One or two roosters crow in the rain, and the bridge on the road in Zhuxi Village is tilted.
The woman and the aunt call each other to bathe the silkworms, and sit idle with the gardenias in the atrium.
This landscape and pastoral poem is full of poetic charm and the atmosphere of working life, which is worthy of praise.
"One or two roosters crow in the rain." The beginning of the poem has a mountain village flavor. This is first related to the "rooster's crow", which is one of the characteristics of the village. On rainy days, the sky alternates between dark and bright, which will cause "roosters to crow endlessly". But if it is a plain dam, the village is usually not very small, and the crow of a chicken will attract a chorus of chickens. Mountain villages are different. The terrain makes the settlements dispersed. Even if they become villages, they will not have many households. "One or two roosters crow" just describes the special flavor of the mountain village.
"The Banqiao on Zhuxi Village Road is inclined". If the first sentence has shown the "secretness" of the mountain village, then the second sentence describes the process of winding paths leading to the secluded place, showing the "depth" of the mountain dwelling, and allows readers to experience the fun of mountain walking with the guidance of the poem. It would be so satisfying to walk along the winding snake path in the drizzle while listening to the rustling bamboo sounds and the gurgling stream. Unknowingly, I came to a small bridge. This is a "banqiao" made of wooden planks. The mountain people are simple and the ravine is not big, so there is no need to show it. However, from the perspective of beauty, this Banqiao is located between the Zhuxi Village Road. The Zhuxi Village Road is equipped with a Banqiao, but it is a natural and harmonious scenery.
The four words "rain passes through the mountain village" are all there now. The poet turned to write about farming: "The women and aunts called each other to bathe the silkworms." "Bathing silkworms" refers to the use of salt water to select silkworm seeds in ancient times. According to the "Book of Silkworms" quoted from the "Book of Silkworms" in the "Book of Silkworms" in "The Rites of Zhou", "Silkworms are dragon spirits, and when the moon is full (February), their seeds will be bathed in fire." It can be seen from this that this is in mid-spring. In this simple mountain village, the women and aunts look so friendly when they call each other. As members of the same family, their relationship is so harmonious. They greet each other as if they are unwilling to lag behind his family. In the season of "calling each other to bathe silkworms", there must also be "calling cattle to plow". It is not difficult to give an overview of the rest by just citing one end. Adding a pair of "aunts" to the beautiful rain scene seems more poetic than a pair of brothers.
The Tian family has a few free months, bathing silkworms in the rain, which makes the atmosphere of the farmhouse more interesting in the busy season. But the poet deliberately wanted to put the icing on the cake and wrote the last sentence with a wonderful pen: "Gardenias in the atrium are idle." In fact, no one is "idle", but he does not talk about it from the front, but writes from the back and side. Use "leisure" to express busyness, which is particularly interesting. A Western poetry critic said that digging a stone from a pyramid with bare hands is no more difficult than exchanging a word from a masterpiece. The word "Xian" here is exactly this kind of word. It is not only the "eye" of the whole sentence but also the whole article. Once it is placed, it cannot be moved. At the same time, the poet added "gardenia" to enrich the poetic meaning. The gardenia trees are fragrant in the rain, and the image is quite beautiful. In addition, it should be noted that this flower is called "concentric flower" and has always been used as a symbol of love in poetry. Therefore, young women like to pick this plain flower. This poem describes that no one is picking gardenias, mainly to show that spring is deep and farming is busy, and it seems to have nothing to do with the meaning of "unity". But this just shows that there is no "free time" for romance during the busy farming season, so the meaning of the flower is forgotten. This subtle ending is really full of wonderful ideas and swaying.
The whole poem captures the characteristics of the mountain village everywhere, integrates the emotions of labor and life, writes from the scenery to the people, and from the people to the environment. It uses fresh and lively language and fresh and vivid images to convey a strong local flavor. It can be said that "the ingenuity of thoughts and the beauty of words are the easiest way to inspire people to be intelligent" (commentary on Zhang Wang Yuefu's sayings in Volume 8 of "Tang Poems").