When did Cui Hao write the Yellow Crane Tower?

The specific creation time of this poem cannot be verified. The Yellow Crane Tower is named after its Yellow Crane Mountain (also known as Snake Mountain) in Wuchang. It is said that the ancient fairy Zi An came here on a yellow crane (see Qi Xie). It is also said that Feiyi rides a crane here (see Taiping Universe), and this poem was written in the origin of the building name. The poet boarded the Yellow Crane Tower, saw the scenery in front of him and wrote this poem.

The Yellow Crane Tower is a seven-character poem written by Cui Hao, a poet in the Tang Dynasty. Cui's early poems were mostly about boudoir, superficial and frivolous; Later frontier life greatly boosted his poetic style, and suddenly became normal and awe-inspiring, especially frontier poems, which were generous and bold and famous at that time. There are 42 Complete Poems of Tang Dynasty.

The original text is as follows:

The fairy of the past has flown away by the yellow crane, leaving only an empty Yellow Crane Tower.

The yellow crane never revisited earth, there have been no long white clouds for thousands of years.

Every tree in Hanyang has become clear due to sunlight, and Nautilus Island is covered with sweet grass.

But I looked home, and the twilight was getting thicker. The river is shrouded in mist, which brings people deep melancholy.

The translation is as follows:

The immortal of the past has flown by the Yellow Crane, leaving only the empty Yellow Crane Tower here.

The yellow crane never came back here. For thousands of years, only white clouds have been fluttering.

The trees in Qingchuan Pavilion in Hanyang are clearly visible, as is Parrot Island with lush vegetation.

I don't know where my hometown is at dusk Seeing the foggy waves on the river is even more worrying!

Extended data:

This poem describes the beautiful scenery overlooking the Yellow Crane Tower and is a masterpiece of nostalgia. The first section of this poem skillfully uses allusions to lead immortals to the Yellow Crane Tower by crane. Zhuan Xu closely followed the first couplet, saying that the Yellow Crane Tower has gone through thousands of years since the immortal left;

With the poetic turn of the neckline, I entered the description of the scenery and wrote down what I saw in the Yellow Crane Tower on a sunny day. The end of the couplet is to write about the feeling of returning home at sunset along the Yanbo River, which makes the poem return to the intangible realm at the beginning.

Although the whole poem is not harmonious, its syllables are loud and clear. Scenes blend and artistic conception is profound.

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