1, around one o'clock in the afternoon, there was a muffled sound in the distance, like a muffled thunder rolling.
2. The tide is getting closer and closer, just like thousands of white war horses go hand in hand and gallop mightily; The sound is like a landslide, as if the earth were shaken by an earthquake.
Vernacular Translation of Watching the Tide
The spring tide of Qiantang River is a wonder in the world. The 16th to 18th (August) of the lunar calendar is the most prosperous. When the tide surges far away from the mouth of Zhejiang, it is almost only the thickness of a silvery white line; Soon, the tide is approaching, just like the tide coming from Yucheng Snow Ridge. The sound is like thunder, shaking the earth, engulfing the sky and setting off the sun, which is extremely majestic. Yang Wanli's poem "Silver in the sea is the country and jade in the river is the waist" describes such a scene.
Every year, the Governor of Lin 'an Prefecture in Kyoto comes to Zhejiang Pavilion to review the navy, and hundreds of warships are on both sides of the Taiwan Strait. Then we rehearsed five formations, sudden acceleration, sudden jump, sudden separation, sudden merger and various changes. At the same time, there are people riding horses, dancing flags, raising guns and wielding knives on the water, as if stepping on the flat ground. Suddenly, yellow smoke rose all around, and people and things could not see each other at all. The roar of water explosion sounds like a mountain collapse. The smoke cleared away and the water was calm again, but there was not even a trace of a ship, only the "enemy ship" destroyed by the fire went with the waves. ?
Hundreds of Wuzhong athletes who are good at swimming, all with long hair and painted patterns, are holding ten colorful flags sewn with silk in their hands, scrambling to meet the tide. (Their figures) are ups and downs in the stormy waves of Wan Ren, tossing their bodies and changing their postures, but the tail of the national flag is not wet at all. With this (performance), they showed their (superb) skills. ?
Between the north and south of the river bank, there are spectators wearing gorgeous jewelry and clothes, and there are too many cars and horses, which block the road. The food and drinks sold are several times higher than usual. And the people who rent sheds (a lot) have no rooms even if there is open space in the middle.
Extended data:
Watching the Tide is a well-thought-out classic by scholars in the Southern Song Dynasty, which is excerpted from the third volume of Old Wulin. By describing what the author saw and heard before, during and after the high tide in Qiantang River, and the grand occasion of watching the tide, this paper skillfully interweaves the beauty of nature and humanistic feelings, and depicts the spectacular scene of the high tide, the moving scene of naval exercises, the heroic attitude of the high tide athletes and the amazement of the high tide crowd in four parts with very refined pen and ink, which makes the readers immersive. ?
References:
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