on every stick of wheat are growing two ears

on every stick of wheat are growing two ears

Mai xiuliangqi, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is m à IXI à Li à ngq í, which means that two ears grow out of a wheat plant. It is a sign of a good harvest and is often used to praise the outstanding achievements of the official administration. From the collection of Arts and culture.

The origin of Idioms

The 19th volume of Yiwenleiju quoted dongguanhanji: "Zhang Zhan was the governor of Yuyang. He opened more than 8000 hectares of land and advised the people to cultivate, which made him rich. The common people's song says: "mulberry has no branches, and wheat and wheat are different. Zhang Jun is in charge of politics, and music is not to be deceived."

Idiom usage

It is a metaphor for a good year and a good harvest. The Song Dynasty's "Qinyuanchun" CI: "maixiuliangqi, Tang Fu Qianli, governing the most current huangyingchuan." In May of the first year of Qianxing, there were five ears of wheat in nanjianzhou and two ears of wheat in Jinzhou. The title of the Song Dynasty's history of the five elements and the Tang Dynasty's Cui lingqin's Jiao Fang Ji is "Mai Xiu Liang Qi." In volume 5 of bijimanzhi written by Wang Zhuo of Song Dynasty: "wenjiuqinghua says:" the officials of Emperor Shun in Tang Dynasty were frivolous, and they were the officials of Hunan Province in the period of emperor Dezong. After passing through Jinzhou, Zhang Leyan held the cup and asked for the music of Mai Xiu Liang Qi, but the musicians could not. "