Night berth near Fengqiao
Dynasty: Tang Dynasty Author: Zhang Ji
Crows fell on the moon, crowed coldly, slept on maple trees, and slept in fishing lanes by the river.
In the lonely Hanshan Temple outside Suzhou, the bell that rang in the middle of the night reached the passenger ship.
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The moon has set, crows are still crowing, twilight is hazy, frost. The maple trees by the river and the fishing fire on the boat make it difficult for a person to sleep. In the lonely and quiet Hanshan Temple outside Gusu, the bell that rang in the middle of the night reached the passenger ship I was riding.
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Qiao Feng: Outside Nagato, Suzhou. The title of this poem is also called Sleeping at Maple Bridge at Night.
Berthing at night: To berth a ship at night.
Jiang Feng: The names of the two bridges next to Hanshan Temple: Jiangcun Bridge and Qiao Feng Bridge. Qiao Feng is also known as Qiao Feng. According to the Records of the Unification of the Qing Dynasty, this bridge was not originally called Qiao Feng, but was originally a waterway traffic artery and a dock where ships docked. Before the Tang Dynasty, water bandits and pirates often invaded, so the bridge was blocked every night to ensure safety, so it was named Qiao Feng.
Gusu: Suzhou is another name, named after Gusu Mountain in the southwest of the city.
Hanshan Temple: Near Qiao Feng, it was built in the Southern Liang Dynasty. According to legend, it was named after Hanshan, a monk who lived here in the Tang Dynasty. In Xifengqiao Town, Suzhou today. The real name is Miaoliping Pagoda, also known as Qiao Feng Temple; Another way of saying it, "Cold Mountain" refers to Cold Mountain, not the name of the temple.
Midnight bell: At that time, the monk temple had the habit of ringing bells in the middle of the night, which was also called "impermanence bell". Ouyang Xiu's Poem on June 1st once said: "Poets are greedy for good sentences, but they are unreasonable and inarticulate. For example, in the Tang Dynasty, there was a saying that' Hanshan Temple outside Gusu City, the bell rang at midnight to the passenger ship', and it would be better for people to say it, for example, midnight is not the time to ring the bell. "
"Geng Xi Shi Hua" demonstrates here: "However, I used to be an official in Gusu, and every three drums were exhausted. At the beginning of the fourth drum, all the bells rang, thinking that it had been since the Tang Dynasty. Looking back on Gu Yu's poems, he said, "Be sure to know your friends at home and listen to the midnight bell of Goushan in the distance." Bai Letian said, "Under the new autumn pine, after midnight." Wen Tingjun cloud:
Looking back at the leisurely travel list frequently, there is no window to relax at midnight. So the elder said, not just Zhang. "Sun Song's quatrain" Crossing the Qiao Feng Temple "says:" A white head is dreaming, and a green hill will not change its old appearance. The five bodies of the moon fall on the temple by the bridge, and the pillow still smells midnight. " The poem says: "Zhang Ji's" Midnight Bell to the Passenger Ship "was once recited and was fooled by the former dynasties. The poetic flow depends on the scenery to state, only in the melody tone, in the combination of interest and image, in the pure fact.
Do you have free time? Whether it is right or wrong in the middle of the night, that is, whether the bell smells or not, is unknown. ""Don't pick up the gold in Tang Poetry ""The bell at night, or it is wrong, or there is a midnight bell here, is not the way. If you want it, the poet can't be persistent. If you persist, then' the morning bell is wet outside the clouds',' the bell and the white clouds' and' the fallen leaves are full of sparse bells' are all unreasonable. "