I. "New Year's Eve" by Gao Shi?

The hotel cold lamp alone do not sleep, the guest heart why turn miserable.

This is the first time I've ever thought about my hometown, and I'll be there tomorrow.

Vernacular interpretation:

I lie alone in the hotel, the cold light shines on me, it is difficult to sleep for a long time. What is it that has made my heart, a tourist, bleak and sad?

The people in my hometown must be thinking of me tonight, thousands of miles away; my temples have turned gray, and by tomorrow it will be a new year.

Two: "New Year's Day" by Wang Anshi? Dynasty Song

The sound of firecrackers marks the beginning of a new year, and the spring breeze sends warmth into the tassel.

A thousand doors and tens of thousands of tels, always change the new peach for the old one.

At the sound of the firecrackers, the old year is over; the warm spring breeze brings in the New Year, and people drink the newly brewed Tusu wine joyfully.

The rising sun shone down on thousands of families, who were busy removing the old peach charms and replacing them with new ones.

Three: "Paying New Year's Visit" by Wen Zhengming? Dynasty Ming

Not seeking to meet but pass the visit, the famous paper toward the full my hut.

I also cast a number of paper with people, the world is too simple not too false.

Not asking for a meeting, but just wishing to greet by way of a posting, so my house was filled with all kinds of expensive postings in the morning.

I also follow the trend of sending posters to others, and people will only resent the simplicity and slowness, but not the fact that it is really just empty courtesy.

Background of Yuan Day:

This poem was written at the time when the author was first appointed to the post of prime minister and began to implement his new policy. 1067, when Emperor Shenzong succeeded to the throne of the Song Dynasty, he appointed Wang Anshi as the prefect of Jiangning, and then as a scholar and ministerial lecturer at the Hanlin Academy, and in order to get rid of the political and economic crises faced by the Song Dynasty, as well as the difficulties of the Liao and Xixia dynasties, he summoned Wang to the court of the Song Dynasty in 1068. In 1068, Emperor Shenzong called Wang Anshi to "enter the pair", and he wrote a letter advocating a change of law. In the following year, he became the Counselor of Government and presided over the change of law. In the New Year of the same year, Wang Anshi saw that every family was busy preparing for the Spring Festival, and associated with the new atmosphere at the beginning of the change of law, he had the feeling to compose this poem.

This poem describes the scene of the Spring Festival. The sound of firecrackers sends off the old year, and the breath of spring is felt while drinking the mellow Tusu wine. The rising sun shines on thousands of families, and the peach symbols on their doors are replaced with new ones.