"Mooring at Maple Bridge at Night" is a good poem that uses scenery to express emotions, blend scenes, and combine movement and stillness.
Author: Zhang Ji?
The moon is setting, the crows are crying, the sky is full of frost, Jiang Feng is fishing and the fire is facing melancholy.
At Hanshan Temple outside Gusu City, the bell rang at midnight to reach the passenger ship.
Notes:
1. Fishing fire: the lights on fishing boats.
2. Suzhou: present-day Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province.
3. Hanshan Temple: a temple near Fengqiao, Suzhou.
Translation:
The bright moon sets in the west, the autumn frost fills the sky, and there are several crows in front of the mountain;
The fishing fires on the river reflect the red maple trees, and my sadness disturbs my sleep.
Oh, the famous Hanshan Temple outside Suzhou City;
The midnight bell floated slowly to the side of my boat.
Commentary:
This is a poem by the author Zhang Ji describing the scene and feelings of sleeping on Maple Bridge at night. On an autumn night, a passenger ship from afar was anchored by Fengqiao outside Suzhou. Tomorrow has already set, with a few crows crows, the sky full of frost, maple trees by the river, and a few fishing fires. This cold autumn night in the water town accompanied the wanderer in the boat, making him feel how desolate it was. The first sentence describes what you see (the moon sets), what you hear (the crows), and what you feel (the sky is full of frost); the second sentence describes the scenery near the Maple Bridge and the melancholy mood; the third and fourth sentences describe the passenger ship lying on the ground listening to the bells of the ancient temple. Ordinary bridges, ordinary trees, ordinary water, ordinary temples, and ordinary clocks, through the poet's artistic re-creation, constitute a meaningful, quiet and attractive night view of the Jiangnan water town, which has become a legend that has been passed down through the ages. Masterpieces and places of interest. What is more charming about this poem is the last two sentences. The midnight bell of Hanshan Temple not only brings out the tranquility of the night, but also hits the poet's lonely heart hard, making people feel the eternity and loneliness of time and space, and generates a feeling of loneliness. Boundless reverie about life and history. This kind of artistic conception creation that combines movement and stillness most typically conveys the charm of Chinese poetry art.
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