Today, let's learn a poem by Li Bai, a great poet in the Tang Dynasty, praising the beautiful landscape of Jingmen, Hubei:
"Jingmen Ferry Farewell to Friends" Don Li Bai
Sail from Jingmen Ferry, and soon you will be with southerners.
At the end of the mountain range and the beginning of the plain, the river winds through the wilderness.
The moon rises like a mirror, and the sea clouds twinkle like palaces.
The water brings you the feeling of home and makes your boat travel 300 miles.
"Jingmen Ferry Farewell to Friends", crossing outside Jingmen, traveling around the world with swords.
In his poems, Li Bai described the spectacular scenery of mountains and rivers he saw on his way from his hometown, Zhongshu Qingxi, along the Yangtze River to the Three Gorges, Xiazhou and Dujingmen, and expressed his love for the great rivers and mountains of the motherland, showing the inner excitement of an outstanding young poet when he realized his long-cherished desire to travel far away, but at the same time he expressed his deep affection for his hometown in his poems. This contradictory emotion is expressed incisively and vividly in the last sentence of the poem, which is worthy of being the masterpiece of the leading figures in the poetry circle in the prosperous Tang Dynasty. Reciting casually is the best in poetry! Now, let's enjoy this beautiful poem together.
"Sail from Jingmen Ferry, and soon you will be with southerners."
"Sailing from Jingmen Ferry, you will soon be with people in the south", and the poet explained his travel route and destination at the beginning of the poem.
This time, the poet sailed out of Shu, via Bayu, out of the Three Gorges and straight out of Jingmen Mountain, in order to visit Chu's hometown in Hubei and Hunan.
Beautiful Jingmen city flower
"Through the Distance" shows the poet's expectation when he first visited Chu.
In this poem, "Chu State" refers to the area around Hubei. During the Spring and Autumn Period, Jingmen, Hubei Province belongs to the territory of Chu State and has a splendid Jingchu cultural heritage. For a young poet who loves poetry creation, it is extremely normal to go to Chu for the first time and can't hold back his inner excitement. Therefore, in this seemingly dull poem, it is full of incomparable excitement and expectation.
"The end of the mountain and the beginning of the plain"
"The mountain ends here, and the plain begins here". In just five characters, the poet described the geographical environment of Jingmen, the geographical position of the Yangtze River here and the magnificent scenery on both sides.
There are towering mountains on both sides of the Three Gorges. When the boat passed Jingmen, the mountains faded away. At present, there is an endless Yuan Ye, and the vision is suddenly enlightened, which is a brand-new sight that the poet has never seen in his hometown of Shu.
What beautiful mountains and rivers!
The word "Sui" is the most appropriate usage to turn static into dynamic. Here, the poet gradually changed the position of mountains and rivers with a word "Sui" and truly showed it to readers. Its expression is like a group of moving pictures shot by modern people with modern focal plane. With the continuous passing of the lens, it gives people a sense of mobility and space, making the static mountains appear dynamic pictures. It seems that the cruise ships in the river are not moving, but on both sides. Being able to use language instead of photographic lens to describe the moving trend of "still life" is the work of "Poet Fairy".
The word "Jin" fully illustrates the important geographical position of the "Chu-Shu throat" fortress in Jingmen Mountain, and expresses the poet's high generalization ability in concise language.
Three Gorges of the Yangtze River, the current is fast.
"River with Wind Across the Wilderness" describes the momentum of the rushing river: from Jingmen, the Yangtze River seems to flow into the distant desert of Yuan Ye, showing a vast sky and a lofty realm. The words "Ru" and "Liu" describe the mighty momentum of the Yangtze River and the changes in geographical areas and topography along the way. At the same time, it also shows the poet's lofty sentiments, his inner joy and high-spirited passion, and the breath of youth comes to my face.