1. What words describe the four seasons of the year?
Summer and winter:
No winter, no summer, no matter winter or summer. It means that all four seasons of the year are uninterrupted.
Xia Yuyuren is a metaphor for helping people in a timely manner.
Summer stove and winter fan means doing things that do not meet the needs of the time, expending effort but not getting any benefits.
Summer insects can't speak ice, which is a metaphor for people's short-sightedness.
Summer insects cannot speak ice, which is a metaphor for the limitation of time and everyone's knowledge.
Warm in winter and 凊 in summer 凊: Same as "Qing". Warm quilts for parents in winter and fan mats for parents in summer refer to caring for their loved ones in every possible way. It means warm in winter and cool in summer
Warm in winter and clear in summer. Winter keeps parents warm and summer keeps parents cool. Originally refers to the filial piety of the Son of Man. Now it is also generally referred to as warm in winter and cool in summer.
The metaphor of winter fan and summer stove is inappropriate. It also refers to useless things.
Winter and summer clouds The sun in winter and the clouds in summer. It is a metaphor for a person's gentle and approachable attitude, making people willing to get close to him.
Dong Qiu Xia Ge generally refers to American clothes.
Spring Breeze and Summer Rain Spring breeze: the gentle breeze in spring; Xia Yu: the drizzle in summer. The spring breeze is warm and the summer rain nourishes and nourishes all things. It is a metaphor for teaching and helping others.
Holding the ice in the cold winter and holding the fire in the hot summer describes hard work and self-motivation.
Spring chanting and summer strings originally meant that different learning methods should be adopted according to the seasons. Later, it generally refers to reading and learning.
Grow in spring and grow in summer, harvest in autumn and store in winter. They sprout in spring, grow in summer, harvest in autumn, and store in winter. Refers to the general process of agricultural production. It also refers to the occurrence and development process of things.
The vast white snow is covered with silver. Thousands of miles of snow is floating thousands of miles away, and the ice is covered with white snow.
The ice and snow are so cold that it is so cold. The twelfth lunar month is pure and pure, and water drips into ice.
The auspicious snow is flying and the sky is covered with ice and snow. Flying snow, fierce wind, gusty wind, biting wind
The cold is adding to the frost, the spring is white, the winter is cloudy, the winter is warm, the summer is clear
There is no winter, no summer, autumn harvest, winter, winter fur, summer kudzu, ten winter twelfth lunar month, winter cold and ice
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The feeling of sending charcoal, frost and dew in the snow, the feeling of being cold and warm, knowing that one is as cold as frost, as cold as water
At the end of the year, the sky is cold, the sky is cold, the ground is frozen, the sky is snowy, the kiln, the iceberg is difficult to rely on, the ice and snow are wise
Ice Soul Snow The soul is frozen three feet, not the cold spring ice tiger tail in one day
As cold as ice and snow, the ice sky is full of wind and snow
Spring: the spring is bright, the spring flowers are beautiful, the autumn moon, the spring blossoms, the fruits, the spring orchids, the autumn chrysanthemums are blooming in the spring. The spring mountains are like laughter, the spring light is brilliant, the spring breeze is gentle, the spring light is leaking, the spring light is an inch of grass, the spring is coming back to the earth, the spring color is sultry, the spring color is full of the garden, spring is as deep as the sea, spring life is autumn, spring life is spring growth, spring bamboo shoots are angry, spring frogs, autumn cicadas are full of spring, the mood of spring is dim, the love is green, the flowers are red, the willows are green, the flowers are fragrant, the birds are singing The dead trees are springing up, the willows are dark, the flowers are bright, the spring is full of spring, the willows are green, the flowers are red, the birds are singing, the flowers are fragrant, the oranges are fighting for wine, looking for flowers, willows, silk, wind, orioles singing, swallows dancing after the rain, spring bamboo shoots with feet, the dark fragrance of spring, sparse shadows, a hundred flowers blooming, colorful purples and reds, leaves and rulers, trees are full of water, hibiscus destroys orchids, breaks jade, flowers bloom like brocade, common peaches and plums. There are many reds and greens, the wind blows, the wind blows, the snow, the moon, the floating flowers, the solitary osmanthus, the fragrant orchid, the fragrance of Guilin, the fragrance of a branch of cinnamon seeds in buds, the buds are about to bloom, the buds are about to bloom, the buds are red and green, the birds are singing, the flowers are fragrant, the spring breeze is on the face, the spring is infinite, the green grass is like a shade in the four seasons.
