The sound of the bells ringing at the Hanshan Temple outside Suzhou City reaches the passenger ship at midnight. It means: The sound of the bells ringing at the lonely and quiet Hanshan Temple outside Suzhou City reaches the passenger ship in the middle of the night.
"Mooring at Maple Bridge at Night" is a work by Zhang Ji, a poet of the Tang Dynasty. After the Anshi Rebellion in the Tang Dynasty, Zhang Ji wrote this poem about traveling while passing by Hanshan Temple.
Full text: The moon is setting, the sky is filled with crows and frost, and the river maple and fishing fire are facing melancholy. ?Hanshan Temple outside Gusu City, the midnight bell rang for the passenger ship.
Translation: The moon has set, the crows are crows and the sky is filled with cold air. I sleep sadly in front of the maple trees and fishing fires by the river. In the lonely and quiet Hanshan Ancient Temple outside Gusu City, the sound of ringing bells in the middle of the night reached the passenger ship.
Extended information:
Hanshan Temple is located one mile west of Fengqiao. It was first built in the Liang Dynasty. Hanshan, a poet monk in the early Tang Dynasty, once lived here, hence its name. The poetic beauty of Maple Bridge, with this ancient temple, has taken on the color of history and culture, making it even richer and more moving. Therefore, the "midnight bell" of Hanshan Temple seems to echo the echo of history, permeated with religious sentiments, and gives people a sense of quaintness and solemnity.
It seems that the poet used a poem to point out the origin of the bell for no reason. With the stroke of the midnight bell of Hanshan Temple, the charm of "Mooring at Maple Bridge at Night" is most perfectly expressed. This poem no longer remains at the level of a simple autumn night scene painting of Maple Bridge, but creates It creates a typical artistic conception of scene blending.
Although the custom of midnight has been recorded in "Southern History" as early as "Southern History", it was Zhang Ji's creation to write it into the poem and become the key point of the poem's artistic conception. Although there were many poets who described midnight at the same time as Zhang Ji or later, they never reached the level of Zhang Ji, let alone created a complete artistic conception.