Interpretation and full text of Langtaosha (I)

Don Liu Yuxi

The Yellow River winds from a distant place, carrying thousands of miles of yellow sand.

Since you are from the sky, and now you seem to fly directly to the Milky Way, please take me to the sky, gather in the Milky Way, and go to the home of Cowherd and Weaver Girl together.

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1. Langtaosha: the name of a tune in the Tang Dynasty.

2. Wind and waves: The Yellow River is covered with sand and the wind and waves are rolling. Tianya: Tianya.

3. The Milky Way: The ancients thought that the Yellow River and the Milky Way were interlinked.

4. Morning glory: the legendary cowherd. He and the Weaver Girl were separated from each other on both sides of the Milky Way because they angered the Emperor of Heaven, and they were only allowed to meet once a year on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month.

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The winding Yellow River is very long, carrying a lot of yellow sand. The Yellow River is choppy and comes from the horizon. Now I'm heading straight for the Milky Way against the wind and waves, towards the gate of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl.

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This poem, written in Kuizhou, is a political lyric poem in folk song style, and it is the first poem in Nine Poems of Langtaosha. The first two sentences of the poem describe the magnificent picture from the horizon and gallop thousands of miles in a simple way. Jiuqu describes the twists and turns of the Yellow River in an exaggerated way. "From the ends of the earth" vividly depicts the long history of the Yellow River, which is similar to the sentence "How the water of the Yellow River moves out of heaven and into the ocean, and never returns" in Li Bai's "Into the Wine". The last two sentences use Zhang Qian's allusions to find the source of the river for Emperor Wu and the Cowherd and the Weaver Maid across the Milky Way, and express his imagination that he will face the stormy waves and yellow sand in Wan Li until he reaches the home of the Cowherd and the Weaver Maid, which shows the poet's heroic spirit.

(4) Langtaosha

Don Liu Yuxi

In spring, the water is clear by the Luoshui Bridge.

Strangers for no reason met with strong winds, which made Yuanyang splash.

5] Langtaosha

Don Liu Yuxi

The bian river flows eastward with tiger's eyes, and the duck's head is clear and pregnant.

Look at the sand scouring place at the ferry, but how many people have crossed the world.

[6] Langtaosha

Don Liu Yuxi

Nautilus Island is full of waves and sand, and the brothel will be inclined in spring.

Swallows with mud fight for home, and crazy people don't remember home alone.

Once the waves wash away the sand.

Don Liu Yuxi

On both sides of Jinjiang River, flowers are blooming, and the spring breeze blows the waves.

When a girl cuts a mandarin duck brocade, there will be a sunset glow in the middle stream.

⑻ Langtaosha

Don Liu Yuxi

Rizhao Chengzhou River is foggy, and gold diggers are all over the river.

Behind the beautiful jewels is sand full of waves.

Pet-name ruby Langtaosha

Don Liu Yuxi

In August, the waves roared, and the head was several feet high, touching the back of the mountain.

In a blink of an eye, I arrived at Haimen, and the rolled sand was like a snowdrift.

⑽ Langtaosha

Don Liu Yuxi

Mo Tao's slanderers are as deep as waves, and Mo Yan's guests are as heavy as sand.

Although it is hard, it is difficult to blow out crazy sand when it is not golden.

⑾ Langtaosha

Don Liu Yuxi

The running water keeps scouring the sand, and the front waves are not extinguished, and the back waves are not born.

It suddenly reminds people of George W. xiang zhu and sings three or two times to welcome God.