This might be one of the most famous poems about spring in China. It’s simple and catchy (朗朗上口的). The poet doesn’t directly say how much he loves spring. Instead, he writes about the details of the season: the birds, wind, rain showers and fallen flowers. His descriptions of these things show us the joy he feels during springtime.

Chinese poets often write about the beauty of spring, such as the bright colors and fragrances

(芬芳) of flowers. But Meng chose to write about the sounds of spring. He heard birds singing in the morning and remembered the sound of the wind and rain in the night. Writing about these sounds allows readers to picture spring using their own imagination.

Meng Haoran (689-740) was born in the heyday (全盛期) of the Tang Dynasty. In ancient China, most scholars (文人) were officials, or at least tried to become officials. Meng was a talented scholar, but he wasn’t good at politics. He lived on a mountain and traveled around southern China. He wrote about landscapes (山水田园) in many of his poems. His writing shows the beauty and freedom of nature. 

（语法填空，在线答题）

This spring morning in bed I’m lying,

Not to awake till the birds are crying.

After one night of wind and showers,

How many are the fallen flowers!

(Translated by Xu Yuanchong)

This poem   1   (write) by Meng Haoran (689-740), who lived during the Tang Dynasty. It might be one of the   2   (famous) Poems about spring in China. People like to read it   3   they wake up on a spring morning.

Meng didn’t directly say how much he loved spring. Instead, he wrote about the details(细节） of the season：the birds，wind， rain showers and fallen flowers． His descriptions（描述）of these things showed   4   (we) the joy he felt during springtime.

Meng chose to write about the sounds of spring. These sounds allow readers   5   (picture) spring using their own imagination.