Mingxianquan

Mingxianquan

Mingxian spring is located in the hot spring scenic spot of Huangshan City, Anhui Province. The spring water flows down from the stone wall, impacts the stone and makes a sound, just like the sound of a piano. Therefore, the spring is named "Mingxian".

Brief introduction of Mingxian spring

From hutouyan up Erli to mingxianqiao, we can see that there is a stone lying at the foot of the mountain, about 9 meters long and 1.5 meters high. The stone cliff is hollow, and the left end is slightly thick. It looks like an ancient Qin. The spring water flows down from the stone wall and makes a sound like a Qin. Therefore, the spring is named "Mingxian". Wang Daokun of the Ming Dynasty wrote a poem praising: "there is a stone on the top of the mountain, and the running water is splashing.". The smoke wind suddenly blows into Bo Ya string Xu Zhigu's poems in the Ming Dynasty describe it as a combination of sound and form: "there are stones lying like Hengqin, and waterfalls and springs excite the stone to play a clear sound. I carry Jiao Wei to write the tune, a song is not over, the wind is all over the forest. " Shiyin, a famous monk in the Qing Dynasty, can travel by candle at night and write a poem: "it's the coldest to hang the Qin on the cliff. Who plays it at three o'clock in the fifth hour? Qingsheng outflow of Acacia tears, according to the wind did not dry In the poem, playing the piano in the middle of the night, the saying of sad tears comes from a thought-provoking story. It is said that in ancient times, there was a young lady and a poor young man who were childhood friends. Later, because of her father's official position and dislike of poverty and love of wealth, she drove the youth away. However, the young lady hated her father's way of doing things, and still had a deep love for the youth

After thousands of miles, I come to Huangshan. I set up the Guqin under the cliff and pluck the strings to call my lover. Year after year, people die, but Guqin is still there, playing and singing this sad song day and night. On the stone wall beside the spring, there are stone carvings with the characters of "mingxianquan" and "Gaoshanliushui".

Original poetry

It's the coldest piano hanging on the stone. Who plays it at three o'clock?

Qingyin outflow of Acacia tears, according to the wind blowing meaning not dry.

Note translation

① Stone sentence: that spring is string, stone for Qin, stone Qin natural than wooden Qin appears cool. Five o'clock and three o'clock: in ancient times, the clock was timed with a copper kettle drip. One night was divided into five o'clock and the other was divided into five o'clock. Each time, the clock was struck to tell the time. It's five o'clock and three o'clock before dawn.

② Unvoiced sound: refers to the sound of the spring impacting the stone slab. Acacia: missing, refers to missing hometown or old mountain, old temple. Meaning: heart, affection.

Appreciation of poetry

Mingxian spring is a famous spring on Huangshan Mountain in Anhui Province. It ranks 12th among the seventeen springs in Huangshan Mountain. It is near Mingxian bridge between zuishi and shijianshi on the road from Wenquan to tanglingguanshan. The spring water flows down from the stone wall and strikes a hollow rock lying at the foot of the mountain, which is three feet long and five feet high. It makes a sound similar to the sound of a zither. But when he lived in lianhuafeng nunnery in Huangshan, he visited here. He was deeply touched by this poem. This poem expresses Ke Gong's lonely thoughts and feelings of a strange land by means of the Qin spring. The poem is melancholy and affectionate, with appropriate metaphor, rich imagination and strong poetic flavor.

About the author

Yinke is a monk of Baofeng temple in Taitan, Jing'an, Jiangxi Province in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties. White character, common surname Deng, Wugang (now Hunan Province) people. He has successively built Qingliang nunnery in Wancheng and lianhuafeng nunnery in Huangshan. The date of birth and death is unknown. He lived around 1630 A.D. Around 1637 A.D., he lived in Jingde temple, Tiantong, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province. Hearing that the abbot of guanheng Zen master, Yunju mountain, Zhenru temple, put himself under the door and agreed with each other. Seven years later, guanheng Chan Master moved to Ji'an and Shicheng, and Kegong also left Yunju mountain. In the third year of Shunzhi (1646 A.D.), Kegong went to Yunju mountain again. The then abbot, Zen master Fang rongruxi, went to Shicheng to receive the shrine of guanheng Zen master. Kegong acted as the temple leader. Later, he was appointed to preside over the Baofeng Temple of Mazu Daochang, where he held a feast of Dharma. In his later years, he also opened a creative mountain temple, which is beneficial to Taoism and Buddhism, and praised as "the mainstay of the last stream". Passing away, buried in Baofeng. But the public law is rigorous, knowledgeable, especially good at diction. The verses are gentle and fresh.

Address: Yuping scenic area, Huangshan Scenic Area, Tangkou Town, Huangshan District, Huangshan City

Longitude: 118.1670665741

Latitude: 30.107114809081

Tel: Huangshan Scenic Area Tel: 0559-5561111

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