It means that the city by the river is as beautiful as in the painting, and the mountains are getting darker. I climbed up to the Xie Tiao Tower and looked at the clear sky. Between the two rivers, a lake is like a bright mirror; the two bridges on the river are like rainbows falling from the sky.
Climbing the North Tower of Xiezhen in Xuancheng in Autumn
Tang Dynasty: Li Bai
The river city is picturesque, and the mountains look up to the clear sky at night. (Mountain Evening? One work: Dawn)
Two waters hold a bright mirror, and a rainbow falls on the two bridges.
The crowds are cold, the oranges and pomeloes are cold, and the old sycamores are in autumn colors.
Who reads the North Tower and feels grateful to the Duke in the wind.
Translation
The city by the river was as beautiful as in a painting, and the mountains were getting dusk. I climbed up to the Xie Tiao Tower and gazed into the clear sky.
Between the two rivers, a lake is like a bright mirror; the two bridges on the river are like rainbows falling from the sky.
The orange grove and pomelo grove are hidden in the chilling smoke; the autumn colors are vast, and the phoenix trees also look old.
Who else but me would think of coming to Xie Tiao North Tower, facing the Xiao Sa autumn wind, and missing Mr. Xie?
Extended information:
Appreciation
Readers can imagine the depression and sentimentality among the guests, especially when the autumn wind blows. The poet's lonely mood of. Xuancheng was his old travel place, and he came here again at this time. As soon as he arrived in Xuancheng, he would miss Xie Tiao. This was not only because Xie Tiao left famous historical sites like Diezhang Tower in Xuancheng, but more importantly, because Xie Tiao had the same emotions towards Xuancheng as the poet.
When Li Bai was alone in the Xie Tiao Tower and looked out at the wind, facing the mountains and rivers that Xie Tiao admired, he remembered the poet of the previous generation whom he had always admired. Although ancient and modern times were separated, they The spirit is far away from each other. This confused mood reflected his feeling of depression and loneliness in politics; precisely because he was suppressed in politics and could not find a way out, he had no choice but to devote himself to the mountains and rivers and to be friends with the ancients. It was difficult for anyone to understand his complicated feelings at that time. .