Qingming Festival in ancient Chinese poems
By Li Ping | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2017-03-31 09:03
4. Song of Green Door – Spring Grief
Light cold is lingering;
Wind and rain abate in the evening.
The Mountain Day draws near,
In my lonely bower
I'm drunk before the faded flowers
Just as last year.
- An excerpt of poem Song of Green Door – Spring Grief by Song Dynasty poet Zhang Xian (990-1078).
