Early summer is the season when plums are golden and apricots are plump. The ears of wheat are covered with white flowers, and almost all rape flowers are falling and bearing seeds. The days in summer are very long, no one passes the fence, everyone is busy in the fields, only dragonflies and butterflies are dancing leisurely.

Original text:

Plum golden apricot fat, wheat white, cauliflower thin.

No one has ever crossed the fence, but dragonflies and butterflies can fly

Source: "Four Seasons Pastoral Miscellaneous Plum, Gold and Apricot Fat" Fan Chengda in Southern Song Dynasty

Extended data:

Appreciation of Poetry and Fu in Four Seasons (25);

In the poem, plants such as plum yellow, apricot fat, white wheat and sparse cauliflower are used to describe the characteristics of rural scenery in the south in summer. They are full of flowers and fruits, colorful and within reach. The first two sentences are plum, yellow, apricot, wheat, cabbage and bright color. The third sentence of this poem describes the working conditions of farmers from the side.

The last sentence "only dragonflies and butterflies are flying" is used to cause silence in the village. There is movement in the silence, and the movement is even louder. The last two sentences show that the sky is long and the people are sparse, and flies and butterflies fly to detonate static electricity. With a fresh style, the poet described the tense working atmosphere in rural areas in early summer more delicately and interestingly.

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