Classic quotations from the Summer Palace

Classic poems and quotes from the Summer Palace

The setting sun on the Spring Lake is blue, the sky shadow towers are covered with culverts, and in the painting of ten miles of green mountains, hundreds of birds are flying in pairs like Jiangnan.

The mountains are covered with pines and cypresses, and the forest is decorated with flowers. Peach and willow plants are planted on the banks, and the lake is filled with the fragrance of lotus.

——Couplet

The jade spring flows through the root of the wall

The palace and pavilion are connected to the imperial capital, and Afang worked hard that day.

I still hear the sound of water flowing from the palace walls, depleting the people's anointing.

Embroidered Ripples Bridge

One pill of Luodai, a silver basin with floating green water

Thousands of folds of scales, golden waves of the bright moon

Embroidered Yiqiao, also known as Luoguo Bridge, is located at the southernmost end of the Summer Palace. It is the gateway to the Summer Palace from the waterway. The couplet expresses the charming and attractive scenery around Xiuyi Bridge. The first couplet describes the day scene: the bridge is like a curved eyebrow inlaid on the silver-white lake, and the green shadow of Longevity Mountain is reflected in the water. The second line writes about the moonlight: The water is sparkling, and under the bright jade-like moon, the lake surface is rippling with golden clear waves. Luodai, the ink used for thrush, is a kind of blue-black color, which refers to black eyebrows.

The bridge is compared to a beauty's black eyebrows, and the reflected green hills are described as green peaks floating on the water. The pen and ink are vivid. One pill and one thousand folds face each other, which shows the delicateness of the bridge and the vastness of the lake. The couplet has magnificent diction, ingenious conception and beautiful artistic conception, just like a green and beautiful ink painting.

Summer Palace Yiyun Hall Daocunzhai

Fairy red flower path and cloud sweeping

New green melon border hoeing in the rain

Lianyu It is fresh and elegant: the fallen flowers are colorful, the flower paths are as red as clouds, and in the clouds and mist, someone is gently sweeping them; the melon fields and vegetable fields are as green as jade, and the drizzle is moist, and someone is slowly weeding. Faint red, red like clouds. The wording of the couplet is concise, and "hoeing in the rain" ties in with the name of "Yiyun Pavilion", which expresses the fresh and elegant style and the owner's leisurely mood.

Yuebo Tower in the Summer Palace

A path covered with bamboo shades and clouds

Half curtains of flowers shadowed by moon cages in the sand

Yuebo Tower, in Yihe succeeded to Kunming. Yunnan Lake Island in the lake. The couplet depicts the subtle changes in the bamboo forest, flower branches, and beach under the moonlight, filling the surroundings of the building with a misty and quiet atmosphere, and the artistic conception is very soft and elegant. The three characters "Yue Cong Sha" come from Du Mu's poem: "The smoke cage is cold and the water is Yue Cong Sha." It is very fitting that it is linked to the name of Yue Bo Tower.

Summer Palace

The rainbow lies on the stone beam, and the long wind blows continuously from the shore

The waves return to the blue oar, and the shadow turns over and the bright moon shines into the sky

, spanning between the East Embankment of the Summer Palace and Nanhu Island, the bridge consists of 17 holes and is 150 meters long. It is the largest stone bridge in the Summer Palace. The first couplet writes about the bridge over the water, and the second couplet writes about the water under the bridge. The stone bridge is like a rainbow lying on the water that is constantly blowing; the blue oar makes the water waves swirl, breaking the bright and clear moon reflected on the water. The photo is still empty, pointing to the seventeen holes of the bridge. The couplet depicts water waves, bright moon, and the same color of water and sky, making this largest stone bridge in the Summer Palace full of charm and style.