Original text:
Yellow Crane Tower
Author: Cui Hao
The fairy of the past has flown away by the yellow crane, leaving only an empty Yellow Crane Tower. The yellow crane never revisited earth, there have been no long white clouds for thousands of years. Every tree in Hanyang has become clear due to sunlight, and Nautilus Island is covered with sweet grass. But I looked home, and the twilight was getting thicker. The river is shrouded in mist, which brings people deep melancholy.
The first four sentences mean:
The ancients have flown away by yellow crane, and there is only one yellow crane tower left here. The yellow crane flew away and never came back. For thousands of years, only long white clouds have floated over the Yellow Crane Tower.
Appreciate:
This poem is a masterpiece of nostalgia. The poet boarded the historical site Yellow Crane Tower and got a panoramic view of the scenery before him. His poems are full of emotion, blurted out and beyond words. It is both natural and magnificent, full of personality. Poetry is not harmonious, but the syllables are clear and not awkward. It's really one step at a time, and it has become a treasure admired by all previous dynasties. Legend has it that Li Bai boarded this building and witnessed this poem, which impressed him deeply. He said: "There is a scene in front of me, with Cui Hao's poems on it." Yan Canglang also said that the seven-character poems of the Tang Dynasty should be the first. It shows that poetry is precious to nature, even if it is metrical. There are many poems about the Yellow Crane Tower in past dynasties, but Cui Hao's Seven Rhymes are the best. Look at what he wrote: A long time ago, a yellow crane carried a saint to heaven, and now there is nothing but the Yellow Crane Tower. The yellow crane never revisited earth, there have been no long white clouds for thousands of years. Every tree in hanyang becomes clear in the water, and parrot island is a nest of herbs, but I look home and the twilight is getting darker? The river is shrouded in mist, which brings people deep melancholy.
This poem is written with an open artistic conception, great verve, picturesque scenery and sincere feelings. And simple and vivid, just like spoken English, can't help but be amazing. This poem is not only Cui Hao's masterpiece and handed down from generation to generation, but also laid the foundation for his poetic title. This conclusion is by no means a person's, nor am I insisting on giving Kaifeng people a golden face. Three Hundred Poems of Tang Poetry is an anthology of Tang poetry in later generations, so Cui Hao's poems are listed as the first of the seven laws. This shows the importance of this poem. In the Yuan Dynasty, the new biography of talented people in Tang Dynasty recorded that Li Bai boarded the Yellow Crane Tower to write poems, but when he saw the works, he put his hands together and said, "There is no road ahead, so write poems on it." Some people say that this is not necessarily because it was attached by later generations. But I don't think it's all fake. I have two poems written by Li Bai about the Yellow Crane Tower. One is "Yellow Crane Tower Farewell to Meng Haoran on the way to Yangzhou": "An old friend said goodbye to the West Yellow Crane Tower, and fireworks went down to Yangzhou in March. The lonely sail is far from the blue sky, and only the Yangtze River flows in the sky. " The other is "Listening to the Yellow Crane Tower Flute with Shilang Zhong Qin": "One is to move a guest to Changsha and look at Chang 'an in the west without seeing home. The Jade Emperor blows the Yellow Crane Tower, and plum blossoms fall into the river in May. "Although they are all related to the Yellow Crane Tower, they are all entrusted with other purposes, not completely depicting the scenery. At the same time, the first four sentences of his Nautilus Island, "The parrot crossed the Wujiang River eastward, and the name of the parrot spread in Jiangshangzhou. Parrots fly to Longshan in the west, and the trees are similar to Cui Shifa. The same is true of his Poems of Going to Nanjing and Climbing the Phoenix Terrace, all of which have obvious traces of imitating Cui Shi's style. Therefore, it is not a matter of Li Bai's saying to admit that Cui's poems are excellent, just as "there is a scene in front of you, and your poems are above the scene". "Cang Hua" (Yan Yu) said: "The Yellow Crane Tower should be the first of seven-character poems in the Tang Dynasty." Although controversial, for example, Hu Yinglin called Du Fu's ascent the highest of the seven laws in ancient and modern times, it is indeed a pertinent word representing everyone's opinions. In this way, the Yellow Crane Tower in Cui Hao is even more famous.
With rich imagination, readers will be introduced into ancient times and returned to reality. All kinds of feelings and natural scenery blend together. Who can not feel its sadness and desolation? This poem has always been highly praised by people and is listed as the first of the seven laws in the Tang Dynasty.
Legend has it that Li Bai traveled around the world in his prime, leaving poems everywhere. When he boarded the Yellow Crane Tower, he was fascinated by the beautiful scenery upstairs and downstairs. When he was about to write a poem as a souvenir, he suddenly looked up and saw Cui Hao's poem upstairs.