立春 |“Li Chun”(Beginning of Spring)

立为伊始

“ Li” as begin

春为生长

“Chun” as growth

立春时节

In “Li Chun”(beginning of Spring) season

万象更新

Everything is renewed

捧一杯白雪

Hold a glass of white snow

作别冬日寒凉

As a farewell to the cold winter

斗转星移

Stars shifted

当北斗七星的斗柄指向寅位

When the handle of the big dipper points to the “Yin” position (3rd of the 12 earthly branches)

始为立春

It’s the beginning of spring

立春

“Li Chun”

标志着万物闭藏的冬季

Brings the sign that the winter season which everything hides up themselves

即过

Comes to the end

风和日暖

The mild wind and warming sun

绿意盎然的春季

A greeny spring

将来

Is on its way

但在古蔺

But in Gulin

立春只是入春的前奏

“Li Chun” is just a prelude to entering the spring

万物闭藏

Everything still hiding up themselves

仍未复苏

And not come back to life

无论如何

No matter how

虎年的和风

The mild wind in the year of the tiger

亦如今日的雪景

Just like the snow scenery of today

瑞雪之下

Under the heavy snow

暖意

The warmness

亦如这杯清茗

Is just like this cup of “Qing Ming”(Tea)

必会在不期而遇之间悄悄来临

Will come quietly and unexpectedly