Three legends of the Yellow Crane Tower

The original site of the Yellow Crane Tower is at Huanghejitou, Snake Mountain, Wuchang, Hubei Province. According to legend, this place was originally a hotel opened by the Xin family. In order to thank her for her kindness, a Taoist priest painted on the wall before leaving A crane was told to come down and dance for fun. From then on, the house was filled with guests and business was booming. Ten years later, the Taoist priest came back and played the flute. The Taoist priest climbed onto the yellow crane and went up to the sky. In order to commemorate the immortal man who helped her get rich, Mrs. Xin built a tower on the site and named it "Yellow Crane Tower". There is also a legend that a man named Fei Wei became an immortal in Yellow Crane Mountain and then ascended to heaven on a yellow crane. Later, in memory of Fei Wei, people built a Yellow Crane Tower on Yellow Crane Mountain.

Cui Hao's poem is related to the latter legend.

This is a more general term. So, according to this statement, it would be unreasonable to replace it with Baiyun. No matter which legend the origin of the Yellow Crane Tower is based on, it is related to ascending to heaven by riding a crane. In this way, the poet should have kept in mind the Yellow Crane Tower when he wrote the poem in the scene.

Made for this allusion.

Let’s talk about rhythmic poetry. You mentioned that the first three sentences all have the character Huang He, which looks like ancient style rather than

rhythm poetry. In fact, there are also sentences in ancient style that are in rhythm, but there was no such term as

rhythm at that time. , and commonly referred to as rhythmic poetry generally has three characteristics:

The first is the rhythm of the number of words, the second is the harmony of antitheses, and the third is the harmony of levels and obliques. If the three points

are all If it conforms, it is a pure rhythmic poem. If it only conforms to the first two points, it is an ancient style of rhythmic poetry, also called Aolu. Moreover, this poem is a poem written with emotion in front of the scene. In fact,

it does not have a very formal meter, but it does not have a rhythm. The number of words is seven and fifty-six, which is correct. The jaw and neck couplets are The antithesis is also neat and has the charm of ancient style, so why should it be restricted to the rhythm of modern verse? Even poems that require very strict modern rhythms

There are variations, and there are cases where the first sentence does not fit into the rhyme.

Let’s talk about the white cloud in the fourth sentence. I don’t think it is necessary to have a white cloud in the first sentence to draw it out. This statement is far-fetched. The two sentences The original meaning is that once the yellow crane flies away, it will never come back again, and only the long white clouds will remain the same for thousands of years. Let me ask, if there is no old friend riding on a yellow crane in the first sentence, where does the yellow crane in this sentence come from?

The Yellow Crane Tower, one of the three most famous towers in China along with Yueyang Tower and Tengwang Pavilion, is said to have been named after the immortal prince Qiao Qihe passed by and rested here temporarily. In fact, there are many legends about the Yellow Crane Tower, and another one is more interesting: In ancient times, a boss named Xin opened a tavern in the mountains. One day, a Taoist priest came to have a drink. When he was about to pay, Boss Xin refused to accept the payment. The Taoist priest felt sorry for himself, so he drew a crane on the wall with orange peel, and then told him: "If a guest comes, just clap your hands at the crane a few times, and the crane will come down from the wall and dance." Boss Xin did as he was told. Sure enough, it attracted a large number of drinkers and business was booming every day. Ten years later, the Taoist priest came to the tavern again and played the iron flute to the crane. Hearing the music, the crane jumped down from the wall and danced to the rhythm. At the end, the Taoist priest climbed on the back of the crane and rode away on the crane. In order to commemorate this adventure, Boss Xin built a building by the river and named it "Yellow Crane Tower".

Some people think that the Taoist priest that Boss Xin met was Lu Dongbin, one of the Eight Immortals. Others think that the name "Yellow Crane Tower" was actually due to the nearby Huangheji. Regardless of the reason for its construction, a poem by Cui Hao, a poet from the Tang Dynasty, "The people of the past have gone away on the Yellow Crane, and the Yellow Crane Tower is vacant here", making it the "No. 1 building in the world". Scholars of all ages have built this building. There are countless people who have written poems and lyrics, which shows the charm of cranes.

There are many legends about the Yellow Crane Tower. "Qi Xie Zhi" records that the immortal prince An passed a mountain here riding a yellow crane, so the mountain was named Yellow Crane. Later, someone built a building on the mountain called Yellow Crane Tower. "Shu Yi Ji" says that Xun Huan liked the magic of immortals. He once saw an immortal descending from the sky on a yellow crane from the Yellow Crane Tower. The immortal drank with him and then left on the crane. "Ezhou Illustrated Book" says that after Fei Wenyi ascended to immortality, he once rode a yellow crane to rest here