Autumn:
Autumn is high and the air is crisp. The scenery in golden autumn is pleasant. The forests are dyed green and flowing with gold.
The sky is high and the wild geese are flying south. The autumn is high and the air is crisp. The mountains and rivers are magnificent.
Grain Bountiful melons and fruits, fragrant spring, autumn fruit, autumn harvest, winter storage, bleak autumn wind, pleasant autumn colors. One leaf knows autumn, spring planting and autumn harvest, spring orchids and autumn chrysanthemums, spring flowers, autumn moon, pleasant autumn colors, bleak autumn wind, continuous autumn rain, deep autumn feeling, fragrant autumn orchids, autumn wind blowing through my ears, red maple Welcome autumn, the maple forest is like fire, the autumn breeze is blowing,
One leaf knows the autumn in the full autumn water
Three autumn leaves fall in one day to know the autumn
Look forward to the autumn and look through the autumn water
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Forever generations, there will be frost and air in autumn
Society Yanqiu Hongqiu moon spring breeze
Autumn water is beautiful, autumn harvest and winter storage
There is no crime in autumn at the end of autumn
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The autumn air is crisp and the autumn leaves are falling
The autumn wind has passed by for eternity
The colors of autumn are divided equally into the spring and autumn
The autumn hair is coming and the autumn ripples are clear
Analyze the old spirit of autumn
Kunyu, autumn frost, flowers, stars and autumn moon
Everyone has his own troubled autumn
The orchids want to be beautiful in the autumn wind, but the autumn wind defeats them
Spring and Autumn are at their peak. Writing style
Spring orchids, autumn chrysanthemums, spring flowers and autumn moon
Spring blossoms, autumn fruits, curling autumn moon, abundant harvests, fragrant melons and fruits, spring blossoms, autumn fruits, autumn harvests, winter storage, autumn winds are bleak, autumn colors are pleasant, one leaf knows autumn, spring planting and autumn harvest, spring orchids and autumn chrysanthemums, The spring flowers and the autumn moon are pleasant, the autumn wind is bleak, the autumn rain is continuous, the autumn mood is deep, the autumn orchids are fragrant, the autumn wind blows through the ears, the red maples welcome autumn, the maple forest is like fire, the autumn wind is blowing, 2. What are the idioms that describe many years
< p> [Ten years of sword sharpening] is a metaphor for years of hard work.[The tomb has been arched] The trees on the tomb are extremely tall. A metaphor for old age and death.
[久年久月] 久年: a whole year; 久月: many months. Describes the passage of many years.
[Nine encounters in ten years] is a metaphor that is rare and rarely encountered once in many years.
[Three years and five years] Three, five: indicates the approximate quantity; Zai: year. Refers to years.
[accumulation of experience] refers to many years of dating.
[***湖] Refers to a person who has been abroad for many years, has a lot of experience, and is very sophisticated.
[The book is missing] generally refers to the ancient book that has been incomplete for many years.
[The long-standing malady will be cleared away] Years of ill-health will be cleared away in one fell swoop.
[Chun and Xuanhua] Chun: a perennial deciduous tree; Xuan: the daylily that the ancients thought could make people forget their worries. Chunxuan: refers to parents. In ancient times, the father was called "Chunting" and the mother was called "Xuantang". It means that parents are still alive.
[ cumulative years and months ] cumulative years: many years; cumulative months: consecutive months. Refers to the elapsed time.
[Coix Pearl] Coix: a perennial herb, the fruits can be eaten, made into wine, and used as medicine. Barley was said to be a pearl by the slanderers. It is a metaphor for being slandered and being wronged.
[Timidity near hometown] refers to someone who has been away from home for many years and has no communication with them. Once he returns, the closer he is to his hometown, the less peaceful he will feel, fearing that something unfortunate will happen to his hometown. Used to describe the complicated mood of a wanderer returning home.
[Cardamom Years] Cardamom: Perennial herb, a metaphor for virginity. Refers to when a woman is thirteen or fourteen years old.
[白草连如] Mao: Imperata, a perennial grass; Ru: the way the roots of the plant are intertwined. It is a metaphor for recommending each other, using one person to introduce many people. 3. What are the words to describe the year?
