Chinese Poems About Seasons and Nature

A crane rises through the clouds in the clear sky, carrying poetic feeling into the blue heights.

Plain meaningAutumn can lift the spirit instead of making it fall.

In a lone boat, an old man in a straw cape fishes alone in the snowy river cold.

Plain meaningOne person remains steady in a vast and empty winter world.

A fine rain softens the capital streets like cream; from afar the grass is green, yet up close it seems absent.

Plain meaningSpring is beginning so quietly that change is easier to see from a distance.

After fresh rain in the empty mountains, the evening air turns autumnal.

Plain meaningRain clears the world and autumn quietly arrives.

From afar I know it is not snow, because a hidden fragrance reaches me.

Plain meaningQuiet beauty reveals itself even in winter.

We look at each other without tiring—only Mount Jingting and I.

Plain meaningNature can be the companion that never exhausts you.

In the great desert a lone column of smoke rises straight; over the long river the setting sun is round.

Plain meaningThe frontier landscape is immense, spare, and unforgettable.

No one knows me in the deep forest; the bright moon comes to shine upon me.

Plain meaningEven in solitude, the moon can feel like quiet company.

I stop the carriage because I love the evening maple woods; frost-red leaves are brighter than flowers of the second month.

Plain meaningAutumn can be as vivid and beautiful as spring.

Lotus leaves reach the sky in endless green; beneath the sun, lotus flowers glow with an unmatched red.

Plain meaningSummer opens into boundless green and radiant color.

In the empty mountains no person can be seen; only the echo of human voices is heard.

Plain meaningThe world can be quiet enough for a distant sound to become vivid.

Sleeping in spring, I do not notice dawn; everywhere I hear birds calling.

Plain meaningSpring arrives gently in light, sleep, and birdsong.