignited so much youth, and destroyed so many sails.
14. It is the glory of teachers to have peaches and plums all over the world. --On this Gardener's Day, when the wind is clear and the autumn fruits are abundant, I wish you happiness and eternal youth!
15. As a role model for the world, be a role model for others. Quotes to Praise Teachers
16. You are like a candle. Although it is thin, you have some heat and some light, illuminating others and exhausting yourself. This selfless dedication will never be forgotten. The language of your lectures is as sweet as a tinkling mountain spring, as friendly as a gurgling stream, and as exciting as a rushing river
Seventeen. Ten years of trees, ten years of wind, ten years of rain, and a hundred thousand beams .
18. You are like a red candle, giving all your heat and light to the future generations! Your character and spirit can be summed up in two words: burning! Keep burning!
19. Teacher, you are a cultivator of beauty and a sower of beauty. It is you who shine with beautiful sunshine and moisten with beautiful rain and dew, so that our hearts are green and full of flowers! You are busy with the blooming of flowers and the ripening of fruits, silently hanging the green shade of leaves! Ah, teacher, your spirit will always be in my heart!
20. Ah, because of you, the garden is so beautiful and the earth is full of spring! Teacher, open the window and take a look. This garden full of spring scenery, this garden full of peaches and plums, are all saluting you!
21. Without the nourishment of your thoughts, how could so many beautiful soul flowers bloom? Ah, teacher, the engineer of the human soul, who would not praise you!
22. You are like a candle. Although you are thin, you have some heat and some light, illuminating others and exhausting yourself. This selfless dedication will never be forgotten.
23. When the tide goes out, leave colorful shells on the beach. When we graduate, we give our sincere wishes to our teachers.
24. The value of fireflies lies in using the lamp hanging at the back to shine on others; your respectability lies in always providing convenience to others.
25. Your love is as warm as the sun, as gentle as the spring breeze, and as sweet as the clear spring. Your love is more serious than father's love, more delicate than mother's love, and more pure than friendship. Your teacher’s love is the greatest and most pure in the world!
26. The most glorious profession under the sun; engineer of the human soul.
27. The value of fireflies lies in using the lamp hanging at the back to shine on others; your respectability lies in always providing convenience to others.
28. Rivers push us to the vast sea, and the dawn brings us bright mornings; dear teacher, you lead us to a magnificent life.
29. Teachers are like candles, burning themselves and illuminating others.
30. Teacher, you use the most noble human emotion - love, to sow spring, sow ideals, and sow power. Sow with words, cultivate with colored pens, water with sweat, and nourish with hard work. This is The noble labor of our beloved teacher.
31. On the journey of life, you have enriched my soul, developed my intelligence, and ignited the light of hope for me. Thank you, teacher!
Thirty-two, vacuum, determination, humility, simplicity - this is the song you taught me to sing, this is the path of life you guided me to take.
33. Teacher, you are a cultivator of beauty and a sower of beauty. It is you who shine with beautiful sunshine and moisten with beautiful rain and dew, so that our hearts are green and full of flowers! You are busy with the blooming of flowers and the ripening of fruits, silently hanging the green shade of leaves! Ah, teacher, your spirit will always be in my heart!
34. When a seedling needs a glass of water, he will never give him a bucket of water; and when he needs a bucket of water, he will never give him a glass of water. Giving at the right time and in the right amount is the skill of a good gardener. My teacher, this is also your art of education.
Thirty-five. The silver hair of the crane reflects the sun and the moon, and the fervent heart and blood fertilize new flowers. Beautiful verses praising plum blossoms
Beautiful verses praising plum blossoms
1. The scenery is so beautiful that before anyone notices it, the plum blossoms are blooming in the back garden. ——Shi Qing's "New Year's Eve in response to the imperial edict"
2. There is a thatched house outside Gusu City, with thousands of trees and plum blossoms filling the sky. ——Tang Yin's "Singing Wine to the Moon"
3. The faint fragrance of plum blossoms is about to be dyed, and the willow ribbons are just drying. ——Cao Xueqin's "Xiangling Ode to the Moon·Part 2"
4. One piece can teach a person to break his heart, but it can be built flat and even more walls can be built. ——Liu Kezhuang's "Falling Plum Blossoms"
5. As expected next year, we will start with Wangchuntai. ——Qi Ji's "Early Plum Blossoms"
6. The moon in front of the window is the same as usual, but the plum blossoms are different. —— Du Lei's "Cold Night"
7. The spring breeze is swaying to beautify the spring day, and my thoughts are scattered and chasing the wind, with only frost and no frost. ——Bao Zhao's "Plum Blossoms Fall, Many Miscellaneous Trees in the Courtyard"
8. The gentle breeze and raindrop moss pattern, the indifferent fragrance can be smelled quietly. —— Lu Ran's "Falling Plum Blossoms"
9. Plum blossoms and osmanthus leaf eyebrows are newly made up. ——Yan Jidao's "Partridge Sky·Mei Rui New Makeup and Osmanthus Leaf Eyebrows"
10. No one in the city is as worried as me. It is snowing tonight and there are plum blossoms, which are as sad as me. ——Jiang Jie's "Plum Blossoms Lead·Jingxi Blocks the Snow"
11. All the players are playing plum blossoms, and all the plum blossoms are falling when they sing. ——Su Weiwei's "The Fifteenth Night of the First Month"
12. The plum blossoms and snow refused to fall in spring, so Sao Renge paid for the review. ——Lu Meipo's "Snow Plum Part 1"
13. Wearing this body in the ice and snow forest is not like peaches and plums mixed with fragrant dust. ——Wang Mian's "White Plum Blossoms"
14. You should know that the plum blossoms have fallen early, so you should wait for the coming of spring. ——He Xun's "Ode to Early Plum Blossoms"
15. It depends on the late wind, so plum blossoms should be difficult to see. ——Li Qingzhao's "Qing Ping Le·Every Year in the Snow"
16. The plum blossoms and Qiang flutes are playing in the north of Saibei, and the poem is written on the osmanthus hill in Huainan. ——Liu Yuxi's "One of Nine Poems on Willow and Willow Branches"
17. The willows are dyed with thick smoke, and the plum flute is played with resentment, and I know how much spring is coming.
