Yellow Crane Tower
Tang Dynasty: Cui Hao
The fairy of the past has flown away by the yellow crane, leaving only an empty Yellow Crane Tower.
The yellow crane never revisited earth, there have been no long white clouds for thousands of years.
Every tree in Hanyang has become clear due to sunlight, and Nautilus Island is covered with sweet grass.
But I looked home, and the twilight was getting thicker. The river is shrouded in mist, which brings people deep melancholy.
2. Translation:
The immortal of the past has flown away with the Yellow Crane, leaving only an empty Yellow Crane Tower here.
The yellow crane never came back. For thousands of years, it only saw long white clouds.
Hanyang trees are clearly visible in the sun, and Nautilus Island is covered with green grass.
It is getting late. Looking into the distance, where is my hometown? In front of me, I saw a mist hanging over the river, which brought people deep sorrow.
3. Explain:
(1). Yellow Crane Tower: It was originally located in Wuchang District, Wuhan City, Hubei Province. In the early years of the Republic of China, it was burnt down and rebuilt by 1985. Legend has it.
In ancient times, there was a fairy named Feiyi who rode a crane here to ascend to immortality.
(2). Previous life: refers to the legendary fairy Zi An. Because he once rode a crane over the Yellow Crane Mountain (also known as Snake Mountain) and built a building.
(3) ride: drive.
(4). Go: Leave.
(5). Empty: Only.
(6) Return: Return, return.
(7). Empty leisurely: deep, big meaning
(8). Youyou: The appearance of floating.
(9). Sichuan: Plain.
(10). Vivid: clear and countable.
(1 1). Hanyang: Place name, now Hanyang District, Wuhan City, Hubei Province, facing the Yellow Crane Tower across the river.
(12). Lush: describes lush vegetation.
(13). Nautilus Island: It is located in the southwest of Wuchang District, Wuhan City, Hubei Province. According to the Records of the Later Han Dynasty, when Zu Ren was the satrap of Jiangxia, he once had a big banquet here.
I got on a parrot, so it's called parrot island. In the Tang Dynasty, it was gradually washed away by water in the Yangtze River southwest of Hanyang.
(14). Xiangguan: hometown.
4. Appreciate:
This poem is a masterpiece of nostalgia. The poet boarded the historical site Yellow Crane Tower and got a panoramic view of the scenery before him. His poems are full of emotion, blurted out and beyond words. It is both natural and magnificent, full of personality. Poetry is not harmonious, but the syllables are clear and not awkward. It's really one step at a time, and it has become a treasure admired by all previous dynasties. Legend has it that Li Bai boarded this building and witnessed this poem, which impressed him deeply. He said: "There is a scene in front of me, with Cui Hao's poems on it." Yan Canglang also said that the seven-character poems of the Tang Dynasty should be the first. It shows that poetry is precious to nature, even if it is metrical. There are many poems about the Yellow Crane Tower in past dynasties, but Cui Hao's Seven Rhymes are the best. Look at what he wrote: A long time ago, a yellow crane carried a saint to heaven, and now there is nothing but the Yellow Crane Tower. The yellow crane never revisited earth, there have been no long white clouds for thousands of years. Every tree in Hanyang has become clear due to sunlight, and Nautilus Island is covered with sweet grass. But I looked home, and the twilight was getting thicker. The river is shrouded in mist, which brings people deep melancholy.
With rich imagination, readers will be introduced into ancient times and returned to reality. All kinds of feelings and natural scenery blend together, and no one can but feel its sadness and desolation. This poem has always been highly praised by people and is listed as the first of the seven laws in the Tang Dynasty.
Legend has it that Li Bai traveled around the world in his prime, leaving poems everywhere. When he boarded the Yellow Crane Tower, he was fascinated by the beautiful scenery upstairs and downstairs. When he was about to write a poem as a souvenir, he suddenly looked up and saw Cui Hao's poem upstairs.
5. The author introduces:
Cui Hao was a scholar in the Kaiyuan period of Tang Dynasty. He was an official in Taibu Temple. When he was in Tianbao, he was Si Xun's foreign minister. The most talked about is his Yellow Crane Tower. It is said that Li Bai wrote an inscription for it, and once praised it as "there is a scene in front of me, and Cui Hao wrote a poem on it". There are 42 Complete Poems of Tang Dynasty.