Three or two branches of peach blossoms outside the bamboo are the duck prophets of the warmth of the spring river. The reeds are all over the ground and the reed buds are short, which is when the puf

Three or two branches of peach blossoms outside the bamboo are the duck prophets of the warmth of the spring river. The reeds are all over the ground and the reed buds are short, which is when the puffer fish is about to come.

Huichong Chunjiang Xiaojing

Su Shi

Three or two branches of peach blossoms outside the bamboo,

The duck is a prophet of the warmth of the spring river.

The ground is full of wormwood and short reed buds,

It is the time when the puffer fish is about to come.

[Note]

1. Hui Chong: a monk in the early Song Dynasty, good at poetry and painting. This is Su Shi's inscription poem for Hui Chong's "Spring River Dawn Scenery". Xiao: Morning.

2． Wormwood: an edible herb growing on riverbanks. Asparagus: Asparagus. When cooking puffer fish, wormwood and asparagus are used as condiments, and the taste is very delicious.

3. Pufferfish: A poisonous fish that has been processed to be edible. When pufferfish are about to swim: Pufferfish swim back from the sea to rivers in spring. Early spring is when pufferfish are about to swim upstream.

[Explanation]

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, and asparagus has begun to sprout. These are good condiments for cooking pufferfish, which is about to swim upstream from the sea at this time

He swam back into the river. The pufferfish that is about to return cannot be painted by a painter.

The poet uses his imagination to express the unique atmosphere of Jiangnan in early spring so vividly!