"April in the Countryside"
Song Dynasty: Wengjuan?
The mountains are green and the rivers are white, and the rain is like smoke in the sound of the rules.
[lǜ biàn shān yuán bái mǎn chuān, zǐ guī shēng lǐ yǔ rú yān. ]
There are few idle people in the countryside in April, so they are planting sericulture and planting fields.
[xiāng cūn sì yuè xián rén shǎo, cái le cán sāng yòu chā tián. ]
About the author
Wengjuan, with the courtesy name Xugu and Lingshu, was born in Yueqing (now part of Zhejiang Province). He was a poet of the Southern Song Dynasty and one of the "Four Spirits of Yongjia". one. Zeng Lingxiang recommended the "Siku Synopsis" as "Changdeng Chunyou Guimao Township Recommendation", and "Yueqing County Chronicle" inherited this, but recent people thought it was Chunxi Guimao, which was different by one Jiazi. Heng Zhuweng's life biography, the former is too early, the latter is too late, no doubt is correct), he was not an official in his life, and he traveled among scholars and officials with poems, including "Siyan Collection" and "Yueqing County Chronicle" by Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty. In 1999, the Wengjuan Memorial Hall was completed. It is located at the entrance of Daitou Village. It is a wooden structure building in the traditional residential style.
Translation
The hillsides and fields are lush with vegetation, and the color of the water in the rice fields complements the skylight. There is mist and rain in the sky, cuckoos are singing, and the earth is a prosperous scene.
April is here, and no one is idle. They just finished sericulture and have to plant rice again.
Notes
Shanyuan: mountains and wilderness. Baimanchuan: refers to the color of the water in the rice fields reflecting the skylight. Sichuan: flat ground.
Zigui: Bird name, cuckoo.
That’s it: it just ended. Sericulture: planting mulberry and raising silkworms. Transplant: Transplant rice.
Appreciation
This poem uses line drawing to describe the scene in the early summer of the Jiangnan countryside (now Danxi Town, Yueqing City). The first two sentences focus on the scenery: Green Plains, Baichuan, Zigui, In the misty rain, a few strokes outline the unique scenery of the water town in early summer. The last two sentences describe people, and the picture mainly highlights the image of farmers planting rice in paddy fields, thus setting off the intensity and busyness of labor in "April in the Countryside". The former calls and the latter responds, intertwined into a brightly colored picture.
In early summer, a family can go to a small mountain village far away from the hustle and bustle of the world, experience the beautiful and romantic rural life, breathe the purest air, receive the most charming light, and then observe the growth of crops on the ridges of the fields. Growing, smelling the wild flowers, and chasing butterflies.
Poets also love the beautiful rural life. Wang Wei, the great poet of the Tang Dynasty, once lived a semi-official and semi-hidden pastoral life. "After the new rain in the empty mountains, the weather comes late in autumn. The bright moon shines among the pines, "Clear spring stone flows upstream", what a pleasant and sweet life. The poet Meng Haoran even expressed his love for the mountains, rivers and countryside, "Opening a pavilion in the garden, drinking wine and talking about mulberry trees and hemp. On the Double Ninth Festival, we will come to drink chrysanthemums." I guess we have such a state, and we are happy to be carefree among the mountains and rivers.
The theme of rural areas is endless, and the stories are endless. Poets often write new stories, with endless artistic conception and endless joy. The ancient poems about rural life introduced below are catchy and popular. I hope you like them.
1. Compassion for Farmers Li Shen of the Tang Dynasty
It was noon on the day of hoeing, and sweat dripped from the soil.
Who knows that every meal on the plate is hard work.
2. Returning to the Garden and Living in the Fields by Tao Yuanming, Wei and Jin Dynasties
At the foot of the southern mountain where beans are planted, there are few bean seedlings in the grass.
In the morning, I clean up the wasteland and filth, and return with a hoe in the moonlight.
The road is narrow, the grass and trees are long, and the evening dew touches my clothes.
I don’t regret the stain on my clothes, but my wishes are fulfilled.
3. "Autumn Arrives at the Farmhouse" by Hu Bingyan?
Autumn dyes the persimmons on the mountain ridges red, and the chrysanthemums on the sparse fences are bright red and the jujubes are blushing. ?
In the courtyard, rice and corn are piled up, and the chickens and dogs sing happily, enjoying peace. ?
4. From Lingyang River in Xiajing County to Shitan Li Bai Tang
The sound of Shitan is noisy, and the two mountains are full of apes.
The white waves are like rolling snow, and there is no room for digging.
The fishermen and boatmen can break thousands of poles.
5. April in the Countryside, Weng Juan, Song Dynasty
The mountains are green and the rivers are white, and the rain is like smoke amid the sound of the rules.
In April in the countryside, there are few idle people, so they are planting sericulture and planting fields.
6. Fisherman on the River Fan Zhongyan, Song Dynasty
People come and go on the river, but they love the beauty of sea bass.
Look at the boat, which is in and out of the storm.
7. Farmer Yan Renyu, Tang Dynasty
In the middle of the night, the children are plowing at dawn, and the oxen are unable to move.
People at that time did not realize the hardships of farming, and would say that the grain in the fields grew by itself.
8. Bamboo Branch Poetry, Liu Yuxi, Tang Dynasty
There are layers of peach and plum blossoms on the mountain, and fireworks in the clouds are people’s homes.
Silver and gold hairpins are used to carry water, long knives and short hats are used to burn rice.
9. Fisherman Zheng Banqiao, Qing Dynasty
Sold fresh fish for 200 yuan, cooked rice and put it back on the boat.
Wet reeds were plucked out and burned, and dried on the ancient bank of Chuiyang.
10. Woodcutter Xiao Dezao, Song Dynasty
A load of dry firewood is found at the ancient ferry, and it is quite a leisurely trip for a day's journey.
I came back to sharpen my sword and ax at the bottom of the stream, and make plans for the whole family tomorrow.
11. Pastoral Excitement in the Four Seasons Fan Chengda of the Song Dynasty
Working in the fields during the day and raising hemp at night, the children of the village are responsible for their own affairs.
The children and grandchildren are still working for farming and weaving, and they are also learning to grow melons near the mulberry tree.
12. Mu Shu, Cui Daorong, Tang Dynasty
Mu Shu holds a coir rain hat and looks proud when he is popular.
The lying cow plays the piccolo while plowing the fields next to the stream.