筐: basket...
民众: populace, masses, the people...
围绕: to revolve around, to center on (an issue)...
繁殖: to breed, to reproduce, to propagate...
摇摆: to sway, to wobble, to waver...
竹竿: bamboo, bamboo pole...
恰巧: fortunately, unexpectedly, by coincidence...
凄凉: desolate (place)...
计策: stratagem...
霞: rose-tinted sky or clouds at sunrise or sunset...
