Dear All,

"The east wind thaws the ice,

Dormant insects stir to life,

Fish rise beneath melting ice"

These early spring visions from The Seventy-Two Pentads unfold before us once more.

When the first warm sun awakens the frozen soil,

When the cuckoo's call parts the morning mist,

We extend this ancient invitation:

Lay down your crimson pens, take up emerald hoes

Amid The Book of Songs' ballads of "wives bringing meals to the fields, their laughter cheering laborers,"

In Tao Yuanming's pastoral bliss where "hoes bring joy to seasonal work, smiles ease farmers' toil,"

Let us begin a dialogue with the earth that spans millennia.

Here, no concrete confines—only Wang Wei's expansive vistas where

"Pheasants call through ripening wheat, silkworms sleep on thinning mulberry leaves."

Here, no digital glare—just Yang Wanli's misty watercolors:

"Green hills bleed into silver streams, cuckoos sing through rain like smoke."

Guided by Su Shi's verse

"Spring fields glisten post-rain like satin,

Summer winds carry the scent of baking grain cakes"

Let soil cake your fingertips,

Let the earth's pulse thrum through your soles.

Between sowing and harvest, rediscover Chinese civilization's primal rhythms.

▍ Program Highlights

① Mushroom Cultivation · Dew-Nourished Wisdom

Channel Tao Yuanming's "dawn weeding by moonlight's return" as we grow mushrooms on cottonseed hulls, witnessing Qi Min Yao Shu's marvel of "fungi thriving on decayed wood."

② Seedling Transplanting · Life at Your Fingertips

Practice Fan Chengda's Four Seasons Pastoral joy—

"Hard-won fruits tempt birds and children alike"—

Transplanting tomato and pepper seedlings while mastering drip irrigation.

③ Rice Planting · Earthly Meditation

Lu You's "Seasonal rains come at Grain in Ear,

Seedlings blanket every field."

Barefoot in cool mud, learn the zen of

"Stepping backward to advance,"

And perhaps catch loaches amidst rice paddies!

▍ Special Features

Mountain Lunch: Gather pine mushrooms from The Mountain Hermit's Pantry to stew a farmhouse chicken hotpot, evoking Du Fu's "Spring chives cut after night rain."

▍ Your Rewards

✓ Take home your own mushroom cultivation kit

✓ Learn nature's cadence through Li Bai's "Spring toil without complaint"

✓This project qualifies for CEC1020 routine practice activity certification (4 credit hours).

Date: April, 5

Meeting Point: Gateway of Muse College

Participation Guidelines

1.This event is free to join, but a 100 RMB deposit is required in advance to prevent last-minute cancellations after successful registration.

2.After participating, each attendee must submit a 300-500-word reflection on the spring farming experience, choosing one of the following themes:

(1) The relationship between humans and nature.

(2) The clash between traditional farming and modern civilization.

(3) My personal perspective on the spring farming experience.

3.The deposit will be refunded upon full participation and submission of the reflection.

4.After successful registration, you will receive a confirmation email and gain access to the WeChat group.

As Su Shi proclaimed in Eight Poems of Dongpo:

"In spring, shoots;

In summer, leaves;

In autumn, fruit;

In winter, roots."

This communion with the soil will be the most vibrant "wild classroom" of your college years.

We eagerly await your participation!

Best regards,