"Cows and sheep are seen in the meadows when the wind blows" comes from the "Chile Song" written by an unknown person during the Southern and Northern Dynasties.
Original text:
Chilechuan, at the foot of Yinshan Mountain. The sky is like a dome, covering the four fields.
The sky is blue and the fields are vast. Cows and sheep can be seen in the windblown grass.
Translation:
The vast Chile Plain is at the foot of Yinshan Mountain. The sky over the Chile River looks like the felt tents where herders live. It is connected to the earth on all sides, with endless blue sky and endless green fields. The wind blew to the lower parts of the grass, and groups of cattle and sheep appeared and disappeared.
Notes:
1. Yinshan: in the northern part of today's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
2. Qionglu: A tent made of felt cloth, that is, a yurt.
3. Cang Cang: Cang Cang refers to cyan.
4. Vast: vast and boundless.
5. See (xiàn): same as "appear", reveal.
Appreciation of "Chile Song"
"Chile Song" is a Yuefu folk song that was circulated in the Northern and Southern Dynasties during the Northern and Southern Dynasties. It is generally believed to be a poem translated from Xianbei into Chinese. This poem praises the magnificent and rich scenery of the northern grasslands and expresses the Chile people's passion for their hometown and life. The whole poem has a clear and bold style, broad realm, majestic tone, clear language and strong artistic summary. It has been praised by literary commentators and literary history treatises of all ages. Academic research on it is enduring.
The first two sentences explain that Chilechuan is located at the foot of the towering Yinshan Mountain, which makes the background of the grassland very majestic. The next two sentences use the metaphor of "Qionglu", saying that the sky is like a yurt, covering all sides of the grassland. This is used to describe the extremely magnificent scene of the sky and the wild connecting the sky and the wild. The last three sentences describe a panoramic view of the grassland with abundant water and grass and fat cattle and sheep. There is stillness and movement, images and colors.
The above content refers to Baidu Encyclopedia-Celege