“Twelve long years, hurriedly reincarnation.” From "Yellow Crane Tower" (Tang Dynasty) Cui Hao "In the past, people have gone on the Yellow Crane, and the Yellow Crane Tower is empty here. Once the Yellow Crane is gone, it will never return. The white clouds have lingered in the sky for a thousand years. The clear river has seen Hanyang trees, and the grass has grown luxuriantly. Where is the sunset on the river? "
Translation:
In the past. The immortals have flown away on the Yellow Crane, leaving only the empty Yellow Crane Tower.
Once Yellow Crane left, he never returned here. For thousands of years, there were only white clouds floating in the air.
The green trees of Qingchuan Pavilion in Hanyang are clearly visible, and you can even see the Parrot Island with lush grass.
At dusk, I don’t know where is my hometown? Seeing the mist on the river is even more distressing!
Overall Appreciation
Xin Wenfang of the Yuan Dynasty records in "The Biography of Talented Scholars of the Tang Dynasty" that Li Bai ascended the Yellow Crane Tower and wanted to write a poem. When he saw Cui Hao's work, he held back his hands and said: " There is a view in front of me, but Cui Hao wrote a poem above. "The legend may be based on the attachment of later generations, but it may not be true." However, Li Bai did write poems in the style of this poem twice.
The first four sentences of his poem "Parrot Island" say: "Parrots cross the Wujiang River in the east, and the name of parrots is spread in the river. When parrots fly west to Longshan, how green are the trees in Fangzhou." It is exactly the same as Cui's poem. There is also the poem "Ascending the Phoenix Terrace of Jinling" which is also an obvious imitation of this poem. For this reason, poets are praised by many poets. For example, Yan Yu's "Canglang Poetry Talk" said: "Cui Hao's "Yellow Crane Tower" should be the first among the seven-character rhymed poems of the Tang Dynasty." Therefore, Cui Hao's "Yellow Crane" Lou" is even more famous.