It is precisely because the poet compares the West Lake to a beauty stone that he is called the West Lake.

"Drinking twice rain on Lake Chuqing, the second part"

Song Dynasty: Su Shi

The water is bright and sunny, and the mountains are cloudy and rainy.

If there are more dead beauties in the West Lake, C+ is so appropriate.

On a sunny day, the West Lake is rippling with water waves. In the sunshine, radiant, beautiful. When it rains, the distant mountains are shrouded in misty rain, and their eyes are confused. The hazy scenery is also beautiful. If the beautiful West Lake is compared to a beauty, then whether it is light makeup or heavy makeup, it can always set off her natural beauty and charming charm.

The first two sentences of this poem are descriptions: the description of water on sunny days and mountains on rainy days, which shows the beauty of the scenery of the West Lake and the changeable characteristics of sunny days and rainy days from two landforms and two kinds of weather. It is concrete and vivid, with a high degree of artistic generality, so that some people commented that many ancient poems on the West Lake were swept away by these two sentences.

The last two sentences are metaphors: between heaven and earth, human beings are the most spiritual; Among human beings, calligraphy is the most beautiful. On the basis of the first two sentences, compare the West Lake to a beautiful stone, saying that it is as beautiful as a stone, not to mention wearing light makeup or heavy makeup!

However, writing about the beauty of the West Lake is not the whole mystery of this metaphor. The reputation of some women in history can be compared with that of calligraphy. Why do poets have to compare Chinese calligraphy with the West Lake?

This is because, in addition to her beauty, Xizi has two unique similarities with the West Lake: First, Xizi's hometown is not far from the West Lake and belongs to the land of ancient Yue; Second, both the West Lake and the West Lake have the word "West" on their heads, which sounds natural. For these reasons, Su Shi's wonderful metaphor won the praise of later generations, and the West Lake is also known as Xizi Lake.

Extended data

The first half of the poem describes not only the scenery of the West Lake, but also the sunny and rainy state of the West Lake. "Clear water is good" describes the clear water of the West Lake: in the bright sunshine, the West Lake is rippling and sparkling, which is very beautiful. The Wonder of Mountain Kong Yu describes the mountains in rainy days: under the cover of rain curtain, the mountain fans around the West Lake are very wonderful as if nothing had happened.

From the praise of "sunny face" and "strange sound of rain", we can imagine the beautiful scenery of lakes and mountains in different weather, and we can also imagine the poet's free and easy personality and open mind in his mood. The scenery written in the first half is a scene corresponding to communication, with broad and bold feelings, blending scenes and relative scenes between sentences. The beautiful scenery of the West Lake is written, and the poet Su Shi's feelings are expressed incisively and vividly.

In the second half of the poem, the poet did not closely follow the first two sentences, and further described the sunny and rainy days of lakes and mountains with a pen. Instead, he took appearance as the god and only used an ethereal metaphor to convey the charm of lakes and mountains.

Between the carrier and the noumenon, except for the West Lake, which literally has the same word "West", the poet only pays attention to the present beauty of the West Lake, and the charm of Fengshen is similar to the beauty imagined by the stone.

It is precisely because the West Lake and Xizi are beautiful, so for the West Lake, whether it is sunny or rainy, or for Xizi, no matter whether it is light makeup or heavy makeup, it can not change its beauty, but only increase its beauty.

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