"Frosty night, Jiang Feng fishing sorrow sleep. Hanshan Temple outside Gusu City, passenger ships are ringing at midnight. " "The Ring of Bells" has spread through the ages, and Zhang Ji's "a night-mooring near maple bridge" has attracted countless tourists to the Soviet Union to find a quiet Range Rover. One autumn at the end of the century, I traveled alone, covered in dust and fatigue, and came to Suzhou. I didn't come to see the scenery, although I am standing in the scenery now. I'm not a follower either. I came here because I read a strong wandering atmosphere from this poem, and I read loneliness and wandering. I am also a wanderer, and I want to listen to the vicissitudes of a poet in the Tang Dynasty.
Hanshan Temple is located in the ancient town of Qiao Feng in the west of Suzhou. It is also called Qiao Feng Temple because of its proximity to Qiao Feng. Antique buildings, towering pagodas and crisp bells make this ancient temple exude the charm of ancient culture that has flowed for thousands of years. In front of Hanshan Temple is Fengjiang, which leads directly to the ancient canal. It is said to be a river, but in fact it is only one river wide. Qiao Feng is just across the Fengjiang River, only a hundred paces away from Hanshan Temple. On both sides of the river are countless Jiangnan families with white walls and tiles, which extend to the distance.
The northern shore of Qiao Feng is connected with Tielingguan, which is also known as the watchtower of Qiao Feng. It is an anti-Japanese building in the Ming Dynasty and the only well-preserved anti-Japanese building relic in Suzhou. Gu Teng climbed along the mottled walls, and the ancient customs became more magnificent. Fengqiao Bridge is just an extremely common semi-circular single-hole stone bridge with simple and elegant shape, which is no different from many arch bridges in the south of the Yangtze River except that it is old and mottled. Standing in Tieling, the west wind is still the same, and ancient temples, ancient passes, ancient bridges, and Jiangnan dwellings with a strong classical atmosphere all give people a sense of seclusion.
The exact time when Zhang Ji wrote a night-mooring near maple bridge is also controversial. Written during the An Shi Rebellion. In 755 AD, the Anshi Rebellion broke out, and Zhang Ji took refuge in the south, wandering in Jianghuai, and his whereabouts were in Wuzhong area. It is also said that this poem was written by Zhang Jizuo on his way out of Suzhou by boat after he failed in the senior high school entrance examination in Beijing. Anyway, it is certain that Zhang Ji was in a bad mood when he wrote this poem. In the autumn night in the south of the Yangtze River, the loneliness of the journey reached its extreme in the cold autumn night. The moon sets, the frost fills the sky, the maple leaves by the river, the fisherman's lamp, and the long sound that comes through time and space. This beautiful and lonely autumn night in the south of the Yangtze River makes the wanderer feel sad. In Qiao Feng Garden next to Hanshan Temple, there is a statue of Zhang Ji. The statue is in a semi-prone position. He still looks like he is lying on the bow, with his head held high and his eyes closed, and his face is gloomy. This statue has better grasped the charm of Zhang Ji.
In order to cater to the psychology of some tourists, merchants launched the "a night-mooring near maple bridge" tour in Fengjiang. Crowds of men and women are bustling, taking motorboats for a ride in Fengjiang. This is also called "a night-mooring near maple bridge"? No loneliness, no loneliness, not even the most basic night. Seeing one cruise ship after another full of tourists coming and going in the Fengjiang River, I felt ridiculous when I arrived. When did the night parking near Fengqiao become business opportunities and games? In my opinion, "a night-mooring near maple bridge" is a poem about wandering, describing the loneliness in wandering bones. The ancient town of Qiao Feng is very prosperous in history. It is located at the intersection of Grand Canal, Ancient Post Road and Fengjiang River. It is not only a traffic artery, but also a commercial center. Since the Tang Dynasty, many poets, poets and vagrants have come here to express their hardships and feelings about life. In Jiangnan, in ancient times when traffic was underdeveloped, boats were the main means of transportation. A parade takes days or even months, and the loneliness on the way can be imagined. The river is long, and there are warm Jiangnan families on both sides, but the wanderer's home is still far from the mountains and rivers. If it is a student, where is the township pass? Every vagrant may have asked himself this question in his heart. When Wang Yuyang, a poet in the early Qing Dynasty, first came to Suzhou, it was already dark and stormy. He put on his shoes, lifted his robe, let his followers light the torch and abandoned the ship in the rain. He wrote two poems on the door of Hanshan Temple, entitled "Hanshan Temple Night Rain Sending Xiqiao and Rites", to express his thoughts for his distant brothers. One of them is the cloud:
Maple leaves are gloomy and empty, and it is difficult to live for thousands of miles.
Ten years old testament Jiangnan dream, listening to Hanshan midnight alone.
Wang Yuyang finished the topic and left. Everyone thought he was crazy. In fact, Wang Yuyang didn't come here to enjoy the scenery in Qiao Feng, and it doesn't matter what the scenery in Qiao Feng is. He came here to express his brother's sadness at the end of the world. Lu You, a patriotic poet in the Southern Song Dynasty, went to Zhou Shu as an official when he was nearly 50 years old. "He joined the army for 20 years, and now he has white hair." The poet is full of heroic courage and ambition, and he feels that his future is bleak. Passing through Suzhou, he wrote a thoughtful book "Stay in Suzhou":
Less than seven years later, the guest pillow is still midnight.
Don't sigh, Bashan is still a thousand times heavier.
The last two sentences of the poem not only describe the feelings of nature, but also imply that their ideals are as elusive as the midnight bell of Hanshan Temple. Maple Jiang Bibo is laid-back. It has been flowing silently for thousands of years. I seem to see vicissitudes of life faces flashing among the waves. Zhang Ji, Lu You, Shen Zhou, Hanshanzi, Wang Yuyang ... How many wandering geese crossed the Fengjiang River? A life, vivid because of drifting, is open and has infinite distance.
Today, with the development of transportation, places thousands of miles away can sometimes be reached in an instant. Will we still have that rootless wandering feeling on the road? The reality is that the sense of wandering of modern people has not disappeared, but has become more intense.
"Frosty Night", when I gently sang this song "A Night at the Maple Bridge", I felt a chill all over, as if the frost of the Tang Dynasty had not dispersed. Looking up at Qiao Feng, I suddenly realized that the real drifting was about to begin.
In our life, we have to experience many such vagrancies: sadness, loneliness, insomnia, and getting old in the increasingly cold frost.
And Qiao Feng is just a small station in this drifting.
May be hooked up with a lot of unforgettable feelings in life, will attract such admiration from future generations.