The meaning of The Earth Returns to Spring is that after the winter, spring comes, and the grass and trees are sprouting, and there is a scene of vitality on the earth; sometimes it is also used as a metaphor to describe the improvement of the situation.
Chinese idiom: Cai Dongfan, Xu Qinfu "Republic of China Popular Performances" sixty-second note: the first three days of the first month of the lunar calendar, spring, when there is the return of spring, the meaning of the renewal of all things, so Suwa Ji in the fourth day.
Cited explanation: also known as "earth spring". Refers to the end of winter and spring. Grass and trees sprout, the earth presents a thriving scene. It is often used as a metaphor for the improvement of the situation.
Cai Dongfan Xu Qinfu "Republic of China Popular Performances," the sixth two clip note: "The third day of the lunar calendar to establish the spring, when there is the return of spring, the meaning of the renewal of all things, so Suwa Ji in the first four days."
Luoguangbin Yang Yiyan, "Red Rocks," Chapter 16: "The couplet in the third room of the building quotes an ancient poem: 'A garden full of spring colors can't be shut off, a branch of red apricots out of the wall.' The banner reads, 'The earth returns in spring.'"
National Dictionary: after winter, spring comes, and the earth warms back up to a lush green. E.g. Look! The trees are sprouting new buds, everything is thriving, and the earth is springing back. Example: The third day of the first month of the lunar calendar, spring, when there is the return of spring to the earth, the meaning of the renewal of all things, so Suwa Ji in the first four days. (Cai Dongfan, Xu Qinfu, "Republic of China Popular Performances" sixty-second clip note)
Near synonym earth spring back antonym ice and snow; idiomatic usage: subject-predicate tense; as an object; a metaphor for the situation to improve.
Example: Song-Zhou Zizhi's "Taicang_Mi Ji - Two Songs on the Boredom of the Last Day of the Year's Rain and Snow": "The trees are still snowed over with plums, and the earth's spring returns to the unknown willows." North Palace Lyrics Chronicle - Full House Fang - Self Description: "Spring returns to the earth. The snow drifts y and closes the door, and the fish are popular and open." Lao She, "The Philosophy of Old Zhang": "The earth returns to spring, and people live long and prosper.