Translation of the Poem Yeshan Temple

The high-rise building of the temple on the mountain is really high, it seems to be 100 feet. People upstairs seem to be able to pick off the stars in the sky with one hand. Standing here, I dare not speak loudly, for fear of disturbing the gods in the sky.

Dangerous buildings are 100 feet high, and you can pick up the stars with your hands. Standing here, I dare not speak loudly for fear of disturbing the gods in the sky.

Source: Sleeping Mountain Temple by Li Bai in Tang Dynasty

The poem Sleeping in the Mountain Temple was once selected as a primary school Chinese textbook, which is generally considered to be the work of Li Bai, a great poet in the Tang Dynasty. This poem depicts the towering buildings in the temple in an extremely exaggerated way, expressing the poet's amazement at the engineering art of ancient temples and his yearning and pursuit of immortal life.

The language of the whole poem is simple and natural, the imagination is magnificent, and the exaggeration is clever and vivid, giving people rich associations and immersive feelings.

Extended data appreciation: the language is naturally simple, but the image is realistic. With the help of bold imagination, the poet exaggerates the extraordinary height of the mountain temple, vividly depicts the towering mountain temple and the fear at night, thus presenting an almost unimaginable grand building to the readers, giving people an immersive feeling.

Picking stars and shocking the world, these seemingly naive ideas are used by poets and used in poetry, which makes people feel interesting and return to nature.

Background: The poet spent the night in a temple in the deep mountain, and found a high Buddhist building behind the temple, so he boarded the building. Looking at the distance from the railing, there are many stars. Li Bai wrote this short poem about a scenic trip full of poetry.

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