After a hundred years, a hundred years: one hundred years old.
People rarely live longer than a hundred years, so a hundred years is a synonym for death. The taboo term for death is "year after year", "year after year", describing the passage of time, "year after year", month after month.
Describing a long period of time, the age of hearing. When you are sixty years old, you can judge the truth and falsehood by listening to other people's words. Refers to the generation name of 60 years old. Monkey year and horse month. Monkey and horse: one of the twelve zodiac signs.
Generally refers to the years in the future. Jinsehuanian is a metaphor for the youthful age. Year after year, menstruation: experience; yueyue: consecutive months. Describes the sadness experienced by middle-aged people after a long period of time. Describes the sadness of parting from relatives and friends in middle age.
Never once in a hundred years Never once in a hundred years. Describe rarely seen or rare opportunities.
Centenary Plan: A long-term and important plan. Refers to plans or measures related to long-term interests.
It’s a once-in-a-century experience. It’s a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Describing something rare or hard to come across.
A hundred years of tree cultivation: planting, cultivation. It is a metaphor that cultivating talents is a long-term and arduous task.
A hundred years old together. Together: *** Same. It means that a couple will grow old together.
Centennial authority: authority. Describes long-term power.
A century-old good relationship and an everlasting good relationship. Refers to a man and a woman becoming a couple.
The Year of Plum Blossom Plum Blossom: The plums fall after they mature. It is a metaphor that a woman has reached the age of marriage.
The age of not being confused: being able to distinguish clearly when encountering things. This is used as a proxy for 40 years old.
The twilight scene of the last year refers to a person reaching his old age. Remaining energy refers to old age and physical weakness.
The green boy: light green, refers to the color of clothes. Originally refers to a boy wearing light green clothes.
Back refers to a young man who pays attention to decoration. Long years and long months: long years: a whole year; long years and months: many months.
To describe the passage of many years. Long-lasting three elders refer to boatmen in ancient times.
The age of twilight. twilight: dusk, a metaphor for old age. Refers to a person reaching old age.
The year of establishment refers to thirty years old. Cardamom: Cardamom: a perennial herb, a metaphor for a virgin.
Refers to when a woman is thirteen or fourteen years old. A day is like a year. A day is like a year.
Describes a very difficult life. Duoli Nian means calendar: experience; Nian means: number of years.
That’s a lot of years. And the age of establishment is the age when a person reaches the age of thirty and can be independent.
Later, it was a nickname for thirty years old. Fang Nian Huayue Fang Nian: young age.
Refers to the good years. Feng Nian Ni Sui: refers to the maturity of crops.
A good year with abundant harvests. Harvest years and barren years are metaphors for useful talents.
Feng Xin Nian Hua refers to a woman’s age of twenty-four. Fengzhu Cannian: Wind candle: a candle blown by the wind, easily extinguished; Cannian: the remaining years, refers to a person who has not been alive for too long.
It is a metaphor for people approaching old age when they are close to death. Beacon fires continue year after year. Beacon fire: the fireworks used by border guards to alert the police in ancient times.
A metaphor for war or war. It means that the war continues year after year.
The age of wind and candles is a metaphor for people reaching old age when they are close to death. The next year's imperial calendar is a metaphor for outdated things or old experiences that are no longer useful in new situations.
Rare: few. Refers to a person reaching the age of seventy.
Sixty Years Sixty Years Sixty Years Sixty Years: In the old days, the heavenly stems and earthly branches were used in conjunction with each other to mark the year. Sixty years was a sixty year period, also known as a sixty year period. Flower: describes the intricate names of the stems and branches.
Refers to sixty years old. And Hairpin Years Hairpin: The hairpin used to tie hair in ancient times.
In ancient times, women who were engaged had their haircut at the age of fifteen; women who were not engaged had their haircut at the age of twenty. It means that a girl has reached the age where she can get married.
Accumulate years and months Accumulate years: many years; Cuiyue: consecutive months. Refers to the elapsed time.
The urgent scene of the withered years: the passing of "shadow", time; Describes the rapidity of time and the end of the year.
Also refers to the end of the year. Nine years of savings Nine years of savings.
Refers to the country's usual savings to prepare for emergencies. Jinse Nianhua is a metaphor for youth.
