Clouds poured out and poured down like ink, but a mountain range was exposed on the horizon, bright and fresh, and the splashing water was like white pearl gravel, splashing on the boat.
Suddenly, the wind rolled up and dispersed the clouds in the sky. The lake was blue as a mirror, beautiful and gentle.
Translation:
Dark clouds surge up like ink, but a mountain is exposed on the horizon, clear and fresh.
The splash caused by heavy rain, like white beads and gravel, splashed on the ship. Suddenly, the wind blew in,
Blowing away the dark clouds all over the sky, the water of the West Lake is as blue as a mirror, bright and gentle.
Brief introduction of the author
Su Shi (1037 ~110/) was born in Meishan, Northern Song Dynasty. He is a famous writer, one of the eight masters in Tang and Song Dynasties. He is knowledgeable and versatile, and has high attainments in calligraphy, painting, poetry and prose. His calligraphy is called "Song Sijia" with Cai Xiang, Huang Tingjian and Mi Fei; He is good at painting bamboo and strange stones, and also has outstanding opinions on painting theory and calligraphy theory. He is a literary leader after Ouyang Xiu in the Northern Song Dynasty, and his prose is as famous as Ouyang Xiu. Poetry is like the name of Huang Tingjian; His words are magnificent and bold, and his words are graceful and restrained. Known as "Su Xin" with Xin Qiji in the Southern Song Dynasty, * * * is an uninhibited poet.
On the west side of the square, it is built by the lake. Su Dongpo once wrote a famous poem "Wang Hulou Drunk Book", which made Wang Hulou famous all over the world. The total area of Wang Hu Building rebuilt in recent years exceeds 360 square meters. The main building, Wang Hu Building, is connected with the dining room in the annex building through a winding corridor. Wang Hu Mansion has a blue tiled roof, a scarlet single eaves and a double deck resting on the top of the mountain. The whole building is magnificent and simple. Planting lawns, palm trees and holly in low-lying places, dotted with peak stones; The terrain is high, with stacked stones to build mountains, making the peaks steep and surrounded by stone pillars. Climb stairs, lean against railings, take the mountain shape, meet the blue waves and borrow cliffs. "The sky is clear and the pavilion is hanging in the mirror." This is indeed a famous building in the West Lake.
There is a hope lake building in the east of the broken bridge, also known as the hope building gets the building first. On the observation deck, you can see the scenery of the lake. In the Song Dynasty, Wang Anshi, Su Shi and others all wrote poems about looking at the lake floor, or the feeling of watching the scenery upstairs. Among them, Su Shi's "Drunken Book of Looking at the Lake Building" is the most famous: the dark clouds turn over the ink to cover the mountain, and the white rain jumps over the boat. Suddenly, the wind rolled up and dispersed the clouds in the sky. The lake was blue as a mirror, beautiful and gentle.
Poetry appreciation
The author described the scenery of the West Lake while drinking in Wang Hu Mansion. It was raining at that time, and it cleared up after the rain. The author first wrote it before the rainstorm. The scene is that dark clouds are rolling in the sky, just like thick ink rolling on the horizon, and distant mountains are faintly discernible in the rolling dark clouds. At this time, a rainstorm came like a note. The heavy rain hit the ship with white raindrops, splashing like thousands of pearls falling from the sky. Just as people were feeling the spectacular scene of heavy rain, a gust of wind rolled on the ground and blew away the dark clouds and heavy rain at once. When the clouds dispersed and the sun rose, the water below Wanghu Lake was as calm as a mirror and the air was fresh. Seen from a distance, water and the sky are the same. The poet is good at exaggerating the atmosphere, from the magnificence of the clouds pressing against the lake and the sudden rain, to the disappearance of the clouds, the ups and downs of the pen after the rain, and the leisurely description of the rapidly changing weather, which makes people dizzying and quite dramatic. In particular, the phrase "jumping off a boat in white rain" is the most vivid. The author himself appreciates this poem very much. At the age of 50, he went to Hangzhou again and wrote a poem saying, "I will be drunk in the rain of the West Lake, and I won't see the ball jump for fifteen years." This shows his love for this poem.