Plowing　A farmer puts one hand on the curved-shaft plow while whipping the cattle with the other hand. The curved-shaft plow was an essential tillage implement in ancient China, adopted to break up the hardened soil before sowing.

耕　农人一手扶着曲辕犁，一手挥鞭赶牛。曲辕犁是古代中国十分重要的耕作农具，可以碎开板结的土壤，利于后期播种。