——Li Qingzhao's "Yong Yu Le·The Sunset Melts Gold"
18. Fortunately, we can have sex with each other with a slight chant, and there is no need to have a gold statue with a sandalwood board. —— Lin Bu's "Shanyuan Xiaomei·Part 1"
19. There is a unique charm in the fragrance, and it is extremely clear and does not know the cold. —— Cui Daorong's "Plum Blossoms"
20. Poor thousands of Wu Shuang, endless sales in the cold, and opposite, falling plum blossoms like rain. ——Wu Wenying "Zhu Yingtai is near·The beginning of spring on New Year's Eve"
21. The jade bones are worried about the miasma, and the ice posture has its own fairy style. ——Su Shi's "Moon over the Xijiang River·Plum Blossoms"
22. The world is lonely and the rain has stopped. How many lifetimes can you cultivate plum blossoms? ——Xie Fangde's "Wuyi Mountains"
23. The quiet appearance is not suitable for teenagers. ——Lu You's "Chaozhongcuo·Plum"
24. If you don't ask for the dew in the vase, it will be the plum blossom outside the threshold of the beggar'e. ——Cao Xueqin's "Visiting Miaoyu and Begging for Red Plums"
25. I heard the plum blossoms blowing in the morning wind, and the snow piles were all over the four mountains. ——Lu You's "Plum Blossom Quatrains"
26. At the end of Pingwu is the Spring Mountain, and the pedestrians are outside the Spring Mountain. —— Ouyang Xiu, "Treading on the Shasha·Waiting for the Broken Plum Blossoms in the Pavilion"
27. It is almost dusk, the snow is dancing wildly, half plum blossoms and half floating catkins. ——Ma Zhiyuan's "Shouyang Song·Twilight Snow in the River Sky"
28. For a while, no one was seen leaning on the railing, and the turtle silk covered his tears and thought about it. ——Feng Yansi's "Magpies Stepping on the Branches: Thousands of Plum Blossoms Fall from the Branches"
29. The trees at the head of the inkstone washing pond in my house have flowers blooming with faint ink marks. ——Wang Mian's "Ink Plum"
30. A cold plum tree with white jade strips stands next to the village road and the creek bridge. ——Zhang Wei's "Early Plum Blossoms"
31. I don't know if the water flowers bloom first, but it is suspected that they have not been sold after the winter snow. —— Zhang Wei's "Early Plum Blossoms"
32. The jade flute is played in the Yellow Crane Tower, and the plum blossoms fall in May in Jiangcheng. ——Li Bai "Listening to the Flute Playing on the Yellow Crane Tower with Shi Lang Zhongqin"
33. It is dusk and I am sad alone, with more wind and rain. ——Lu You's "Bu Suanzi·Yong Mei"
34. All the flowers are swaying and blooming alone, occupying the small garden with all the charm. —— Lin Bu's "Shanyuan Xiaomei·Part 1"
35. Plum blossoms bloom several times in the south of the Yangtze River, and people's temples are already stained at the end of the world. ——Liu Zhu's "Partridge Sky, Snow Shines on the Mountain City, Jade Fingers Are Cold"
36. The new wind is like a solution, and it is easy to destroy. —— Cui Daorong's "Plum Blossoms"
37. When the mountain flowers were in full bloom, she smiled in the bush. ——Mao Zedong's "Bu Shuzi·Yong Mei"
38. There are several plum blossoms in the corner, and Ling Han blooms alone. ——Wang Anshi's "Plum Blossoms"
39. Sparse shadows slant across the clear and shallow water, and the faint fragrance floats in the moonlit dusk. —— Lin Bu's "Mountain Garden Xiaomei·Part 1"
40. Scattered into mud and crushed into dust, only the fragrance remains the same. —— Lu You's "Bu Suanzi·Yong Mei" [Spring Festival] Sentences praising the Spring Festival
1. People come and go on the street, some of them go to pay New Year greetings, some to buy New Year's goods, and some to go on a trip with the whole family. , so festive.
