Source: Looking at Jiangnan by Ouyang Xiu in Song Dynasty
Interpretation: it just flew into the yard with bees, accompanied by catkins through the east wall, and often rushed for flowers.
2. Bees compete for the fragrance of butterflies, unlike Yang who cries.
Source: Xi Chunci in Tang Dynasty.
Interpretation: bees compete to collect pollen, and butterflies share the fragrance of flowers. Don't cherish a weeping willow-like golden branch.
3. Swallows peep at the curtain and bees draw clothes.
Source: Answer My Boudoir Dream by Zhang in Tang Dynasty
Interpretation: Occasionally swallows fly by and look in through the curtains. The flowers embroidered on the painting attracted all the bees.
4. Bees and butterflies have climbed over the wall, but they suspect that spring is nearby.
Source: Yu Qing by Wang Jia in Tang Dynasty
Interpretation: bees and butterflies have come to the garden and flew over the courtyard wall, which makes people suspect that the charming spring scenery is nearby.
5. The bees around the butterfly array are chaotic. How many times have you walked with the water?
Source: Linjiang Fairy by Cao Xueqin in Qing Dynasty
Interpretation: Swarms of bees and butterflies fly around catkins. Have you ever fallen into the water and gone with the flow?