Cambridge, also known as Cambridge, is the oldest bridge in the world. Cambridge, like Oxford, is a charming traditional university town. Like Oxford, Cambridge also has a university (Cambridge University).

Cambridge is a combination of transliteration and free translation Cambridge, England, means the bridge of jianhe river. There is indeed a sword river here, which flows northeast in a great circle in the city. Many bridges were built on the river, so the city was named Cambridge.

Cambridge is the capital of Cambridge, England, and the seat of Cambridge University. As early as two thousand years ago, the Romans camped and stationed troops in this place about 90 kilometers from London. However, in the long years, Cambridge was only a rural market town. It was not until Cambridge University was founded that the name of this town gradually became known. Today, it is a city with a population of 92,000.

Although Cambridge is as famous as Oxford and a world-famous university, the atmosphere here is different from Oxford. Oxford is called "the city in the university" and Cambridge is called "the university in the city". Although many medieval buildings are preserved here, Cambridge is still bright and modern in terms of its appearance.

There are also many theaters, art galleries and other facilities that are not commensurate with the size of the city, which makes this university town exude a strong literary atmosphere.

Cambridge lies to the north of London. Jianhe River is located in the plain, which flows through the urban area from the west gate of the city to the northeast and merges into the Sihe River. Since Peter College, the first college of Cambridge University, was established at the end of 13, Cambridge has existed as a university town. Cambridge has a beautiful environment, full of green. Famous lawns such as Jesus Lawn, Max Lawn and Sheep Lawn are like carpets.

Upon entering Cambridge, a bronze statue commemorating Cambridge students who died in two world wars stood face to face.

Farewell to Cambridge

Farewell to Cambridge is a famous work by Xu Zhimo, a modern poet, and also a representative work of crescent poetry. The whole poem takes the emotional ups and downs when leaving Cambridge as a clue to express the deep affection for Cambridge's departure.

The language is light and soft, and the form is exquisite and mellow. The poet paints a flowing picture by alternating reality and reality, which constitutes a wonderful artistic conception everywhere. It shows in detail the poet's love for Cambridge, his longing for his past life, and his helpless sadness at present, which is the swan song in Xu Zhimo's poems.

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Xu zhimo (1897 65438+1October 193165438+1October19), formerly known as Zhang Yao.

Xu Zhimo was born in a wealthy family and studied in Britain. The lifelong pursuit of "love", "freedom" and "beauty" (Hu Shi's words) has brought him a lot of creative inspiration and ruined his life. Xu Zhimo advocated the metrical form of new poetry and made important contributions to the development of China's new poetry. He and Hu Shi, Wen Yiduo, Liang Shiqiu, Chen Yuan and others founded a new literary group: Crescent Poetry Society in 1923.

Creation background

This poem was written in 1928, 165438 on June 6, and first appeared in New Moon 1928, 10, with the signature of Xu Zhimo. Cambridge, the seat of the famous Cambridge University in Britain. 1June 920 to1October 1922, the poet studied here. The Cambridge period was a turning point in Xu Zhimo's life.

The poet once came from director Chen in the preface to the tiger: before the age of 24, his interest in poetry was far less than that in relativity or civil contract theory. It was the river in He Kang that opened the poet's heart and awakened the poet's long-term fate.

So he later said with deep affection, "Cambridge taught me to broaden my horizons. My thirst for knowledge was aroused by Cambridge, and my self-awareness was given to me by Cambridge." (Smoking and Culture)

The poet revisited his old haunt. 165438+1On October 6th, he wrote this masterpiece handed down from ancient times on his way home from Nanhai, China. This poem was first published in February 18, 928 in New Moon 1 VolumeNo. 10, and later included in Tiger Collection. It can be said that "Cambridge plot" runs through Xu Zhimo's poems all his life, and Farewell to Cambridge is undoubtedly the most famous one.

This poem was written by Xu Zhimo on his way home after his third trip to Europe. The time is1928165438+10. The place is China. One summer at the end of July, after staying at the home of the British philosopher Russell for one night, a man quietly came to Cambridge to find his English friend without any notice in advance.

Unfortunately, none of his English friends are here, only Cambridge, which he is familiar with, is waiting for him silently. The scene of his past life reappeared before his eyes ... because he was in a hurry to meet another English friend, he didn't record this emotional activity.

It was not until he left Marseille by boat on his way home, facing the rough sea and the vast sky, that he unfolded the paper and wrote down his personal feelings about returning to Cambridge this time.

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Baidu encyclopedia-farewell to Cambridge