"I once saw the oriole crow in Jinling Yutang, and the Qinhuai Waterfront opened early, but it was easy to melt! Watch him rise from Zhu Lou, watch him entertain guests, and watch his building collapse! This mossy pipa pile, I used to sleep happily and watch the rise and fall of 50 years. That Wuyi Lane is not surnamed Wang, Mochou Lake is a night crying ghost, and Phoenix Terrace is an owl. The remnants of Meng Shan are the most authentic, and it is difficult to lose the old land. Don't trust this map! I sang a set of "Hurt Jiangnan" and sang it until I was old. "
Translation:
I have seen songbirds singing in the streets of Nanjing among the Yushu trees in the early morning, and I have seen the fragrance blooming on the pavilions along the Qinhuai River in early spring, but who would have thought that all this would disappear completely like the melting of ice and snow.
I watched him build a large building, I watched him entertain guests, and I watched his building collapse! I slept in this moss-covered green rubble, and I watched the rise and fall of these 50 years. The famous Wuyi Lane is no longer surnamed Wang. Mochow Lake is really a ghost crying and wolf howling, and only owls live in Phoenix Terrace! The dream I once had in Canshan seemed real and the old love was unforgettable. I don't want to believe that this mountain has changed hands! I have to write a song mourning Jiangnan and sing this sad voice until I am old.
Extended data
Wuyi Lane can be understood as the quatrains of Gu Xiang on the south bank of Zhuque Bridge on Qinhuai River in Nanjing and Liu Yuxi in Tang Dynasty.
Gu Xiang 1
Wuyi Lane, located on the south bank next to Wende Bridge on Qinhuai River in Qinhuai District, Nanjing, is located in the core area of Qinhuai Scenic Belt of Confucius Temple. It is the oldest and most famous ancient incense in China. At that time, it was the residence of a noble family in China, and during the Three Kingdoms period, it was the location of the military camp of Wu Zhenshou Shicheng. Wuyi Lane was the mansion of two wealthy families in Xie Wang in Jin Dynasty. Children of both families like to wear black clothes to show their dignity, hence the name.
Cultural masters such as Wang Xizhi, Wang Xianzhi and Xie Lingyun, the originator of landscape poetry school, have emerged in Wuyi Lane, which is full of houses. Wu Yixiang witnessed Xie Wang's artistic achievement, which is closely related to the history of two big families and even the whole cultural history of China. From 65438 to 0997, Qinhuai District People's Government restored Wuyi Lane, excavated and displayed its long history, and rebuilt the memorial hall of Wang Xie's ancient house with national style. After thousands of years of vicissitudes, Wuyi Lane is no longer the prosperity of the past, and there is no crisscross of gentry. Instead, tourists visit Wang Xiehua Hall.
2. Liu Yuxi's seven-character quatrains in Tang Dynasty
Wuyi Xiang is one of the representative works of Liu Yuxi, a poet in the Tang Dynasty. This is a poem that recalls the present and hangs on the present. It's the second poem of Jinling Five Questions. This poem praises the prosperity of Zhuque Bridge on Qinhuai River in Nanjing and Wuyi Lane on the south bank in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, but now it is overgrown with weeds and desolate, with a sense of vicissitudes.
It is a common phenomenon that the author chooses the host family where Swallow lives, which is no longer the master of the old days. It makes people realize that wealth and splendor are hard to maintain, and those high-ranking officials and nobles who once enjoyed the scenery are a thing of the past. There is not a comment in the poem, but through the description of weeds and sunset, taking swallows as witnesses of ups and downs, it skillfully links history with reality and guides people to think about the development of the times and the changes of society, which contains profound implications.