What is the meaning of the poem "the green hills on both sides of the strait are opposite, and the lonely sails are drying themselves"?

The poem "The green mountains on both sides of the strait look at each other, and the solitary sail comes from the side of the sun" comes from the poem "Looking at Tianmen Mountain" by Li Bai, a great poet in the Tang Dynasty, which means that the green mountains on both sides of the strait look at each other, and the beautiful scenery is inseparable, and a flat boat comes from the land where the west sinks.

Original works:

Wangtianmen mountain

Li Bai [Tang Dynasty]

The Yangtze River splits the Tianmen Peak like a giant axe, and the green river flows around the island.

The green hills on both sides are neck and neck, and a boat meets leisurely from the horizon.

Vernacular translation:

Like a giant axe, the Yangtze River splits the male peak of Tianmen, where the Qingjiang River flows eastward and then northward.

The green hills on both sides of the strait are opposite, and beauty cannot be separated. A ship came from the sunset in the west.

Comment on words and phrases:

Tianmen Mountain: Located on both sides of the Yangtze River in Anhui County and Wuhu City. It is called Xiliangshan in the north of the Yangtze River and Liangdongshan in the south of the Yangtze River (called Wangboshan in ancient times). The confrontation between the two mountains across the river is like a gateway set by heaven, hence the name Tianmen.

Interrupt: The river cuts off two mountains in the middle.

Chu River: Yangtze River. Because the middle reaches of the Yangtze River in ancient times belonged to Chu State, it was called Chu River. Open: split, disconnect.

At this point: the river flowing to the east turns to the north here. One is "due north" Return: gyrate, rotate. Due to the steep terrain, this section of the river changed direction and became more turbulent.

Green hills on both sides: Dongling Mountain and Xiliangshan Mountain respectively. Highlight, appear.

From the sun: refers to a lonely boat coming from the distance at the intersection of Tianshui, which seems to come from the sun from a distance.

Appreciation of works:

The word "Wang" is dominant in the whole poem.

This is a four-line poem describing the scenery in the river, entitled "Looking at Tianmen Mountain". It can be seen that the scenery of Tianmen Mountain, as the object of description, is the result of the poet's "looking" on the ship. The whole poem is unfolded under the command of the word "Wang", and the landscape of "Tianmen" is integrated into one, and the magnificent scene is vividly displayed. The poet is on the boat, looking at the green hills on both sides of the river, and has the illusion that the boat is not moving but the mountains are moving. Therefore, he wrote a beautiful sentence of "the green hills on both sides of the strait are opposite", just like a lonely sail facing the distant mountains, which is quite interesting.

Mountains and rivers set each other off.

The mountains and rivers in the poem are closely related and set each other off. The Chu River seemed to open the Tianmen, and the interruption of Tianmen enabled the Chu River to rush out. The two peaks of Tianmen cross the Chu River, and the torrent of the Chu River crosses Tianmen. The mountain stands by the water, the water comes out of the mountain, and the mountains and rivers are connected. The scene is spectacular. "Higashi Shimizu Stream" is contained by the mountain peak, so it turns to Tianmen, and the mountain is open for water, and the water returns to the mountain, which restricts each other and blends into one. The "opposite" "green hills on both sides" and the "solitary sails" in the water combine to form a complete and moving picture. Throughout the poem, mountains and rivers, or combined into one, or written separately, or explicitly mentioned, or implied, closely linked and reflected each other, showing a very grand and spectacular scene.

Creative background:

Looking at Tianmen Mountain was written by Li Baichu on his way to Jiangdong via Dangtu (now Anhui) in 725 AD (13th year of Kaiyuan).

About the author:

Li Bai (70 1-762), a great romantic poet in the Tang Dynasty, was called "Poet Fairy" by later generations and "Du Li" with Du Fu. In order to distinguish himself from two other poets, Li Shangyin and Du Mu, that is, "Little Du Li", Du Fu and Li Bai were also called together. According to the Book of the New Tang Dynasty, Li Bai is the ninth grandson of Gui Li, the king of Liang, and he is a descendant of all kings. He is cheerful and generous, loves to drink and write poems, and likes to make friends. Li Bai was deeply influenced by Huang Lao's idea of sorting out villages, such as Li Taibai Collection handed down from generation to generation. Most of his poems were written when he was drunk, and his representative works include Looking at Lushan Waterfall, Difficult Walking, Difficult Road, Drinking, Early Making a City of Baidi, etc.