The green mountains on both sides of the Taiwan Strait are facing each other, and a lonely sail is coming. What does this poem mean? The green mountains on both sides of the Taiwan Strait are facing e

The green mountains on both sides of the Taiwan Strait are facing each other, and a lonely sail is coming. What does this poem mean? The green mountains on both sides of the Taiwan Strait are facing each other. Original text and translation

1. The green mountains on both sides of the strait face each other, and a solitary sail comes from the sun. This means that the towering green mountains on both sides of the strait stand opposite each other across the Yangtze River, and a solitary boat on the river looks like it is sailing from the sun.

2. "Looking at Tianmen Mountain" by Li Bai of the Tang Dynasty

Tianmen interrupts the opening of the Chu River, and the clear water flows eastwards to this point.

The green mountains on both sides of the strait face each other, and a lonely sail comes from the sun.

3. Translation: Tianmen Mountain broke off in the middle because the Chu River broke it open. The clear water rushed eastward and turned back here. Towering green mountains on both sides of the river stand opposite each other across the Yangtze River, and a lone boat on the river looks like it is sailing from the sun.