Original poem:
The sun sets slowly near the western hills, and the Yellow River flows into the East China Sea.
By going up one flight of stairs, look further.
Translation:
The sunset slowly sinks beside the western hills, and the Yellow River rushes to the East China Sea. If you want to see the scenery of Wan Li, you must climb a higher tower.
Source: In Heron Hostel by Don Wang Zhihuan.
Poetry appreciation
This poem describes what the poet saw and thought in the Heron Villa. Stork Tower is located on the bank of the Yellow River in the west of the old city of yongji city. The building has three floors, with Zhongtiao Mountain in front and the Yellow River at the bottom. It is an ancient boarding resort. Because storks (a kind of bird similar to cranes) often inhabit here, they are called stork houses. Originally in disrepair for a long time, it has been restored and is open to tourists.
The first two sentences of this poem are written in front of my eyes. The sun has set in the west and is about to set. The Yellow River below flows eastward to the sea, depicting the magnificence of the motherland's rivers and mountains. In the last two sentences, the poet thinks that facing the tall buildings, he is full of lofty sentiments and lofty realm, and sings a famous philosophical sentence: "But you expand your horizons by 300 miles and go up a flight of stairs."
The whole poem is magnificent and contains the poet's mind and ambition of "climbing high and looking far" This poem also illustrates the profound philosophy that "you can only see far if you stand high", which has been passed down from generation to generation and is widely known.