Cai Shi Ji overlooks Tianmen Mountain.

Cai Shi Ji is actually a small mountain in the Yangtze River, only connected to the river bank at one point, like a building ship ready to be unmoored at any time, but it has actually stood here for tens of thousands of years. Climbing to the top of the Three-Platform Pavilion, the river and sky are vast, and you can vaguely see Tianmen Mountain tens of kilometers away to the south. The green mountains on both sides of the river stand like a door, and the river gushes out from the door. When Li Bai wrote "Tianmen is broken and the Chu River opens, the green water flows eastward to this point", it should be the same scene as I see now. At the time of the Song and Jin Dynasties, there was a big battle here. The civil official Yu Yunwen, who had never fought a battle, led the Song army to defeat the invading Jin army here, preserving half of the Southern Song Dynasty's territory, which was a miracle. It is said that Li Bai drowned here while trying to catch the moon, and rode a whale to become an immortal, which is very in line with the temperament of the immortal poet. "Looking at Cai Shi Ji from a distance" (two absolute sentences) The vast Yangtze River is gone, and the Tianmen is broken and the air is desolate. Taibai and I sigh together, fortunately the rivers and mountains have not changed. The sons and daughters of Jiangdong are talented and capable, and they have protected half of the mountains of the Song Emperor. The wind and the moon have never been concerned about prosperity and decline, and I watch the river flowers leisurely. (2024.9.22, Ma'anshan)