Famous quotes from traditional festivals:

1. The Dragon Boat Festival approaches mid-summer, and the days are clear and the days are getting longer. ——Li Longji's "Dragon Boat Festival".

Translation: It is almost the middle of summer during the Dragon Boat Festival, and the days are gradually getting longer.

Appreciation: The poem "The Dragon Boat Festival approaches mid-summer, and the clear days and days grow longer" reflects the meteorological characteristics of the Dragon Boat Festival period. The Dragon Boat Festival falls on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month every year. The fifth month of the lunar calendar is also called Zhongxia (i.e. mid-summer), so it is named because it is in the middle of summer.

Midsummer is also the time of the summer solstice. The meteorological characteristic of the summer solstice is that the day is long and the night is short. It is the day with the longest day and the shortest night of the year. Therefore, during the Dragon Boat Festival, which falls in the fifth month of the lunar calendar, the days become longer and longer. When the summer solstice comes, it will usher in the longest day of the year.

2. There is a feast in Jinli, and the orchids are beautiful in the early years. ——Lu Zhaolin's "Fifteen Nights Watching Lanterns".

Translation: In the gorgeously colored lights, the couple held a banquet and had fun to celebrate. Under the exquisite lamps, the young people looked even more bright and beautiful.

Appreciation: After the New Year's Day, people are busy paying homage and celebrating the New Year. Although they have new clothes and delicious food, there are relatively few entertainment and sightseeing activities; the Lantern Festival breaks this dull atmosphere and brings the new The celebrations reached a climax.

The colorful Lantern Festival lights embellish the earth in a colorful way, and even continue to connect with the Haohao sky. The (lights) in the distance seem like stars falling to the ground, and the (lights) near the building are like stars. The bright moon hangs high. What adds splendor to this festival is, of course, the laughter of beautiful girls.

After the Song Dynasty, the Lantern Festival became more lively and prosperous than ever before. People not only watched the lanterns and admired the moon on the festival night, but also enjoyed singing, dancing and playing games.

3. Listen to the wind and rain during the Qingming Festival. The flower inscription of sorrow and grass. ——Wu Wenying "The wind enters the pines, listens to the wind and rain, and passes through the Qingming Festival".

Translation: Listening to the sound of the miserable wind and bitter rain, I spent the Qingming Festival alone and lonely. After burying the fallen flowers everywhere, I drafted an inscription to bury them with great sadness.

Appreciation: This is the work of the author Xiyuan Huairen. This is also a song that hurts spring. The scenes in the first part of the poem blend together, and the artistic conception is unique. "Listen to the wind and listen to the rain during the Qingming Festival", the sentence seems simple, not like the beautiful style of Mengchuang, but it has a profound meaning. It not only points out the time, but also outlines the delicate inner feelings.