High and steep mountains(崇山峻嶺)
The woods and bamboo forests in this place
are tall and dense. (茂林修竹)
The most famous calligraphy work in running
script in Chinese history is a preface written by a famous calligrapher (Wang
Xizhi) of the Jin Dynasty.
In the spring of AD 353, at the age of 50,
he and 40 other celebrities of the time gathered in a pavilion in what is now
Kuaiji Mountain in Zhejiang Province. The name of this pavilion is (Lanting).
Why do they gather here? This is because
there was a custom in ancient China.
On this day of the year, everyone goes to
the river and everyone washes their bodies in water soaked in herbs.
People at that time believed that by doing
so, they could eliminate misfortunes and gain blessings.
After they finished the ceremony, everyone
sat by the river, and everyone began to drink and eat.
They ate and drank while playing a popular
game at the time.
They would dig a winding ditch next to the
river, and then everyone would sit by that ditch.
Then they would put a cup on a small plate.
This small plate with a cup on it floats
slowly along the tortuous current.
If the plate stops in front of one of the
people, that person drinks the rice wine from the cup.
The person also has to write a poem at once
and read it to everyone.
During the open-air luncheon, he and his
close friends wrote a total of 37 poems.
A good friend who attended the event proposed.
We should put these poems today into a
collection of poems.
Everyone agreed with the idea.
(Wang Xizhi) wrote a preface to this
collection of poems.
The second paragraph of this preface is as
follows.
There are tall and steep mountains in this
place, and the forests and bamboo forests in this place are tall and dense.
There is also a clear and fast stream, like
a green ribbon around the pavilion.
We dug a winding ditch beside this stream,
and we all sat beside this ditch.
The first idiom means tall and steep
mountains.
The second idiom means dense and tall
forests and bamboo forests.
Dear friends, what inspiration or thoughts
do you have after listening to this story?
What game do you guys play when you drink?
Which is the highest mountain you've climbed?
I hope this story will give you something
new to gain.
崇山峻嶺(High and steep mountains)
茂林修竹(The woods and bamboo forests in this
place are tall and dense.)
中國歷史上最著名的一篇行書書法作品是一篇序，作者是晉王朝的著名書法家(王羲之)。
西元353年的春天，50歲的他與其他40位當時的名士在現在的浙江省會稽山的一座亭子中聚會。這座亭子的名字叫做(蘭亭)。
他們為何會聚集在這裡呢?這是因為古代中國有一個風俗。
在每年的這一天，所有人都要到河邊、所有人都會用浸泡了香草的水沖洗全身。
當時的人們認為這樣做，就可以消除災禍並且獲得福氣。
他們舉辦完這個儀式之後，所有人便坐在河邊，大家開始喝酒吃飯。
他們一邊吃飯喝酒一邊玩一個當時很流行的遊戲。
他們會先在河流旁挖一條彎彎曲曲的溝渠，然後所有人坐在這條溝渠旁。
然後他們會把一個杯子，放在一個小小的盤子上。
這個上面裝著杯子的小盤子，順著曲折的水流緩緩漂浮。
如果這個盤子在其中一個人的前面停下來這一個人就要喝下這個杯子中裝的米酒。
這個人還要立刻寫一首詩並且朗誦給所有人聽。
在這場露天午宴中，他與他的好朋友們總共寫了37首詩。
參加這場活動的一個好朋友提議。
我們應該把今天的這些詩集成一本詩集。
大家都很認同這個主意。
(王羲之)就為這本詩集寫了一篇序。
這篇序的第二段如下。
這地方有高大險峻的山嶺，這個地方的樹林與竹林都長得高大茂密。
還有一條清澈湍急的溪流，如同一條綠色的緞帶環繞在亭子的四周。
我們在這條溪流旁挖了一條彎彎曲曲的溝渠，我們大家就坐在這條溝渠旁邊。
第一句成語的意思是高大險峻的山嶺。
第二句成語的意思是茂密高大的樹林與竹林。
親愛的朋友，你聽完這個故事有怎樣的啟發或有怎樣的想法呢。
你們喝酒時會玩什麼遊戲呢?你爬過最高的山是那一座呢?
我希望這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
出處為蘭亭集序
