Tang poetry, like a bright galaxy, shines with the profound cultural heritage of the mainland. In that glorious Tang Dynasty, poets dotted the sky of history like stars, among them, Li Bai is undoubtedly the most dazzling. His poems are sometimes as delicate and gentle as children's love, sometimes as turbulent as heroes in the rivers and lakes, and sometimes as galloping and heroic as fairy wind and bones. However, even such a poet immortal has moments that make him sigh.
Legend has it that on a bright spring day, Li Bai roamed to the Yellow Crane Tower in Wuchang. Facing the towering and magnificent landscape of the Yellow Crane Tower, he couldn't help but be full of poetry, ready to pour out the pride in his heart on the paper. However, when he gazed at the surging river and towering buildings, he found that his words could not fully describe the beauty in front of him. At that moment, he felt powerless and small like never before, as if he was just a speck of dust in this vast universe.
Li Bai, an immortal in the poetry world, also has the troubles of mortals. When he was about to splash ink and write the pride in his heart, he found that there were already poems engraved here, like a bright moon hanging high, illuminating this world. The poem, like the water of the Yangtze River, is vast, and the Yellow Crane Tower shines brightly, as if it is the harmony of heaven and earth, the symphony of poetry.
Li Bai chanted repeatedly, admiring in his heart. He felt that the artistic conception in the poem was lofty and profound, like the flight of the yellow crane and the rushing of the river, which was unattainable. He knows very well that although his poetry talent is high, it is difficult to surpass it in the face of such poetry.
So, he sighed, left a limerick poem, and put his pen down. The poem wrote: "There is a scene in front of me, and Cui Hao's inscription poem is above. In this poem, Li Bai's helplessness and admiration are revealed, and his deep admiration for Cui Hao's poems is also expressed.
In the long river of history, this is probably the most frustrated time for Li Bai in the poetry world. So, what is the essence of Cui Hao's "Yellow Crane Tower" that can make this poet immortal shy away? Perhaps, only when we go deep into the poem can we feel the charm of it and understand Li Bai's helplessness and admiration.
Yellow Crane Tower
Cui Hao
In the past, people have taken the yellow crane to go, and the yellow crane tower is vacant here.
The yellow crane is gone, and the white clouds are empty for thousands of years.
Qingchuan calendar Hanyang tree, fragrant grass and parrot island.
Where is the Sunset Township? The Yanbo River makes people worried.
Cui Hao, a poet who is not well-known in history, was born in a prominent family of that era, the Boling Cui family. As the saying goes, rich families have many talents, and romance has existed since ancient times, and Cui Hao is an excellent commentary on this sentence. When he was young, he was uninhibited and reckless, especially in love with beautiful women. He was commented on in the history books: "Tang poets, there are no writings. The "Wuxing" here often refers to his obsession with beauty, and he is amorous and lucky, and chooses his wife to only look at the beautiful appearance, but often abandons it easily, which can be called the "Chen Shimei" of the Tang Dynasty.
However, it is precisely this life experience that has made Cui Hao's poetry style change dramatically. His poetic style has changed from the original flamboyant to the magnificent, just like his attitude to life, bold and free. Among them, the poem "Yellow Crane Tower" is the best example of the change of his poetic style, which has always been praised by people. This poem takes the Yellow Crane Tower as an introduction, and through rich imagination, it is endowed with a fairy-like color, and finally returns to the magnificent scene of the Yellow Crane Tower's towering into the clouds, just like a vivid picture, and the poetry and painting complement each other.
Climb the Yellow Crane Tower and be fascinated by the scenery in front of you. Outside the building, the scenery is unpredictable, and the weather is myriad, like a flowing picture. The legend of the immortal yellow crane is a beautiful picture of this famous resort, where elements such as the sandbar of the clear river, verdant trees, and the sunset of the grass reflect each other, forming a beautiful picture. Here, it can really be described as a masterpiece of the ancient scenes.
Legend has it that Li Bai once wrote a poem on the Yellow Crane Tower, but he was haunted by the fact that he could not surpass Cui Hao's "Yellow Crane Tower". After leaving the Yellow Crane Tower, he tried to save face by creating "Parrot Island", but after the poem was completed, he always felt unsatisfactory and could not reach Cui Hao's pinnacle work. It wasn't until later that he wrote "Dengjinling Phoenix Terrace" in Jiangsu, which can be regarded as saving some face.
Phoenix on the Phoenix Terrace, Phoenix goes to Taikong River artesian.
Wu Palace flowers and plants buried in the path, the Jin Dynasty dressed into ancient mounds.
The three mountains are half in the blue sky, and the two waters are divided into Egret Island.
It is always because the clouds can cover the sun, and Chang'an is not worried.
Although the background of its birth is covered with a layer of fog, whether it is the lament after Chang'an was excluded, or the relief after the exile of Yelang, it cannot hide its artistic brilliance. This poem is like a bright pearl, no matter where it is placed, it shines brightly.
Talking about this poem and Cui Hao's "Yellow Crane Tower", it is a good story in the poetry world. is like the contest between two martial arts masters, each with its own merits and unique learning. Cui Hao's "Yellow Crane Tower" is majestic, like a vast river, a vast smoke, a grand realm, and fascinating. And Li Bai's "Ascending the Phoenix Terrace of Jinling" is like a hermit, hidden deeply, writing about the ancient scene, with far-reaching artistic conception and endless aftertaste.
Fang Hui, a poetry critic of the Yuan Dynasty, once commented that these two poems were "rhythmic and imposing, not easy to be a or a b", which means that the two have their own characteristics and are difficult to distinguish. I think so. If Cui Hao's "Yellow Crane Tower" is taken as a reference, Li Bai's "Ascending the Phoenix Terrace of Jinling" may be slightly inferior in momentum, but in the artistic conception of writing the scenery and hanging the ancients, the two are like two beautiful and contrast with each other.
Therefore, I think that the evaluation of these two poems should not be generalized, but should be taken from each and appreciate their unique charm. Cui Hao's "Yellow Crane Tower" is like the Yangtze River, flowing endlessly, and Li Bai's "Ascending the Phoenix Terrace of Jinling" is like a clear spring in the mountains, gurgling and trickling, each with its own beauty and rhyme.