羯鼓催花

jié gǔ cuī huā

drumming to make apricots flower, cf joke by Tang Emperor Xuanzhong 唐玄宗, playing the drum in apricot blossom

羯

jié

ram, esp. gelded

鼓

gǔ

drum

催

cuī

to urge

花

huā

variant of 花[hua1]