Crickets are commonly known as crickets, and in some areas they are also called crickets.
It comes from the seven-character ancient poem "What I See in the Night Book" written by Ye Shaoweng, a poet of the Southern Song Dynasty.
The whole poem is as follows:
The swaying Wu leaves send out the cold sound, and the autumn wind on the river stirs up the guest sentiment.
I know that there are children picking and knitting, and a light falls on the fence late at night.
The translation is as follows:
The rustling autumn wind blows the Wuye leaves, sending bursts of chill. The tourists who are traveling abroad can't help but miss their hometown.
Suddenly I saw lights under the fence in the distance, thinking it was children catching crickets.
The first two sentences of the poem describe the scenery, using the falling leaves, the rustling autumn wind, and the cold air to highlight the wandering and lonely feeling of the wanderer. Three or four sentences describe a child catching crickets at night, with high spirits, which cleverly contrasts the sadness and highlights the loneliness and helplessness of being a guest in a foreign land.
Extended information:
Creative background
This is a work by Ye Shaoweng who was inspired by the scene in a foreign land. Seasons change and scenery changes, which are most likely to cause travelers to feel homesick. "Wen Xin Diao Long · Objects" says: "In the preface of the Spring and Autumn Dynasties, the yin and yang are miserably relaxed, and the movement of objects makes the heart shake." The author lived in a foreign land, felt the autumn in the quiet night, and wrote this sentimental little poem.
Appreciation of Works
The poem reveals nostalgia for childhood life. Children catching and weaving at night evoke the poet's memories of childhood life. This poem first writes about the sound of the autumn wind, and then writes about the emotion of hearing the sound. The last two sentences are about what is seen outdoors. The language of this poem is fluent, with clear layers and a turning point in the middle. The sentences seem to be broken but the meaning runs through. The poet is good at euphemistically conveying the hard-to-express taste of travelers on an autumn night through artistic images, without falling into the state of decay. In the end, the scene is used to express feelings, and the words are light and far-reaching, making people chew on them.
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