Half-year grain bran and vegetables are used to replace grain for half the year. Describes the extremely poor life of working people in the old society.
tired menstrual years tired: accumulation. Month after month, year after year.
To describe an experience that lasted a long time. Martyrs are ambitious in their old age. Martyrs: heroes with great ambitions.
Stopped, decayed. When a hero reaches old age, his ambition does not diminish.
Good intentions and longevity. People who are optimistic about everything can live a long and healthy life. Nian Gu is not Deng. Nian Gu is the grain harvested by one cow; Deng is: mature and completed.
Refers to a poor year, a famine year. Shao: beautiful.
Older, good moral character. Fleeting time is like water. Fleeting time: time.
Describes time gone by and never coming back. A handsome young man refers to a young man with a free and easy manner.
The fleeting year is unfavorable. The fleeting year: Fortune tellers in the old days called the "luck" that occurred in a year; profit: good luck. It means that a person is in an unlucky state for many years.
It means bad luck. Friendship in the world and friendship in the world. Friendship in the world refers to the relationship between two families who passed the exam in the same year during the imperial examination era. Friendship in the world refers to the friendship between two families for generations.
During the imperial examination period, the two families became family friends because they passed the examination in the same year. Nian Fu: There will be many years in the future.
Described as young and energetic. Young and strong Zhuang: robust.
Young and physically strong. Over seventy years old means over seventy years old.
The people live in peace and prosperity, and the years are good. Nian Shen Ri Jiu describes the eternity of time.
Nian Gaowangwang is older and has a higher reputation. The year of breaking melon. The character melon can be divided into two horoscopes, so old poems and articles call a woman's sixteenth year "the year of breaking melon".
A boy with skirts and clogs. Skirt: lower skirt; clogs: wooden shoes. Skirts were the clothing worn by aristocratic children in the Six Dynasties.
Describes young people who only know how to dress well. After seven years of illness, seek three years of moxa leaves. Only after you have been ill for a long time do you seek dry moxa leaves to cure this disease.
It is a metaphor that you have to prepare for everything at ordinary times, but it will be too late to think of a solution when things happen. The poor year lasts for several months. The poor year lasts from the beginning to the end of the year. The poor year lasts for several months.
The descriptions are continuous and last for a long time. Three-Year-Old Mugwort After being ill for a long time, I went to look for dried moxa leaves to cure this disease.
It is a metaphor that you have to prepare for everything at ordinary times, but it will be too late to think of a solution when things happen. Dispel diseases and prolong life. Qu: to remove.
Eliminate diseases and extend life. People live a long life and have good years.
Describe the scene of peace and prosperity. Young and mature originally refers to a person who is very mature even though he is young.
Nowadays it also refers to the lack of vitality among young people. Under the Window of Ten Years In the imperial examination era, scholars wanted to gain fame and immerse themselves in books all year round.
Describes ten years of studying hard behind closed doors. Turning green in three years means loyalty is never lost.
It takes ten years to cultivate trees and a hundred years to cultivate people. Tree: cultivate, cultivate. It is a metaphor that cultivating talents is a long-term solution.
He also said that it is not easy to cultivate talents. It is rare to encounter someone in nine years. It is a metaphor that it is rare to meet someone once in many years.
Shihe Nianfeng He means peace; Nian means success; Feng means prosperity and abundance. The weather is favorable and the grain is plentiful.
Ten years of hard work describes studying hard for many years. Ten years of gathering, ten years of lessons: gathering: breeding population, gathering material resources; lessons: education, training.
It means that the army and the people work together to accumulate strength and work hard to wash away the shame. Like the passage of time. The passage of time: time.
