The intermittent melodious flute of the shepherd boy was faintly heard in the evening breeze.
After dinner, at sunset, the shepherd boy came back from the pasture.
He didn't even take off his hemp fiber, but just lay on the grass and looked at the full moon in the sky.
This poem vividly depicts a picture of a shepherd boy coming home late to rest, reflecting the tranquility and leisure of his life. It expresses the poet's inner world's yearning for a life away from the noise and enjoying a happy life.
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The shepherd boy pointed to Xinghua Village. Where is it now?
Some newspapers and magazines say that "Xinghua Village" is located in Fenyang County, Shanxi Province. The reason is that it is said that Fenyang has been famous for producing wine since the Southern and Northern Dynasties, and Fenjiu enjoys the reputation of "Ganquan excellent wine".
There are countless apricot blossom villages in the world, and the apricot blossom village with such famous wine is really unique in Fenyang. However, in the Chronicle of Du Mu compiled by Miao Yue, Du Mu's life story and annual actions are vividly recorded, but he has not been to Fenyang area and frontier fortress. Therefore, it is impossible for Du Mu to "demand" the restaurant and the shepherd boy to "point away" Xinghua Village in Fenyang County, Shanxi Province.
Others say it is in the west of Guichi County, Anhui Province. The reason is that Du Mu moved from Huangzhou Cishi to Chizhou Cishi (Qiupu County, now Guichi County, Anhui Province) in September of the fourth year of Huichang, and moved to Zhou Mu Cishi in September of the sixth year of Huichang, where he lived for two years. There is Xinghua Village in the west of Guichi County, which is famous for its famous wines.
Therefore, Lang Sui, a poet in A Qing, wrote Records of Xinghua Village in Guichi, and included Du Mu's poem Qingming. Later, Jiangnan Tongzhi also included this poem, saying that the Xinghua Village in Du Mu's poem was in Guichi. This reason is more sufficient than that of Fenyang County, Shanxi Province.