The famous sayings of Qingming Festival are as follows:
1. During the Qingming Festival, it rains heavily, and pedestrians on the road feel like they are dying. ——Du Mu, Tang Dynasty, "Qingming"
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 pear blossoms are blowing in the wind during the Qingming Festival, and wanderers are half out of the city in search of spring. ——Wu Weixin of the Southern Song Dynasty, "Qingming Festival at Su Di"
Translation: The spring is bright and the breeze is gentle, the West Lake is approaching the Qingming Festival, and there are many tourists. In the evening, the people outing on the lake had dispersed.
3. Today is the Tomb-Sweeping Day, and the garden is a great place to be. ——Tang Jia Dao's "Sending Friends in the Garden on Tomb-Sweeping Day"
Translation: Today is the Tomb-Sweeping Day, and I am gathering with a few friends in the garden.
4. The wild tang flowers have fallen, and the Qingming Festival has passed in a hurry. ——Xin Qiji, Southern Song Dynasty, "Niannujiao·Shu Dongliu Village Wall"
Translation: The wild tang flowers are falling, and the Qingming Festival has passed in a hurry.
5. Spending the Qingming Festival without flowers and wine, the mood is as dull as a wild monk. ——"Qingming" by Wei Ye of the Northern Song Dynasty
Translation: There are no flowers for me to enjoy, and there is no wine for me to soothe my sorrows. I just spend this Qingming Festival in such a miserable way. Privately, I guessed that my attitude and interest were equivalent to that of the old monk worshiping Buddha with a green lantern in a small mountain temple.
6. There are many graveyards on the north and south hills, and Qingming festivals are held in different ways. ——Gao Zhu of the Song Dynasty, "Wine on the Tomb-Sweeping Day"
Translation: There are many cemeteries on the north and south mountains of the mountains, and people go to visit them one after another during the Qingming Festival.
7. Try to go to Wumen to have a look at the county. There is new smoke in several places during the Qingming Festival. ——"Changmen Jishi" by Zhang Ji of the Tang Dynasty
Translation: During the Qingming Festival, if I try to climb the tower and look at the countryside of the county, there are only a few houses where new smoke is lit.
8. During the Qingming festival, the peaches and plums smile, but the wild fields and graves only produce sorrow. ——Song Dynasty Huang Tingjian's "Qingming"
Translation: During the Qingming Festival, pink and red plum blossoms bloom like smiling faces. The overgrown graves in the fields were desolate.
9. The weather is fine during the Qingming Festival, so you might as well travel without forgetting to return home. ——Song Dynasty Cheng Hao's "A Trip to the Suburbs"
Translation: Moreover, today is the Qingming Festival, and the weather is fine and sunny, so you can have fun as much as you want, but don't be happy and forget to return.
10. Take a leisurely stroll in the distant night pavilion. It's just past Qingming Festival, and I'm gradually feeling the sadness of spring. ——Li Guan, Northern Song Dynasty, "Die Lian Hua·Spring Evening"
Translation: Walking leisurely on the pavilion at night, just after the Qingming Festival, I can already feel the gradually passing breath of spring.