1. A secluded mountain lies in the middle of a city. ——"Canglang Pavilion" by Su Shunqin of the Song Dynasty
Interpretation: A path winds around the deep mountains, but this scene is located in the bustling market.
2. I live in a city, but I am in the mountains. ——Yuan Weize's "Scenery in the Lion Forest"
Interpretation: Everyone says that I live in the city, but I feel like I am in the mountains.
3. When the moon sets and the sky is filled with crows and frost, Jiang Feng and the fisherman sleep in sorrow. At Hanshan Temple outside Gusu City, the bell rang for the passenger ship at midnight. "Night Mooring on the Maple Bridge" by Zhang Ji of the Tang Dynasty
Interpretation: The moon has set, the crows are crows and the sky is full of cold air, and I sleep sadly in front of the maple trees and fishing fires by the river. In the lonely and quiet Hanshan Ancient Temple outside Gusu City, the sound of ringing bells in the middle of the night reached the passenger ship.
4. When I see you in Gusu, you will be surrounded by the river. The ancient palace has little free space and many water lanes and small bridges. Lotus root is sold in the night market, and Qiluo is carried on the spring boat. I know that the moon is not sleeping in the distance, and my homesickness is in the fishing songs. ——Du Xunhe, Tang Dynasty, "Sending People to Visit Wu"
Poetry Meaning: Among the descriptions of the architectural features of Suzhou City in the past dynasties, these two sentences in "Sending People to Visit Wu" by Du Xunhe of the Tang Dynasty are the most famous. Suzhou was called Wu and Wuxian in ancient times, and it was the capital of Wu State in the Spring and Autumn Period. The overall layout of the city has remained unchanged despite more than a thousand years of vicissitudes. However, as the economy has prospered from generation to generation, residential buildings have increased from generation to generation, and there are fewer and fewer free spaces in the city. Therefore, it is said that "there is little free space in ancient palaces." The narrative is just right. But there is another objective reason for "little idle land". Suzhou is a veritable water city. The river network in the city is crisscrossed, which makes it even more obvious that there are many water ports and small bridges but little idle land, which highlights the water town characteristics of "people living on small bridges and flowing water".
5. Separating the noise from the city west of the city, the secluded place looks like a savage home. ——Wang Wan of the Qing Dynasty, "Another Title on Jiang's Art Garden"
Interpretation: Living in the unique remote and quiet mountains in the world, away from the noisy interference of the city.