Editor's note: As winter chill still lingers through early spring, longing for warm days has sprung up everywhere.

Before the flowers are in full blossom, here is a collection of ancient Chinese poems depicting the revival of life during spring, which may help usher in a season to remember.

The English translations used in this article are from Chinese translator Xu Yuanchong's editions in 300 Tang Poems, published by China Intercontinental Press in 2012, and 300 Tang & Song Poems, published by Hebei People's Publishing House in 2003.

Dreaming of the Southern Shore
- by Bai Juyi (772-846) of Tang Dynasty

Fair Southern shore,
With scenes I adore.
At sunrise riverside flowers redder than fire,
In spring green waves grow as blue as sapphire,
Which I can't but admire.

憶江南
唐·白居易

江南好，
風(fēng)景舊曾諳。
日出江花紅勝火，
春來江水綠如藍。
能不憶江南？

yì jiāng nán
táng · bái jū yì

jiāng nán hǎo , fēng jǐng jiù céng ān 。
rì chū jiāng huā hóng shèng huǒ ,
chūn lái jiāng shuǐ lǜ rú lán 。
néng bù yì jiāng nán

來源：chinadaily.com.cn
編輯：萬月英