Calligraphy and painting inscriptions about bamboo

1. "Zhuli Pavilion"

Wang Wei of Tang Dynasty

Sitting alone in the secluded bamboo, playing the piano and whistling loudly.

People in the deep forest don’t know that the bright moon comes to shine.

Translation:

I was sitting alone in the deep bamboo forest, playing the piano and singing loudly.

No one knows that I am deep in the bamboo forest, with only the bright moon shining quietly.

2. "Huichong Chunjiang Xiaojing"

Su Shi of the Song Dynasty

Three or two branches of peach blossoms outside the bamboo are the prophets of the warmth of the spring river.

The ground is full of wormwood and reed buds, which is when the puffer fish is about to come.

Translation:

Two or three peach blossoms are blooming outside the bamboo forest. Ducks are playing in the water. They are the first to notice the warming of the river in early spring.

The river beach is already full of mugwort, asparagus has begun to sprout, and the pufferfish is about to swim upstream from the sea to the river.

3. "Hsinchu"

Zheng Xie of the Qing Dynasty

Hsinchu is higher than the old bamboo branches, all because of the support of old stems.

Next year there will be another new born, the ten-foot-long grandson of the Phoenix Pond.

Translation:

The new bamboo can surpass the old bamboo entirely because of the growth and nourishment of the old bamboo.

When new bamboo grows again in the second year, it also begins to breed new bamboo, so that the pond is surrounded by lush young bamboos.

4. "Ode to Bamboo"

Wang Anshi of the Song Dynasty

People pity Zhi Jie who was born thin, and since he is talented, he becomes stronger as he gets older.

It once shared the rain and dew with Artemisia terrestris, and finally followed the pines and cypresses to the frost

Translation:

People love bamboo for its straightness and knots, and its thinness, and they praise it even more The older you get, the harder and stronger you become.

Bamboo was once moistened by rain and dew together with mugwort and tribulus, and eventually stood proudly with pines and cypresses in the freezing cold winter.

5. "Ode to the Bamboos in the Courtyard"

Lv Taiyi of the Tang Dynasty

The bamboos in the Dangxuan are always green and green every year.

A person with a pure heart will be rewarded, but his basket is too small to become a pole. ?

Interpretation:

The bamboos outside the window are tall and straight, and their greenness indicates the cold spring of the coming year.

The sturdiness of bamboo is appreciated by people because the bamboo shoots have not yet grown into long poles.