In spring, the mountains are covered with yellow flowers, and the paths are fragrant and far away; in autumn, the vegetation is sparse, and the sky is high and the water is clear.

Meaning: In spring, yellow flowers bloom all over the mountains and fields, and the long winding path leads to the mountains, but the fragrance of flowers is overflowing. Even if you don’t take the path into the mountains, you can still smell the fragrance of flowers floating far away. . When autumn comes, the grass withers and the trees fall, creating a bleak scene in autumn. The sky is blue, pure and cloudless, it looks very high, and the river is crystal clear.

From "Beautiful Jinci", it is the second reading text in the sixth unit of the 12th volume of the Chinese compulsory textbook published by the Hubei Education Press. An excerpt from the cultural essay "Jinci" written by the famous essayist Liang Heng.

The scenery in the mountains is pleasant all year round, and the author captured pictures with different colors in spring and autumn. "The mountains are covered with yellow flowers in spring, and the paths are fragrant and fragrant" - the gorgeous scenery of blooming mountain flowers and fragrant flowers; "Autumn comes, the grass and trees are sparse, the sky is high and the water is clear" - the autumn scenery of thin and tall vegetation, light clouds and gentle wind in the sky.

Extended information

The text "Beautiful Jinci" adopts an expression method that combines explanation and description, using concise and expressive language, in an order of total and score, and organizes it systematically , in detail and appropriately introduces the characteristics of the "three beauties" of the natural scenery of Jinci Temple and the originality of the sketches in the garden. The poems and sentences chanted by celebrities are beautiful, expressing the author's love for nature and the great rivers and mountains of the motherland.

The full text has 5 natural paragraphs and can be divided into two parts.

The first part (paragraph 1): Concisely summarize the specific characteristics of the beauty of Jinci. It starts with the sentence "The beauty of Jinci lies in the mountains, trees, and water..." and uses the rhetorical technique of parallelism, which not only strengthens the tone, but also reflects a certain order of observation, indicating that the author's observations of Jinci are arranged from high to high. It is developed in a low order, thus leaving a deep impression on the readers.

The second part (paragraphs 2-5): The author adopts the method of parallel construction to explain and describe the beauty of the mountains, trees, water of Jinci Temple, the sketches in the garden, and the chants of famous people.

The explanatory object of the second natural paragraph is the mountain in Jinci. The mountain here is "towering" like "a barrier" and "long" like "outstretched arms", which combines the characteristics of the mountain. Concrete visualization. Finally, "relaxed and happy" is used to express the feeling of mountain climbing.

The explanatory object of the third natural paragraph is the tree in Jinci Temple. The characteristics of the tree are "ancient and vigorous" and "unique shape". The author explains the characteristics of the tree in the order of dividing first and then summing up. The last sentence summarizes the feeling of Jinci under the shade of the ancient tomb.

The explanatory objects of the fifth natural paragraph are sketches in the garden of Jinci Temple and chants by famous people. This paragraph mainly uses examples to explain, citing the examples of the little stone monk and the big stone tiger, to illustrate the extremely ingenious characteristics of the sketches in the garden. The poems inscribed by famous people are well-crafted and the descriptions of the characteristics of exquisite calligraphy are brief and general, reflecting the characteristics of detailed and appropriate writing.

About the author

Liang Heng, a famous essayist and scholar, has served as a reporter for "Inner Mongolia Daily", "Guangming Daily", deputy director of the National Press and Publication Administration, and "People's Daily" Deputy Editor. His representative works include "Looking for a crossing, looking for a crossing, where to cross" and "There is no great thing but Zhou Enlai".

There are 60 films including "Jinci", "Looking for a ferry, looking for a ferry, where to cross", "Beauty spanning a hundred years", "Hukou Waterfall", "Summer Feeling", "Green Mountains Are Not Old", "Photographing the Railings" etc. Many articles have been selected as textbooks for universities, middle schools and primary schools.

He has won many honorary titles such as the National Youth Literature Award, the Zhao Shuli Literature Award, the National Outstanding Science Popularization Award, and the "Five Ones" Project Award of the Central Propaganda Department. In December 2018, he won the 6th Fan Jingyi Journalism Education Award.

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