The shepherd boy refers to Xinghua Village in the distance. Some say it is in Fenyang, Shanxi, some say it is in Huangzhou, Hubei, and some say it is in Guichi, Anhui. There are different opinions. Some people say that Xinghua Village only refers to Xinghua Village. A small village in the depths of the flower, not specified. It rains heavily during the Qingming Festival, and pedestrians on the road feel like they are dying. May I ask where the restaurant is? The shepherd boy pointed to Xinghua Village? This poem was written by Du Mu, a poet in the Tang Dynasty. Some people speculate that the Xinghua Village in the poem is Fenyang, Shanxi, because it has been famous for its apricot flower wine a long time ago. It has been praised by many poets. However, there is no record in historical documents that Du Mu visited Fenyang. He only went to Taiyuan, possibly via Fenyang.
In addition, some people speculate that Xinghua Village is in Huangzhou, Hubei Province. Because this place is an important transportation thoroughfare, it is not surprising that Du Mu has visited it. Moreover, it can be known from Du Mu's "Mulan Temple" that when he wanted to go to Mulan Mountain, he must have passed through Xinghua Village.
The third theory is Xinghua Village in Guichi, Anhui. Some people think that the "rainy season" during the Qingming Festival is due to the climate in the south of the Yangtze River, so it cannot be Shanxi. The Qingming Festival in the north should be dry and cold, so it can only be in the south, so Guichi was chosen. Moreover, Guichi’s Xinghua Village also appears in other ancient documents. The most important thing is that Du Mu was once transferred from Huangzhou to the governor of Chizhou. His official career was not going well. He went to Xinghua Village to drink. There was nothing wrong with him. All signs indicate that the Xinghua Village in Du Mu's poem "Qingming" is the Xinghua Village in Guichi. But, is this really the case?
For many years, there has been controversy about "Xinghua Village". Some people think that the "shepherd boy" in the poem may refer to the Xinghua Village in the distance, but it is just a village deep in the Xinghua Village and does not specifically refer to it. Xinghua Village somewhere. Faced with such a statement, it is actually a possibility. After all, no one knows what the truth is. Everyone is just guessing. In fact, having said that, it doesn't matter where Xinghua Village is, what matters is what the poet wants to express.