Du Mu’s poem describing the moon at Slender West Lake

嘹唳saihongjing Chuze. I dreamed of Yangzhou for the first time in ten years, with candles still wanting to say goodbye, water and sails close to the bullfighting wall, twenty-four bridges under the moonlit night.

Slender West Lake, formerly known as Baoan Lake, is located in the northwest suburb of Yangzhou City, Jiangsu Province. It has a total area of ??2,000 acres, a water area of ??700 acres, and a tourist area of ??100 hectares.

The name "Slender West Lake" was first recorded in literature in Wu Qi's "Yangzhou Advocacy Ci Preface" in the early Qing Dynasty: "A river in the north of the city leads to Pingshan Hall, which is named Slender West Lake, and its real name is Baobao Lake." In the first year of Qianlong (1736) ), Qiantang (Hangzhou) poet Wang Hang came to Yangzhou because of its reputation. After enjoying the beautiful scenery here, he compared it with the West Lake in his hometown and wrote a poem: "The weeping poplars continue to connect with the remaining weeds, and the wild goose-toothed rainbow bridge looks like a painting." Gold is a pot, so it should be called Slender West Lake. "

Slender West Lake has formed a basic pattern during the Kangxi and Qianlong periods of the Qing Dynasty, and has the reputation of "the most prosperous garden in the world". Slender West Lake is mainly divided into 14 major scenic spots, including Wuting Bridge, Twenty-four Bridges, Lotus Pond, Diaoyutai, etc.

About the author:

Du Mu (803-853), a poet of the Tang Dynasty. The courtesy name was Muzhi, a native of Jingzhao Wannian (now Xi'an, Shaanxi), and the grandson of Prime Minister Du You. In 828 AD (the second year of Taihe), he was a Jinshi. He served as an aide to Jiangxi Observer, Xuanshe Observer Shen Chuanshi and Huainan Jiedushi Niu Sengru. He served successively as censor of supervision, governor of Huangzhou, Chizhou and Muzhou, and later as the governor of Huangzhou, Chizhou and Muzhou. Si Xun Yuan Wai Lang, he was born in Shushe at the end of his official career. He prides himself on his ability to help the world. Most of the poems refer to works about current affairs. The poems that describe the scenery and lyrical feelings are mostly clear and vivid. People call him Xiao Du, and together with Li Shangyin, they are called "Xiao Li Du" to distinguish him from Li Bai and Du Fu. There are twenty volumes of "Collected Works of Fan Chuan" handed down to the world.