"The smoke and rain are wet and dry, and the apricot blossoms are cold." March 5 ushers in the sting festival, known as "Kai Sting", marking the beginning of mid-spring. At this time, push open the window, and the bright spring color comes into view. This enchanting spring color is hidden in the thunder, the first peach blossoms and the busy farming, and it is also hidden in the beautiful ancient poems. This smear of spring color flows between the lines, which is intoxicating.
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With a thunderclap, everything came back to life. Ancient poets also left many famous sentences describing "spring thunder" such as "a slight rain is new, a thunder is stung", "the east wind is drizzling, there is light thunder outside the Furong Pond", "a burst of flower rain, several stinging thunder" and so on.
"Spring thunder, all things grow", after the sting, spring urges all things, whether it is plants, animals, or natural landscapes, have a new vitality, showing a thriving scene.
The temperature and ground temperature are constantly rising, the soil is thawing, the spring wind and rain, and the apricot blossoms, peach blossoms, roses, etc. have entered the flowering period. As one of the important crops in agricultural production, rape flowers also bloom before and after the sting. "Xiaolou listened to the spring rain one night, the deep alley Ming Dynasty sold apricot blossoms", the tiles became a natural bell under the urging of the raindrops, apricot blossoms, peach blossoms, etc. have bloomed, it is a good season to send incense and color, the girl carrying the bamboo basket, stepping on the bluestone slab, around the apricot blossom fragrance, walking through the streets and alleys; "the peach blossom spring color is warm first, bright who does not look", the spring breeze blows, bright and delicate, the branches full of peach blossoms tremble slightly, or blow off a few pieces of fangfei, the earth has the color of spring.
Since the sting, most of the mainland has entered the spring plowing season. The plan of the year is to plough in the spring, get a plough of rain in the spring, and harvest ten thousand quintals of grain in the autumn. The sting came, and so did the spring rush. Four o'clock and five grains, all began here.
Spring is busy as ever, farming is commonplace. In addition to the spring light, the ancient poets also set their sights on the fields, capturing the figure of the farmer and the busyness of farming. "The Tian family is idle for a few days, and the cultivation begins" and "The human world is doing things, cultivating the fields", these poems not only remind the peasants not to miss the time of farming, but also depict the hardships and difficulties of the peasants' lives.
Producer: Hu Qinghai
Coordinator: Liu Xinhui, Liu Yuanxu
Reporters: Zhou Runjian, Guo Fangda
Editors: Zhang Hongsheng, Tang Jianhui
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