A year passes by in the sound of fireworks,

the warm spring breeze blows

as pleasantly as drinking a glass of wine.

The dazzling sunlight shines on all families,

all families change the old couplets

to new ones.

一首宋詩
 (王安石 1021AD to 1086AD)

元日

爆竹聲中一歲除,
春風送暖入屠穌;
千門萬戶曈曈日,
總把新桃換舊符.