Haiyan Heqing Four O’clock Days

  Chapter 21 [Hua Shao Chunsheng] Spring Moon Zhongnong Xuan Bird Spirit Divide Half Day and Half Day Thunder and Thunder [Vernal Equinox·Second]

  The starry night is dark,

  Flying swallows fall to the ground with water marks in the sky.

  Smoke willow painting bridge Jiangnan morning,

  The rain falls and the spring blossoms a bit.

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  It is night, the sky is clear, the blue-black sky is deeper than the sea, the stars in the sky and the lights of the world connect to form a light gallery, which leads from the busy streets to the sky.

  Different from the direction in which the handle of the Big Dipper was pointed at the beginning of the spring, the handle of this matter pointed in the direction of the true east.

  The moon is not full at the place pointed by the handle, but it still reflects the surrounding sky. Clouds thin as a gauze float quickly in front of the moon.

   "Sister Vernal Equinox, the wind is not small today, will it rain?" Kyushu looked at the fast-moving thin clouds and asked Xiang Vernal Equinox.

  The spring equinox flew to the cloud, and quickly returned to Kyushu: "It should not rain for the time being. The clouds are not very thick now."

  The night is getting darker, Kyushu is asleep beside the vernal equinox, and the vernal equinox looks at the clouds in the sky. The clouds are thicker and thicker, and the stars and the bright moon are no longer visible.

  The sun has not yet risen, and a ray of white light has just turned up from the horizon. The swallows flew out of the porches, pavilions, and swallow nests on the roof.

  The swallows flew very low. At first, a place where a person was more than high, then flew lower and lower, reaching a height that seemed to be reachable by reaching out.

  The sun rose slightly, and through the gray-white clouds, a light yellow halo was faintly visible.

  A gust of wind blew, and the face was a little cold, blowing on the crabapple tree on the lawn in the distance, the branches shook violently, and the petals of the blossoming crabapple flowers spread all over the floor.

  The swallows flew lower, lying on the ground, at the same height as a person's calf.

  Thick clouds and low-flying swallows all herald the arrival of a spring rain.

  Sure enough, the rain came as promised. The sun should have risen from the ground level now, but was stole the limelight by this shower.

  The vernal equinox and Kyushu sat in a sheltered place, watching the rain continue to patter.

  The rainy weather always has a moist breath, which is comforting and sleepy. After watching the beautiful scenery of flowers and plants in the rain for a while, Kyushu leaned back in the arms of the vernal equinox and slept soundly.

  I don’t know how long it has been. After the rain has passed and the sky has cleared, noon has passed. Kyushu opened his sleepy eyes, but was dazzled by the shining sun. In the blink of an eye, Kyushu saw the crabapple flowers over there being beaten all over the ground, setting off against the green lawn.

  The petals that were knocked down by the rain have a special charm. Seeing that Kyushu likes this kind of misty and hazy mood, the vernal equinox brought Kyushu to the southern Jiangnan area.

  In the spring, the southern area has more precipitation than the north, and this feature has also been discovered over the years at the vernal equinox.

  The humidity in the air is very high. Kyushu feels very relaxed when he smells the scent of earth and the dampness of the sweet fragrance of flowers and plants.

   Sitting on a boat in the river, crossing stone bridges and wooden bridges one after another. People come and go on the bridges, carrying dry goods and fresh food in their hands.

  It is all kinds of bridges that build up the life exchanges between people on both sides of the river.

  From time to time on the bank of the river, you can see three or two weeping willow trees with willow branches hanging down into the water. It seems that you can swing by pulling the willow branches.

  If you look closely, the air is full of small drops of water, but there are so many fine pieces, so that the air seems to be filled with mist, adding a fairyland-like psychedelic feeling to the surrounding scenery.

  Some of the mysteries are poetic and unreal, but from time to time, human voices, dog barking, bird calls, and insects cry, reminding the people in it that they are still in the world.

  At night, crackling rain fell on the awning of the awning boat, and the swallows that had sheltered from the rain flew into the low boat uninvited, but were treated like guests.

  　Knowledge link: [related knowledge mentioned in this chapter (including some extensions)]

  　　 Equinox related

  　　①Doo handle at the equinox (Big Dipper Dou handle) refers to the east

  　　 folk proverb related

  　　①The swallows fly low in the snake aisle, and the heavy rain will soon come: before the rain, the air pressure is low, the air humidity is high, and the swallows fly low. (The snake aisle is not very common in ordinary life today.

  　　Geographically related

  　　①In spring, there is relatively little rainfall in the northern region (spring drought in North China), and heavy rainfall in the southern region (the rain belt is in the south).

  　　[Part of the information comes from the Internet, and is made by self-integration and interpretation]

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