On the Lake after Rain is a seven-character quatrain written by Liu, a historian in the Northern Song Dynasty.
After a heavy rain, the pond was full of water and very calm, as if immersed in a gently polished mirror, reflecting the reflection of the house on the shore.
Suddenly there was an east wind, and the drooping willow branches danced gracefully, and the water drops on the willow branches swept through the middle of the lotus leaves, making a constant noise.
Vernacular translation
After a heavy rain, the pond was full of water, very calm, like a mirror dipped in water and polished gently, reflecting the reflection of houses on the shore. The east wind suddenly rises, the drooping willow branches dance gracefully, and the water drops on the willow branches are thrown into the middle of the lotus leaves, making a constant noise.
Extended data
Pond after Rain describes the beauty of the pond after rain. The poet not only writes about its static state, but also its dynamic state, which is rich and colorful, and forms contrast, and receives the artistic effect of showing static by moving, and making static by moving, which complement each other.
In the first and second sentences of the poem, the words "water level", "mirror" and "jacaranda" are used to describe the beautiful and charming static state of the lotus pond after the rain. Three or four sentences show the dynamic beauty of the pool water after rain by the sound of raindrops such as "sudden rise", "weeping Yang dance" and "ten thousand points" blown into lotus leaves by the wind on weeping Yang leaves.
This poem is both static and dynamic, with static showing and dynamic setting, and the combination of static and dynamic forms the spring scene of the pond after the rain.