Describes time gone by and never coming back. Ten years of sharpening a sword is a metaphor for years of hard work. 4. What are the words to describe a person
1. Indicates the character’s qualities: noble, humble, helpful, proud, modest, arrogant, selfish, selfless, loyal, enthusiastic and helpful 2. Indicates the appearance of the person : Beautiful features, talented appearance, dignified appearance, graceful demeanor, earth-colored face, gloomy expression 3. Expressing the character's demeanor: fixing one's eyes, bright and clear, concentrated, full of energy, high-spirited, high-spirited 4. Expressing the character's behavior: elegant manners, gobbling up food, jumping for joy, Joyful, gentle, and generous 5. Expressing happy mood: joyful, universal celebration, inspiring, overjoyed, and happy. Excellent qualities (1) Brave: go through fire and water, charge into battle, risk one's own safety, and regard death as home (2) Diligent work: conscientious, diligent, and conscientious (3) Diligent study: ten years of hard work, digging into the wall to borrow light, keeping the firefly in the snow, never letting go of the scroll. (4) Helping others: willing to help others, solving problems, speaking out for justice, and drawing a sword to help (5) Caring for others: meticulous and considerate (6) Fairness Strict and Ming: selfless, law enforcement, clear distinction between public and private, selfless (7) Perseverance and perseverance: perseverance, perseverance, beginning and end, words to praise the character of the character, leading the way, upright, fearless, full of arrogance, fighting spirit, soaring into the sky. The mountains and rivers are majestic and majestic. The mountains and rivers are swallowed up. The mountains and rivers are upright. The dragon and the tiger are on their feet. They are victorious in a hundred battles. They charge into battle with heroic demeanor. They are brave and brave. Clear and clear, upright and selfless, unselfish and without hesitation, upright and selfless, upright as a mountain, upright as a mountain, pure and pure, self-denial, strict with the public, strict with self-discipline, gentle breeze, bearing humiliation, abiding by the law, outwardly resolute, loyal, unswerving, humble, unswerving, high-spirited, honest, returning to the public humbly, upright and profound, understanding the righteousness, being honest, humble, prudent, honest, resolute and open-minded. Magnanimously dedicated his life, and even after death he was open-minded and sacrificed himself for others, forgetting his own life and sacrificing his life for righteousness.
5. What are the words that describe "one today"
1. Judg the ancient to the present [ zhuó gǔ zhǔn jīn ]
Definition: Select ancient things to compare with today's Condition.
Source: Zhang Juzheng of the Ming Dynasty, "Asking Special Officials to Compile and Revise": "Now that it has been compiled into one book, it is necessary to study the origin deeply, prepare detailed changes, and consider the past and the present to determine the rules of a generation. , a code that lasts for thousands of years. ”
2. The present is different from the past [ jīn fēi xī bǐ ]
Definition: past: past. The present is not comparable to the past. The polydactyly situation and natural appearance have undergone tremendous changes.
Source: "Cui Qingxian Gongji·Yu Xunzhou Song Shou Shu" by Cui Yu of the Song Dynasty: "The best county in Xunnan is not what it used to be."
3. Changes in the sea [ cāng hǎi sāng tián ]
Definition: mulberry field: farmland. The sea turns into mulberry fields, and the mulberry fields turn into the sea. It means that things in the world have changed a lot.
Source: "Magu's Biography of Immortals" by Ge Hong of Jin Dynasty: "Ma Gu said that since she took over, she has seen three fields of mulberry in the East China Sea."
4. Present and Past 之Sense [ jīn xī zhī gǎn ]
Definition: recalling the past from today’s reality.
Source: Chapter 14 of "Qilu Deng": "All the good things of the past are still there; Tan Xiaoruo has become an ancient man. The feeling of the past and the past is so desolate."
5. Today there is something I'm drunk today [ jīn rì yǒu jiǔ jīn rì zuì ]
Definition: A metaphor for living day by day. It also describes people who only care about the present and have no long-term plans. Same as "If you have wine today, you will be drunk today".
Source: Mao Dun's "Anatomy of a Carnival": "Their 'self-confidence' and this 'promising' consciousness make their demands for happiness similar to the indulgence of the rich in the declining era of the Roman Empire. Music is completely different. At that time, the rich people in Rome felt that the disaster was coming and there was no way to save it, so they said, "If you have wine today, you will be drunk today." 6. Four-character words to describe autumn
Description. Autumn idioms (words)
Autumn wind is rustling; The sky is high and the clouds are pale; the red and green colors are fading; the leaves are red in the frosty sky; the maple forest is full of dye; one leaf knows autumn; the frost leaves know autumn; the autumn sun is bright; red maples welcome autumn; the autumn wind and red leaves; the sky is clear; the autumn air is crisp; the autumn air is crisp; the autumn air is solemn; the autumn horse is high Fertilizer; the fragrance of golden osmanthus; the fragrance of cinnamon; the fragrance of rice; the rustle of falling trees from the edge; the beauty of spring and autumn fruits
Northern geese fly south
Geese are migratory birds. When people from the north enter late autumn, geese fly Fly to the warm south.
