Yang Wanli's poem describing the West Lake is as follows:
Seeing Lin Zifang from Jingci Temple
Author Yang Wanli? Dynasty Song
After all, the scenery of the West Lake in June is different from that at four o'clock.
the lotus leaves are infinitely bright in the next day, and the lotus flowers reflect the sun in a different color.
Translation:
The scenery of the West Lake in June is different from that in other seasons: the dense layers of lotus leaves are spread out, connected with the blue sky, and there is endless green; The graceful lotus flower is in full bloom, and it is particularly bright and red under the sunshine.
Note:
(1) Dawn: The sun has just risen. Jingci Temple: The full name is "Jingci Gratitude Guangxiao Temple", and Lingyin Temple are two famous Buddhist temples in Nanbei Mountain of West Lake in Hangzhou. Lin zifang: the author's friend, secretary of the official residence cabinet.
(2) after all: after all. Mid-June: mid-June.
(3) Four seasons: spring, summer, autumn and winter. In this case, it refers to other seasons besides June. Same: same.
(4) connecting with the sky: like connecting with the sky. Infinite: boundless. Infinite blue: because the lotus leaves are very wide, they seem to be connected with the sky, so they are infinitely green.
(5) reflecting the sun: the sun is red. Different: Song Dynasty proverb, special, different. Another kind of red: red is particularly outstanding.
Appreciation:
This is a poem describing the beautiful scenery of the West Lake in June. This poem is a typical work with pictures in it and poems in it.
At the beginning, the poet said that the scenery of the West Lake in June is different from other seasons. These two unpretentious poems further illustrate that the scenery of the West Lake in summer is different. These two sentences are the general feelings of the poet about the West Lake in June. The word "after all" highlights the unique and extraordinary scenery of the West Lake in June, giving people a rich and beautiful imagination.
The first sentence seems abrupt, but the actual sentence is full of atmosphere. Although the reader has not appreciated the beauty of the West Lake from the poem, he can already feel it from the poet's admiring tone. Poetry seems to blurt out, which is the most intuitive feeling after being shocked and overjoyed, thus strengthening the beauty of the West Lake.
Then, the poet painted the reader a brilliant picture with a sentence full of strong color contrast: "The lotus leaves in the next day are infinitely blue, and the lotus flowers in the next day are different in color."
These two sentences specifically describe different landscape pictures after all: the lotus leaf stretched to the end with the lake and the blue sky merged together, resulting in an "infinite" artistic space, painted with endless blue color; On this blue background, the lotus flowers reflected by the sun are spotted, so beautiful and bright.
Lotus leaves with infinite blue sky and lotus flowers with different colors reflecting the sun are not only seen in spring, autumn and winter, but also in summer, which is only seen in the most vigorous period of lotus flowers in mid-June. The poet captured the unique scenery in this midsummer, which was summarized and appropriate. This kind of transformation in the essay, although ups and downs, has no abrupt feeling. The seemingly dull pen and ink show readers an evocative artistic situation.