The Original Text and Translation of Xu Xiake's Diary of a Visit to Dali

Translation:

After six miles, I crossed a stream, and the water was very heavy. To the south, there are mountain peaks encircling and descending to the east. Go two miles, bypass the south side of the hill under the peak, and then look for a path to the west and walk into the canyon.

Looking west from the middle of the gorge, many peaks are hidden from each other. The highest peak is located at the back of the gorge, with traces of snow, hanging high alone, such as a white silk cutting off the castle peak, and a stream flows eastward from the canyon, which is the lower reaches of Qingbi Stream.

From the northwest of the stream, step on the hill and climb to the west. After two miles, there is a grave on the left hill, which is Ruan Shangbin's grave. From the back of the cemetery to the west for two miles, step on the steep hills and climb the cliff.

This cliff rises high on the stream, and stands side by side with the opposite cliff, projecting forward like a door leaf, with the upper part towering and the lower part steep, through which the stream breaks out.

excerpt from the original text:

Six Li, crossing a stream, is quite large. South again, there is a peak coming down the east ring. Another two miles, south of Panfenggang, is to find a path to the west into the gorge. Looking at the west and the west of the gorge, the peak is reflected, and the highest peak is behind it. There is a school of snow marks, which is as high as a horse, and there is a stream from the middle of the gorge.

that is to say, it's blue and dirty. From the north of the stream to the west of Niegang, there is a horse on Zuogang, which is the tomb of Ruan Shangbin. From the back, two miles west, you climb the cliff. Its cliff is high on the stream, and the cliff is like a door, and the stream breaks out of it.

Diary of a Tour to Dali was written by Xu Xiake in March of the 12th year of Chongzhen (1639).

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Comments:

In March of the twelfth year of Chongzhen (1639), Xu Xiake stayed in Dali for more than ten days. Diary of a Tour to Dali is a diary of three days. See Diary of a Tour to Yunnan 8. Dali has gathered the victories of Cangshan Mountain and Erhai Lake, with beautiful natural ecology; As an ancient capital, it has rich cultural heritage.

Xu Xiake's tour was deeply impressed by these two advantages. On March 12th, Xu Xiake went from Qingbi Stream, the lower reaches of the mountain on the edge of the Three Pagodas Temple, and lived in Gantong Temple that night. On the 13th, I toured all the courtyards in Gantong Temple and Boluo Rock, and took the main road north through Dali City.

On 14th, I visited Santasi and enjoyed various cultural relics and marble. Qingbi Stream is one of the eighteen streams in Cangshan Mountain, where three pools overlap, and the water and stones compete for each other, which is spotless and always wins with water. Xu Xiake was intoxicated with the beauty of this deep mountain and accidentally fell into a deep pool.

he dried his clothes and trousers, and continued to climb the cliff, looking around and lingering. Among the many temples in Dali, Santasi and Gantong Temple are the representatives. Santasi is the oldest and Gantong Temple is the most prosperous in Ming Dynasty.

Xu Xiake's Travels recorded the scale, architectural layout and key cultural relics of the two temples in detail, and also recorded some special products such as Gantong tea, dragon maiden tree and marble.

Xu Xiake praised the marble and said, "From now on, the Danqing family are all vulgar pens, but the painting garden can be abandoned!" The evaluation of the best marble is desirable.

Author's introduction:

Xu Xiake (1587—1641), whose name is Hongzu, whose name is Zhenzhi, was named Xiake, Han nationality, and was born in Jiangyin, Jiangsu. Geographer, explorer, traveler and writer in the late Ming Dynasty.

The Travels of Xu Xiake, written by him after 4 years' investigation, has more than 2.6 million words (more than 2 million words have been lost, and only more than 6, words are left), which has opened up a new direction of systematically observing and describing nature in geography.

It is not only a geographical masterpiece that systematically investigates the geomorphology and geology of the motherland, but also a tourism masterpiece that describes the scenic resources of China, and it is also a literary masterpiece with beautiful words, which has far-reaching influence at home and abroad.

When I entered Lijiang, Yunnan Province, I was unable to walk because of foot disease, but I still insisted on compiling Travel Notes and Mountain Records, and basically completed the Travel Notes of Xu Xiake with more than 2.6 million words. 55-year-old (164) local officials in Yunnan sent Xu Xiake back to Jiangyin by boat.

56 years old (1641) died at home in January. The posthumous work was compiled into a book by Ji Huiming and spread widely. In Xu Xiake's Travels, there are records of places of interest, local customs and customs.

The opening day of Xu Xiake's travel notes (May 19th) was designated as China Tourism Day. On November 25, 214, the certification activity of China Xuxia Tourist Line Logo was launched in Beijing, and the organizers will announce the first batch of certification shortlists on May 19, 215.