"Barpies on the Significance of the Sun for Life on Earth"

Barpy Alykulov was born in 1869 in the Achi region of the Suzak district and died in 1949. The overwhelming majority of his works were created before 1923 (before he became completely blind).

The poetic creativity of the famous akyn Barpy is characterized by the reflection of folk concepts about various phenomena of the surrounding world.

He critically approached many of these concepts that were prevalent among the people, rejecting their religious-mystical nature, and sought to provide an objective, realistic interpretation of natural phenomena.

In "Dialectics of Nature," Engels emphasized that "... all nature unfolds before us as a certain system of connections and processes. A materialistic worldview simply means understanding nature as it is, without any extraneous additions..."

Barpy generally correctly assessed the knowledge about nature that existed among the people.

Since the Kyrgyz had no special physical terms, they considered the Sun, which provides the strongest energy, to be the "strongest fire":
Kundun nuru белгилуу
Kuchtuu otton jaralgan
Kundun nuru zhetkenden vsumdutker zhan alghan,
Buu'dai vsup maisalap Azyq bolchu dan alghan.
Gul achilip, kep zhaynap vsumduktun baary vsup
Kundun nuru bolboso,
Ar bir turduu memelvr vzhu byshyp bak bolboyt .

It is clear to us that the sunbeam
Consists of strong fire.
Sun rays
Give life to plants.
Wheat ripens
And the harvest matures,
Flowers bloom,
Everything around is fragrant.
If there were no Sun,—
The Earth would not be fertile.

From these words, it is clear that the akyn understood correctly that it is the sun rays that are the direct source of growth and development of all living things on Earth. As F. Engels wrote, "People thought dialectically long before they knew what dialectics was, just as they spoke in prose long before the word 'prose' appeared."

Thus, Barpy's ideas were spontaneously materialistic. In plants, the energy of the Sun is transformed into chemical energy. Carbon dioxide from the air enters the green leaves of plants, which under the influence of solar energy decomposes into oxygen and carbon. Oxygen is released (evaporates) into the air, while carbon remains in the leaves.

Thanks to solar energy, the average annual temperature on Earth is 15 degrees Celsius. The following lines of the akyn are interesting:
Zharik kundun nurunan
Zhan-zhanibar nav alghan,
Kybyragan jandarga,
Al kirgizgen — chykkan Kun.
Aryk maldy semirtip,
Kan kirgizgen — chykkan Kun.
Adam menen aiybanga,
Zhan kirgizgen — chykkan Kun.

The rays of the rising Sun
Grant life to all living beings
Even tiny insects
Gain strength from the rays of the rising Sun.
Thin livestock fatten, filling with fat,
From the rays of the rising Sun.
People and beasts thrive
From the rays of the rising Sun.

It is known that all life on Earth is connected to the energy of the Sun. The energy of animals and humans is a transformed energy of the sun rays. In other words, the energy necessary for the existence of living organisms is captured, as if stored in the chemical bonds of organic substances by the green leaves of plants and then transferred to grains, root crops, vegetables, and fruits. The green leaf is a living factory of organic synthesis, operating on solar energy.