"The Jiangnan flavor under the Huangling Temple also has weeping poplars and flowers" is from (Liu Dajie's "Badong Three Gorges")
Excerpt from the original text:
...Chapter The second section is Dengying Gorge. Although the mountains north of the Yangtze River are steep, they are all dry and tasteless. The mountains in the south of the Yangtze River are exquisite and beautiful, and the trees are green and lovely. The Huangling Temple is located in Huangniu Gorge. There is an old saying that goes, "A scalper sees a scalper in the morning and sees a scalper in the evening." But now I don't think it is very dangerous. However, the section from Nantuo to Meirentuo has many rocky beaches and the river current is relatively fast. In this section, I love Huangling Temple the most. On a low mountain on the south bank, a small ancient temple was built, with the river in front and hundreds of dark green trees surrounding it on three sides. The most rare thing is the dozens of graceful trees that are not easy to see in the Three Gorges. There are bamboos and many red and purple flowers hanging upside down on the stone cliffs. The color and form of the temple are very harmonious with the landscape there. It has a strong flavor of Jiangnan. The continuous smoke and the long tolling of bells make it seem like I am in West Lake or Yangzhou. I was nervous before. My mood suddenly became very relaxed and leisurely. When the boat passed Huangling Temple, I had two lines of poems written on the spot. "Under the Huangling Temple, there is a Jiangnan flavor, with weeping poplars and flowers." However, this scene was also very short. In less than two or three minutes, the boat sailed into the third section of Xiling Gorge.
The third section is the Kongleng Gorge. The mountain shape and the water situation suddenly become steep, especially the Niuganmafei Gorge is the most terrifying. The mountains on both sides, as if cut by swords, lie across the river, forming a very winding and narrow gate, through which the ship must slowly turn. On the cliff that serves as the gate on the north side of the river, there are two stones hanging, one like beef liver and the other like horse lung. The beef liver still exists today, but the horse lungs have been damaged by foreigners using guns. In Lu Fangweng's "Enter Sichuan", writing Ma Gan Gorge was probably a temporary mistake. Not far from Beef Liver and Horse Lung, there is an extremely dangerous air shoal. Water poured down from the high rocky beach, and the situation was dire. Boats on the water must be particularly careful here. In the first half of this year, three small ships sank here. There is a proverb among those boating people, "The green beach and the leaf beach are not considered a beach, but the cold air is the gate of hell." You can imagine the situation. Thinking about the wooden boats of the past, I really don’t know how I could get through them.
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"Badong Three Gorges" is an article about the scenery of the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River written by the modern writer Liu Dajie. It describes what the author saw along the way when passing through the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River. The scenery expresses admiration and love for nature.