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Yellow Crane Tower
Don Cui Hao
Once upon a time, people took the yellow crane, but now there is nothing left but the yellow crane platform.
In "The Yellow Crane Never Comes Again", the white clouds are empty 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.
Vernacular translation:
Once upon a time, the immortal flew away by the yellow crane, leaving only the Yellow Crane Tower standing at the head of the river.
The yellow crane flew with the fairy and never came back. For thousands of years, white clouds have drifted with the wind.
In the sunshine, the trees in Hanyang Town are vivid, and the spring grass is lush and covered with Nautilus Island.
Where is my hometown when the sun sets? The vast waves of smoke and the surging rivers add to my homesickness.
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Writing background
The specific creation time of this poem cannot be verified. The Yellow Crane Tower is named after its Yellow Crane Mountain (also known as Snake Mountain) in Wuchang. It is said that the ancient fairy Zi An came here on a yellow crane (see Qi Xie). It is also said that Feiyi rides a crane here (see Taiping Universe), and this poem was written in the origin of the building name. The poet boarded the Yellow Crane Tower, saw the scenery in front of him and wrote this poem.
Cui Hao (704? -754), a poet in the Tang Dynasty. Bianzhou (now Kaifeng City, Henan Province) people. In the 11th year of Kaiyuan (723), he was a scholar. In the late kaiyuan period (713-741), Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty worked under Du, the governor of Daizhou. In the early years of Tianbao (742-756), Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty entered the court as the official of Taibu Temple, and the official was Shang Shu Si Xun and Yuan Wailang.
In his early poems, he wrote more about boudoir feelings and was superficial and frivolous; Later frontier life greatly boosted his poetic style, and suddenly became normal and awe-inspiring, especially frontier poems, which were generous and bold and famous at that time. There are 42 Complete Poems of Tang Dynasty.
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