The simple drawing method of Maple Bridge Night Mooring is as follows:
To accompany the poem Maple Bridge Night Mooring, first we have to draw a small boat in the lower right corner, and then in the cabin In the middle painting, there is a poet, a lamp on the bow of the boat, a big tree behind the boat, and clouds and the moon in the distance. First, paint the boat brown, the poet dark blue, and the big tree brown. Paint the lake surface blue, paint the moon light yellow, write the theme poem, and the poem and painting of Maple Bridge Night Mooring are completed!
Full text and translation of "Maple Bridge Night Mooring":
The poet Zhang Ji visited the south of the Yangtze River and passed by Suzhou. The boat was moored at Maple Bridge on an autumn night. A masterpiece with meaningful artistic conception and immortality through the ages - "Mooring at Maple Bridge at Night" was born.
Original text:
Night Mooring at Fengqiao (Dynasty: Tang Dynasty)
Author: Zhang Ji
The moon is setting, the crows are crying and the frost is full In the sky, Jiang Feng and Yuhuo face Chou Mian.
At Hanshan Temple outside Gusu City, the bell rang at midnight to reach the passenger ship.
Translation:
The moon has set, but the crows are still crowing, and the dusk is hazy and frosty. The maple trees on the riverside and the fishing fires on the boats made it difficult for me to sleep alone in my sorrow. The lonely and quiet Hanshan Ancient Temple outside Suzhou City, the bells ringing in the middle of the night reached the passenger ship I was on.
Notes:
Fengqiao: outside Changmen in today’s Suzhou City. This poem is also titled "Mooring at Maple Bridge at Night".
Night mooring: docking the boat on the shore at night.
Jiang Feng: The names of the two bridges "Jiangcun Bridge" and "Feng Bridge" next to Hanshan Temple. Maple Bridge is also called Fengqiao. According to the Records of the Unification of the Qing Dynasty, the bridge was not originally called Maple Bridge. It was originally an important waterway and a dock for ships to and from the country. Before the Tang Dynasty, water bandits and Japanese pirates often invaded, so the bridge had to be blocked every night. To ensure safety, it was named Fengqiao.
Gusu: Another name for Suzhou, named after Gusu Mountain in the southwest of the city.
Hanshan Temple: Located near Fengqiao, it was built in the Liang Dynasty of the Southern Dynasties. According to legend, it was named after monks Han Shan and Shi De who lived here during the Tang Dynasty. In today's Xifengqiao Town, Suzhou City. The original name is "Miaoli Puming Pagoda Courtyard", also known as Fengqiao Temple; another way of saying it is that "Hanshan" refers to a mountain that shuns cold weather, not the name of a temple.