Selected verses about China’s Nine Famous Buildings

1. The long couplet of Kunming Grand View Tower written by Sun Beard:

Five hundred miles away, Dianchi Lake rushes towards the eyes, draped in skirts and skirts, the joyful light shines in the sky and is boundless. Look: the divine horse is flying in the east, the spiritual instrument is flying in the west, it is winding in the north, and it is flying in the south. Why don't the masters choose to win? Take advantage of Xie Island and Luozhou to comb and wrap your hair with the wind and mist on your temples; even more, the reed field in the sky is dotted with some green feathers and red clouds. Don't live up to it: surrounded by fragrant rice, thousands of hectares of clear sand, nine-summer hibiscus, and three-spring willows.

Thousands of years of past events are brought to my mind, I drink wine and sigh, who is the hero? Think about it: the Han Dynasty practiced building boats, the Tang Dynasty marked iron pillars, the Song Dynasty wielded jade axes, and the Yuan Dynasty crossed leather bags. Wei Lie's great achievements have exhausted all his efforts to move mountains. All the beaded curtains and painted buildings cannot catch up with the evening rain and morning clouds; then the broken stone tablets are all illuminated by the falling mist. I only win: a few pestles and sparse bells, half a river of fishing fire, two rows of autumn geese, and a pillow of clear frost.

2. Related to the Yellow Crane Tower

A poem by Cui Hao of the Tang Dynasty

Climbing the Yellow Crane Tower

People in the past have ridden the Yellow Crane Go, the Yellow Crane Tower is vacant here.

The yellow crane will never return once it is gone, and the white clouds will remain empty for thousands of years.

Qingchuan is full of Hanyang trees, and the grass is luxuriantly green on Parrot Island.

Where is Rimu Xiangguan? The smoke on the Yanbo River makes people sad.

Two Poems by Li Bai of the Tang Dynasty

The Yellow Crane Tower sends Meng Haoran off to Guangling

The old friend bids farewell to the Yellow Crane Tower in the west, and fireworks descend to Yangzhou in March.

The lone sail is far away and its shadow disappears in the blue sky. Only the Yangtze River can be seen flowing across the sky.

Listening to the flute playing in the Yellow Crane Tower with Shi Langzhongqin

One day I moved to Changsha, but when I looked west to Chang'an, I didn't see my home.

The jade flute is played in the Yellow Crane Tower, and the plum blossoms fall in May in Jiangcheng.

3. Yueyang Tower

A poem by Du Fu of the Tang Dynasty

Climbing the Yueyang Tower

In the past I heard about the Dongting water, now I go up to the Yueyang Tower.

In the southeast corner of Wu and Chu, the universe floats day and night.

There are no relatives and friends, and there are no old and sick people.

The soldiers and horses pass through the north of the mountain, and Pingxuan Tisi flows.

Song Dynasty Fan Zhongyan's Prose

Yueyang Tower

In the spring of the fourth year of Qingli, Teng Zijing was relegated to Baling County. In the next year, the government will be harmonious and people will be harmonious, and everything will be prosperous. Then the Yueyang Tower was rebuilt, its old structure was added, and poems by Tang Xian and modern people were engraved on it. It belongs to me to write down to record it.

I watched my husband Baling Shengzhi at a lake in Dongting. It carries distant mountains and swallows up the Yangtze River, which is a vast and boundless river. The sun shines brightly in the evening, and the scenery is endless. This is the Grand View of Yueyang Tower also. The descriptions of predecessors have been prepared. However, it is connected to Wu Gorge in the north and Xiaoxiang in the South Pole. Migrant poets and poets often meet here, and the feeling of looking at the things is the same? If the husband is lustful, the rain is falling, the moon is not open, the wind is howling, and the turbid waves are emptying; the sun and stars are hidden, and the mountains are invisible; business travel is not allowed, the rafts are toppled and destroyed; the dusk is dark, and the tigers roar and the apes cry. Climbing the tower, there are those who are nostalgic for their country, worried about slander and fear of ridicule, their eyes are full of desolation, and they feel extremely sad.

