The simplest way to draw the puppet book about returning home is as follows:
First, draw an old man and a child in the middle, and make the two look like they are facing each other. The meaning of a child asking for directions. Draw a square border at the top to fill in the verses, draw a big tree in the upper right corner, and draw some grass in the background. Draw grass on the ground, draw some emerging grass on the grass, and draw tree patterns on the trunks, and the line drawing is completed.
Then start painting, using light green to paint the grass, the grass with green, the big trees with green, and the trunks with brown. Paint the character's clothes with yellow, paint the child's hair with black, and paint the background with gray. Finally, tidy it up and write a poem in the frame. This work of returning home puppet poems with paintings is ready.
Original poem on returning home:
First one: When the young boy left home and the old man came back, his local pronunciation remained unchanged and his hair on his temples faded. Children who don't recognize each other laugh and ask where the guest is from.
Second: I have been away from my hometown for many years, and recently I have been busy with people. Only the mirror lake water in front of the door, the spring breeze does not change the old waves.
Vernacular translation
One: I left my hometown when I was young and did not come back until I was old. Although my local accent has not changed, the hair on my temples has turned gray. When the children in my hometown saw me, no one recognized me. They smiled and asked me: Where did this guest come from?
Second: I have been away from my hometown for a long time. After I returned home, I realized that the changes in personnel in my hometown were really great. Only the clear water of Jinghu Lake in front of the door, rippled by the spring breeze, is still exactly the same as it was more than fifty years ago.
About the author
He Zhizhang (659-744), a poet of the Tang Dynasty. The courtesy name was Jizhen, a native of Yongxing, Yuezhou (now Xiaoshan District, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province). Wu Zetian became a Jinshi in the first year of Zhengsheng's reign (695), and was awarded the Doctorate of Four Gates of Guozi and moved to the Doctorate of Taichang. Later, he served successively as Minister of Rites, Secretary and Supervisor, and Guest of the Crown Prince.
He was open-minded and uninhibited, and was known as "a smooth talker". He was especially indulgent in his later years, calling himself "Si Ming Kuang Ke" and "Secretary and Supervisor". He Zhizhang was a poet and calligrapher in the early Tang Dynasty. He was one of the "Four Scholars in Wuzhong". Most of his works are lost, but there are twenty extant poems, many of which are music to worship gods and poems composed for the occasion. His works depicting scenes are relatively fresh and popular.