Research On Shandong Agricultural Proverbs

The research of agricultural proverbs is a relatively new field in the research of agricultural history.At present,it is very necessary to study agricultural proverbs.The study of agricultural proverbs is of great significance to fully understand Chinese traditional agricultural production,enrich the research scope of agricultural history,and provide suggestions for the new socialist countryside.Agricultural proverbs are a kind of proverbs,more than half of which belong to agricultural proverbs.Xu Shen’s Shuowen Jiezi: "Proverbs,rumours also",proverbs are a kind of language that people pass on from mouth to mouth.For the definition of agricultural proverbs,although there are slightly different expressions,they have their own characteristics in form and content: in content,they are related to agricultural production,originated from agricultural production,and also have a certain guiding role for agricultural production;in form,the language is concise,brief,and easy to understand,and passed down by word of mouth,which has been used by successive generations.The classification of agricultural proverbs is complex because it is a huge system.The classification of agricultural proverbs is based on the collected agricultural proverbs in Shandong Province.Based on the agricultural regionalization in Shandong Province,the comprehensive agricultural regionalization in Shandong Province started in 1980.Combined with the characteristics of natural environment and comprehensive agricultural production activities in Shandong Province,the province is divided into eight agricultural production areas,namely: Jiaodong agricultural,forestry and fishing area,Bohai agricultural,animal husbandry and fishing area,North Shandong Agricultural,forestry and pastoral area,Shandong Province Taking the agricultural area as the classification standard is conducive to the relationship between Shandong agriculture and agricultural proverbs,as well as the characteristics of Shandong Agricultural proverbs.The regionality of agricultural production directly determines the uniqueness of agricultural proverbs.It is based on its uniqueness that agricultural proverbs also have fresh vitality.The uniqueness of Shandong Agricultural proverbs is mainly reflected in the variety of crops,strong timing and difference of sowing and harvesting,as well as the distinct theme of two-year and three harvest agricultural proverbs.At the sametime,we try to analyze its uniqueness,and think that climate conditions,topography and other factors are the main factors to produce the uniqueness of Shandong Agricultural proverbs.Agricultural proverbs not only contain rich knowledge of Agronomy,but also have rich connotation of Agronomy thought.Agricultural production is highly dependent on natural conditions,and land is the foundation of agricultural production.In agricultural production,human subjectivity is indispensable.In agricultural proverbs,the thought of heaven,earth and man is unified.The traditional Chinese thought of "three talents" is deeply permeated in Shandong Agricultural proverbs.The agronomic thought in Shandong Agricultural proverbs is mainly embodied in the agricultural thought of working and weaving as the basis of teaching,the human power view of the people,the land power view of the people who live and the agricultural time view of the people who raise.The agronomic thought in these agricultural proverbs is the crystallization of the wisdom of the working people,and also a way to study the traditional agricultural production.Compared with agricultural books,agricultural proverbs have more practical guiding significance.They run through all aspects of crop growth,just like "agricultural production manual",and have a direct guiding role for agricultural production.At the same time,Shandong is the birthplace of Confucian culture.Confucian culture has an important influence on the formation of social atmosphere in Shandong,and these influences are also reflected in Shandong Agricultural proverbs.At the same time,agricultural proverbs are mainly spread in the form of oral transmission,because their language is concise and easy to understand,which is the characteristics of Chinese agricultural proverbs.At the same time,the use of rhetorical devices,surface meaning and metaphorical meaning in Shandong Agricultural proverbs make Shandong Agricultural proverbs not only literary but also philosophical.The research on agricultural proverbs belongs to a relatively new field in the history of agriculture.Due to the author’s shallow knowledge,many problems in agricultural proverbs have not been solved.For example,the forecast of meteorological proverbs is sometimes no less than that of today’s meteorological stations.How the ancient working people can achieve accurate weather forecast through the accumulation of experience needs further study.At the same time,agriculture is an industry integrating heaven,earth and man,and the traditional philosophy embodied by the working people in the proverbs needs further study.Therefore,the research of agricultural proverbs should be included in the research category of agriculturalhistory,and its rich connotation should be excavated constantly,so that the "agricultural books" of farmers can be inherit.