Collecting mulberries, raising silkworms and planting rice seedlings, the grains are as fragrant as grains of gold.
From the text "Songs of the Four Seasons of the Tian Family" in the third volume compiled by the Ministry of Education, the original text is as follows:
In spring, the spring breeze blows, the flowers bloom and the grass grows, and butterflies fly. The wheat seedlings are tender and the mulberry leaves are plump.
In summer, farming is busy, gathering sericulture and planting rice seedlings. Get up early and work hard, and come back wearing the moonlight.
In autumn, when the rice comes into play, the grains are as fragrant as grains of gold. Although my body is hard, my heart is full of joy.
In winter, the snow clears for the first time, and the newly made cotton clothes are warm and light. It’s been a year of farming, and everyone is smiling.
In "Tian Family Song of Four Seasons", the scenes of picking mulberry, raising silkworms and planting rice are described.
This article is a poem describing the scenes of the four seasons, expressing the author's praise for workers and life. Chinese folk custom regards the first, second and third month of the lunar calendar as spring. In astronomy, the "Vernal Equinox" is regarded as the beginning of spring.
In climatology, the average temperature of a pentad (a pentad of five days) is used as a unified standard to divide the seasons in various places. When the average temperature of a pentad rises to 10℃, winter ends and spring begins. According to this standard, spring in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River mostly starts from late March to early April, that is, around the Qingming Festival. The four solar terms of "Spring", "Rain", "Jingzhe" and "Spring Equinox" are still winter. category.