Ducks first know when the river gets warmer in spring.

Hui Chong Chunjiang Night Scene

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Two or three peach blossoms outside the bamboo forest and ducks in the water first noticed the warm spring.

The beach is covered with wormwood, asparagus is beginning to sprout, and puffer fish are preparing to swim upstream from the sea back to the river.

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Two or three peach blossoms are blooming outside the bamboo forest, and ducks are swimming in the water. They first noticed the warming of the river in early spring. The beach has been covered with Artemisia selengensis and asparagus has begun to sprout. These are good seasonings for cooking puffer fish, and puffer fish will soon swim back into the river from the sea.