"Tide Watching in Seventeen Days"
Era: Song Dynasty Author: Chen Shidao
A white rainbow walks over the long flat sand,
Yaotai missed the jade cup and it was empty.
The bottom of the Qingjiang River is shaking on a sunny day, and it is floating in the rapid waves in the evening.
Appreciation of works
Notes:
1. 17th day: The 17th and 18th days of the eighth lunar month are the most spectacular days for the Qiantang River tide.
2． Man Man Ping Sha: A vast flat beach along the river.
3． Zoubaihong: walking, running and rolling; Baihong: refers to the tide of Qiantang River.
4. Yaotai: According to legend, it refers to the place where gods live in the sky.
5. Miss: Failed to hold (the jade ring) and fell over.
6． Sunny Day Sentence: The rolling tide of the Qiantang River causes the blue sky reflected in the river to sway.
7. Late Sun Sentence: The setting sun reflected in the river sinks and rises due to the surging waves.
Appreciation:
The Qianjiang Autumn Tide is a world-famous landscape. The first sentence of the poem is about the tide, like a rushing white rainbow, which instantly covered the beaches on both sides of the river; the second sentence is about the water waves that are set off, which makes people imagine that they are in the sky. The fairy cup fell
down, splashing up broken silver and jade fragments; the third and fourth sentences describe the power of the surging tide in the river, shaking the reflection in it
of heaven, earth, sun and moon. The poem uses metaphor, imagination, and contrasting techniques to describe the momentum and power of the Qiantang River tide.