How to recite "Mountain Journey": You should recite it based on understanding the meaning.
Full text: Far up the cold mountain, the stone path is slanted, and there are people living deep in the white clouds. Stop and sit in the maple forest at night, the leaves are as red as the flowers in February due to frost.
Poetry translation: Along the winding path up the mountain, deep in the white clouds, there are still people.
I stopped the car because I loved the evening view of the maple forest in late autumn. The maple leaves have been stained by autumn frost and are more beautiful than the spring flowers in February.
Explanation of related words:
Yuanshang: to ascend far away.
Hanshan: a mountain in late autumn.
Stone path: a path of gravel.
Slant: This character is pronounced xiá, which means slanted.
Shen: There is another version called "生". ("Deep" can be understood as being in the depths shrouded in clouds and mist; "生" can be understood as being in the place where white clouds are formed)
Car: Sedan.
Sitting: Because.
About the author:
Du Mu (803 AD - about 852 AD), courtesy name Muzhi, also known as Fanchuan Jushi, was of Han nationality and was born in Jingzhao Wannian (now Xi'an, Shaanxi Province). Du Mu was an outstanding poet and essayist in the Tang Dynasty. He was the grandson of Prime Minister Du You and the son of Du Congyu. In the second year of Emperor Wenzong of the Tang Dynasty, he was awarded Jinshi at the age of 26 and was awarded the title of School Secretary of Hongwen Hall. Later, he went to Jiangxi to observe the envoys, transferred to Huainan Jiedu, and then joined the observation envoys. He was in charge of the compilation of the National History Museum, served as a member of the Ministry of Food, Bibu, Si Xunyuanwailang, and the governor of Huangzhou, Chizhou, and Muzhou.
Because he lived in the Fanchuan Villa in South Chang'an in his later years, he was later called "Du Fanchuan" and wrote "Collected Works of Fanchuan". Du Mu's poems are famous for their seven-character quatrains. The content is mainly about chanting history and expressing feelings. His poems are handsome and full of historical things. He achieved great success in the late Tang Dynasty. Du Mu was called "Little Du" to distinguish him from Du Fu, "Big Du". Together with Li Shangyin, he is known as "Little Li Du".