Stop and sit at the maple bell late, and the frost leaves are red in February. What does this sentence mean?

Stop and sit in the late maple forest, and the frost leaves are red in February. I stopped because I like the late autumn scenery in Fenglin. Maple leaves are dyed brighter by autumn frost than spring flowers in February. This sentence comes from Du Mu's Mountain Walk in the Tang Dynasty.

Mountain travel

Tang Dynasty: Du Mu

In the distance, there are cold mountains, oblique stone paths and people in the depths of white clouds.

Stop and sit in the maple forest late, and the frost leaves are red in February flowers.

Translation:

Going up the mountain along the winding path, there are people deep in the white clouds. I stopped the car because I like the late autumn scenery in Fenglin. Maple leaves are stained with autumn frost, which is brighter than spring flowers in February.

Extended data:

The creative background of Hiking;

This poem describes a trip to a distant mountain, and the specific creation time is difficult to confirm. The author Qiu Denghan made a poetic discovery, so he wrote this poem to commemorate it. When Du Musheng was in troubled times in the late Tang Dynasty, he felt incompetent and ambitious. He has lived in seclusion in the mountains for 30 years. Apart from being a small official and a captain of Dantu County, he is very familiar with the twilight at four o'clock and the vegetation in the mountains. This song "Hiking" is about the wild interest in mountain villages.

Introduction to the author of Hiking:

Du Mu, a poet in Tang Dynasty. Word Mu Zhi, Jingzhao ten thousand people, the grandson of Prime Minister Du You. During the Daiwa period, he became a scholar and was awarded the title of librarian of Hong Wen Museum School. He served as an adjutant in other places for many years, then successively supervised the suggestion and compiled the history museum, served as foreign minister in the catering department, Bibi department and Si Xun, served as secretariat in Huangzhou, Chizhou and Zhou Mu, and finally served as an official in Zhongshu.

Poetry is famous for its seven-character quatrains, and in the late Tang Dynasty, many scholars abandoned their poems alone. People call it Xiao Du, and Li Shangyin is collectively called Du Xiaoli, which is different from Li Bai and Du Fu. He is good at prose, and his "Epanggong Fu" is read by later generations. He paid close attention to military affairs, wrote many military papers and annotated the Art of War by Sun Tzu.

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