Balabaladamoxianbianshen
February 5, 2024
I am very happy to stay in Huanggang this time. I encountered heavy snowfall in Huanggang by chance, so I strolled through the Red Cliff Scenic Area on the east slope, walking from the Snow Hall to Lingao. The buildings were faintly visible, and the sound of trees being broken by the snow could be heard along the way. I remembered that Su Shi once wrote a poem when he was in Fengxiang. Fengxiang occasionally encountered heavy snow. He was in high spirits and got up early to ride his horse to watch the snow. "The snow in Nanxi is really priceless. I took a quick look at it and found that it has not disappeared. I got it from walking in the hazelnuts, and I was the first to cross Zhuqiao at dawn." It was already noon when he lingered intoxicated by the snowy scenery, and suddenly thought, "Who would pity the broken house?" There is no place to sleep, and the village is silent when it comes to hunger and thirst. Only the dusk crow understands the guest's intentions, and is startled by flying thousands of cold strips." Benevolence is the foundation of Su Dongpo, no matter in the temple or far away in the world. Huangzhou was the period when Su Shi transformed from a minister to a human being, and it was also where he became the well-known Dongpo. I saw a couplet on a small door in Chibi on the east slope, "Visitors to Huangzhou may come from Xiakou to the west and Wuchang to the east; born in Chibi, they only fight for Zhou Lang once and Su Zi travels twice." When I left, I found that there was a line of inscriptions on the back of the small door, which was intended to be a horizontal comment "Amusement in Chibi". Another big tree was broken by the weight of snow, and the crows were startled, so they smiled and said: "In the past night, whoever flew past me was not a son?" Climbing high and looking into the distance, it was a vast expanse.
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