1. "Eating Lychees" by Su Shi of the Song Dynasty
It is spring at the foot of Luofu Mountain, and the oranges and bayberries are fresh every time. He eats three hundred lychees a day and grows up to be a Lingnan native.
Translation: There is spring all year round under Luofu Mountain, and loquats and yellow plums are fresh every day. If I could eat 300 lychees every day, I would be willing to live in Lingnan forever.
2. "Visiting Shanxi Village" by Lu You in the Song Dynasty
Mo Xiao's farmhouse is full of cured wine, and in good years there are enough chickens and dolphins for visitors.
Translation: Don’t laugh at the turbid wine brewed by farmers in the twelfth lunar month. In the harvest year, the dishes served to guests are rich and delicious, and the chicken and fish are rich and delicious.
3. "Accompanying Zheng Guangwen on a Tour of General He's Mountains and Forests" by Du Fu of the Tang Dynasty
Fresh crucian carp, silver-threaded clams, parsley and green soup. Looking through the doubts at the bottom of the building, I went to the middle of the night for dinner.
Translation: Cut the live crucian carp into silver-threaded pot and cook it into a fragrant soup with parsley from the clear water. This is obviously dinner in Yuezhong. Where can we have dinner under the tower in Shaanxi?