Four ancient poems about the heavy snow season:

1. Spring Snow

Tang Dynasty: Han Yu

There is no youth in the new year. I was surprised to see grass sprouts at the beginning of the month.

The white snow is too late for spring, so it flies through the trees in the garden.

Translation:

Even in the New Year, there are still no fragrant flowers. It was only in early February that I was pleasantly surprised to find new shoots of grass sprouting.

Bai Xue also thought that spring came too late, so she deliberately turned into flowers and flew among the trees in the courtyard.

2. Quatrains

Tang Dynasty: Du Fu

Two orioles sing in the green willows, and a row of egrets ascends to the blue sky.

The window contains Qianqiu snow of Xiling, and the door is docked with a ship thousands of miles away from Dongwu.

Translation:

Two orioles sang among the green willows, and a row of egrets soared into the blue sky.

Sitting in front of the window, you can see the thousand-year-old snow in Xiling, and there are thousands of miles of ships from Soochow moored at the door.

3. "Snowy Night"

Tang Dynasty: Bai Juyi

I was surprised that the quilt was cold and the window was bright again.

I know the snow is heavy late at night, and I hear the sound of breaking bamboo.

Translation:

I was really surprised at how cold it was tonight, the quilt and pillows were actually cold, and it was so bright outside the window.

It was late at night, and I knew it was snowing heavily outside. The snow was getting heavier and heavier, and from time to time I heard the sound of thick snow breaking branches.

4. Spring Snow

Tang Dynasty: Liu Fangping

The flying snow brings the spring breeze, wandering around the sky.

You look like a flower, but you live in Luo City.

Translation:

The spring breeze carries heavy snow in the sky, floating here and there, falling everywhere.

Look at the people enjoying the snow scenery, they are all wealthy people living in Luoyang City!

5. "Snow on the River"

Tang Dynasty: Liu Zongyuan

Thousands of birds have disappeared, and thousands of people have disappeared.

A man in a lone boat with a coir raincoat fishing fishing alone in the snow in the cold river.

Translation:

The birds in the mountains have disappeared, and all the roads are deserted.

An old man wearing a straw hat was fishing alone on the cold river in a lone boat on the river.