2. Fish leaping over the dragon gate, sending blessings in the new year: big blessings, small blessings, family portraits, blessings are everywhere. Knowing blessings brings blessings, and pure blessings and great blessings add happiness. Receive blessings and receive blessings every year, keep blessings and pray for blessings every year!
3. The Spring Festival is the oldest festival in China and the most solemn day of the year. Although we have many ethnic groups and a vast territory, over thousands of years, we have gradually formed relatively fixed customs and habits.
4. Looking forward and looking forward to it, the Spring Festival is coming soon. Thinking of this, I couldn’t help laughing. Before the Spring Festival, people are all happy and full of energy. There are many people shopping, some Some are buying New Year pictures, some are buying New Year goods, some are sitting on benches around the stove and turning on the TV, some are playing mahjong, poker, and so on.
5. The days of the year are the collection of poems, and the first month is the colorful cover.
The cover depicts the noisy sound of magpies climbing plum blossoms and fat pigs on the glass windows, the sound of loud firecrackers exploding, and the majesty and unrestrainedness of stilt boats on the street.
6. The Spring Festival comes quietly to people, bringing joy, blessings and the opportunity for family reunion. The whole city seems to be a girl waiting to be married, wearing heavy clothes and light clothes, giving a festive look. People were coming and going on the street. Some of them went to pay New Year greetings, some went to buy new year's goods, and some went on a trip with their whole families. It looked very festive.
7. The Spring Festival has arrived unknowingly in the busyness. At this moment, everyone has to stop what they are doing and reunite with their family and relatives to renew their family ties and repay their loved ones. Kindness shows filial piety. This is the traditional concept and unique cultural sentiment of the Chinese people.
8. The Spring Festival is coming, and people are getting busy. If you go to the market, you will find that there are many New Year's goods in the market, and people buying New Year's goods are crowded together. Occasionally, I look at the various fireworks and I have an impulse, as if I should be happy as the Chinese New Year is approaching. However, I rarely feel festive or relieved.
9. The meaning of life is hope. Without hope, life is meaningless. When the harsh winter comes, we face it with a smile and deal with it calmly, because we know that the Spring Festival and spring will follow one after another. "When the mountain flowers are in full bloom/she laughs in the bushes", the Spring Festival will heal the frostbite on our hands and feet, and spring will smooth out the wrinkles on our faces. In exchange for the mother's smile, the children will study harder; in order to be tempted by the footsteps of the Spring Festival, many times we "cut off our heads only to use them as wind caps."
10. Whenever the Spring Festival comes, every household lights up firecrackers and sets off fireworks to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, releasing the happiness of the year. Of course I am no exception, I have had enough of my addiction to setting off firecrackers. When I recall setting off firecrackers in my childhood, I have a special feeling in my heart.
11. It’s the New Year, New Year’s Eve dinner, a prosperous New Year’s Eve dinner. Seafood, meat, vegetables, and all kinds of delicacies crowded the dining table. I am used to eating greasy fish and meat, but what I want to eat most during the Chinese New Year are refreshing and delicious green vegetables. Is this the progress of the times, or is it the regression of people's eating habits?
12. Aggressiveness The suspicion will never appear again. The spring breeze blows through the dream bay of concern. Although it still carries a chill, it is enough to warm the heart surrounded by love. Shy thoughts fill the home page of the New Year, and may the heart in the coming year be filled with poetic vitality!
13. Before the Spring Festival, every household lights up lanterns, organizes everything at home, and waits for the Spring Festival. When the New Year comes, people who bought the New Year pictures can put them up in any way they want. Some put them upright, some put them upside down, some crookedly put them up, some put them up backwards, and some people even killed pigs and sheep to prepare for the New Year pictures. To celebrate the arrival of the Spring Festival, some people are going to set off fireworks and firecrackers, which makes them happy; some people are sure to let their dogs go, so that the dogs can also be happy, and they will no longer suffer there, but prepare to celebrate the New Year with others.
14. When I typed the words "Spring Festival", the dust seemed to settle in my heart. In fact, according to the customs of our hometown, the Spring Festival is still in the "progressive tense" rather than the "past tense". In my hometown, only after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the round dumpling box filled with various Spring Festival snacks will be removed from the coffee table, which means that the "New Year" is over and there will no longer be visits to relatives to pay New Year's greetings.
15. It is also very common to post New Year pictures during the Spring Festival. The simple and naive New Year pictures add a lot of prosperity and joy to thousands of households. New Year pictures are an ancient folk art in my country, reflecting the people's simple customs and beliefs. New Year pictures, like Spring Festival couplets, originated from the "door god". With the rise of woodblock printing, the content of New Year paintings is no longer limited to monotonous themes such as door gods, but has become rich and colorful. In some New Year painting workshops, "Three Stars of Fortune, Luxury and Longevity", "Blessings from Heavenly Officials" and "Five Grains" were produced. Classic color New Year pictures such as "The Six Livestocks Are Prosperous" and "Welcoming the Spring and Bringing Good Luck" satisfy people's wishes of celebrating the good year.