The water in Peach Blossom Pond is a thousand feet deep and is not as deep as Wang Lun’s gift. Which province does it belong to?

Taohuatan Town, Jing County, Xuancheng City, Anhui Province.

Original text of the work:

"A Gift to Wang Lun"

Li Bai was about to set off in a boat when he suddenly heard singing on the shore.

The water in Peach Blossom Pond is a thousand feet deep, not as deep as Wang Lun’s love for me.

Introduction to the work:

"A Gift to Wang Lun" is a farewell poem written by Li Bai, a great poet of the Tang Dynasty, to his local friend Wang Lun when he was traveling in Jing County (now Wannan, Anhui). The poem depicts the scene when Wang Lun came to see Li Bai off by singing songs when Li Bai was about to leave in a boat. It expressed Wang Lun's simple and sincere feelings for Li Bai very simply and naturally. "The water in Peach Blossom Pond is a thousand feet deep, not as deep as Wang Lun's love for me." Li Bai picked up two sentences at hand. He first used "a thousand feet deep" to praise the depth of the water in Peach Blossom Pond. Then he changed the word "less than" and used a comparative technique to compare. The invisible friendship turned into a tangible thousand-foot pond, vividly expressing Wang Lun's sincere and deep friendship for Li Bai. The language of the whole poem is fresh and natural, and the imagination is rich and unique. Although it has only four sentences and twenty-eight characters, it is very popular. It is one of the most widely circulated masterpieces among Li Bai's poems.

About the author:

Li Bai (701-762), also known as Taibai, also known as Qinglian Jushi. He is the most unique and greatest romantic poet after Qu Yuan. He is known as the "Immortal of Poetry" and is also known as the "Big Li Du" together with Du Fu. His poems are mainly lyrical, showing his arrogant spirit of contempt for the powerful, expressing sympathy for the suffering of the people, and being good at describing natural scenery and expressing his love for the mountains and rivers of the motherland. The poetic style is majestic and bold, rich in imagination, the language flows naturally, and the rhythm is harmonious and changeable. It is good at absorbing nutrients and materials from folk literature and art, myths and legends, forming its unique magnificent colors, reaching the pinnacle of poetry art in the prosperous Tang Dynasty. There are more than a thousand poems and articles in existence, including 30 volumes of "Li Taibai Collection".