As if spring and the scenery are bright, the waves are calm, the sky above and below is a vast expanse of blue; sand gulls gather in the sky, and the golden scales swim; the shore is covered with orchids, lush and green. Or when the long smoke disappears, the bright moon shines thousands of miles away, the floating light leaps into the gold, the silent shadow sinks into the jade, and the fishermen answer each other's songs, how wonderful is this joy! When you climb the tower, you will feel relaxed and happy, forgetting all the favors and disgrace, and you will be filled with joy while drinking wine in the wind.

Sigh! I try to seek the benevolent heart of the ancients, or do it differently from the two, why? Don't be happy with things, don't be sad with yourself; if you live high in a temple, you worry about its people; if you live far away in the rivers and lakes, you worry about your king. It means that you are worried when you advance, and you are also worried when you retreat. But when will you be happy? It must be said, "Be worried about the worries of the world first, and be happy after the joys of the world"! Alas! Micro man, who I go?

It was September 15th, six years ago.

Yueyang Tower Long Couplet (written by Dou Qu, written by He Shaoji):

What’s so strange about the first floor? Du Shaoling's five-character swan song, Fan Xiwen's two-character poem about love, Teng Zijing's failure will make him prosperous, and Lu Chunyang's three faults will make him drunk. Poetry? Ruye? Official? Xianye? Not seeing the ancients before made me burst into tears!

Please take a look: Dongting Lake leads to Xiaoxiang in the south, Yangtze River leads to Wu Gorge in the north, Baling Mountain leads to refreshing air in the west, and Yuezhou City leads to Yajiang in the east. Zhu means, flows, stands, and suppresses. There is a true meaning in this. Who can understand it?

4. Yuewang Tower

Poetry on Going Up the Tower*

——Li Bai

The dangerous tower is a hundred feet high, and you can pick the stars with your hands.

Don’t dare to speak loudly for fear of frightening the heavens.

Royal Song of the King of Yue

—Du Fu

He Leiluo, the capital of Mianzhou, was composed by the King of Yue during the Xianqing period.

Tall buildings rise in the northwest of the isolated city, and green tiles and red roofs illuminate the city outline.

The Yangtze River downstairs is clear for hundreds of feet, and the setting sun on the top of the mountain is half bright.

The king’s old relics can be admired today, reflecting the eternal love.

Frost Moon

—Li Shangyin

When I first heard that the geese were gone, there were no cicadas, and the water a hundred feet high reached the sky. The young girl Su'e can withstand the cold, and she fights with Chanjuan in the frost in the middle of the moon.

Yuewang Tower

—Lu You

Go up to the hundred-foot tower on the riverside, lean on the railing and gaze at the dusk over the river in autumn.

If you are not satisfied, you will be in decline, and your feet are still worthy of trampling Jiuzhou.

Another song:

Reply to Mianzhou Yang Qibo Zuosi

—Lu You

Leiluo is from Leiluozhou, Tengwang Pavilion looks at Yuewang Tower .

If you want to rely on dreams to get rid of empty words, you need poetry to relieve your travel worries.

My old official letter is at the end of the paper, and you are riding a thousand horses to test your head.

I know from afar that Xiaoji’s life is fast, and spring wine is like a river burning ten thousand cattle.

Preface to the Poetry of the King of Yue Tower

—(Tang Dynasty) Master Fan

A dangerous tower leaning against the Heavenly Gate is like breaking into the Palace of Stars.

The dragon and tiger monsters are thin and thin, wandering around the thunder and wind.

When the Qiu Trial came, the buildings in Da Ai Tun were empty.

Without the northwest road, Lao Huaiyi is in poverty.

The stone is thin and splashing, and the sky is high up the mountain.

In the past, people were saddened to die, and their faces were flushed.

Now that I am here, I have achieved great success.

The fields are planted in acres of fields, and the gardens are filled with songs.

If the land and wealth are not accumulated, how can the living space be prosperous?

Since there is no wealth and talent, millions of people are gradually becoming wealthy!

The King of Yue Tower sent Gao Zizhou to the imperial court

—(Tang Dynasty) Xue Feng

When he first came to foreign states, he was devoted to the happy event for the rich marquis.

Let the entertainment be carried out on a benevolent day, and then you will go to climb the mountain and lie down in the autumn.

Listen to Ba Ge to kill the night, and Xu will accompany the immortal to the dangerous building.

If you want to know the depth of love and hate, listen to the flow of the Yangtze River.