Year of creation Tang Dynasty

Author's name Li Bai

Genre poetry of the work

[Edit this paragraph] Original poem

Wanglushan Waterfall, Part I

Censer peak in the west and waterfall water in the south.

The suspended flow is 300 feet, and the gully is dozens of miles.

Like lightning flying, like Bai Hong looming.

At first, the river fell and was half scattered in the sky.

Look up at the situation, turn male, strong and good.

The sea breeze keeps blowing and the moonlight is still empty.

Shoot in the air and wash the blue wall left and right.

Flying beads scatter light clouds, and foam boils dome stones.

I like famous mountains, and so do I.

Wash your face no matter what you wash.

And harmonious and accommodating, always willing to die.

Wanglushan Waterfall (2)

The purple mist is illuminated by sunlight, and the waterfall hangs in front of the mountain.

On the high cliff, it seems to be thousands of feet high, which makes people think that the Milky Way has fallen from heaven to earth.

[Edit this paragraph] Annotation translation

Lushan Mountain: One of the famous mountains in China, located in the Poyang Lake basin in the north of Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province, and Lushan District of Jiujiang City.

Incense burner: incense burner peak, located in the northwest of Lushan Mountain, is named after its shape like incense burner and dense clouds on the mountain.

Purple smoke: refers to clouds and water vapor that appear purple under sunlight.

Chuan: River, here refers to waterfall.

Thousands of feet III: Describing the height of the mountain is exaggerated, not true.

Galaxy: Also known as Tianhe. The ancients called it a banded cluster of galaxies.

Nine days: the ancients thought that the sky was nine times heavy, and nine days was the highest level of the sky, which means extremely high sky here.

Seen from a distance.

Among these two poems, the second one is widely circulated, and its poetry is:

The incense burner peak illuminated by the sun produces purple smoke.

Seen from a distance, the waterfall hangs in front of the mountain like a white horse.

Water flowed down from a height of 3,000 feet.

It's like the bright milky way water falling from nine days.

[Edit this paragraph] Poetry appreciation

Incense burner refers to the incense burner peak of Lushan Mountain, "in the northwest of Lushan Mountain, its peak is sharp and round, and the smoke clouds gather and disperse, like the shape of Boshan incense burner" (music history "Taiping Universe").

But when it comes to the poet Li Bai's pen, it becomes another scene: an indomitable incense burner, clouds of white smoke rising slowly in Ran Ran, ethereal between the green mountains and the blue sky, and turned into a purple cloud under the irradiation of the red sun. This not only makes the incense burner peak more beautiful, but also romantic, creating an unusual background for the unusual waterfall. Then the poet turned his eyes to the waterfall on the mountain wall. "Before the waterfall hangs over the river", the first four words are the key points; "Hanging in front of the river" is the first image of "looking", and the waterfall is like a huge white practice hanging high between mountains and rivers. The word "hanging" is wonderful. It turns from dynamic to static, vividly showing the image of a waterfall pouring in Yuanwang. The word "hanging" also contains the poet's praise for the magical power of nature. The third sentence also describes the dynamics of the waterfall. "Flying three thousands of feet", stroke by stroke, every word is forceful. The word "fly" vividly depicts the scene of the waterfall spewing out; "Straight down" not only describes the steep slope of the mountain, but also indicates the urgency of the water flow. The sky is falling and unstoppable. However, the poet was not satisfied enough, and wrote another sentence, "It is suspected that the Milky Way has set for nine days". He really wants to fall from the sky and surprise his soul. "Doubt is" is worth pondering. The poet clearly said it in a trance, and the readers know that it is not, but they all think that only in this way can it be more vivid and true. The secret lies in the image that has been bred in the poet's previous description. The towering incense burner peak is hidden in the clouds. Looking at the waterfall in the distance is like flying down from the clouds and falling in the sky, which naturally associates with a galaxy falling from the sky. It can be seen that although the metaphor of "doubt is the milky way for nine days" is strange, it does not appear out of thin air in the poem, but naturally emerges from the portrayal of the image. It is exaggerated and natural, novel and true, thus arousing the resonance of the whole article, making the whole image more colorful, magnificent and magnificent, which not only left a deep impression on people, but also gave people room for imagination, and showed Li Bai's artistic style of "Wan Li fell, but it was still strong in the end".

Lushan Mountain has beautiful scenery, and the waterfall of Luxiangfeng is particularly spectacular. The poet wrote this quatrain with great excitement. With exaggerated metaphor and romantic imagination, the two sentences focus on pen and ink, further depicting the image of the waterfall. Fly is about mountains and high waters, Straight Down is about waterfalls, and Three thousands of feet is about exaggerating the spectacular waterfalls. It can be said that every word is good. The last sentence compares the waterfall to the bright galaxy, which is vivid and appropriate. One of the words "doubt" is straightforward and meaningful.

[Edit this paragraph] Author introduction

Li Bai (70 1 year ~ 762), Han nationality, whose word is Taibai, is a violet layman, also known as "fallen fairy". Known as the "Poet Fairy", it is also called "Du Li" with Du Fu. There are more than 900 poems such as Li Taibai Ji, which are the representative figures of romantic poems in the prosperous Tang Dynasty.

Li Bai's poems are mainly lyrical, and Qu Yuan is the first person who really absorbed its rich nutrition from the folk literature and art at that time and Yuefu folk songs since Qin, Han, Wei and Jin dynasties, and concentrated on perfecting them to form his unique style. He has extraordinary artistic talent and great artistic power. His representative works include Into the Wine, Difficult Road to Shu, Climbing Mount Tianmu in a Dream, Thinking on a Quiet Night, Early Making Baidi City, Looking at Tianmen Mountain, Difficult to Walk, etc.