Visit the Old Summer Palace in Midsummer

本帖于 2024-09-08 11:55:44 时间, 由普通用户 godog 编辑

This past summer during my trip back to China I visited the Old Summer Palace (Yuan Ming Yuan). It's the first time I went back to see this park since I left Beijing for America many years ago, despite it was on my bucket list of landmarks to revisit and I traveled back to China a few times. It wasn't until the Labor Day weekend I had the time and urge to write poems on this visit.

 

Visit the Old Summer Palace in Midsummer

 

The Old Summer Palace had been magnificent,

but no more, all lost in the war.

Broken stones are the only remnants.

They disturb the minds of visitors.

The rest is history, humiliating and painful.

 

The lakes are blanketed by green lotus leaves,

like unrolled Chinese paintings.

The painted boats are sailing away

in the picture-like scenery.

Their destination is the other shore

where hopefully there is no looting and destruction.

 

Lotus flowers are in full bloom.

So many red and pink flames

that have been burning for 164 years,

above the water and in many hearts.

They were seeded from the fires

that burned down the old gardens and palaces.

They won't extinguish until those broken stones become ashes.

 

【七律】仲夏游圆明园是时荷花正盛(三首)

 

其一

 

旧时盛景化云烟,今夏风光似往年。

荷叶田田葱可卷,石头处处碎难连。

荣枯粉白花成梦,胜败欢悲史入篇。

岂待心明圆月后,何知意乱塌楼前。

 

其二

 

大水法中奔泪多,西洋楼里恨干戈。

江河倒转水垂柳,冠盖翻飞风卷荷。

一孔石桥连彼岸,满池菡萏出汪波。

故人画舫画中去,却唱悲时一曲歌。

 

其三

 

怎忘后院起狼烟,烧到心中数百年。

水上红花楼上火,当时赤焰此时莲。

雕栏玉砌存惊梦,断壁残垣入恨篇。

负重前行魂未定,光阴变幻国门前。

 

(© September, 2024, godog)

 

下面的照片由作者在七月一号摄于圆明园。

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Good poems both in English and Chinese. The pictures bring -瓷善家- 给 瓷善家 发送悄悄话 瓷善家 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 09/08/2024 postreply 13:24:07

back a bit of nostalgia for my hometown, Beijing -瓷善家- 给 瓷善家 发送悄悄话 瓷善家 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 09/08/2024 postreply 13:24:57

Thanks. I've lived in Beijing for a few years. -godog- 给 godog 发送悄悄话 (0 bytes) () 09/09/2024 postreply 17:27:07

Wow, swaying lotus leaves, slender lotus flowers -妖妖灵- 给 妖妖灵 发送悄悄话 妖妖灵 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 09/08/2024 postreply 15:20:26

Plus the heavy history, how significant is the poem! -妖妖灵- 给 妖妖灵 发送悄悄话 妖妖灵 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 09/08/2024 postreply 15:22:04

都忘了北京后海的荷花,还以为只有杭州西湖才有:) -暖冬cool夏- 给 暖冬cool夏 发送悄悄话 暖冬cool夏 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 09/08/2024 postreply 16:39:33

Thanks for reading and commenting -godog- 给 godog 发送悄悄话 (0 bytes) () 09/09/2024 postreply 17:27:55

一孔石桥连彼岸,满池菡萏出汪波 +1,菡萏=莲花,Go兄好诗,中英文都很棒! -暖冬cool夏- 给 暖冬cool夏 发送悄悄话 暖冬cool夏 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 09/08/2024 postreply 16:35:27

诗中有面对残垣断壁的家国情怀,也有满目荷田时的遐想。Go兄的诗也如画入画! -暖冬cool夏- 给 暖冬cool夏 发送悄悄话 暖冬cool夏 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 09/08/2024 postreply 16:38:25

谢谢暖冬的评论与鼓励 -godog- 给 godog 发送悄悄话 (0 bytes) () 09/09/2024 postreply 17:28:44

仔细看,构图都挺有心思有层次的:第一张池水的分隔线,第二张的桥洞里的荷花和水面,第三张水面中荷叶的倒影。学习了:) -妖妖灵- 给 妖妖灵 发送悄悄话 妖妖灵 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 09/09/2024 postreply 10:49:15

谬赞,我不太懂摄影,不过照的时候会注意构图 -godog- 给 godog 发送悄悄话 (0 bytes) () 09/09/2024 postreply 17:31:11

你没照单独的荷花?是手机照的吗?我还在用手机把花照全别照糊的阶段:)真巧,也许受坛子影响,今年也是我第一次回去照荷花:) -妖妖灵- 给 妖妖灵 发送悄悄话 妖妖灵 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 09/09/2024 postreply 19:48:06

手机照的,没有单独照荷花,最近的就是下面两张 -godog- 给 godog 发送悄悄话 (181 bytes) () 09/11/2024 postreply 07:32:24

nice p poems and pictures. -天边一片白云- 给 天边一片白云 发送悄悄话 天边一片白云 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 09/09/2024 postreply 16:52:47

Thank you -godog- 给 godog 发送悄悄话 (0 bytes) () 09/09/2024 postreply 17:31:34

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