Melodies of the Dust Land Chapter 42

------Xingti, in northern Shaanxi folk songs, no longer "does one thing alone", but "plays multiple roles".

It is not difficult to clarify an abstract idea, but it is not an easy task to turn this idea into a concrete image and clearly and deeply imprint it on people's minds. Working people have their own understanding and experience of life, and their own philosophy. They often give these abstract "philosophies" images and express them through folk songs. For example: they think rich people are evil------"Stone lions glare and dogs bite, and there are no good people in rich families"; they think farmers should rely on each other to survive------"Hewanli "Every inch of grass is connected to its roots, and the poor are connected to their hearts." They believe that in that money society, it is difficult to move without money------" Dead Manzi

Life entangles an individual, and a person without money cannot even take a step."... What do you rely on to explain these concepts and understandings so profoundly? Bixing technique. It makes abstract rationality visual, It has become concrete and correspondingly profound. For example, these two sentences: "The sun in the clouds, the wind in the cave, the scorpion's tail, the stepmother's heart" use the method of overlapping metaphors to elaborate the concept to a profound level. .

I really don’t want to let the good Bixing verses be buried, so I’ll copy a few paragraphs as follows to end this section:

Shandandan flowers are blooming on the back,