The Yellow Crane Tower is a seven-character poem written by Cui Hao, a poet in the Tang Dynasty. The whole poem is as follows:
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.
The immortal of the past has flown by the Yellow Crane, leaving only the empty Yellow Crane Tower here. The yellow crane never came back here. For thousands of years, only white clouds have been fluttering. The trees in Hanyang can be seen clearly in the sun, and so can Nautilus Island with lush grass. Birds should return to their nests, ships should dock and wanderers should go home, but where is the hometown of wanderers in the world? Seeing the foggy waves on the river is even more worrying!
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This poem describes the beautiful scenery overlooking the Yellow Crane Tower and is a masterpiece of nostalgia. The first section of this poem skillfully uses allusions to lead immortals to the Yellow Crane Tower by crane. Zhuan Xu closely followed the first couplet, saying that the Yellow Crane Tower has gone through thousands of years since the immortal left; With the poetic turn of the neckline, I entered the description of the scenery and wrote down what I saw in the Yellow Crane Tower on a sunny day. The end of the couplet is to write about the feeling of returning home at sunset along the Yanbo River, which makes the poem return to the intangible realm at the beginning.
Although the whole poem is not harmonious, its syllables are loud and clear. Scenes blend and artistic conception is profound. It is precisely because of its superb art and great success that this poem is regarded as the swan song of the Yellow Crane Tower, which is understandable.