Poems describing spring plowing: "April in the Countryside" by Weng Juan of the Song Dynasty, "Nan Kezi·Mountains with Dark Clouds" by Wang Yan of the Song Dynasty, "Mountain Journey" by Yao Nai of the Qing Dynasty, "Guan Tian Jia" by Wei Yingwu of the Tang Dynasty ", Li Deyu of the Tang Dynasty, "Miscellaneous Odes of Recalling Pingquan·Recalling Spring Plowing".
1. "April in the Village" by Weng Juan of the Song Dynasty
The mountains are green and the rivers are white, and the rain is like smoke amid the sound of the rules. There are few idle people in the countryside in April, so they are planting sericulture and planting fields.
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 seedlings again.
2. Wang Yan of the Song Dynasty's "Nankezi·Mountain Mingyun Heavy Clouds"
The coir raincoat hats go out one after another, and the ditches and valleys are open everywhere. The hard work in the world is caused by agriculture, rural areas and farmers. A plow of water is enough to hope for a prosperous year.
Translation: Farmers wearing coir raincoats go out early every morning, and their footprints travel through the muddy ditches and ridges of the fields. Spring plowing, spring planting, and autumn harvest are the three hardest seasons of the year for farmers. Farmers work hard all year round, plowing the fields and filling them with water, hoping for a bumper harvest.
3. "Mountain Journey" by Yao Nai of the Qing Dynasty
Cuckoo Feifei advises early plowing, pounding and hoeing while the spring is fine. Thousand-story stone trees are walking along the road, and the sound of water flowing from the mountains and fields is heard.
Translation: Cuckoos were flying around to persuade people to start farming earlier, and egrets were flapping their wings in the sky while the weather was fine. Walking on the road between layers of stone trees, you can hear the sound of water flowing from the countryside in the mountains.
4. "Guan Tian Jia" by Wei Yingwu in the Tang Dynasty
The young and old are all in the wild, so the fields and gardens are in order. Jing Changyan came back and drank water from Duxi Stream. Hungry people do not suffer from it, and nourishment brings joy.
Translation: The young and strong people went to the fields to cultivate the land, and the yards were converted into vegetable plots. When we return from the fields, we often take the calves to the west mountain stream to drink water after the sun has set. The hungry and hard-working farmers never complained. A spring rain as precious as oil filled them with joy.
5. "Miscellaneous Odes of Recalling Pingquan·Recalling Spring Plowing" by Li Deyu of the Tang Dynasty
The old lotuses in the wild are coming, and the gentle breeze blows the grass. There is no reason for depression and depression, and the relationship between things and things is rocky and cultivated.
Translation: The peasants came to the fields with their coir raincoats, where the breeze blew and the flowers and grass swayed. Here they worked together, sweated, and plowed the fields.