The Meaning of Plants (27)

风吹草低见牛羊, when breeze bend the grass, we can see the herd of cattle and sheep there. This is a folk song of ancient China. It express the herdsman lived in the grassland of north-west China

 敕勒川， in the 敕勒 valley,

 阴山下， under the 阴 mountain.

天似穹庐， the sky looked like a big Mongolian felt tents with rounded tops.

笼盖四野。 It covered the surrounding country.

天苍苍，     the sky is vast and hazy.

野茫茫，    the field is boundless and indistinct

风吹草低见牛羊。when breeze bend the grass, we can see the herd of cattle and sheep there.

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