"Plums are golden and apricots are fat, wheat is white and cauliflower is sparse" and "Children and grandchildren don't plow and weave, but they have to learn to grow melons by mulberry shade" are des

"Plums are golden and apricots are fat, wheat is white and cauliflower is sparse" and "Children and grandchildren don't plow and weave, but they have to learn to grow melons by mulberry shade" are descriptions of what seasons. "Plums are golden and apricots are fat, wheat is white and cauliflower is thin" should be used to describe late spring and early summer.

Song-Fan Chengda-Four Seasons Pastoral Hybridization

Year: Song Dynasty

Author: Fan Chengda

Title: Four Seasons Pastoral Miscellaneous Interest

Content:

Plum golden apricot fat, wheat white, cauliflower thin.

No one has ever crossed the fence, only dragonflies and butterflies are flying.

Precautions:

(1) Maihua-Maixiusui is a native flower, white and green. In Suzhou, south of the Yangtze River, between April and May in the lunar calendar. Cauliflower-refers to rape flower. April and May of the lunar calendar are bright yellow, with fallen flowers and seeds, so it is called "sparse".

② Day length-the longest day from summer to day. The fence fell.-the fence?

Translation:

Plums turned golden and apricots gained weight. The golden cauliflower in the field in spring has now fallen, leaving only sporadic residual flowers; At first glance, it is snow-white wheat flowers. At noon, the sun is high above, and the shadow of the fence is getting shorter and shorter as the sun rises, and no one passes by. It was quiet all around, only dragonflies and butterflies flew by.

"Children and grandchildren are not prepared to farm and weave, but also learn to grow melons under the shade of mulberry trees" means that children learn to grow melons under the shade of mulberry trees, although they don't know how to farm and weave.