There are two songs for the benevolence of farmers, and the afternoon wheat harvesting comes from the second song.
Full text:
At noon in summer, the sun is very hot, farmers are still working, and beads are dripping into the soil.
Who knows that every grain of Chinese food is hard?
Translation:
Farmers are weeding in the midday sun, and sweat drips from them on the land where seedlings grow.
Who knows that every meal on the plate is bought by farmers with hard work?
This poem depicts the scene of working in farmers' fields at noon in the scorching sun, and generally shows the hard life of farmers all year round. Finally, with the motto of "Who knows that every meal is hard", the poet expressed his heartfelt sympathy for the farmers.
Extended data:
According to Fan Gang's Yunxi Friendship in the Tang Dynasty and Lu Shu's Biography of Wei in the old Tang Dynasty, it can be roughly inferred that this group of poems was written by Shen Li in the fifteenth year of Zhenyuan in Tang Dezong (799).
At the beginning of this poem, it depicts that farmers are still working in the fields at noon in the scorching sun, and the drops of sweat are sprinkled on the scorching land.
This also captures the most typical image of the following "every grain is hard", which can be described as one tenth. Generally, it shows the hard life of farmers who don't avoid cold, summer, rain, snow, wind and frost all year round.
"Who knows that every grain of Chinese food is hard" is not an empty sermon, nor is it a moaning without illness; It is similar to a profound motto, but it not only wins by its persuasiveness, but also reflects the poet's infinite resentment and sincere sympathy in this deep sigh.