During the day, the men and women in the village have their own jobs, plowing and weeding in the fields and rubbing hemp thread at home at night. Although children don't know how to farm and weave, they learn to grow melons in the shade of mulberry trees.
Four Seasons of Pastoral Miscellaneous Prosperity (Part 7)
Fan Chengda in Southern Song Dynasty
During the day, weeding in the fields, and at night in the home rub twine, the village men and women have all the housework.
Although children do not plough the fields and weave cloth, they also learn a kind of melon under the mulberry shade.
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"Four Seasons of Pastoral Miscellany" is a group of large-scale family poems written by the poet after he retired to his hometown, with sixty poems, which describe the rural scenery in spring, summer, autumn and winter and the lives of farmers, and also reflect the exploitation and hardships of farmers.
Fan Chengda traveled all over the country in his early years. After 57 years old, he retired and lived in Shihu, Suzhou. During this period, he wrote 60 songs of "Four Seasons of Pastoral Miscellany", which were originally divided into five groups: "Spring Day", "Late Spring", "Summer Day", "Autumn Day" and "Winter Day", with 12 songs in each group. Each group can be called a group poem. Therefore, he was awarded the title of "pastoral poet".
"Four Seasons Pastoral Miscellaneous Prosperity" combines the poetic traditions describing rural pastoral areas from Tao Yuanming to Tang Wang Wei, Chu Guangxi, Meng Haoran and Wei Yingwu, and the poetic traditions of the "New Yuefu" poetry school from the Book of Songs to the Tang Dynasty, and changes the archaic style into seven words, which shows outstanding creativity in both content and form.
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With simple language and subtle description, this poem enthusiastically praises the intense and busy working life of farmers. In the first two sentences, rural men plow and women weave, working day and night, which shows the poet's sympathy and respect for the working people. The last two sentences vividly describe the rural children's participation in the labor they can, and show their praise for the rural children who love labor.
The image of children described in the poem is naive and lovely. The whole poem has an overview and close-ups, which reflect the situation of rural men, women and children taking part in labor from different aspects and has a strong flavor of life.
There are 60 pieces of "Four Seasons Pastoral Miscellaneous Fun", just like a long picture of rural life. This is one of them. With simple language and detailed description, this poem enthusiastically praises the intense and busy working life of farmers. The first sentence compares day and night, and unfolds a picture of rural men and women plowing fields and achievements. Hemp, busy day and night.
The last two sentences vividly describe the rural children's participation in what they can do? The situation reveals the poet's love for children. The image of children described in the poem is naive and lovely. The language of the whole poem is simple and plain, with no trace of deliberate pursuit. The writing style is fresh, light, smooth and natural, just like a vivid rural custom scroll, full of strong local flavor in rural areas in the south of the Yangtze River.