Ming Dynasty: Li Mengyang's "Bianjing Yuanxi": Singing together at Xian Wang Chun Yue Mansion, the moon outside Jinliang Bridge is like frost. ?
Translation: They came to Bianjing from different places. They all sang the script written by King Zhou Xian. They sang and performed from day to night. When the moon came out, the silver light poured out, as if a layer of frost had been spread on the ground of the Golden Beam Bridge. The lights on earth and the bright moon in the sky complement each other, creating an unprecedented spectacle.
Song Dynasty: Liu Zihui's "Chronicles of Bianjing": The prosperity of the chariot hub can be damaged, and the masters and masters passed Huxiang in old age.
Translation: The imperial capital was so prosperous and lively in those days. Looking back, it makes people infinitely sad; Master Li is also old and wandering among the people in Huxiang.
Song Dynasty: Han Yuanji's "Good things are coming soon·Bianjing gave a banquet and heard the music of Jiaofang and felt it": The head of the old pond is solid green, and it is sad to hear the orchestra. No matter how many pear orchards there are, it is always unbearable. ?
Translation: Thinking of the ponds and gardens in the palace in the past, and hearing the music in the palace in the past, I immediately felt infinite desolation. There are so many tunes from the opera house in those days, and each sound makes it difficult for me, a white-haired old man, to recall the past and add to the sorrow.
Tang Dynasty: Cen Shen's "Arrived in Daliang but sent it to the master of Kuangcheng": I left Tieqiu in the Ming Dynasty and visited Daliang in the evening. It is a bleak scene in mid-autumn, with geese flying around.
Translation: I left Tieqiu at dawn and came to Daliang when the sun set. The Mid-Autumn Equinox seems so depressing, with the sound of wild geese flying south to return to their hometown.
Tang Dynasty: Gao Shi's "A Journey to Ancient Daliang": The ancient city is vast and full of thorns and hazelnuts, driving horses to the desolate city to worry about killing people. The palace of the Wei Dynasty is full of grains and millet, and the guests in the Xinling Mausoleum are dusty.
Translation: The ancient city is covered with thorns and weeds, shrouded in a vast atmosphere. I rode horseback to the ancient city and saw the desolate scene. I couldn't help but feel sad and couldn't help myself. The palaces and temples of King Wei were all covered with millet, and Lord Xinling and his guests all disappeared with the dust without leaving a trace.
Tang Dynasty: Zhang Ji's "Sending Magistrate Zou to Chenliu (One Work from Hongzhou Sends Qie Shaochong to Magistrate Renyuyong of Henan)": The Qi and Song Dynasties sadly used troops here for many years. The woman stopped in Xiangyi and started farming in Wenyang. ?
Translation: This is the land of mercenaries in Qi and Song Dynasties. Women stopped weaving and farmers abandoned their cultivated land.
Tang Dynasty: Pi Rixiu's "Two Nostalgic Poems on the Bianhe River": It should be the Tianjiao who opened the Bianshui River, and there are no mountains in more than a thousand miles.
Translation: God should have taught people to open the Bianhe River. There is not a single mountain visible on the ground for more than a thousand miles here.
Tang Dynasty: Li Yi's "Bianhe Qu": The Bian River flows eastward with endless spring, and the palaces of the Sui family have become dust.
Translation: The blue waves of Bianshui River flow eastward, and you can see the boundless spring scenery. Spring is always there, but the luxurious Sui Palace at that time has become desolate and decadent, leaving only broken wells and ruins for people to pay homage to.
Ming Dynasty: Yu Qian's "Prince of King Yue Zhongwu": A horse came south to cross the Zhejiang River, and the Biancheng Palace was far away and rugged.
Translation: Since Hangzhou was established as the capital in the Southern Song Dynasty, the majestic palaces of Bianliang were abandoned.
Ming Dynasty: Zeng Qi's "Weiyang Nostalgia": The most sentimental Biandi willows still bring roosting crows when spring comes!
Translation: The willow trees beside Biandi are the most affectionate, and they still allow sparrows to inhabit them even in spring.
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Kaifeng has a history of more than 4,100 years of city and capital establishment. It is known as the ancient capital of eight dynasties, including the Xia Dynasty, the Wei State during the Warring States Period, and the Later Liang, Later Jin, Later Han, and Later Zhou Dynasties during the Five Dynasties. , the Song Dynasty and the Jin Dynasty successively established their capitals here; the Ming Dynasty established Beijing here for 11 years. Kaifeng is the only capital city in the world whose central axis has never changed. The Chengpingcheng ruins are rare in the world's archaeological and capital history. Tokyo, the capital of the Song Dynasty, was the largest city in the world at that time. It has the reputation of "Qishu Mingxia and Wufeng Tower, Yimen has been an imperial state since ancient times" and "Bianjing is unparalleled in the world". Kaifeng is the original place for the Qingming River Scene, and is known as the "Tokyo Dream". From the Mongolian Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties to the Republic of China and the early days of the founding of New China, Kaifeng has always been the capital or provincial capital of Henan.
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