1. The new spring is just beginning to hibernate, the grass and trees are still unknown.

From: Song Dynasty Su Zhe's "Touring Jingren Dongyuan".

Translation: It is just the time of hibernation, and the grass and trees have not yet realized that spring has come.

2. This morning, when the hibernation house is first opened, a thunder calls the Canglong to rise.

From: "Shui Long Yin - Shou Clan Father Rui Tang is the Day of Sting" by Wu Cun of the Yuan Dynasty.

Translation: This year, the time of hibernation has just arrived, and the cave where the stinging insects lie has only just been opened, and a clap of thunder calls the dragon to wake up.

3. There was a clap of thunder in the middle of the night in the Kun Gong, and the hibernation house was already open.

From: "Thunder on the Day of Hibernation" by Qiu Yuan of the Yuan Dynasty.

Translation: In the middle of the night there was a sudden clap of thunder in the sky, and in the morning the worms' burrows had opened and the flower buds poked their heads out.

4. Floating clouds gather. The light thunder is hidden in the early hibernation. The first hibernation. The pidgeon is angry, and the green poplar is windy.

From: "The Moon of Qinlou - Floating Clouds" by Fan Chengda of the Song Dynasty.

Translation: Clouds gather together at the time of hibernation, and the sound of thunder is faint. When the hibernation has just begun, the water pidgeon calls angrily and anxiously, and the willow dances with the gusty wind.

5. The slightest rain brings new flowers, but the thunder of hibernation begins.

From: Wei Yingwu's Guan Tianjia ("Viewing the Field House"), Tang Dynasty.

Translation: A fine spring rain filled the grass with vitality, and a rumbling spring thunder started the hibernation season.