Poetry: The flying mirror under the moon, the clouds forming sea towers.
Original text:
"Farewell at the Jingmen Gate" by Li Bai of the Tang Dynasty?
Going across the Jingmen Gate to travel from the Kingdom of Chu. The mountains end with the plains, and the river flows into the wilderness.
Under the moon, there is a flying mirror, and the clouds form a sea tower. Still feeling pity for the water in my hometown, I send my boat sailing thousands of miles away.
Translation:
Traveling far away by boat, passing by the Jingmen area, we arrived at the hometown of Chu. The green hills gradually disappear, and the plains stretch as far as the eye can see. The Yangtze River surges into the vast wilderness.
The moon reflects on the river, like a flying mirror tomorrow; the clouds rise, changing endlessly, forming a mirage. The water in my hometown is reluctant to part with me and sends me sailing all the way.
Appreciation:
This poem was written by Li Bai when he came out of Shu. Li Bai left Shu this time and took a long boat ride by water, passing through Bayu, out of the Three Gorges, and headed straight beyond Jingmen Mountain. The purpose was to visit the hometown of the Chu Kingdom in Hubei and Hunan. "Crossing the distance outside Jingmen, coming to travel from the state of Chu" refers to this grand tour. At this time, the young poet was very interested. He sat on the boat and admired the towering mountains on both sides of Wushan Mountain. Along the way, the scenery in front of him gradually changed. When the boat passed the Jingmen area, it was already a plain wilderness, and the field of vision suddenly broadened. Beautiful scenery.
Introduction to the author:
Li Bai (701-762), courtesy name Taibai and Qinglian Jushi, was a romantic poet of the Tang Dynasty and was hailed as the "Immortal of Poetry" by later generations. His ancestral home is Longxi Chengji (to be tested). He was born in Suiye City in the Western Regions. He moved with his father to Mianzhou, Jiannan Road when he was 4 years old. Li Bai has more than a thousand poems and essays in existence, and the "Collection of Li Taibai" has been handed down to the world.