Night Mooring at Fengqiao

Zhang Ji of the Tang Dynasty

The moon is setting and the sky is full of crows and frost,

Jiang Feng is fishing and the fire is facing melancholy.

Hanshan Temple outside Gusu City,

The midnight bell rings to the passenger ship.

Explanation of poetry

The moon has set, but the crows are still crowing, and the sky is hazy and frosty. The maple trees on the riverside and the fishing fires on the boats made it difficult for me to sleep alone in my sorrow. The lonely and quiet Hanshan Ancient Temple outside Suzhou City, the bells ringing in the middle of the night reached the passenger ship I was on.

The poet's thoughts are detailed, and the six scenes are contained in just four lines of the poem. He uses the most poetic language to construct a quiet and distant artistic conception: the river bank is dotted with fishing fires on an autumn night, and the travelers lie down and listen to the quiet night. bells. All the scenes are selected with unique discernment: one is still, one is moving, one is bright, one is dark, and on the river bank, the combination of the scenery and the mood of the characters have reached a high degree of tacit understanding and blending, and together they have formed this artistic realm that has become a model for later generations. .