1. The heavenly stems and earthly branches rotate through the year, and the years change with each passing year. ——Yang Zhifeng

2. The sound of firecrackers marks the end of the year, and the spring breeze brings warmth to Tusu. Thousands of households always replace old talismans with new peaches. ——Wang Anshi

Translation: The old year has passed with the sound of firecrackers, and I happily drink Tusu wine in the warm spring breeze. The rising sun shines on thousands of households, and they take off the old peach charms and replace them with new ones.

3. This year is numbered, and my life is filled with self-pity. Diligence comes one day after another, and another year comes next year after noon. ——Sikong Tu

Vernacular interpretation: Now that I am getting older, I am full of ambitions but have not realized them, and I feel sorry for myself. We have been busy to welcome the New Year, and when the sun sets, it means that the new year is about to arrive.

4. Good New Year’s resolutions are assets that can be obtained without spending a penny. ——Oscar Wilde

5. Our purpose of celebrating the New Year is not to welcome a new year, but to welcome a new self. ——Chesterton

6. The end of the year is neither an end nor a beginning, but a continuous process, using the wisdom that experience can instill in us. ——Hal Borland Halberland

7. Officials have no middle rank, and there are foreign ministers who return to farming. People sing and drink in the young age, and flowers dance in the Tang Dynasty and spring. The grass color is confusing for three paths, and the scenery moves the surrounding areas. I hope it stays like this and the phenology is new every year. ——Lu Zhaolin's "Reminiscences of Yuan Ri"

Translation: My official position is low and I have not yet reached a middle-level official position, so I still return home to farm the land and become a minister living in seclusion. Today, people sing and drink wine to celebrate the first day of the year, and the early blooming flowers also dance to welcome the spring of the Tang Dynasty. The green grass shades the path leading to the house, and the beautiful scenery alarms my neighbors. I hope that life will always be as joyful as this day, and that the scenery will be as fresh year after year.

8. Say goodbye to the past and present, but the years are gone, and the wax wine welcomes the new year again. Unexpectedly, Xizhong and Yinbin were already in trouble. ——Tan Sitong

Translation: Only time can bid farewell to the past and present, and welcome the new year in the dim wine. Who would have known that Xizhong and Yinbin's day would already be the day when the emperor's work was flawed?

9. When the wind and clouds in the sky celebrate the gathering, the temples compete to send out the wise. Next to the wall, people are playing wine to entertain the guests, and children are singing together to celebrate the New Year. ——Chen Xianzhang

Translation: The wind and clouds in the sky seem to be celebrating festivals, gathering in front of houses dedicated to ancestors. From the neighbor's wall came the sound of guests drinking wine, and children singing happy New Year poems in unison.

10. The laughter of thousands of families is delayed, and the worries are hidden from the outside. Standing quietly on the city bridge, no one knows it. One star is like the moon for a long time. ——Huang Jingren

Translation: Time passed slowly, and the laughter and laughter of each family came faintly from all directions. The man standing high on the stone bridge seemed to be outside the world. He stared at the sky, but he regarded a star as the moon for a long time.