Moon in Xijiang River Xin Qiji
The bright moon scares the magpies on the branches, and the breeze sings the cicadas in the middle of the night. The fragrance of rice flowers tells of a good harvest, and the sound of frogs sounds.
Seven or eight stars are outside the sky, and two or three points of rain are in front of the mountain. In the old days, by the forest of Maodian Society, I suddenly saw a bridge over a stream when the road turned.
Explanation
This article is a masterpiece written when the author lived in Daihu, Shangrao. It depicts the beautiful scenery of rural summer nights through his specific feelings of walking on the yellow sand road at night. The image is vivid and lifelike, the feeling is cordial and delicate, and the brushwork is light and lively, giving people a sense of reality and immersion. This poem reflects the style of Xin's poems diversity.
The description of Qing in the previous film uses familiar words such as "bright moon" and "qingfeng". However, when they are combined with "frightened magpies on other branches" and "chirping cicadas in the middle of the night", It forms a deep artistic conception with both sound and color, and appropriate movement. People even ignore the smoothness and smoothness of the contrast between these two sentences. "Moon" and "frightened magpie", "wind" and "singing cicada" are not simple lists of things, but have internal connections and causal relationships. In the third and fourth sentences, the author seizes the most characteristic things in the summer night countryside and further develops them. Because the visibility at night is limited, the author's feelings are not mainly captured by the eyes, but sometimes by the sense of smell and hearing. "The fragrance of rice flowers tells of a good harvest, and the sound of frogs sounds heard" is described from the two aspects of smell and hearing. This is the main idea in the word and the source of the cheerful and joyful mood that envelopes the whole article. Although the last film was about a clear night, it was already lurking in the rain. People with rich experience in rural life seem to be able to smell and hear the message of an approaching rainstorm from the "scent of rice flowers" and the "sound of frogs".
In the next film, I changed my writing style to write about rain. But it is not written in the rain, but before the rain. The first sentence describes what you see from a distance: "Seven or eight stars are outside the sky", indicating that dark clouds are everywhere and sparse starlight can be seen through the gaps in the clouds. This realm is very different from the atmosphere in the previous film. The second sentence, "Two or three o'clock rain in front of the mountain", writes the message that the showers are beginning to come and the heavy rain is coming. Since the raindrops have been sprinkled in front of the mountain, they will soon be sprinkled behind the mountain. The author's mood turned a little anxious, which naturally aroused his desire to hurry up or seek shelter from the rain. The third and fourth sentences are written about this psychological activity: "In the old days, by the forest of Maodian Society, I suddenly saw a bridge over a stream when the road turned." Because the author often travels on the Huangsha Road, he clearly knows that there is a thatched shop next to the woods, but At this time, because it was at night and I was feeling flustered, he suddenly disappeared. However, after crossing the stone bridge over the stream and turning a corner, the old thatched cottage suddenly appeared in front of us. How happy this must be!
This poem fully reflects the author's joy for the harvest and his love for rural life.
Translation
The bright moon shines on the magpie on the leaning branch,
It makes it fly uneasily,
The cicadas scream, The breeze in the middle of the night reached my ears.
The fragrance of rice flowers brings the message of good harvest,
Singing the song of good harvest, the sound of frogs is heard.
Seven or eight stars twinkled in the distant sky,
Two or three raindrops sprinkled on the front of the mountain.
Where has the hut shop next to Shelin gone?
Turn around the stone bridge by the stream and suddenly appear in front of you.
The moonlight on the Xijiang River walks along the yellow sand road at night.
The bright moon leaves the branches frightened by magpies, and the breeze sings the cicadas in the middle of the night. The fragrance of rice flowers tells of a good harvest, and the sound of frogs sounds. There are seven or eight stars in the sky, two or three points of rain in front of the mountain. In the old days, by the forest of Maodian Society, I suddenly saw a bridge over a stream when the road turned.