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Night berth near Fengqiao
Tang zhangji
Crows fell on the moon, crowed coldly, slept on maple trees, and slept in fishing lanes by the river.
In the lonely Hanshan Temple outside Suzhou, the bell that rang in the middle of the night reached the passenger ship.
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Qiao Feng: The name of the bridge is in the west of Nagato, Wuxian County, Jiangsu Province.
Night berth: berth the ship at the dock at night.
Uti: Crows crow. Wu, referring to crows, also refers to birds that perch in trees at night. Some people say that Wuti here refers to Wuti Town. Frost all over the sky: an exaggeration to describe the sky is frost, which aims to show that the weather is very cold.
Jiang Feng: Maple trees by the river.
Fishing fire: it is the lamp on the fishing boat. Some people think that "fishing fire" here refers to fishermen who fish together. )
Gusu: Suzhou is another name, named after Gusu Mountain in the southwest of the city.
Hanshan Temple: A temple one mile west of Qiao Feng. According to legend, in the early Tang Dynasty, two famous monks, Hanshan and Pika, lived here, hence the name.
Midnight bell: temples in the Tang Dynasty have the habit of ringing bells in the middle of the night.
Poetry analysis:
The moon is setting in the west, the autumn frost is all over the sky, crows crow in front of the mountain, and the lights on fishing boats on the river reflect maple trees, which makes me sleepless all night. The midnight bell came from Hanshan Temple outside Suzhou and slowly drifted to my boat.
Background of extended data creation
According to Volume III of Biography of Talented Scholars in the Tang Dynasty, Zhang Ji was promoted by Yang Jun, assistant minister of does, in the 12th year of Tianbao (753), that is to say, he was admitted as a scholar. In January of the 14th year of Tianbao, the Anshi Rebellion broke out, and in June of the 15th year of Tianbao, Xuanzong rushed to Shu. Because the political situation in Jiangnan was relatively stable at that time, many scribes fled to Jiangsu and Zhejiang to avoid chaos, including Zhang Ji.
One autumn night, the poet anchored at Fengqiao outside Suzhou. The beautiful scenery of autumn night in Jiangnan water town attracted this traveler with travel worries, which made him appreciate a poetic beauty with meaningful feelings and wrote this poem with clear artistic conception.