It's hard to say that Dai Shulun's translation of Lanxi Acura is so difficult.
Liu Wanmei hangs on the cool moon, and the Zhongshan mirror looks more.
Peach blossoms rained in Lanxi for three days, and carp came to the beach at midnight.
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1, Lanxi: Lanxi River, also known as Lanjiang River, is a tributary of the upper reaches of Fuchun River in Zhejiang Province. In the southwest of Lanxi County, Zhejiang Province.
2. Leng Yue: New Moon.
3. Yue: The southeast coastal area in ancient times was called Yue.
4. Peach blossom rain: the rain when the peach blossoms in Jiangnan are in full bloom in spring.
5. Acura: a song sung by the boatman when he swings.
6. Liuwan: a river bend shaded by willows.
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A bend in Emei hangs over Liuwan. The moonlight is clear, cool and pleasant. The mountains in central Vietnam are reflected in a mirror-like stream, which is very beautiful. It rained spring rain intermittently for three days. In the dead of night, the stream surged and fish swarmed into Xitou Shoal.
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This is a boat song with the most folk flavor. "Lanxi" in the title is Lanxi in Lanxi County, Wuzhou (also known as Dongyang River, which is the upper reaches of Fuchun River); Ba is an oar, and Acura is a song sung by the boatman when rowing. In 780 AD, Dai Shulun was appointed as Dongyang Order from May of the lunar calendar to the following spring, and Lanxi was near Dongyang. This song was probably written by him during this period.
Folk songs that sing local scenery, except those with special backgrounds (such as Liu Yuxi's "Treading Lyrics"), are mostly shot during the day. Because in the bright sunshine, all the scenery looks vibrant and bright, which can fully show their beauty. This article is ingenious, choosing the night as the background, and singing another kind of beauty that is not paid much attention to by people in Jiangnan Mountain Water Resort. This is a remarkable feature of its selection of materials.
"The cool moon hangs like an eyebrow in Liuwan", the first sentence describes the shore scenery seen by boat tour: a crescent moon bent like an eyebrow, reflecting the cold brilliance, hanging low on the willow tip of the inlet. On the spring night after the rain, the moonlight is clearer; It's March (as can be seen from Peach Blossom Rain below), and the wicker has been hanging down. The eyebrows and the new willows set each other off and are full of freshness.
The more you look at the mountain mirror, the second sentence is translated into watercolor mountain shadow. In ancient times, Zhejiang was a place to cross the country, so it was called "crossing China". Looking at the Mountain in the Mirror depicts a beautiful picture of the water in Vietnam and China as clear as a mirror, and the beautiful scenery on both sides of the strait reflects the bottom of the water. The repetition of the word "zhong" in the sentence not only adds the chanting flavor of folk songs, but also conveys the self-satisfied interest of singing and enjoying the scenery on the spot during the night flight.
"Lanxi peach blossoms rain for three days, and carp come to the beach in the middle of the night." The ship continued to move forward, and unconsciously it had sailed from the mirror-like water to the beach. Only when he heard the sound of the beach did the poet think of the continuous spring rain, and the water in Lanxi rose, and the sound of the beach became more urgent. In the sound of the beach, I seem to hear the splash of fish swimming upstream from time to time. The poet can't help thinking that this is the carp that is enjoying the Spring River and rising on the beach. In February and March, peach blossoms bloom in the south, and spring rains continue. This continuous drizzle can make the river rise, but it will not make the water turbid, so the second sentence has a mirror-like description of the water. If the peach blossoms are flooding in the north, there is no clear scenery that looks like a mountain mirror. This shows that the poet observes things and describes the truth of the scenery. Because it was a boat trip in the middle of the night, the night was already hazy, and the literal meaning of "peach blossom rain" was specially chosen here, adding a touch of bright spring scenery to the impression; The night was originally quiet, and here I wrote the sound of carp on the beach, adding a lively atmosphere to the quiet night. In fact, "Peach Blossom Rain in March" and "Carp on the Beach" written here are not eye-catching scenes. The former has this association because of the noise of the beach, and the latter has this speculation because of the splash of fish. These two capitals are the poet's imagination. It is with this layer of imagination that poetry becomes more intense.
Throughout the poem, we can find that although this boat song is set in Lanxi night, it pays attention to the freshness and clarity of Lanxi night scene, rather than the quietness and obscurity of night. However, this reflects the unique folk charm of this poem.