Tianmu Mountain is located in Xinchang County, Shaoxing City, Zhejiang Province. Among the seventy-two blessed places of Taoism, the sixteenth blessed place - Tianmu Ridge - is located in the south of Shan County and is governed by the real person Wei Xianren.

"Sleepwalking in Tianmu's Farewell" was written by Li Bai, a great poet of the Tang Dynasty.

Excerpts from the original text:

Haike talks about Yingzhou, the misty waves are dim and it is hard to find the letter; the people in Yue talk about Tianmu, the clouds are bright and dim, or can be seen.

Tianmu stretches the sky towards the sky, pulling out the five mountains to cover Chicheng. The rooftop is 48,000 feet long, and it is tilted to the southeast.

Translation:

When overseas visitors talk about Yingzhou, it is difficult to find it in the vast mist. People from Yuezhong talked about Tianmu Mountain, and someone could see it in the flickering clouds and mists.

Tianmu Mountain seems to be connected to the sky and blocking the sky. The mountain is taller than the Five Sacred Mountains and covers the Chicheng Mountain. Although Tiantai Mountain is 18,000 feet high, it seems to be leaning toward the southeast when facing it. Extended information

This is a poem about dreams and a poem about traveling to immortals. This poem, based on a dream, expresses the desire for light and freedom, the dissatisfaction with the dark reality, and shows the rebellious spirit of contempt for the powerful and unyielding. The poet uses rich and unique imagination and bold and exaggerated techniques to compose a sleepwalking picture that is both virtual and real, both fantasy and reality.

The whole poem has sophisticated conception, majestic artistic conception, rich and tortuous content, brilliant and smooth images, deep and intense emotion, and is full of romanticism. In its form, it is a mixture of words and expressions, and it also uses Sao style. It is not bound by rules, the writing is spontaneous, and the system is liberated. It can be called a masterpiece.

The ideological content of this poem is quite complex. After Li Bai left Chang'an, he suffered political setbacks and suffered from mental anguish and resentment. There is no way out in the real society, so we can only seek relief in the illusory world of gods and mountains far away from the secular world.

This kind of reclusive thought may seem depressing, but it cannot be written off. To a certain extent, it reflects Li Bai's spiritual freedom from the shackles of the secular world. This led him to make such an impassioned cry at the end of the poem, "An Neng can bend his eyebrows and bend his waist to serve the powerful, which makes me unhappy." This uncompromising spirit and strong resistance are the tone of this poem.

Creative background: This poem was written after Li Bai came out of the Imperial Academy. He wrote it in the fourth year of Tianbao (745) and in the fifth year of Tianbao (746).

In the third year of Emperor Xuanzong's Tianbao reign (744), Li Bai was ostracized by the powerful in Chang'an, was released from Beijing, and returned to his home in Donglu (in today's Shandong). Then embarked on a wandering journey again. This poem describing a dream trip to Tianmu Mountain was probably written when Li Bai was about to leave Donglu and travel south to Wuyue.

About the author: Li Bai (701-762), also known as Taibai, also known as Qinglian Jushi. He is the most unique and greatest romantic poet after Qu Yuan. He has the reputation of "the Immortal of Poetry" and is also called "Li Du" together with Du Fu. His poems are mainly lyrical, showing his arrogant spirit of contempt for the powerful, expressing sympathy for the suffering of the people, and being good at describing natural scenery and expressing his love for the mountains and rivers of the motherland.

The poetic style is majestic and unrestrained, the imagination is rich, the language flows naturally, and the rhythm is harmonious and changeable. He is good at absorbing nutrients and materials from folk literature, art and myths and legends, forming his unique magnificent colors, which reached the peak of the Tang Dynasty. The pinnacle of the art of poetry. There are more than a thousand poems and articles in existence, including 30 volumes of "Li Taibai Collection".

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