Yellow Crane Tower
Cui Hao [Tang Dynasty]
The fairy of the past has flown away by the yellow crane, leaving only an empty Yellow Crane Tower.
The yellow crane never revisited earth, there have been no long white clouds for thousands of years.
Every tree in Hanyang has become clear due to sunlight, and Nautilus Island is covered with sweet grass.
But I looked home, and the twilight was getting thicker. The river is shrouded in mist, which brings people deep melancholy.
In addition, the full-text translation of Yellow Crane Tower is:
The immortal of the past has flown away with the Yellow Crane, leaving only the empty Yellow Crane Tower.
The yellow crane never came back. For thousands of years, people only saw white clouds floating in the sky.
The trees in Hanyang under the sunshine are clearly visible, and the green Nautilus Island is also clearly visible.
Twilight gradually spread. Where is my hometown? The misty waves on the river make people even more worried.
Comment on words and phrases:
Yellow Crane Tower: It was built in the second year of the Three Kingdoms (223). This is an ancient and famous building. Its former site is on the Yellow Crane Rock in Wuchang, Hubei, overlooking the river and facing Guishan across the river.
Ancient people: According to legend, in ancient times there was a fairy named Feiyi, who rode a crane to ascend to immortality here.
Youyou: Floating.
Qing Chuan: the mysterious river in the sun. Sichuan, plain. Vivid: clear and countable Hanyang: Place name, west of Yellow Crane Tower, north bank of Hanshui River.
Growth: describes lush vegetation. Parrot Island: It is located in the southwest of wuchang city, Hubei Province. According to the records of the later Han Dynasty, some people presented parrots here when their ancestors were the satrap of Jiangxia, so it is called parrot island.
Xiangguan: hometown.
Smoke wave: a foggy river.
Appreciation of works:
This poem is written with an open artistic conception, great verve, picturesque scenery and sincere feelings. And simple and vivid, just like spoken English, can't help but be amazing. This poem is not only Cui Hao's masterpiece and handed down from generation to generation, but also laid the foundation for his poetic title. This conclusion is by no means a person's, nor am I insisting on giving Kaifeng people a golden face. Three Hundred Poems of Tang Poetry is an anthology of Tang poetry in later generations, so Cui Hao's poems are listed as the first of the seven laws. This shows the importance of this poem. In the Yuan Dynasty, the new biography of talented people in Tang Dynasty recorded that Li Bai boarded the Yellow Crane Tower to write poems, but when he saw the works, he put his hands together and said, "There is no road ahead, so write poems on it." Some people say that this is not necessarily because it was attached by later generations. But I don't think it's all fake. I have two poems written by Li Bai about the Yellow Crane Tower. One is "Yellow Crane Tower Farewell to Meng Haoran on the way to Yangzhou": "An old friend said goodbye to the West Yellow Crane Tower, and fireworks went down to Yangzhou in March. Lonely sails are far away from the sky. I only saw the Yangtze River flowing in the sky. " The other is "Listening to the Yellow Crane Tower Flute with Shilang Zhong Qin": "One is to move a guest to Changsha and look at Chang 'an in the west without seeing home. The Jade Emperor blows the Yellow Crane Tower, and plum blossoms fall into the river in May. "Although they are all related to the Yellow Crane Tower, they are all entrusted with other purposes, not completely depicting the scenery. At the same time, the first four sentences of his Nautilus Island, "The parrot crossed the Wujiang River eastward, and the name of the parrot spread in Jiangshangzhou. Parrots fly to Longshan in the west, and the trees are similar to Cui Shifa. The same is true of his Poems of Going to Nanjing and Climbing the Phoenix Terrace, all of which have obvious traces of imitating Cui Shi's style. Therefore, it is not Li Bai's words to admit that Cui's poems are excellent, such as "there is no scenery in front of me, and poetry is on it". "Cang Hua" (Yan Yu) said: "The Yellow Crane Tower should be the first of seven-character poems in the Tang Dynasty." Although controversial, for example, Hu Yinglin called Du Fu's ascent the highest of the seven laws in ancient and modern times, it is indeed a pertinent word representing everyone's opinions. In this way, the Yellow Crane Tower in Cui Hao is even more famous.
With rich imagination, readers will be introduced into ancient times and returned to reality. All kinds of feelings and natural scenery blend together, and no one can but feel its sadness and desolation. This poem has always been highly praised by people and is listed as the first of the seven laws in the Tang Dynasty.
Legend has it that Li Bai traveled around the world in his prime, leaving poems everywhere. When he boarded the Yellow Crane Tower, he was fascinated by the beautiful scenery upstairs and downstairs. When he was about to write a poem as a souvenir, he suddenly looked up and saw Cui Hao's poem upstairs.
Creative background:
The specific creation time of this poem cannot be verified. The Yellow Crane Tower is named after the Yellow Crane Mountain in Wuchang. It is said that Feiyi rode a crane here. This poem is written from the origin of the name of the building. The poet boarded the Yellow Crane Tower and looked at the scenery in front of him. He was so excited that he wrote this poem.
About the author:
Cui Hao (704-754), a poet in the Tang Dynasty, was born in Bianzhou (now Kaifeng City, Henan Province). In the 11th year of Kaiyuan (AD 723), Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty was a scholar, and he was an official at Taibu Temple, serving as a foreign minister of Sixun. The most famous is his poem The Yellow Crane Tower. It is said that Li Bai wrote an inscription for it, and once praised it as "there is a scene in front of me, and Cui Hao wrote a poem on it". There are 42 complete Tang poems. He is honest, frank and quick-witted. His works are passionate and magnificent, including Cui Haoji.