Ancient poems of peasants

China has experienced thousands of years of farming society. It can be said that agriculture is the birthplace of poetry, and there are countless poems about agriculture and rural areas, which can be described as "spectacular". There is even a genre in poetry called "pastoral poetry". Next, share some familiar poems.

Song of Chile, a folk song of the Southern and Northern Dynasties

Yinshan chilechuan

The sky is like the sky, and the cage covers four fields.

The sky is gray and wild.

Under the boundless sky and on the vast plains, you can see cattle and sheep.

This poem praises the richness and magnificence of the northern grassland, and expresses Zile people's infinite love for the water, soil and nomadic life that raised them. Nomadic life is also a kind of pastoral life, and the phrase "seeing cattle and sheep at the touch of wind" is very picturesque and artistic.

Shen Li, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, harvested crops.

It was noon when weeding, and sweat dripped down the soil.

Who knows that every grain of food on our plate is the result of hard work?

As all primary school students know, this poem should be the most popular and idyllic. The poem depicts the scene of farmers working in the fields at noon under the scorching sun, and expresses deep sympathy for the hard work of farmers. Nowadays, whenever we want to comfort our children to cherish food, we always mention this poem.

Meng Haoran's Passing the Village for the Aged in Tang Dynasty

Prepare chicken and rice for me, old friend. You entertain me on your farm.

We looked at the green trees around your village and the pale blue of the distant mountains.

We open your window and overlook the garden and fields, holding cups and talking about mulberry and hemp.

Wait until the mountain is on holiday, and I'll come back at chrysanthemum time.

This poem describes the author's visit to his home at the invitation of an old friend. The main idea of the poem is that my friend prepared a rich dish and invited me to be a guest at home. Green trees surround the village, and green hills lie across the village. When we opened the window, we saw the grain fields and vegetable gardens, and we discussed farming while drinking. My friend also talked about the Double Ninth Festival to see chrysanthemums together. Poetry writes about the beauty of rural life and expresses gratitude for the invitation. For the rural life that needs hard farming, the author expresses not boredom but envy and love.

Tao Yuanming's Returning Home in Eastern Jin Dynasty

Planting beans is at the foot of Nanshan, and the grass is full of bean seedlings.

In the morning, I was busy with waste and filth. I took the lotus home.

The road is narrow and the vegetation is long, and the evening dew is stained with clothes.

I'm naked, but I don't want to.

Tao Yuanming's "Returning to the Pastoral Residence" has five poems. This is the third of them. This poem describes the poet's seclusion after he resigned and returned to the field. The bean fields planted at the foot of Nanshan Mountain are full of weeds. Going out to weed in the morning and coming back at night is actually very hard. But this kind of physical hardship is nothing compared with the mental pain in officialdom, which expresses the author's sincerity and lofty ideological realm of returning to the countryside.

Rain in the Mountain Village by Wang Jian in Tang Dynasty

One or two chickens crow in the rain, and Banqiao Road in Zhuxi Village is inclined.

Mother-in-law called a silkworm bath and watched gardenias in the atrium.

This poem describes a detail of a farmer in a mountain village in the rain, which is very real and touching. "Crow in the rain, the mountain village vaguely one or two. On the village road above Zhuxi, a slab bridge is oblique. Mother-in-law and daughter-in-law call each other and choose silkworm eggs together. Only gardenias bloom and sway alone in the courtyard. " This poem is poetic, narrative and literary. The last sentence "idle look at gardenia in the atrium" is full of the beauty of rural life.

Xin Qiji's Qingpingle Village Residence in Song Dynasty