In early summer, five songs say wheat autumn: wild vines lead flowers over the short wall, and the wheat autumn season is busy with silkworms
The fifth month of the Gregorian calendar and the fourth month of the lunar calendar are the traditional Mengxia, which is the coming of summer. Then in the ancient poetry literature, there is another name for the fourth month of the lunar calendar, called Maiqiu.
How is summer associated with autumn?
This is the earliest meaning of autumn. Autumn refers to the ripening of grains, and it was only later that the season when the grains ripen most widely was set as autumn.
On the mainland, rice and wheat were cultivated anciently. Rice ripens in autumn, while wheat grown in the north is usually planted in autumn and winter and ripens in early summer. As early as more than 2,000 years ago, when writing had not yet appeared or had just begun to appear, wheat was cultivated in northern farmland.
In the Zhou Dynasty, in the early summer, "Nongnai Dengmai, the Son of Heaven tastes the wheat with Yi, and recommends the temple first", that is, in the early summer, the wheat is ripe, and the Son of Heaven wants to use the new wheat to worship the ancestors. "Zhou Liyue Order" records that this month "the grass dies, and the wheat arrives in autumn." "This month, the sun is getting stronger, the small grass has completed its life cycle, it has entered the death and disappearance, and the wheat season has arrived.
This is the origin of the "wheat autumn" in April.
Then April, is the northern wheat ripening season, this wheat autumn, in fact, covers the wheat from flowering to maturity, to harvest, from green to yellow process, in the green theme of the early summer, such rich in the beauty of ripe changes, in the land of China, the achievement of a different kind of grandeur and abundance. Because it is still a light early summer, the wheat is ripe, and it is a heavy gift for the summer people.
"In March, the poplars are together, and in April the wheat is in early autumn.
Youzhou cold food, Zheng Guo picks mulberry sparse.
I heard that the wild goose gate was in place, and the matter was over.
Message to the golden concubine, don't complain about the cold bed.
The goose army attacked the sun, and the swallow rode to Kangju.
Dawan returned to the good horse, and Xiaoyue sent the book. "Nan Liang · Xiao Gang "Three Songs of Yanmen Tai Shou Xing"
This is an April poem by Xiao Gang, the emperor of the Liang Dynasty of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, which integrates the magnificent fields and the generosity of the general's upcoming expedition and will definitely return victorious, encouraging the general to protect his family and defend the country.
The poplar flowers in March are flying all over the sky, and the wheat fields in April are rolling in the wheat waves and are about to ripen.
In Youzhou, the cold food festival has passed, and the mulberry fields in Henan have been dense, after the season of mulberry picking, the sun bathes the verdant fields.
This is the season of early summer ripening, and the countryside is thriving.
The general of Yanmen Pass, however, combed his hair, put on his military uniform, and boarded the chariot and horse.
He left a message to his lover, don't complain about being alone at night, lonely and lonely.
I am leading an army like wild geese, flying away from the sun, and I am leading a team of horses to defeat the enemy.
In a few days, the Dawan Congress will be obedient, send war horses, and within a month, I will usher in victory, and the enemy will send a letter of surrender.
This poem is very interesting to read closely, and at the same time as the wheat harvest will also usher in the victory of these wars.
Of course, this also entrusts the emperor's cultural and martial arts, the great feelings of the country and the mountains, the summer is just right, the victory of the war and the wheat harvest.
"The centrifugal thought is delayed, and there is no willow hanging in the deep courtyard.
The sunset corridor hears the swallow language, and the light cold and light rain are in autumn. Northern Song Dynasty · Kou Zhun "Summer"
Kou Zhun was a politician of the Northern Song Dynasty, Ming Xiang, his hometown is now Weinan, Shaanxi, and his childhood life was spent in the vast countryside.
Kou Zhun was admitted to the Jinshi at the age of nineteen, and his career soared, but it also meant that he did not have access to the simple, calm and beautiful life in the countryside.
