Ancient poems about Qingming Festival
Throughout Chinese history, there are many poems have been written about the Qingming Festival, expressing hope and exploring the eternal warmth in nature and life among the misty spring scenery and the act of sweeping tombs and remembering loved ones. With compassionate hearts, the poets used soft brushstrokes to write the spring light and desire, allowing us to glimpse the truest and most beautiful aspects of the world.
Follow Sigurai on a Qingming festival trip through time, Referencing ancient wisdom to help us discover the hope and beauty around us.
清明时节雨纷纷，路上行人欲断魂
It rained continuously during the Qingming Festival,
Pedestrians on the street were in a bad mood because of the rain.
Du Mu
Qingming Festival is a special Chinese festival for paying respects to one's ancestors. These two lines of poetry write the sadness and melancholy of passersby on the street as they reminisce about their deceased loved ones.
小楼一夜听春雨，深巷明朝卖杏花
The poet lived alone in his small building, listening to the pattering spring rain all night，
The next morning, I heard the sound of someone selling apricot blossoms coming from the alley.
Lu You
The poet's sleepless night reveals his worries, while the sound of apricot blossom sellers in the morning signifies the arrival of spring and the blooming of apricot blossoms.
南北山头多墓田，清明祭扫各纷然
The hills to the north and south are dotted with graves,
People flock to pay their respects during the Qingming Festival.
Gāo zhù
Qingming Festival is a traditional Chinese festival, a time for outings, ancestor worship, and tomb sweeping.
人生有酒须当醉，一滴何曾到九泉
While one is alive, one should drink to one's heart's content,
When dies, one won't be able to take a single drop of wine with him to heaven.
Gāo zhù
This poem advises people not to postpone happiness until after death, but to cherish and enjoy the present moment. They take life and death lightly, finding a sense of liberation and detachment in their reflections on the impermanence of life.
素衣莫起风尘叹，犹及清明可到家
Don't complain that white clothes will be polluted by city dust,
We can return to our hometown before the Qingming Festival.
Lu You
The author's complex feelings of weary of dark politics and Longing to return to the rural countryside, while ostensibly describing the hardships of travel, actually express his disappointment with his official career and his yearning for rural life through self-deprecation.
况是清明好天气，不妨游衍莫忘归
It's currently the Qingming Festival holiday and the weather is sunny and bright,
Enjoy your time outside and have fun, but don't forget to go home because you're having so much fun.
Cheng Hao
This encourages both oneself and others to enjoy the beautiful spring weather, reflecting a life attitude of cherishing time, being close to nature, and living a leisurely and carefree life.
乌啼鹊噪昏乔木，清明寒食谁家哭
Crows and magpies cried out in alarm in the dimly lit ancient trees,
During the Qingming Festival, I wonder which family is weeping at the grave.
Bai Juyi
In China, crows are considered an ominous sign. The living's deep longing for the dead and the profound sorrow of parting from life to death.
洒洒沾巾雨，披披侧帽风
A light drizzle fell, dampening the headscarf,
A gentle breeze blew, causing the hat to tilt to one side.
Fan Chengda
The climate around the Qingming Festival in China is characterized by frequent light rain and gentle spring breezes.
燕子来时新社，梨花落后清明
When the swallows fly back to the eaves and the pear blossoms fall,
It is the spring season of worshipping ancestors and Qingming festival .
Yan Shu
Swallows are common summer migratory birds in China, typically migrating from Southeast Asia or further south to northern China to breed from mid-March to April. They feed on insects. Nesting under the eaves of farmhouses, they are seen as symbols of good fortune, diligence, and the return of spring.
贤愚千载知谁是，满眼蓬蒿共一丘
Whether a person is wise or foolish, who will be able to tell the difference after thousands of years?
In the end, they were all just desolate graves and mounds of earth covered with weeds.
Huang Tingjian
The poet's lament about the inevitable end of life, his sigh about the impermanence of existence, and his subtle satire of the world's relentless pursuit of fame and fortune, all underscore the equality of all before death.
清明无客不思家
During the Qingming Festival, whether one is a traveler far from home or a wanderer in a foreign land, no one fails to miss their hometown and loved ones.
Gao Qi
During the Qingming Festival, a time for ancestor worship, the deep-rooted Chinese people's sense of family and national identity, their remembrance of deceased ancestors, and their attachment to their homeland manifest as a feeling of "especially missing family members during the holiday."
好风胧月清明夜，碧砌红轩刺史家
On a night during the Qingming Festival, with a gentle breeze and a hazy moonlight,
The poet strolled through the governor's mansion, with its jade-paved steps and red-lacquered wooden windows.
Bai Juyi
The poet's love for beautiful scenery and his inner peace and tranquility. Reading this sentence evokes a feeling of ease and joy.
From the excerpts of these timeless poems, we can see that if we're willing to look at life with open minds and hearts, we'll find that life is full of beauty. Every day is special and every moment is precious. Let's embrace each moment, relax, enjoy the serenity within ourselves, and be delighted by every detail of our daily lives.