The poem describes Li Bai's interesting experience of raiding the temple at night. It is a short poem about his travels and scenery.
"Sleeping at the Mountain Temple" Tang Dynasty: Li Bai
The dangerous building is a hundred feet high, and you can pick the stars with your hands.
Don’t dare to speak loudly for fear of frightening the heavens.
Translation: The temple on the mountain seems to be hundreds of feet high, and it seems like you can pick off the stars if you stand on it. He didn't dare to speak loudly for fear of alarming the immortals in the sky.
Notes:
1. Accommodation: stay, stay overnight.
2. Dangerous building: high building, here refers to the temple on the top of the mountain. Danger, high; hundreds of feet, an imaginary reference, not a real number. The building here is described as being very high.
3. Stars: the collective name for the stars in the sky.
4. Language: speak.
5. Fear: fear, fear.
6. Jing: startled. Extended information
This song "Sleep at the Mountain Temple" was written by Li Bai in Huangmei County, Hubei Province. It is about Jiangxin Temple on the top of Caisheng Mountain in Huangmei County.
The poet uses exaggerated artistic techniques to describe the towering mountain temple, giving people rich associations. The building on the mountain seems to be a hundred feet high. Standing on the top of the building, the poet can pluck the stars from the sky with his hands. I don't dare to speak loudly here, for fear of disturbing the immortals in the sky.
The language of this poem is natural and simple, but the image is lifelike. There are no unusual words in the whole poem, but the words are amazing. It can be called a masterpiece of "exceptional words can be seen in ordinary words". With the help of bold imagination, the poet exaggerates the extraordinary height of the mountain temple, and writes the towering mountain temple and the fear of night very realistically, thus presenting an almost unimaginable magnificent building in front of the readers, giving people an immersive feeling.
Li Bai's poetic style is bold and vigorous, his imagination is extremely rich, his language is natural and graceful, his melody is varied yet harmonious, and he has a strong romantic color. In just a few strokes, this poem vividly expresses the joy, boldness, loveliness, and frankness of people in high places.