In the era of Kou Zhun, there was a strong Khitan in the north, and the Khitan once attacked the Song Dynasty in the south, and the troops went to Yingzhou and other Hebei regions, and this place was not far from his hometown. Kou Zhun was a strong main war protester who opposed the emperor's flight south. At his insistence, the political situation gradually stabilized.
This summer day is probably written during this time.
Although he is a court official, he has the stability of the capital in front of him, the deep courtyard, the willows hanging on the ground, the shade in early summer, the people in the middle, the gorgeous corridor, the sound of warblers and swallows, as if it can make people intoxicated.
But his sorrows are awake. Because he misses his homeland in the end.
How can you smell the aroma of wheat when the wind and rain come late and blow through this luxurious garden?
But he has something in his heart, this warm and early summer evening breeze and drizzle is the good wind and rain when the wheat is ripe in his hometown. The swallows on the promenade also seem to say that it is the season of Maiqiu in his hometown.
He had been standing here for a long time. It may be a deep plan, or a kind of relaxation and distant thinking.
Because in fact, the green of early summer in front of him did not confuse him, what he thought about was the mountains and rivers beyond this gentleness, the magnificent countryside, and the stability of this country.
We must defend and protect this wheat-ripe homeland, home and country, and resist the invasion of the Khitan!
"Wild vines are over the short wall, and the silkworms are busy in the autumn season.
The old father of the door extended the line, and the well drew the shade of the sweet tree. Northern Song Dynasty · He Zhu "and Cui Ruozhuo's Four Songs of the Tian Family" is the second
This is written about the busy countryside and the hospitality of the people in the fourth month of the lunar calendar.
In the countryside, wild vines spread and bloom on the fence, about roses, beans, melon vines and the like, a lovely and abundant green home.
At this time, the men of the family were tending to the wheat in the fields and harvesting it. The women in the family are busy with silkworms, and silkworms want to form cocoons, collect cocoons and sell cocoons.
The old people stayed at home, in a happy mood, and when they met the guests from afar, they stayed diligently, and immediately set up stools under the shade of the trees, beat well water, and brought out melons and fruits for the guests to taste.
It's not just about hospitality, it's about being willing to share the joy and happiness of pastoral abundance with guests.
Because at this time, there is a sense of happiness and fullness everywhere with a good harvest in sight.
"The breeze and rain are scattered, and April is cold and autumn.
The plum has been yellow, the silkworm has ripened, and the mulberry in the village is called hook. "Ming · Xie Chengju "Miscellaneous Poems of Mulong Pavilion"
This idyllic poem has an inner joy, because it is the fullness and joy brought by the harvest of wheat fields overlooking in front of you.
The gentle wind, blowing the drizzle, kept drifting and drifting into the distances of the fields.
And under this misty drizzle, there is an endless wheat field that is about to ripen. What a magnificent autumn of wheat.
When I returned to the countryside, I saw plum yellow ripening on the green branches and silkworm cocoons crawling all over the stalks at the edge of the farmhouse.
I love the green countryside, the abundance and harvest in the green.
I heard the cheerful birds chirping in the green trees, it was the partridge calling, get on the boat, sell it for a good price.
"In March, there is little rain and sparse bean flowers, and in April, there is more wheat and seedling fertilizer.
Mai Qiu is very full, and the bean shed is facing the dew. "Qing · Deng Tingzhen "Four Songs of Karmai Lyrics One of Them"
This poem writes about the mood of the farmer in April.
There is little rain in March, so the beans are dry and have less flowering.
April was full of rains, wheat sprouts were strong, and wheat was harvested.
I like this year's wheat, because there is a lot of rain, such luxuriation, and fruit, and I am always ready to harvest it with a sickle.
As for the beans, forget it this year, it doesn't matter if the harvest is good or bad.
It's the farmer's reckoning and playfulness.
If you have a good harvest of wheat and want a good harvest of beans, you can't have both fish and bear's paws, so you naturally value wheat.
This is the farmer's reckoning, rustic, optimistic.
If you have the opportunity in early summer, be sure to go to the countryside to see the ripening and harvesting of wheat.
You will feel the grandeur of agricultural civilization, and feel the happiness and joy of Chinese as a hobby of farming.
April wheat falls.
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