Awesome, my country. Awesome, my rice: "Meal on the Plate" by Yu Hongcheng

The new film "Awesome, My Country" was released over the weekend. From heaven to earth, our country has achieved earth-shaking changes in various fields in the past five years, which makes Shan's mother feel excited.

I am amazed at the wisdom of the Chinese people. There are only things that are unexpected and there is nothing that is impossible.

What nourishes these "Chinese wisdoms" is "rice".

Chinese food is different in the north and the south.

As a person from the southwest, Shan Ma grew up eating rice.

For thousands of years, rice has given us life and nutrients. Not only does it keep us full, it also makes us grow.

Because of the nourishment of rice, the Chinese have created a long and splendid historical civilization.

Because of the nourishment of rice, the Chinese have created a greater modern civilization.

Because of the nourishment of rice, China's research in various fields has advanced by leaps and bounds, showing itself to the world as a responsible and responsible country.

But how much do we know about the growth of a grain of rice? Everyone can recite the poem "Who knows that every meal on the plate is a labor of hard work". When it comes to rice cultivation, don’t talk about children. As a parent who grew up in a reinforced concrete city, Shan’s mother is also indifferent to the four bodies and the five grains. I want to talk to my children about the growing process of rice and let them know how to cherish food, but I feel like I can’t start because I don’t understand it either.

Fortunately, we saw this book "Meal on the Plate".

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The picture book is based on the Yuanyang terraced fields in Yunnan and uses solar terms as the background. clue. It shows us the whole process of growing rice and turning it into rice. This is a very popular science picture book.

The picture book is divided into 2 parts.

The first part takes time as the axis and the solar terms as the order. Describing the steps of rice cultivation by the Hani people, it is a record of the entire process of rice cultivation.

"The weather gradually warms up during the rainy season, and the spring rain leaves sufficient moisture on the terraces. The mountain cherry blossoms are blooming brilliantly, and people begin to prepare for the new year's farming." I saw people carrying various farm tools Soil is being loosened.

"In the wake of the awakening of insects, people sprinkle the budding rice seeds on the flat and soft rice fields."

In the beginning of summer, everyone transplants rice seedlings together.

At the autumnal equinox, the rice is ripe and people begin to harvest it.

Frost has fallen and the Hani people’s "October Festival" has arrived, and people have separated the rice from the rice husks. Every household prepares meals and holds a long street feast to celebrate the year's harvest.

?The second part is a popular science chapter, which records in detail the growth conditions of each stage of rice growth and the tools that need to be used.

After reading the whole book, I finally have a detailed understanding of the whole process of rice growth. I remember my favorite drive on the old road in Heqing, Dali. Every time I pass there, I can see hard-working people in the rice fields. Working in the field, the green rice sets off people's white clothes, making people feel that the years are quiet and peaceful. Looking at the green rice fields, they feel that the food will be particularly sweet.

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Rice, native to my country, is the world’s main food Crops, mainly distributed in tropical and subtropical regions of Asia, Africa and America. In 1993, a Sino-US joint archaeological team discovered ancient cultivated rice dating back 14,000-18,000 years ago in Yuchanyan, Dao County, Hunan Province, China, confirming that China was the first country to cultivate rice in the world. "Historical Records" records that rice was widely cultivated during the period of Dayu. Xia Benji records: "Order to benefit the common people so that they can plant humid and humid crops. Order Hou Ji to provide hard-to-find food to the common people. If the food is small, the surplus will be given to each other to equalize the feudal princes." "Dayu ordered Boyi to distribute rice seeds to everyone and plant them in the paddy fields, and also ordered Houji to distribute food to everyone. Where there was no food, he ordered the surplus to be given to those who had less. It can be seen that rice has been the food we depend on for survival a long time ago.

The painting style of the picture book is very realistic, which is what Shan’s mother likes very much. It is fresh, simple, and the colors are harmonious.

Look, what is in the sky? Shan said, it's the big bad wolf and the little bad wolf.

It turns out that the naughty author painted the clouds in the sky in the shape of two wolves, as well as the shapes of wolves and sheep. It seems that this is what the young author has given in the realistic and serious style of painting throughout the article. Our laughs.

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Speaking of the author, the author Yu Hongcheng was born in 1989 Sister Xiang, I didn’t expect it. What Shan’s mother didn’t expect was that as the youngest person born in the 1980s, in order to truly restore the entire process of rice growth, she could calm down and choose to visit Yuanyang terraced fields in the remote Honghe River in Yunnan, live in a farmhouse, and follow the farmers every day. Go to the fields, observe, sketch, and photograph the process of growing rice. It is the author's sense of responsibility that allows us to see such excellent picture books, and it also witnesses the persistence, perseverance, responsibility and responsibility of our young people.

Another recommendable aspect of this book is its background. The picture book takes the Yuanyang terraced fields as the background and records the traditional rice cultivation methods of the Hani people who have lived here for generations. As a Yunnanese, I feel particularly proud when I see the traditional rice production methods and living conditions of our ethnic minorities in Yunnan being recorded in picture books.

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Our 26 unique ethnic minorities have our unique culture and history! These histories and cultures not only influence our past and present, but will also shine infinitely in our future.

?As an indispensable food every day, rice is an indispensable energy for our work and life. It provides sugar and nutrients to our body. Every grain of rice helps people from all walks of life in our great motherland, allowing them to work with peace of mind and open a new chapter for China's future.

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