Wang Changling
There is a dark snow-capped mountain in Qinghai, with long white clouds and a lonely city looking at Yumenguan.
Yellow sand wears golden armor in hundreds of battles, but the loulan is not returned.
About the author:
Wang Changling (698-757) was a famous poet in Tang Dynasty. Born in poverty, he was a scholar in the fifteenth year of Kaiyuan and traveled to the northwest frontier fortress.
Precautions:
Joining the army: The old title of Yuefu, Pingdiao Qu, is mostly about frontier fortress and soldiers' life. Qinghai: It refers to the area around Qinghai Lake, which was called the West Sea in ancient times. Snow Mountain: Qilian Mountain in Gansu Province. Yumenguan: It was set in the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, located in the northwest of Dunhuang City, Gansu Province, and it is the main road leading to the western regions.
Wear golden armor: wear golden armor. Ancient city: refers to Yangguan, the former site is in the southwest of Dunhuang, Gansu. Loulan: the name of the ancient western regions, now Qiang County and Lop Nur area of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, generally refers to the minority regime in the northwest border.