Yellow Crane Tower
Crushing through the peaks of Bashan and receiving the Xiaoxiang Yunshui, the mighty Yangtze River meets its longest tributary, the Han River, in the hinterland of Sanchu, creating a barrier between Wuhan and Wuhan. The majestic appearance of two rivers and three towns confronting each other. It is located on the eastern edge of the Jianghan Plain. The remaining hills of southeastern Hubei are undulating between plains and lakes. The turtle and snake mountains are sandwiched between each other. The boats on the river are like weaving. The Yellow Crane Tower is built here. Located in Wuhan City, Hubei Province.
Yellow Crane Tower is a masterpiece of classical and modern fusion, poetry and aesthetic construction. It is located at the intersection of the turbulent auras of mountains and rivers, and it just caters to the Chinese nation's folk customs of climbing heights, the space awareness of being close to nature, and the philosophical concept of advocating the universe. Climbing the Yellow Crane Tower not only brings pleasure, but also allows the mind to blend with the images of the universe, thereby purifying the mind. This is probably the reason why the beauty of the Yellow Crane Tower has endured through the wind and rain and will last forever like the sun and the moon.
Yellow Crane Tower Scenic Spot Honor: National 5A-level scenic spot, one of the three famous towers in Jiangnan, and one of the top 40 national tourist attractions
Yellow Crane Tower ⑴ to Meng Haoran ⑵ to ⑶ Guangling ⑷ Tang Dynasty Li Bai
An old friend ⑸ said goodbye to the Yellow Crane Tower in the west, and fireworks ⑹ went to Yangzhou in March.
The shadow of the solitary sail in the distance is gone in the blue sky, and only the Yangtze River can be seen flowing in the sky.
Notes
⑴ Yellow Crane Tower: The original site is on the Yellow Crane Island in Snake Mountain, Wuchang, Wuhan City, Hubei Province today. Legend has it that an immortal flew away on a yellow crane here, so it is called the Yellow Crane Tower. .
⑵ Meng Haoran: Li Bai’s friend.
⑶: Go.
⑷ Guangling: Yangzhou.
⑸ Old friend: Old friend, here refers to Meng Haoran.
⑹ Fireworks: refers to the gorgeous spring scenery.
⑺ END: Disappear.
⑻ Only see: only see.
⑼ Tianji: The horizon.
Translation
An old friend said goodbye to me at the Yellow Crane Tower in the west,
In the spring of March, when the smoke was thick and the flowers were blooming, I went to Yangzhou.
The sail shadow of the lone boat gradually disappeared into the distance at the end of the blue sky.
Only the Yangtze River was seen flowing toward the horizon.
Explanation
Li Bai was a poet who loved nature and loved to travel. He "loved traveling to famous mountains all his life" and traveled almost all over China, leaving behind many poems praising the beauty of nature and praising nature. A work of friendship. "Yellow Crane Tower Farewell to Meng Haoran at Guangling" is a famous poem that has always been praised. This poem was written by Li Bai during his grand tour to Shu. It describes the poet's infinite attachment when bidding farewell to his friends, and also writes about the magnificence and beauty of the mountains and rivers of his motherland.
Appreciation
In the 13th year of Kaiyuan of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty (725), young Li Bai left Sichuan and lived in Anlu (now Anlu, Hubei) for ten years. During this period, I got acquainted with Meng Haoran, who lived in seclusion in Lumen Mountain, Xiangyang. Meng Haoran is also a famous poet, older than Li Bai. At this time, he was already famous in the poetry world, and Li Bai admired him very much. Meng Haoran is called "old friend" in the poem, which shows that they have known each other for a long time and are old friends, and they have deep feelings for each other.
The original site of the Yellow Crane Tower is on the riverside in Wuchang District, Wuhan City. It has always been a tourist attraction. Many poets left poems on the tower. Guangling is Yangzhou, the most prosperous city in the Tang Dynasty, and has always been called "Yang Yi Yi Er" (the city's prosperity at that time was Yangzhou's first and Chengdu's second). The wealth in the Jiangnan area was transferred from Yangzhou to Luoyang and then to Chang'an through the canal. Industry and commerce are very developed here. The word "Zhi" in the title is used as a verb, which means "to go".
At this time, known as the "Kaiyuan Prosperous Age" in history, the country was strong and people were generous, so when we parted, although we were disappointed, we were not sad.
The beginning of the poem expresses the fact of parting. Wuhan is in the west and Yangzhou is in the east. Going from Wuhan to Yangzhou and going east along the river, you will naturally say goodbye to the Yellow Crane Tower to the northwest. Such a sentence is really easy to pick up, without any elaboration. The second sentence goes well. Where is he going? Go to Yangzhou. The beauty of "Fireworks in March" is that it not only points out the season of departure, but more importantly expresses the mood at that time. Fireworks refer to the beautiful scenery shrouded in mist in spring. The spring scenery in the south of the Yangtze River is beautiful and has always been praised by literati. Qiu Chi of the Liang Dynasty gave such a touching description in "Books with Chen Bo": "In late spring in March, the grass grows in the south of the Yangtze River, flowers bloom on the trees, and warblers fly around." . What Meng Haoran encountered along the way would also be such a scene. And what about Yangzhou? It is also a famous city full of flowers and embroidered bead curtains. This is the place he wants to go. Just imagine, during the March fireworks in Jiangnan, if you go to the fireworks place in Yangzhou, can you not feel relaxed and happy along the way? Don't think that these two lines of poems only describe the person, place, time and destination of farewell on the surface, but through the words, they deeply express the inner emotions.
After saying goodbye at the top of the building, Meng Haoran boarded the boat and set off. I saw a lone boat sailing forward, breaking through the waves. The pedestrians are getting further away, but the people seeing them off are still standing by the river. The lone sail gradually disappeared among the white clouds and blue water. At this time, there was only the raging waves of the river, running towards the end of the blue sky, as if chasing pedestrians. Li Bai expresses this feeling after farewell very skillfully, like using a close-up shot of a movie to illuminate the shadow of a sail and gradually move forward. At the junction of water and sky, the shadow of the sail disappeared, and the Yangtze River flowed majestically to the sky. At this time, the audience and the senders will place their emotions in the flowing water, and the vast and vast feeling of the entire painting will naturally come to their hearts again.
In this way, the scene reflects the emotion, and the emotion is integrated into the scene, so that the scene blends together, making people have an endless aftertaste after reading it.
Most of the chapters in classical poetry are nothing more than describing scenes and expressing emotions. Although it is difficult to separate the two completely when writing, only a master can combine them skillfully. Scenery is an objective existence in nature. If you want to give life to poetry and make it have long-term effects, then when absorbing this scenery, you must not only express it accurately, but also incorporate strong emotions, so as to express it vividly. The depth of description can be seen in the image. In this poem, Li Bai expresses his feelings of farewell by describing the natural scenery, which is a good example of this method.