Describes the beautiful rain scene of West Lake.
The author is Su Shi, a writer and calligrapher in the Song Dynasty.
Full text:
Black clouds rolled over the mountains without covering the mountains, and white raindrops jumped into the boat.
When the wind comes and blows away, the water under Wanghu Tower is like the sky.
Translation:
The rolling black clouds are like an overturned inkstone entangled with the distant mountains. After a while, my boat suddenly had some random strings of pearls, which were violent raindrops.
A strong wind came from the ground and blew away the heavy rain. When I escaped to Wanghu Tower to drink and chat, what I saw was blue sky and blue water.
Creative background:
In the fifth year of Xining (1072), the reign of Emperor Shenzong of the Song Dynasty, the author served as a judge in Hangzhou. On June 27 of this year, he visited the West Lake and saw the wonderful scenery of the lake and mountains on the boat. He went to drink at the Lake View Tower and wrote this seven-character quatrain.
This poem describes the beautiful rain scene of Wanghu Tower. The poet with quick thinking captured the unique "improvisational performance" of West Lake in his poems and drew a "shower picture of West Lake". Dark clouds gathered suddenly, and heavy rain fell suddenly. After a while, the sky cleared again, and the water and sky were the same color. It is a mountain, a water, and a boat, which highlights the characteristics of rafting on the West Lake.
Secondly, the author uses "black clouds turning ink" and "white rain jumping beads" to form a strong color contrast, giving people a strong texture. Thirdly, "turning ink" is used to describe the coming of clouds, "jumping beads" are used to describe the mood of splashing raindrops, and the sentence pattern of moving the verb forward makes the metaphor flexible and vivid without leaving any trace.
The two sentences "The ground wind blows away suddenly, and the water under the Wanghu Tower is like the sky" describes the rapid change of the weather from shower to sunny, which is refreshing and refreshing, and the eyes suddenly light up. , the realm is wide open.