In December, the ice rushed, and in the first month, I moved into the ice room. In early February, leeks and lambs were offered before ancestor worship. Frost began to fall when the cold current came in September, and the threshing floor was cleaned in October. Two tanks of wine are for guests, and the lamb is slaughtered for everyone to taste. Climb the master's temple, raise a glass to the master, and shout in unison that life is endless.
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Appreciation of July in Qi Feng:
July in Qi Feng is the longest poem in The Book of Songs, which has a national style. This poem reflects the working life of the Zhou tribe all year round, involving all aspects of food, clothing, housing and transportation. Because the author is a member of the tribe, his style is calm and accurate, and he shows the genre paintings of the society at that time from various aspects such as spring ploughing, autumn harvest, winter storage, mulberry picking, dyeing, sewing, hunting, building houses, brewing, labor and feasting.
The poem was written in July, and each painting is unfolded month by month in the order of farming activities. The weekly calendar is used in the poem. The first month of the week calendar is November of the summer calendar (now called lunar calendar), and July, August, September, October, April, May and June are the same as the summer calendar.