The cold cicadas are sad
In the cold weather, the cicadas no longer chirp or chirp in a low voice, and the sound they make is sad and sad, symbolizing the late autumn season. Example: "The cicadas are mournful, and the cold rain has begun to subside."
The golden wind brings refreshment
The golden wind, the autumn wind. The autumn wind brings coolness, which is the climate before mid-autumn. Gold, the leaves blown by the autumn wind gradually turn golden yellow, then fall off and drift. Therefore, "gold" is used to describe the autumn wind. Some also use yin and yang and the five elements to explain the seasonal evolution. Autumn belongs to gold, so the autumn wind is called golden wind.
Autumn wind rustling
Rustling, the sound of wind blowing things. The rustling sound made by the autumn phoenix blowing on things represents the scene of autumn.
The air is crisp and clear in autumn
The air in autumn is fresh and the sky looks very high and blue. This is a unique scenery in autumn. It is also often said that "the sky is high and the air is refreshing". Example: "Autumn is high and crisp, and the cattle and sheep are fat and strong."
The sky is high and the clouds are light.
The sky is clear and the clouds are light. The sky is clear with few clouds. This is a unique scenery in autumn.
Wutong leaves fall
According to ancient legend, there are fallen leaves on the sycamore tree on the first day of autumn, which is called a leaf that knows autumn. Therefore, "Falling of sycamore leaves" is used to indicate the coming of autumn.
Jade dew makes people feel cold
The crystal dew drops make people feel cold. It is also a unique scenery in autumn.
Autumn is high, the air is crisp, the autumn wind is bleak, the autumn colors are pleasant, one leaf knows the autumn and spring seeds, the autumn harvest, the spring blossoms, the autumn fruits, the spring flowers, the autumn moon, spring orchids and autumn chrysanthemums, the maple forest is like fire
The autumn wind is blowing, the autumn rain is continuous, the autumn mood is deep and the fragrance of autumn orchids is strong, The autumn wind blows by, red maples welcome autumn, the autumn breeze fills the autumn water, and the fallen leaves know autumn
The frosty autumn forest is dyed with greenery and golden fruits, the melons and fruits are fragrant, the autumn sky is clear, the sky is high, the clouds are light, and the wild geese are flying south to harvest the autumn harvest. Winter Hiding
The golden breeze brings coolness, the wild geese passing by leave behind their voices, the autumn colors are pleasant, the sky is clear, the air is clear, one leaf knows autumn, spring planting and autumn harvest
The spring flowers, autumn moon, the autumn colors are pleasant, the autumn wind blows past my ears, the autumn wind is bleak, the autumn rain is continuous, and the golden clusters are
A clump of flaming red, the autumn mood is deep, the autumn orchids are fragrant, the autumn wind blows through my ears, red maples welcome the autumn, and the maple forest is like fire 7. What are some good words and sentences to describe "the four seasons of the year"
When spring comes with its unique new green, like the sea, it is really intoxicating.
1: When spring comes like a tide with its unique warmth, it can also make people soul-breaking.
2: Spring has gone with the fallen flowers, and summer has come, covered with green leaves and jumping in the warm wind.
3: In midsummer, the weather is so hot that even dragonflies only dare to fly close to the shade of trees, as if they are afraid that the sun will damage their wings.
4: The wind blows with a slight warmth, and the cuckoo calls from time to time. It is telling us: "Spring has returned."
5: Qiu Yu slapped their faces. Piles of dark gray clouds weighed low on the earth.
6: In the second half of the night after autumn, the moon has gone down and the sun has not risen yet, leaving only a dark blue sky; except for the things that wander at night, everyone is asleep.
7: The west wind will naturally not come. Before going to bed, we lit two or three sticks of foreign wax in the hall. The timid Homura was pressed by the big roof and couldn't breathe.
8: The fruit trees in the north are also a wonderful sight in autumn. The first is the jujube tree. They will grow up one by one in the corners of houses, at the top of walls, beside latrines and at the door of kitchens.
9: On winter nights, the mountain village is shrouded in a mysterious sky.
10: The winter wind holds endless stories. It was not until the beginning of the second spring that the ice and snow melted and the frozen soil loosened.